With submissions ranging from countries like Italy and Nepal to as short as several minutes to feature length films, every aspect of storytelling has been covered within the 2015 Soho International Film Festival . It only seems fitting that the festival wraps up its sixth annual festival with a number of prominent presenters including The Avengers’ Robert Clohessy and Rescue Me’s James McCaffrey. With awards given to the best of the best at the festival, it was a great close to another successful year for the festival.
There was an even greater presence among the jurors of the festival, with people have worked as actors on shows like Dexter to writers and directors having worked on films like On Golden Years. The jurors included Emmy Award nominee journalist and educator Ernabel Demillo, or ABC Network Casting Head Marci Phillips. David Zayas, an actor on Gotham and Donna McKenna, a casting director and producer,...
There was an even greater presence among the jurors of the festival, with people have worked as actors on shows like Dexter to writers and directors having worked on films like On Golden Years. The jurors included Emmy Award nominee journalist and educator Ernabel Demillo, or ABC Network Casting Head Marci Phillips. David Zayas, an actor on Gotham and Donna McKenna, a casting director and producer,...
- 1/21/2016
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
Chris Ordal’s modest, sweet-hearted biopic concentrates on Herd’s mid-’90s attempt to making a paying job out of an artistic impulse that threatens to bankrupt his family. After...
- 5/5/2011
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
Title: Earthwork Writer-director: Chris Ordal Starring: John Hawkes, James McDaniel, Zach Grenier, Laura Kirk, Bruce MacVittie, Chris Bachand, Sam Greenlee, Brendon Glad Wiry and kind of owlish at the same time, looking a bit like the physical model for the animated character of Scrat from the “Ice Age” films, John Hawkes is a bonafide character actor — someone whose face a lot of filmgoers might recognize, but not quite be able to place. That’s in the process of changing. Hawkes has had success and glowing media notices before (Miranda July’s “Me and You and Everyone We Know” was the darling of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival), but achieved a whole...
- 4/30/2011
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
In his narrative debut, writer/director Chris Ordal undertakes an ambitious biopic that explores the life and works of “crop artist” Stan Herd. While it sometimes stumbles, Earthwork is overall an intimate and uplifting portrait of a man whose art is both literally and figuratively groundbreaking.
Oscar-nominee John Hawkes stars as Stan, a simple man from Kansas whose life ambition is to turn patches of land into living canvases. Earthwork follows Stan’s journey to transform a trash-strewn lot on Manhattan’s Upper West Side into a vibrant work of art before bulldozers make way for a new Trump hotel. When pitching his proposed piece to Trump’s people, Stan hurriedly declares he only needs them to pay for the land – that he’ll cover the cost of all supplies himself. To pay for his materials, he precariously juggles his family’s finances – promising his supportive but long-suffering wife (Laura Kirk...
Oscar-nominee John Hawkes stars as Stan, a simple man from Kansas whose life ambition is to turn patches of land into living canvases. Earthwork follows Stan’s journey to transform a trash-strewn lot on Manhattan’s Upper West Side into a vibrant work of art before bulldozers make way for a new Trump hotel. When pitching his proposed piece to Trump’s people, Stan hurriedly declares he only needs them to pay for the land – that he’ll cover the cost of all supplies himself. To pay for his materials, he precariously juggles his family’s finances – promising his supportive but long-suffering wife (Laura Kirk...
- 4/29/2011
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
Reviewed by Khia Beauchesne
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Chris Ordal
Starring: John Hawkes, Bruce MacVittie and Chris Bachand
Based on the true story of earthwork artist Stan Herd (John Hawkes), who uses natural materials to create aerial-viewed portraits, this film sparks viewers’ curiosity just from reading the synopsis. The real-life plot is flexible enough to entice a variety of audience members, and the well-directed, -written and -cast film does the inspiring story justice.
“Earthwork” follows a 1994 project that became a major landmark in Herd’s career. Before the construction of one of Donald Trump’s skyscrapers in New York City, Herd is given permission to create one of his landscape pieces on the property. Encouraged by his long-time friend and promoter Peter Kaplan (Bruce MacVittie), he makes Trump an offer he can’t refuse: Herd is chosen over other artists who applied to the project because he agrees to pay...
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Chris Ordal
Starring: John Hawkes, Bruce MacVittie and Chris Bachand
Based on the true story of earthwork artist Stan Herd (John Hawkes), who uses natural materials to create aerial-viewed portraits, this film sparks viewers’ curiosity just from reading the synopsis. The real-life plot is flexible enough to entice a variety of audience members, and the well-directed, -written and -cast film does the inspiring story justice.
“Earthwork” follows a 1994 project that became a major landmark in Herd’s career. Before the construction of one of Donald Trump’s skyscrapers in New York City, Herd is given permission to create one of his landscape pieces on the property. Encouraged by his long-time friend and promoter Peter Kaplan (Bruce MacVittie), he makes Trump an offer he can’t refuse: Herd is chosen over other artists who applied to the project because he agrees to pay...
- 4/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Khia Beauchesne
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Chris Ordal
Starring: John Hawkes, Bruce MacVittie and Chris Bachand
Based on the true story of earthwork artist Stan Herd (John Hawkes), who uses natural materials to create aerial-viewed portraits, this film sparks viewers’ curiosity just from reading the synopsis. The real-life plot is flexible enough to entice a variety of audience members, and the well-directed, -written and -cast film does the inspiring story justice.
“Earthwork” follows a 1994 project that became a major landmark in Herd’s career. Before the construction of one of Donald Trump’s skyscrapers in New York City, Herd is given permission to create one of his landscape pieces on the property. Encouraged by his long-time friend and promoter Peter Kaplan (Bruce MacVittie), he makes Trump an offer he can’t refuse: Herd is chosen over other artists who applied to the project because he agrees to pay...
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Chris Ordal
Starring: John Hawkes, Bruce MacVittie and Chris Bachand
Based on the true story of earthwork artist Stan Herd (John Hawkes), who uses natural materials to create aerial-viewed portraits, this film sparks viewers’ curiosity just from reading the synopsis. The real-life plot is flexible enough to entice a variety of audience members, and the well-directed, -written and -cast film does the inspiring story justice.
“Earthwork” follows a 1994 project that became a major landmark in Herd’s career. Before the construction of one of Donald Trump’s skyscrapers in New York City, Herd is given permission to create one of his landscape pieces on the property. Encouraged by his long-time friend and promoter Peter Kaplan (Bruce MacVittie), he makes Trump an offer he can’t refuse: Herd is chosen over other artists who applied to the project because he agrees to pay...
- 4/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
The 19th annual Woods Hole Film Festival wrapped up last Saturday, with the announcement of the festival's winners at the Landfall Restaurant. Chris Ordal's "Earthwork," which profiles real-life crop artist Stan Herd, took home the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature, while "Louder Than a Bomb," from directors Greg Jacob and Jon Siskel (the late Gene Siskel's nephew) walked away with two awards: Best Documentary and 'Best of the Fest' Audience ...
- 8/10/2010
- Indiewire
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