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Obselidia
''Obselidia'' is a 2010 American road drama film written and directed by Diane Bell in her directorial debut. It stars Michael Piccirilli, Gaynor Howe, and Frank Hoyt Taylor. It tells the story of a lonely librarian who believes love is obsolete until a road trip to Death Valley with a beguiling cinema projectionist teaches him otherwise. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2010, where it was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Prize and the Excellence in Cinematography Award. It was then self-distributed, and received positive reviews from critics. At the 26th Independent Spirit Awards, it was nominated for Best First Screenplay (for Bell) and the John Cassavetes Award. Plot On his quest to catalogue soon obsolete occupations, George (Piccirilli) a librarian joins forces with a silent film projectionist (Howe), and together they journey to Death Valley to interview a maverick scientist (Hoyt Taylor) who is predicting the imminent end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Bell (director)
Diane Bell is a Scottish filmmaker who works and resides in Los Angeles. Early life and education Bell grew up in Japan, Australia and Germany. She graduated with a master's degree in mental philosophy from the University of Edinburgh. She practices Ashtanga yoga, and taught yoga in Barcelona, Spain. Career Her first film as writer/director, Obselidia, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2010 in Dramatic Narrative Competition and won two awards, the Alfred P. Sloan Award and Excellence in Cinematography. It was singled out by Todd McCarthy in Variety as the only film in dramatic competition that "is so far off the grid of what is expected of an independent film that it can truly be said to rebel." It won Best Feature at the Ashland Independent Film Festival, was selected for Best of Fest at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and went on to be nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards 2011, the John Cassavetes Award and Best First Screenplay. She was selec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
26th Independent Spirit Awards
The 26th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films of 2010, were presented on February 26, 2011. The nominations were announced on November 30, 2010. The ceremony was hosted by Joel McHale. Winners and nominees Films with multiple nominations and awards Special awards John Cassavetes Award '' Daddy Longlegs'' * '' The Exploding Girl'' * '' Lbs.'' * ''Lovers of Hate'' * ''Obselidia'' Truer Than Fiction Award Jeff Malmberg – '' Marwencol'' * Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor – '' Sweetgrass'' * Lynn True and Nelson Walker III – '' Summer Pasture'' Piaget Producers Award Anish Savjani – '' Meek's Cutoff'' * In-Ah Lee – '' Au Revoir Taipei'' * Adele Romanski – ''The Myth of the American Sleepover'' Someone to Watch Award Mike Ott – '' Littlerock'' * Hossein Keshavarz – ''Dog Sweat'' * Laurel Nakadate – ''The Wolf Knife'' Robert Altman Award * ''Please Give'' – Nicole Holofcener, Jeanne McCarthy, Ann Guilbert, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Sundance Film Festival
The 26th annual Sundance Film Festival was held from January 21, 2010, until January 31, 2010, in Park City, Utah, Park City, Utah. Awards *Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - ''Restrepo (film), Restrepo'' *Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - ''Winter's Bone'' *World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary - ''The Red Chapel'' *World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic - ''Animal Kingdom (film), Animal Kingdom'' *Audience Award: U.S. Documentary, Presented by Honda - ''Waiting for "Superman", Waiting for Superman'' *Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic, Presented by Honda - ''Happythankyoumoreplease'' *World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - ''Waste Land (film), Wasteland'' *World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - ''Undertow (2009 film), Undertow'' *Best of NEXT Presented by YouTube - ''Homewrecker'' *U.S. Directing Award: Documentary - ''Smash His Camera'' *U.S. Directing Award: Dramatic - ''3 Backyards'' *World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary - ''Space Tourists'' *World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic - ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Mulligan
Zak Mulligan is an American film and television cinematographer. He is best known for his work on '' Hustle'', '' We the Animals'', '' The Outsider'', and '' Open Heart''. Career Mulligan was born and raised in Ohio. He started his film career in New York City shortly after studying Photography at Arizona State University. In 2010 he won Best Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival for his film ''Obselidia''. In 2015, ''Variety'' listed him as one of the "10 Cinematographers to Watch". His TV work includes the Jason Bateman and Ben Mendelsohn HBO series, '' The Outsider''. He collaborated with director Jeremiah Zagar on the Adam Sandler film '' Hustle'' (2022) and '' We the Animals'' (2018) which premiered at Sundance and was nominated for Best Cinematography at the Independent Spirit Awards. He is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Personal life Mulligan lives in New York City with his wife, des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Howe
Liam Coverdale Howe (born 29 September 1974) is an English record producer, musician and songwriter. Since co-founding electronic music band Sneaker Pimps in 1996, he has been a producer for Lana Del Rey, Marina and the Diamonds, FKA Twigs, Ellie Goulding, and Tom Vek. Career Musical beginnings In 1992, after numerous indie attempts to create music, he formed the dance act F.R.I.S.K. with fellow Northerner and childhood friend Chris Corner, and released the white label ''The Soul of Indiscretion'' EP. This was self-funded and a recorded number of 1,500 were pressed. The act was subsequently signed to Clean-up records, a subsidiary of One Little Indian Records. Whilst studying fine art at Reading University, Howe formed the production company Line of Flight with Corner and other art students Joe Wilson and David Westlake. They released ''The World as a Cone'' EP under this title in 1994. Line of Flight produced many of the acts on Clean-up records and contributed numerous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award
The Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award is presented to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $1,000,000 by the Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It is named after actor/screenwriter/ director John Cassavetes, a pioneer of American independent film. The award is given to the directors, writers and producers of a film. History Created for the 15th Independent Spirit Awards, it was originally called the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature (Under $500,000). After that, the rules changed so that any feature film budgeted under $500,000 could be eligible (regardless of how many films the director has made), hence the new name. The first recipient of the award was the horror film ''The Blair Witch Project''. In 2023, the rules changed to include any feature film budgeted under $1,000,000. At the 40th Independent Spirit Awards, it was revealed to be renamed the Gena Rowlands Award (renamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Spirit Award For Best First Screenplay
The Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by the Independent Spirit Awards, Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It was first presented in 1994 with David O. Russell being the first recipient of the award for ''Spanking the Monkey'', a film he also directed. Winners and nominees 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References {{Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay Independent Spirit Awards, S Screenwriting awards for film Awards established in 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballarat, California
Ballarat is an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California. It was founded in 1897 as a supply point for the mines in the canyons of the Panamint Range. A quarter-mile to the south is Post Office Springs, a reliable water source used since the 1850s. George Riggins, an immigrant from Australia, gave Ballarat its name when he proposed it should be named for Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. It has been a virtual ghost town since the early 20th century. History Early mining days The town was founded in 1897. In its heyday—from 1897 to 1905—Ballarat had 400 to 500 residents. It hosted seven saloons, three hotels, a Wells Fargo station, post office (that opened in 1897), school, a jail and morgue, but no churches. Ballarat was a place for miners and prospectors to resupply and relax. The town began to decline when the Ratcliff Mine, in Pleasant Canyon east of town, suspended operations. Other mines nearby also began to play out, and in 1917 the post office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Et Brigitte
''Brigitte et Brigitte'' is a 1966 French feature-length film written and directed by '' Cahiers du cinéma'' film critic Luc Moullet as his debut film. Plot Brigitte and Brigitte arrive in Paris to begin their first year of university, studying phonetics and cinema at Nanterres.''Atlas'', Vol. 11 (1966), p. 55. They come from different provincial towns and meet on a train station bench. The fashion of their time has shaped them in the same image. They become friends and share the same apartment. Cast * Françoise Vatel : Brigitte * Colette Descombes : Brigitte * Claude Melki : Léon * Claude Chabrol : the cousin * Samuel Fuller : himself * Éric Rohmer : Professor Schérer * Michel Gonzalès : Jacques * Luc Moullet : the road mender and the man who buys newspapers * Michel Delahaye : the supervisor * Pierre-Richard Bré : a cinephile * André Téchiné : a cinephile * Paul Martin : a student * Dominique Rabourdin : a spectator sleeping at a showing of ''L'Avventura'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Valley Junction, California
Death Valley Junction, more commonly known as Amargosa (Spanish for "Bitter"), is a tiny Mojave Desert unincorporated community in Inyo County, California, at the intersection of SR 190 and SR 127, in the Amargosa Valley and just east of Death Valley National Park. The zip code is 92328, the elevation is , and the population is fewer than four people. Death Valley Junction is home to the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel, where resident Marta Becket staged dance and mime shows from the late 1960s until her last show in February 2012. Becket died in 2017. The hotel is still operating next to the opera house, but beyond these maintained areas, the town is in a state of disrepair. There is no gas station, and only one restaurant, the Amargosa Cafe. The town is owned by the non-profit Amargosa Opera House Inc. which runs the Opera House, Hotel, and cafe The community's location, east-southeast of Furnace Creek, on the east side of Death Valley is south of Nevada's Amargosa Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principal Photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as the actors, director, cinematographer(s) or sound engineer(s) and their respective assistants ( assistant director, camera assistant, boom operator), the unit production manager plays a decisive role in principal photography. They are responsible for the daily implementation of the shoot, managing the daily call sheet, the location barriers, transportation, and catering. Additional typical roles during filming include the script supervisor to record changes to the script and the still photographer to produce images for advertising and documentation. Several reports are prepared each day to track the progress of a film production, including the daily production report, the daily progress report, and the sound report. Process Prepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
