Yorgos Lanthimos drama ‘Poor Things’ won two prizes.
Warwick Thornton was awarded the Golden Frog at Poland’s Camerimage International Film Festival on Saturday (November 18) for drama The New Boy.
The Australian Indigenous filmmaker received the festival’s top prize at a ceremony in the Polish town of Torun, where the director was recognised for his role as cinematographer on the film. Accepting the award, Thornton paid tribute to his fellow filmmakers and said: “I’ve had tears in my eyes the whole week and it’s not because of the alcohol or the cold weather. It’s the love of cinematography,...
Warwick Thornton was awarded the Golden Frog at Poland’s Camerimage International Film Festival on Saturday (November 18) for drama The New Boy.
The Australian Indigenous filmmaker received the festival’s top prize at a ceremony in the Polish town of Torun, where the director was recognised for his role as cinematographer on the film. Accepting the award, Thornton paid tribute to his fellow filmmakers and said: “I’ve had tears in my eyes the whole week and it’s not because of the alcohol or the cold weather. It’s the love of cinematography,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
“When the LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood” was selected as a finalist in this year’s ShortList Film Festival, presented by TheWrap. You can watch the films and vote for your favorite here.
On this day two years ago, the Los Angeles Police Department got the word out to all local broadcast news stations that it had arrested a man in South Central who had been hiding thousands of pounds of illegal fireworks in the days leading up to the Fourth of July.
The news trucks gathered around East 27th Street as LAPD bomb squad officers prepared to detonate a set of homemade fireworks that were considered too dangerous to be transported from the scene. The footage those trucks got on tape became the basis for Nathan Truesdell’s short documentary “When the LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood,” which uses newscasts to retell the explosion that not only destroyed the LAPD’s detonation truck,...
On this day two years ago, the Los Angeles Police Department got the word out to all local broadcast news stations that it had arrested a man in South Central who had been hiding thousands of pounds of illegal fireworks in the days leading up to the Fourth of July.
The news trucks gathered around East 27th Street as LAPD bomb squad officers prepared to detonate a set of homemade fireworks that were considered too dangerous to be transported from the scene. The footage those trucks got on tape became the basis for Nathan Truesdell’s short documentary “When the LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood,” which uses newscasts to retell the explosion that not only destroyed the LAPD’s detonation truck,...
- 6/30/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
“The Record” was selected as a finalist in this year’s ShortList Film Festival, presented by TheWrap. You can watch the films and vote for your favorite here.
A mysterious man enters an antique musical instrument shop and hands the owner a vinyl record. The shopkeeper puts it on the turntable and out pour the sounds of Peruvian flutes. The man then picks up the needle and drops it down in the same place. This time, Ikembe melodies flow. The visitor lifts and drops the needle again and again, and each time the disc plays different music. “Yes,” he tells the stunned owner. “It’s a magic record. It reads your soul. It plays everything you’ve forgotten.”
So begins “The Record,” Jonathan Laskar’s 2D animated short that has picked up more than a dozen prizes on the festival circuit (including the Annecy animation fest) and is a finalist...
A mysterious man enters an antique musical instrument shop and hands the owner a vinyl record. The shopkeeper puts it on the turntable and out pour the sounds of Peruvian flutes. The man then picks up the needle and drops it down in the same place. This time, Ikembe melodies flow. The visitor lifts and drops the needle again and again, and each time the disc plays different music. “Yes,” he tells the stunned owner. “It’s a magic record. It reads your soul. It plays everything you’ve forgotten.”
So begins “The Record,” Jonathan Laskar’s 2D animated short that has picked up more than a dozen prizes on the festival circuit (including the Annecy animation fest) and is a finalist...
- 6/29/2023
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
“Oasis” was selected as a finalist in this year’s ShortList Film Festival, presented by TheWrap. You can watch the films and vote for your favorite here.
Justine Martin’s short film, “Oasis,” is a deeply personal story on multiple levels. On the one hand, it’s an intimate look at the life of two twin brothers, Raphael and Remi Cormier, as they take a trip to the woods; the one place in their life where Raph’s disability isn’t the focus.
But for Martin, specifically, this was an opportunity to showcase the lives of two young men she knew personally. “I was their babysitter when I was young,” Martin told TheWrap. “When they were younger the distance between them was less visible…Meeting them again I saw that a distance was created, because they are 14, so teenage years. It’s not easy to deal with all the external...
Justine Martin’s short film, “Oasis,” is a deeply personal story on multiple levels. On the one hand, it’s an intimate look at the life of two twin brothers, Raphael and Remi Cormier, as they take a trip to the woods; the one place in their life where Raph’s disability isn’t the focus.
But for Martin, specifically, this was an opportunity to showcase the lives of two young men she knew personally. “I was their babysitter when I was young,” Martin told TheWrap. “When they were younger the distance between them was less visible…Meeting them again I saw that a distance was created, because they are 14, so teenage years. It’s not easy to deal with all the external...
- 6/28/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
TheWrap is proud to present the 12 finalist films in the 2023 ShortList Film Festival, chosen from award-winning shorts from across the world in the past year. This year’s films tell personal stories that captivate and inspire — including a film about two Chinese grandmothers, a film about scuba diving in the ruins of a tsunami and one film about the LAPD blowing up a neighborhood.
The films – which include narrative, documentaries and animation - are available to watch and vote on from June 28 through July 12, exclusively on TheWrap.
The award-winning short film that is chosen by TheWrap’s Industry Jury will be honored with the prestigious Industry Prize. This year’s jury comprises award-winning producer Christine Vachon, director Elegance Bratton, veteran producer Amy Baer and PR veteran Joshua Jackson. The Shortlist is programmed by respected short film programmer Landon Zakheim.
The top-ranking short film that receives the most online votes will...
The films – which include narrative, documentaries and animation - are available to watch and vote on from June 28 through July 12, exclusively on TheWrap.
The award-winning short film that is chosen by TheWrap’s Industry Jury will be honored with the prestigious Industry Prize. This year’s jury comprises award-winning producer Christine Vachon, director Elegance Bratton, veteran producer Amy Baer and PR veteran Joshua Jackson. The Shortlist is programmed by respected short film programmer Landon Zakheim.
The top-ranking short film that receives the most online votes will...
- 6/28/2023
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
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