Authors — Jason Guerrasio

“WINTER’S BONE,” “THE OATH,” TAKE HOME TOP PRIZES AT 20th GOTHAM AWARDS

IFP’s 20th Gotham Independent Film Awards took place last night in Lower Manhattan with Debra Granik‘s Winter’s Bone winning Best Feature as well as Best Ensemble and Laura Poitras‘ The Oath taking Best Documentary. Other winners on the night include Waiting for “Superman” winning the first ever Festival Genius Audience Award and Littlerock took home the Best Film Not Playing At a Theater Near You Award (chosen by the editors of Filmmaker). The show, co-hosted by Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson, was also filled with memories from Gothams past, including a beautiful montage to start the night. Tributes this year […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Nov 30, 2010
VOTE FOR GOTHAMS’ AUDIENCE AWARD

Earlier in the month we told you about the Gotham Independent Film Awards doing their first-ever Audience Award. With the show around the corner on Nov. 29 here’s a look at the five nominees. Go here to cast your vote. Voting closes at 5pm EST on the 29th. 9000 Needles Brotherhood Waiting for “Superman” White Irish Drinkers Winter’s Bone
by Jason Guerrasio on Nov 23, 2010
OSCAR DOC FEATURE SHORTLIST: WHICH TITLES SHOULD HAVE MADE THE CUT?

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed today the 15 films that have made their shortlist for the Best Feature Documentary category in the 83rd Academy Awards. They include: Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, Alex Gibney, director (ES Productions LLC) Enemies of the People, Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, directors (Old Street Films) Exit through the Gift Shop, Banksy, director (Paranoid Pictures) Gasland, Josh Fox, director (Gasland Productions, LLC) Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont, directors (White Pine Pictures) Inside Job, Charles Ferguson, director (Representational Pictures) The […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Nov 18, 2010
STANLEY TUCCI & PATRICIA CLARKSON WILL CO-HOST GOTHAM AWARDS

The IFP announced earlier today that two indie film stalwarts will be co-hosting this year’s Gotham Independent Film Awards: Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson. Veterans of the stage and screen (both large and small), Clarkson is coming off a busy year where she received rave reviews for playing the lead in Cairo Time and starred in Hollywood projects Shutter Island and Easy A (which Tucci also starred in). Tucci, who received a Gotham Awards tribute last year, was nominated for a Best Supporting Oscar last year for his performance in The Lovely Bones and will be seen next in Burlesque. […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Nov 15, 2010
AMAZONAS FILM FEST: CARNIVAL FINALE, “WINTER’S BONE” WINS TOP PRIZE

The Amazonas Film Festival wrapped its 7th edition Thursday night with an unbelievable showcase of one of the state’s most proud traditions. After handing out the jury awards (listed below), the stage in the Teatro Amazonas became the site for an astounding carnival known as the Parintins Folk Festival, which brought roars of applause from the locals and wide-eyed curiosity to those attendees visiting abroad and are used to the usual stale closing night film fest pleasantries. The Parintins Fest is one of the largest folklore festivals in the world, and on this evening the Amazonas Fest gave a small […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Nov 13, 2010
AMAZONAS FILM FEST: A FILM INDUSTRY IN THE RAINFOREST

One of the instant observations you take from spending time in Amazonas is the love this state in the rainforest has for the arts. It seems every month it’s kicking off a jazz, dance, opera or film festival. And most of them, including the film fest, admittance is free (the opera fest tix are $1.50). The State Council of Culture has spearheaded this movement not only in Amazonas’ capital city, Manaus, but throughout the state. Musicians, dancers and filmmakers travel to communities throughout the state year-round to perform and also give workshops only asking for room and board in return. […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Nov 10, 2010
AMAZONAS FILM FESTIVAL: “THIS TEMPLE OF ART”

The 7th annual Amazonas Film Festival Brazil opened last night with a mixture of culture and cinema in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest. The festival kicked off with a screening of Lucy Walker‘s Waste Land, which looks at Brazilian artist Vik Muniz who uses the garbage from a landfill in San Paulo to transform the lives of some of the people who work there. But for those of us who came over from the States it was the setting of the screening that was more eye catching: the Teatro Amazonas, where the opening scene from Fitzcarraldo was shot. One […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Nov 6, 2010
VOTE NOW FOR FIRST-EVER GOTHAM AUDIENCE AWARD

Voting is currently underway for the Gotham Independent Film Awards‘ first-ever Festival Genius Audience Award. The IFP and Slated have complied 26 titles from 50 U.S. and Canadian film festivals that will vie for the award, which will be announced during the Gotham Awards on November 29. They include Winter’s Bone, Fair Game, Waiting for ‘Superman’, Waste Land, The New Year and happythankyoumoreplease, to name a few. Voting for the five nominees of the award will close Nov. 7, then voting for the winner will open Nov. 9 and end the night of the event. And by voting you will […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Nov 2, 2010
KEVIN SMITH REVEALS “RED STATE” POSTER

Here’s a little treat for ya on Halloween! Today on Kevin Smith‘s blog, Silent Bob Speaks, the outspoken writer-director put up a teaser poster of his next film, Red State, his first foray into horror. In the past Smith has described the film as being loosely based on religious extremism, and its one he’s talked about making for years. If you follow Smith on Twitter you know he finally found enough money to shoot it over the summer, and according to his blog post, principal photography is now wrapped. Smith on the poster: Moody, weird, and pitch-perfect for the tone […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Oct 31, 2010
FALL ISSUE ONLINE

Select stories from our Fall issue are now online. They include an interview with Olivier Assayas on his epic, Carlos; Charles Ferguson talks about Inside Job, his doc on the global economic crisis; and Lena Dunham and Caveh Zahedi sit down to discuss their autobiographical style of filmmaking. Plus, a look at why Digital Intermediate has become an essential tool for filmmakers, we ask a number of indie producers about their business models and don’t skip this issue’s Culture Hacker and Industry Beat columns. The issue hits stands next week, but you can read the whole issue now on your […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Oct 25, 2010

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