Dawn Westlake has been cast as Scottish actress Hayley McLaughlin's mother in Brandon Freer's "Capsized". The film goes into production in Southern California in May. http://www.capsizedthemovie.com/2014/04/02/dawn-westlake-as-mom/
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We are proud to announce! Shorts Showcase!
Shorts Showcase is a program on PBS-KVCR.
This program is short videos that have been sent to CV studios and that are shown at 11pm on television. Reaching over 16 MILLION homes weekly all over Southern California on KVCR
San Bernardino,Riverside,Ontario,Orange County,Ventura County.
Dish & Direct TV: Channel 24 Verizon Fios: Channel 524 HD
Palm Springs,Coachella Valley
Antenna & Time Warner Cable: Channel 9 Verison Fios: Channel...
48 Film Project is the ultimate international online short film competition. Make a film between four (4) minutes and seven (7) minutes long, and upload your entry online.
Here’s how it works
Our competition is global and it runs from January 1 to November 15. Compete from anywhere…your bed, your bathtub, the South Pole, the dark side of the moon. We don't care. You can shoot your film from any place you like, at any time you want (within the competit...
Anastasia Christoforidou's short film doc 'The Phantasmagoria of Defeat' (2013) screened at the 16th annual Thessaloniki Doc Fest.
“Fuck Picasso!” That's what this cutting edge Greek pop artist says. Yorgos Tzinoudis is rapidly building a reputation for himself as the Andy Warhol of Greece who spends all his time creating art and making wine. During the 16th annual Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, filmmakers took one of Yorgos' wine tours of the wine museu...
Entries are coming in for the 4th Annual McMinnville Short Film Festival, and we're excited to see yours! Hit the Early Bird special before August 15, 2014, and the entry fee is only $30 ($35 after 8/15).
Documentaries, Fiction, Animation, Music Videos and more to choose from for categories. This year's festival will also have round tables for filmmakers to attend in the afternoon where you can network with others and learn about filmmaking topics.
Hope to see you there!
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Clips from "The Martini Effect", a film by Dawn Westlake, starring Emanuele Secci, Dawn Westlake, David Razowsky and Susan Messing, made the Official Teaser for the 2014 Cluj Shorts International Film Fest: http://youtu.be/KBUfwbWnI3k (Dawn Westlake as WOMAN is at the :26 mark; Emanuele Secci & Dawn Westlake as MAN & WOMAN are kissing at the 1:28 mark.)
Out of 605 entries, 52 films made the official competition. "The Martini Effect" is one of them. It unspools on Fri...
I don't like popularity contests, but who doesn't love a good horse race? I made a film about one, called "Covariance", which has been chosen for legendary indie producer Ted Hope's* online VIEWSTER Film Fest.
You just go to this link:
http://www.viewster.com/festival-details/1251-17110-000 , register, hit us with 5 stars from the big orange VOTE button, and then, you can view the film as much as you want for free for two weeks. Pretty neat!
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XXIX. 2014
Black International Cinema Berlin
May 7-11
"Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition
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SPARTA Film Challenge!
Join some of CDFF team as we check out the SPARTA LXXII screening!
Several of our team members have been invited by the SPARTA Film Challenge series to act as jury members for their latest film competition screening. Acting as judges at the event are Festival Coordinator Gina Freitag, and Programming Officers Renuka Bauri, Ramin Khanjani and Patrick Mullen. This event will be hosted by the Mayfair Theatre on Sunday, March 9th, 2014.
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It never rains in California? It pours. Man, it pours!! Here is a hello-thankyou ("Mersi!" is thank-you in Romanian) video I did at Cluj Shorts' invitation since I can't attend the fest personally later this month in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. ;-) Original music from the film is "Discovered in Darkness" by Gregory Johnson of Acoustic Labs.
https://vimeo.com/88020694
For more info on "The Martini Effect" and to see a trailer, please visit: ...
"The Martini Effect" by Dawn Westlake has received an early acceptance from FerFilm Festival in Ferizaj, Kosovo for July 2014. Shot & edited by Brandon Bondehagen on Canon's C300, the film was scored by Alvarez-sponsored guitarist Gregory Johnson of Acoustic Labs. "The Martini Effect" stars Emanuele Secci, Dawn Westlake, David Razowsky & Susan Messing. It was shot on location in Los Angeles, Malibu, Puerto Rico and Barbados in 2013.
For more info and to see a tra...
NEW YORK NO LIMITS is currently accepting Feature film entries in any subject, category and language for the 2014 NYNL SUMMIT.
New York No Limits is proud to host its 4th annual Summit, a film festival event, in New York City on November 20th - 22nd at The Wild Project. NYNL is seeking films that express the most vital vision of the filmmaker. Our goal is to program the best in cutting edge film from all countries and to serve as a platform for filmmakers to explore multifaceted content.
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Dawn Westlake is featured in Roberto Christo's blog on February 13, 2014: http://robertochristo.blogspot.com.br/
Translation: Long live Dawn Westlake!
Only a few people can make a living in art and culture, even with incentive laws and government edicts (like in Brazil) such a task sometimes seems impossible. But everyone in the world faces such hurdles, especially those who are just starting out. Getting sponsorship is difficult in times of economic surplus, so just imagine during crisis...
Daazo - European Film Centre of Budapest, Hungary released the 2014 Berlinale edition of their WORLD OF SHORTS Magazine this week. Featured along with BAFTA-shortlisted filmmaker Toby Fell-Holden of the UK, Sorayos Prapapan of Thailand, Christina Grosan of Romania/Hungary, Joonas Makkonen of Finland, and Toma Waszarow of Bulgaria, Dawn Westlake of the USA answered the question "Why Make Short Films?" To read all the responses, pick up the magazine at the Berlinale Film Festival and tur...
Windows all over town decorated by the amazing animator David Quinn. Hopefull he will do it again this year for us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZC7i4seaEo
Timeline of the Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival. Just a flavour...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eudKDHIOgCo&feature=c4-overview&list=UUn11HFz5JJErcSIGMuBUqFw
VIDEOHOLICA 2014
INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FESTIVAL
7TH EDITION
7
OPEN CALL FOR VIDEO ART
1 - 7 AUGUST 2014, VARNA, BULGARIA
VIDEOHOLICA International Video Art Festival in Varna, Bulgaria starts the new open call for video art submissions for its 7th edition.
The 7th VIDEOHOLICA will take place between 1st and 7th August 2014 in Varna, Bulgaria.
This year's edition of VIDEOHOLICA will be accompanied by an international panel discussion on the issues and opportuni...
The Yorkton Film Festival is pleased to announce that it is accepting submissions for its 2014 Festival!
Our call for entries is coming to a close at Midnight, on Friday, January 31st, 2014 (-6:00GMT).
We are North America's longest running film festival, at a robust 67 years young. The festival aims to highlight the best in short Canadian cinema, and honours winners each year at our Golden Sheaf Awards Gala.
The festival runs May 22nd - 25th, in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Call for Entry 2014
The 8th International Short Film Festival Psarokokalo invites filmmakers to submit their entries for the Competition program of the Festival, which shall take place in July 2014.
This edition of the Festival also presents the international competition Psaroloco with films for kids and teenagers.
Deadlines for submission of forms and films: 1st April 2014.
Entry Form & Terms and Regulations for the 8th AISFF PSAROKOKALO www.psarokokalo.gr
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"The Martini Effect" will play the Cluj International Film Festival in Cluj-Napoca, Romania March 27-30, 2014. This is the fifth film fest acceptance for the new film from Ron de Cana Productions, Inc and director Dawn Westlake. The film stars Emanuele Secci, known in Italy for his fastweb spot with George Clooney and in the US for his ensemble work in the 2012 Sundance Producers' Award-winning film "Nobody Walks". Music for "The Martini Effect" is by Gregory Jo...
"The Martini Effect" plays the Grand Junction Film Festival in Colorado on February 15th, 2014. The list of selected short films is here: http://www.gjfilmfest.org/SELECTION.html
Directed by Dawn Westlake, "The Martini Effect" features Emanuele Secci, Dawn Westlake and narrators David Razowsky and Susan Messing. The film was shot on the Canon C300 with Cineprime lenses in Los Angeles and Malibu, with underwater photography in Barbados and Puerto Rico.
For more info on the f...
"Found Objects" will play Westside Shorts in Melbourne, Australia on January 14, 2014 at 8p. For more info, please visit: http://www.angryproductions.org/
"Found Objects" is winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the 2013 CinemAvvenire Film Fest in Rome, Italy. The film stars British actress Jo-Anne Krupa, 5x Emmy Award winner Joey D'Auria, and Emanuele Secci, known in Italy for his fastweb spot with George Clooney and in the US for his ensemble work in the 2012 Sundance...
The festival offers an exclusive look at of the most recent short film production from several countries, in a special cooperation with official film institutes, film schools, festivals, producers, etc
Portugal premieres
CATALAN SHORT FILMS
The Disorganized Crime - Stephan Hofmann - 15’
The Olive Tree - Frederic Menchón - 16’ - Esp
Mundane Interests Bar Mut - Christian Molina, Ramses Albiñana - 16’42’’
Distop...
