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Jesse Kreitzer's MFA thesis film Black Canaries was awarded the Grand Jury Awards for "Best Short Film" and "Best Cinematography" at the 12th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival this past week at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood, California.
The award was presented by Kodak Motion Pictures President Steve Bellamy, who hailed Black Canaries "a masterpiece" and acknowledged that of the 3,000 entries submitted to the festival, it was the only film captured on 35mm. HollyShorts Jury Member JT Mollner, Director of OUTLAWS & ANGELS (Sundance, 2016), congratulated Kreitzer saying, "It's rare a film excites me as much as yours."
Kreitzer will receive over $25K in prizes, including $20K in services from the high-end post-production facility Company 3 and $5K in Kodak film stock.
This is the third and fourth festival awards for Black Canaries which received the Jury Award for "Best New England Short Film" at the 18th Annual Provincetown International Film Festival and the Director's Award for "Best Cinematography" at the 22nd Annual Woods Hole Film Festival this summer.
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Composer Jose Parody accepts the Grand Jury Awards for "Best Film" & "Best Cinematography" for Black Canaries at the 12th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival
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View the HollyShorts Film Festival Award Winner press release here.
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Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
Middlebury, VT • Dana Auditorium
Friday, August 26, 1:30pm
The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF) was formed to support, promote and exhibit the dynamic and imaginative efforts of new filmmakers. The emphasis at the MNFF will be entirely on filmmakers who have created within the past 24 months either their first or second full length feature film or first or second short film. Official Website
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Oldenburg Film Festival
Oldenburg, Germany
September 14 - 18
The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF) was formed to support, promote and exhibit the dynamic and imaginative efforts of new filmmakers. The emphasis at the MNFF will be entirely on filmmakers who have created within the past 24 months either their first or second full length feature film or first or second short film. Official Website
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Vermont International Film Festival
Burlington, VT
September 21 - 29
The Vermont International Film Festival serves to provide a platform for the appreciation of film as an art form in its own right, to foster an appreciation of theatrical exhibition as a way for the community to gather, enjoy, and exchange ideas and to enhance respect for a sophisticated understanding of world cultures and concerns. Official Website
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 Want to put Black Canaries on the big screen? Sponsor a film festival submission and if the film is accepted, you'll get two tickets to the screening, an advance digital download of the film and a BluRay/DVD of short films.
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