The Joe and Anthony Russo-backed production company Agbo has announced the return of the fourth consecutive “No Sleep ‘Till Film Fest.”
The two-day festival challenges participants to make films that are three minutes or less for a chance to win prizes and receive ongoing mentorship from the independent studio.
The top three winners receive a filmmaking prize package with essential resources and “best-in-class” equipment for future filmmaking opportunities. They will also join the Agbo Storytellers Collective, an alumni network of winners from other Agbo-sponsored festivals and fellowship programs such as the Russo Brothers Italian American Filmmaker Forum and the Slamdance Film Festival Fellowship — the same festival the Russos received their start at in 1997 as emerging filmmakers.
In the past three years of the festival, “No Sleep ’til Film Fest” received over 2000 submissions from over 60 countries. 2023 winners included “Time of Your Life” directed by Darren Hinchy (Canada), “Just a Sec!
The two-day festival challenges participants to make films that are three minutes or less for a chance to win prizes and receive ongoing mentorship from the independent studio.
The top three winners receive a filmmaking prize package with essential resources and “best-in-class” equipment for future filmmaking opportunities. They will also join the Agbo Storytellers Collective, an alumni network of winners from other Agbo-sponsored festivals and fellowship programs such as the Russo Brothers Italian American Filmmaker Forum and the Slamdance Film Festival Fellowship — the same festival the Russos received their start at in 1997 as emerging filmmakers.
In the past three years of the festival, “No Sleep ’til Film Fest” received over 2000 submissions from over 60 countries. 2023 winners included “Time of Your Life” directed by Darren Hinchy (Canada), “Just a Sec!
- 8/29/2024
- by Jack Dunn, Andrés Buenahora, Diego Ramos Bechara and Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Daughters, the award-winning Netflix documentary set behind the walls of a Washington DC prison, will serve as the closing night selection of a new film festival taking place at California’s San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.
The film, winner of the Festival Favorite Award as well as the Audience Award for U.S. Documentary at Sundance, centers on a special “Daddy-Daughter Dance” where incarcerated men and their daughters participate in a unique and emotional bonding experience. It will screen October 11 at the San Quentin Film Festival, a two-day event on the grounds of the prison that houses upwards of 4,000 men.
‘Daughters’
“We are honored to have Daughters screen as the Closing Night film in San Quentin!” said Natalie Rae, who directed the documentary with Angela Patton. “To connect incarcerated fathers...
The film, winner of the Festival Favorite Award as well as the Audience Award for U.S. Documentary at Sundance, centers on a special “Daddy-Daughter Dance” where incarcerated men and their daughters participate in a unique and emotional bonding experience. It will screen October 11 at the San Quentin Film Festival, a two-day event on the grounds of the prison that houses upwards of 4,000 men.
‘Daughters’
“We are honored to have Daughters screen as the Closing Night film in San Quentin!” said Natalie Rae, who directed the documentary with Angela Patton. “To connect incarcerated fathers...
- 8/14/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The San Quentin Film Festival — the first-ever film festival held inside a prison — has named its inaugural industry jury, which includes Jeffrey Wright, Billy Crudup, Mary-Louise Parker and more.
The festival, taking place Oct. 10 and 11 at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in northern California, will highlight short films and pitches from current and formerly incarcerated filmmakers in front of a jury made up of entertainment industry artists and executives. Separately, an “inside jury” made up of currently incarcerated people will judge narrative and documentary feature films about the prison experience made by filmmakers who have never served prison time.
Actors on the industry jury include Wright, Crudup, Parker and Kathy Najimy.
Directors on the jury include Elegance Bratton, Taylor Hackford, Lynn Novick, Greg Kwedar, Jeff Stanzler and Joe Talbot.
Writer-producers on the jury include Sam Catlin, Lawrence O’Donnell, Piper Kerman (“Orange Is the New Black”) and J.T. Rogers.
The jury also includes Len Amato,...
The festival, taking place Oct. 10 and 11 at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in northern California, will highlight short films and pitches from current and formerly incarcerated filmmakers in front of a jury made up of entertainment industry artists and executives. Separately, an “inside jury” made up of currently incarcerated people will judge narrative and documentary feature films about the prison experience made by filmmakers who have never served prison time.
Actors on the industry jury include Wright, Crudup, Parker and Kathy Najimy.
Directors on the jury include Elegance Bratton, Taylor Hackford, Lynn Novick, Greg Kwedar, Jeff Stanzler and Joe Talbot.
Writer-producers on the jury include Sam Catlin, Lawrence O’Donnell, Piper Kerman (“Orange Is the New Black”) and J.T. Rogers.
The jury also includes Len Amato,...
- 7/9/2024
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
After a fake poster for a Blood In Blood Out sequel titled Money In Money Out spread like wildfire on social media, many believe the movie will be released in 2024.
Blood In Blood Out is considered by many as one of the best crime movies of all time. Directed by Taylor Hackford, the movie tells the story of how the lives and friendships of three Chicano cousins are changed forever from 1972 to 1984.
Despite receiving mixed reviews (it only earned a 62% critic approval from Rotten Tomatoes), the Damian Chapa-led film garnered widespread acclaim from audiences, with some claiming it as a cult classic.
Read full article on The Direct.
Blood In Blood Out is considered by many as one of the best crime movies of all time. Directed by Taylor Hackford, the movie tells the story of how the lives and friendships of three Chicano cousins are changed forever from 1972 to 1984.
Despite receiving mixed reviews (it only earned a 62% critic approval from Rotten Tomatoes), the Damian Chapa-led film garnered widespread acclaim from audiences, with some claiming it as a cult classic.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 1/19/2024
- by Aeron Mer Eclarinal
- The Direct
The list of Oscar-winning directors for short films who have gone on to major careers in the feature-length realm is shorter than you might imagine. Andrea Arnold, Martin McDonagh and Claude Berri achieved arthouse success; David Frankel made multiplex hits like “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Marley & Me.” But perhaps only Taylor Hackford, a winner in 1979 for an affecting little mockumentary titled “Teenage Father,” became a full-scale Hollywood brand — a name associated with a certain temperature of sleek studio gloss and versatile genre smarts.
In an industry increasingly given over to auteur reverence, Hackford has instead consistently proven the essential value of the distinguished craftsman — the kind that keeps the industry running, even if the status doesn’t earn you as many glittering prizes or prestigious festival berths. Consider the Festival Lumière’s tribute to Hackford a welcome exception. The four films selected by the festival to represent the...
In an industry increasingly given over to auteur reverence, Hackford has instead consistently proven the essential value of the distinguished craftsman — the kind that keeps the industry running, even if the status doesn’t earn you as many glittering prizes or prestigious festival berths. Consider the Festival Lumière’s tribute to Hackford a welcome exception. The four films selected by the festival to represent the...
- 10/15/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro has nominated 27 Latino-driven films for inclusion in the National Film Registry. Among the suggestions are films that brought Oscar nominations to Latino actors and artists, including Salma Hayek, as Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in “Frida” (2002); Catalina Sandino Moreno, who portrayed a desperate undocumented pregnant immigrant in “Maria Full of Grace” (2004) and Demián Bichir, who played an undocumented worker in Los Angeles in “A Better Life” (2011). All were nominated for lead acting Oscars.
Other notable titles nominated by the congressman are Peter Sollett’s coming-of-age indie “Raising Victor Vargas,” Alfonso Arau’s romantic drama “Like Water for Chocolate (1992) and Darnell Martin’s “I Like It Like That” (1994), a story of a Puerto Rican family in the Bronx.
“Given the film industry’s continued exclusion of Latinos, we must make a special effort to ensure that Latino Americans’ contributions to American filmmaking are appropriately celebrated and included in the National Film Registry,...
Other notable titles nominated by the congressman are Peter Sollett’s coming-of-age indie “Raising Victor Vargas,” Alfonso Arau’s romantic drama “Like Water for Chocolate (1992) and Darnell Martin’s “I Like It Like That” (1994), a story of a Puerto Rican family in the Bronx.
“Given the film industry’s continued exclusion of Latinos, we must make a special effort to ensure that Latino Americans’ contributions to American filmmaking are appropriately celebrated and included in the National Film Registry,...
- 8/21/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
“All I want to do is rule the world, is that so much to ask?“
Enjoy Street Fighter like never before with this limited edition SteelBook. This collectible Blu-Ray will be
available online and in-store December 7, 2021 for $34.99 Msrp.
Based on the massively popular video game franchise, this adrenaline-pumping adventure stars martial arts
superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme as Colonel Guile, who leads an international
strike force against the mad General M. Bison. Bison, who
has hatched an evil plan for world domination, takes dozens of relief workers hostage and gives the world only
72 hours to respond to his twisted demands. In that time, Guile must find the captives and confront Bison in an
electrifying battle for the fate of the free world. Along the way Guile recruits intelligence officer Cammy,
reporter and martial arts expert Chun-Li, two young con men Ken and Ryu, and a sumo wrestler E. Honda.
This action-packed film also stars Ming-Na Wen,...
Enjoy Street Fighter like never before with this limited edition SteelBook. This collectible Blu-Ray will be
available online and in-store December 7, 2021 for $34.99 Msrp.
Based on the massively popular video game franchise, this adrenaline-pumping adventure stars martial arts
superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme as Colonel Guile, who leads an international
strike force against the mad General M. Bison. Bison, who
has hatched an evil plan for world domination, takes dozens of relief workers hostage and gives the world only
72 hours to respond to his twisted demands. In that time, Guile must find the captives and confront Bison in an
electrifying battle for the fate of the free world. Along the way Guile recruits intelligence officer Cammy,
reporter and martial arts expert Chun-Li, two young con men Ken and Ryu, and a sumo wrestler E. Honda.
This action-packed film also stars Ming-Na Wen,...
- 9/28/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Tagline: "Una Historia Panamena de Supersticiones. Brujeria y Diez Toneladas de Puro Diablo." Diablo Rojo Pty is the latest film to be distributed by the Horror Collective. A Panamanian film in Spanish, this feature focuses on a cast of characters on a bus trip. Along their trip, they are attacked by a band of creatures and forced to take refuge in their broken down bus. From filmmakers Sol Moreno and J. Oskura Najera, this title is slated to show in May, through Amazon. As well, the film stars: Carlos Carrasco, Leo Wiznitzer (Hands of Stone) and Alejandra Araúz. The film's mysterious trailer is below. The official poster for Diablo Rojo Pty is also available. The graphic shows blood red flames and something unholy. The tagline mentions "a Panamanian story of superstitions...brutal and tonnes of evil." A bit retro', the film poster also appears as a portal to something sinister.
- 4/24/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Welcome to this week’s Ring Of Honor review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and Akon has some funny lookin’ hair. I’ve got the TalkTech going so I can write while eating chili-cheese fries at the park. Go away ya f—— birds! These are mine! We’ve got some good matches from Bound By Honor, so don’t go any-where. Hey…f——- birds! Ugh! Look at that guys ugly-ass coat. (to pedestrian) Hey, ass-hole…nice coat! Where’d you get th…oh s—! He’s got a flame-thrower! (sound of fire soaring) Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!! My chili-cheese fries…they’re ruined! Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
Match #1: The Briscoes def. Jeff Cobb and Dan Maff The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com:
This match was every bit as hard-hitting as one would expect given who the four competitors were. At one point, Cobb and Maff teamed up to hit a...
Match #1: The Briscoes def. Jeff Cobb and Dan Maff The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com:
This match was every bit as hard-hitting as one would expect given who the four competitors were. At one point, Cobb and Maff teamed up to hit a...
- 3/27/2020
- by Nathan Favel
- Nerdly
Vanessa Marquez, a series regular actress on NBC’s hit drama “ER” from 1994-1997, was shot and killed by a South Pasadena Pd officer during a welfare check early Thursday afternoon. She was 49.
During the welfare check at the 1100 Block of Fremont Avenue, Marquez was having seizures and possibly suffering from mental health issues, Lieutenant Joe Mendoza of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau told TheWrap. After more than 90 minutes of officers trying to convince an uncooperative Marquez to seek care, Mendoza says the actress and South Pasadena resident pulled out a weapon and pointed it at police officers. Though it was later identified to be a Bb gun, Mendoza said it was a replica of a semi-automatic handgun, and police believed the weapon to be a real firearm.
An officer or officers shot Mendoza, who was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.
During the welfare check at the 1100 Block of Fremont Avenue, Marquez was having seizures and possibly suffering from mental health issues, Lieutenant Joe Mendoza of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau told TheWrap. After more than 90 minutes of officers trying to convince an uncooperative Marquez to seek care, Mendoza says the actress and South Pasadena resident pulled out a weapon and pointed it at police officers. Though it was later identified to be a Bb gun, Mendoza said it was a replica of a semi-automatic handgun, and police believed the weapon to be a real firearm.
An officer or officers shot Mendoza, who was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.
- 8/31/2018
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Yesterday afternoon, the ranks of Oscar voters grew substantially, with some welcome diversity added in for good measure. Yes, the Academy sent out invitations for new membership about 24 hours ago, with 683 names getting the coveted tap on the proverbial shoulder. Again, what made it so interesting to note is that AMPAS seemed to actively seek out women, minorities, and younger artists, hoping to make the demographics of the Academy slightly less centered on older white males. It won’t suddenly change the makeup of the Oscar nominations or upend how the Academy Awards go down next year, but it’s a slow step in the right direction, and that’s worth applauding for sure. As you can see below, in addition to basically all of last year’s Oscar winners, the new members are a diverse slate. Among the names you’ll see in the acting branch now are John Boyega,...
- 6/30/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
"They only understand one thing — that's blood. If that's what they want, then we communicate in blood."
Movie audiences are no doubt familiar with Don Vito Corleone, the mafia patriarch played by Marlon Brando in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, but may not be as aware of the Bonanno Family, one of "Five Families" of organized crime in New York, which served as the inspiration by the book on which the movie was based. Don Corleone is an amalgam of influences, but his origins are not too far from Joseph Bonanno, aka Joe Bananas, the boss of the Bonanno Family until he retired to Arizona in 1968. Bonanno was born in Sicily before permanently immigrating to America, where he joined the mafia and eventually took over for mob boss Salvatore Maranzano, making him one of the youngest bosses ever in the mafia. Bonanno's son, Bill Bonanno, later joined the "family...
Movie audiences are no doubt familiar with Don Vito Corleone, the mafia patriarch played by Marlon Brando in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, but may not be as aware of the Bonanno Family, one of "Five Families" of organized crime in New York, which served as the inspiration by the book on which the movie was based. Don Corleone is an amalgam of influences, but his origins are not too far from Joseph Bonanno, aka Joe Bananas, the boss of the Bonanno Family until he retired to Arizona in 1968. Bonanno was born in Sicily before permanently immigrating to America, where he joined the mafia and eventually took over for mob boss Salvatore Maranzano, making him one of the youngest bosses ever in the mafia. Bonanno's son, Bill Bonanno, later joined the "family...
- 12/16/2012
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
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