Archive for the 'Film' Category
Skyline High School senior’s ‘The Attack of the Pine Cones’ wins Spy Hop 24-hour film contest
0 Comments Published by Professor Les May 9th, 2008 in Film, Youth Organizations, Community Dialogue, Current Events.Kevin LeStarge’s campy, clever “The Attack of The Pine Cones” took top honors today in Spy Hop’s annual 24-Hour Filmmaking Competition.
The Skyline High School senior’s winning short film was among the 20 youth-directed projects screened during the seventh annual LocoMotion Youth Film Festival, sponsored by Spy Hop Productions and the Utah State Office of Education.
LeStarge, […]
Student documentary shorts about racism and equal educational access slated for premiere March 3
0 Comments Published by Professor Les March 1st, 2008 in Film, Education, Youth Organizations, Community Dialogue, Current Events.Two student-produced documentary shorts about stereotyping and racism in Salt Lake City schools and the challenges children of undocumented immigrants face in going to college will be premiered Monday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in a free, public forum at the City Library main auditorium.
Both films, which run 20 minutes each, are part of The […]
Slamdance closes with prizes and a production deal for a winning horror screenplay
0 Comments Published by Professor Les January 26th, 2008 in Film, Pop Culture, Uncategorized.Among the award winners for the 14th annual Slamdance Film Festival was Tony Mosher, who won the festival’s horror screenplay competition with “The Punished.”
The prize includes a production deal with Angel Baby Entertainment and Maverick Films which will make the film based on Mosher’s screenplay. Mosher also receives an upfront payment of $10,000 against five […]
Slamdance horror comedy picked up for domestic distribution
0 Comments Published by Professor Les January 25th, 2008 in Film, Pop Culture.“Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer”, a horror comedy by writer/director Jon Knautz (debut) and starring Robert Englund of “Nightmare on Elm Street” fame, has become the first acquisition purchased out of the Slamdance Film Festival this year.
Several distributors were chasing “Jack Brooks” for domestic rights after a successful premiere on the first Saturday night […]
The voice of youth resonates powerfully in Pitch-Nic film premieres
0 Comments Published by Professor Les November 6th, 2007 in Film, Youth Organizations.Amid the often noiseless, aimless clutter of democratized media through digital technology and Internet dissemination is the collective voice of 11 young filmmakers in Utah who have produced an exceptional quartet of short films – a portal to fresh perspectives on matters of the heart and mind important to our society and community.
The films will […]
