February news from TRUCKSTOP Media:
"HERE" RECEIVES 2008 SUNDANCE / NHK INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKERS AWARD
Braden King was selected as the U.S. recipient of the 2008 Sundance / NHK International Filmmakers award at last month's Sundance Film Festival (along with his upcoming project, HERE, co-written with Dani Valent). A press release is attached, and a short video about this year's award can be found at this link: http://www.truckstopmedia.com/quicktime/nhk.html
SUNDANCE: A GLANCE FROM THE INSIDE
New essay / blog piece posted on the Filmmaker Magazine website: http://www.tinyurl.com/2edxgu
From Filmmaker's intro: Last spring we took an exclusive look inside the Sundance Directors and Screenwriters Labs as filmmaker Braden King posted weekly stories about his experience with his project, HERE, co-written by himself and Dani Valent. Now, he's graciously given us an insight into what he took away from the Institute, including attending this year's Festival, where he was involved in the New Frontier Multimedia Performance Events with [ THE STORY IS STILL ASLEEP ] and HERE was selected as the U.S. recipient of the 2008 Sundance / NHK International Filmmakers Award. Read on: http://www.tinyurl.com/2edxgu
DUTCH HARBOR: WHERE THE SEA BREAKS ITS BACK
at Greece's 7th INTERNATIONAL ECOCINEMA FESTIVAL
Braden King and Laura Moya's impressionistic, feature-length portrait of the Aleutian Island community will screen at the 7th Ecocinema International Film Festival in Piraeus, Greece. The Festival runs between February 21 and 27. Further information: http://www.ecocinema.gr/
MAPPING THE SELF still up at
THE CHICAGO MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
An artists book of location scout photographs taken in Armenia during the research and planning stages of HERE is currently on display at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art as part of the MAPPING THE SELF exhibition. The show runs through March 2nd. Further information: http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=166
SINCERE THANKS to collaborators Shahzad Ismaily, Deborah Johnson, Michael Krassner and Aram Shumavon for a wonderful experience with [ THE STORY IS STILL ASLEEP ] out at Sundance. Collective thanks to Marcus McWaters, Corey Brill, Mike Plante and Shari Frilot from the Festival, Katie Stern from Washington Square Films in New York and Chad Brammer from Alliant Services in Salt Lake City for their dedicated assistance with a complicated event.
PLEASE ALSO SEE:
Elisabeth Subrin's new video installation, SWEET RUIN, part of the TECHNICALLY SWEET exhibition at PARTICIPANT, Inc. (New York) through March 2. http://www.participantinc.org/
Aaron Landsman's new play OPEN HOUSE at The Foundry (also New York), through March 7. http://www.thefoundrytheatre.org/
Jeremy "Gumby" Mather's Invisible Organ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iswVb7dQLHo
"Child of Vision", indeed...
Over and out...
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