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-UNCONSCIOUS INKS DISTRIBUTION DEAL

-FLORIDA’S TOP STUDENT FILMMAKERS WORK THE RED CARPET AT THE STUDENT SHOWCASE OF FILMS AWARDS GALA

-DBFF ANNOUNCES ANIMATION MASTER CLASS WITH BILL PLYMPTON

UNCONSCIOUS INKS DISTRIBUTION DEAL

 

For Immediate Release   

Los Angeles, CA           

Palm Beach, FL            

April 29, 2008              

 

 

Capitol Pictures, Palm Beach, and Helios Productions, Los Angeles, are pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with All Channel Films, Los Angeles for domestic distribution of its motion picture UNCONSCIOUS.  The agreement covers the United States and Canada.  The film’s theatrical opening is scheduled for early summer.

 

UNCONSCIOUS is a dark comic mystery thriller shot in Orlando.  The independent feature premiered at the Palm Beach International Film Festival.

 

UNCONSCIOUS was directed by Brad Wigor and written by George Williams.  The picture stars Peter Friedman (Paycheck, Single White Female), Josh Pais (Phone Booth, Music of the Heart), Adam LeFevre (The Manchurian Candidate, Rounders), John Speradakos (Rules of Engagement, The Fantastic Four), Brian Tarantina (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Born on the Fourth of July), Ben Walker, (Kinsey, Flags of our Fathers), Jose Llana (The King and I, Flower Drum Song) and Jessica Almasy (Noise, Law and Order).  

 

Producers George Williams and Brad Wigor are currently negotiating foreign distribution rights for the film.

 

The next motion picture in Capitol’s lineup is HIGH WATER, a crime drama also slated to be shot in the Sunshine State.  Helios is gearing up to shoot RESCUE AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD.

 

For further information contact

George Williams:                     561-310-2420 Capitol Pictures

Brad Wigor:                            323-468-8000 Helios Productions

 

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For immediate release                                                     Contact:Kristi Peacock

                                                                                    Carey O’Donnell PR Group

                                                                                    (561) 832-3231

                                                                                                 

FLORIDA’S TOP STUDENT FILMMAKERS WORK THE RED CARPET AT THE STUDENT SHOWCASE OF FILMS AWARDS GALA

 

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (April 24, 2008)—A crowd of more than 700 talented students and film buffs gathered on Apr. 15 to celebrate Florida’s finest in student filmmaking at the 13^th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival’s Student Showcase of Films (SSOF) awards gala. Competition finalists walked the red carpet – Hollywood style – as they entered the Palm Beach Community College’s Duncan Theatre where the winners of the prestigious awards were announced.

The curtains opened to reveal an elaborate stage set featuring a giant iPod-shaped preview screen complete with shadow dancers silhouetted by neon lights. Local comedians Frank Licari, Travis Thomas and Jesse Furman of The Jove Improv served as hosts of the show and announced notable award presenters including Louis Lombardi (“24,” “The Sopranos,” Dough Boys) and Vincent Cecere (Analyze This, The Flyboys). The hosts also starred in an attention-grabbing opening film directed by the Student Showcase of Films Producer, Alex Marquez, a Palm Beach Community College graduate and two-time past winner of SSOF. The film can be viewed at www.myspace.com/pbcfilm. Photos from the event can be viewed at port44.com/dalhoujohnson.com/studentsshowcaseoffilms.

“With a record 193 entries for the competition, plus the addition of the audience award and viral video competition this year, the 2008 Student Showcase of Films was a complete success,” said Michelle Hillery, Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission’s Director of Operations and Programs and Student Showcase of Films Producer. “It’s important to offer an entertaining forum where students can present their creative talents as they give back to their education at the same time.”

Top student filmmakers were recognized in several film categories, a screenwriting competition, a poster contest and two scholarships. Awarded with more than $30,000 in cash prizes and scholarships, the 2008 winners are:

1^st Place College Feature/Shorts and Documentaries
Ryan Spindell, Kirksdale, Florida State University

 

2^nd Place College Feature/Shorts and Documentaries

Chris Adams, Joshua Knight and Max Miller, The Master, Full Sail

 

3^rd Place College Feature/Shorts and Documentaries

Cory Braun, Dupe, University of Miami

 

1^st Place High School Feature/Shorts and Documentaries

Nicole Groton, The Chosen One, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts

 

2^nd Place High School Feature/Shorts and Documentaries

Fernando Pacheco, Vendetta, Design & Architecture High School

 

3^rd Place High School Feature/Shorts and Documentaries (tied)

Julien Pujol, La Tristesse de M. Jaccoud, Design & Architecture High School;

Callie Aitken, Keith Sonchaiwanich, Richard Pergolizzi, Charlie Wilson, Ryan Cacciapuoti  Jupiter in Jeopardy, Jupiter High School

 

1^st Place Animation

Alex Duque and Gregory Tate, Praemonitus, Digital Media Arts College

 

1^st Place Music Video

Amanda Carr, Hope, Charlotte High School

 

1^st Place Commercial/PSA

Jacob Abrams, 1941, Spanish River High School

 

1^st Place Screenwriting

Jared Mizel, Operation Detonation, Spanish River High School

 

1^st Place Poster Awards

 Joseph Gerbino and Alison Schwartz, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts

 

Audience Award

Houston Jones, Joseph Gerbino, Joseph Poach, Daniel Satinoff and Errol Sabinano, Satori, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts

 

1^st Place Viral Video Award

Grant Yansura, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts

 

2^nd Place Viral Video Award

Julie Bollinger, Cassandra Brescacin, Andrew Suarez and Ashley Radabaugh, Seminole Ridge High School

 

3^rd Place Viral Video Award

Erica Serio, Park Vista High School

 

Burt Reynolds Scholarship Winners

Emily Dyess, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts;

Daniel Satinoff, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts

 

The Palm Beach International Film Festival (PBIFF) is one of the few film festivals in the world whose proceeds are channeled into film education.  To date approximately one million dollars has been awarded in the form of cash awards, prizes and scholarships to individual students and schools. This program is funded by the PBIFF, the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, the Palm Beach County Economic Development Office and the Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission. For more information about the PBIFF please visit pbifilmfest.org.

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DBFF ANNOUNCES ANIMATION MASTER CLASS WITH BILL PLYMPTON

With More Workshops to Be Held During 2008 Delray Beach Film Festival May 6-11

Current Through: April 12, 2008

FILMMAKERS AND FILM STUDENTS TO LEARN THE ART AND BUSINESS OF FILMMAKING FROM OSCAR-NOMINATED ANIMATOR, BILL PLYMPTON –AND OTHER INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS

(Delray Beach, Florida) – Oscar-nominated animator, Bill Plympton returns to the Delray Beach Film Festival (DBFF) to fascinate filmmakers and film students with his illustrious workshop, titled Animation Master Class with Bill Plympton. Mr. Plympton’s workshop will be held Friday, May 9, from 2-4 pm at Dolce Amore Café, located in Downtown Delray Beach’s Historic Pineapple Grove District.

 

Through the use of live drawings and recent short films, Writer-Producer-Director Bill Plympton will talk about how to make a living, producing short films.  He will also discuss the creative side of animated shorts.  After a short Question & Answer session, Mr. Plympton will give every attendee a sketch!

The 2008 Delray Beach Film Festival invites local and visiting filmmakers and well as college and high school film students interested in the art of filmmaking, to take part in this series of free educational film workshops. Over four days of the festival, industry professionals will present valuable and cutting-edge workshops during the daytime, –from Acting to Script Writing to Film Financing, and more.

The educational film workshops will take place on Wednesday, May 7th through Saturday, May 10^th.  Casting Directors/Actors Workshop, hosted by Director/Acting Coach Marc Durso, ( Wed. 5/7), Script Writing Workshop, hosted by Writer-Producer-Director Alyn Darnay, (Thurs. 5/8), Acting for Directors & Screenwriters Workshop, Marc Durso of ActTrue, Inc., (Thurs. 5/8), International Co-Productions Workshop, hosted by Producer Indira Somani and Filmmaker Leena Jayaswall, (Thurs. 5/8), New Digital Technologies for Filmmakers Workshop, sponsored by SONY, (Fri. 5/9), Animation Master Class with Bill Plympton, (Fri. 5/9), Film Financing Workshop, hosted by Jeffrey Taylor,  Founder of Showbiz Management Advisors, (Sat. 5/10), and The Future of Interactive On-Demand Media Workshop, hosted by Steve Zuckerman, Founder of GEMS TV, (Sat. 5/10).

All workshop seminars will be held at the Dolce Amore Cafe, located at 241 NE 2nd Avenue, off Atlantic Avenue, in Downtown Delray Beach. For specific times and complete workshop descriptions, please visit our website: www.dbff.us or pick up our program guide from supporting Palm Beach County businesses. School groups may sign up for one or all four days. The workshop seminars are free, on a first-come-first serve basis. All workshop seminars are subject to change without notice. 

 

About Bill Plympton

After a successful 15-year career as an illustrator and cartoonist, Bill Plympton was approached to animate and direct a film based on Jules Feiffer's song, "Boomtown."  Plympton followed BOOMTOWN with his own animated film, DRAWING LESSON # 2, which garnered a 1988 Oscar nomination for best animated short. His filmography soon expanded into a succession of short and feature length animated films as well as live-action feature length films, such as YOUR FACE, J. LYLE and HAIR HIGH. Bill received his second Oscar nomination in January 2005 for his short film GUARD DOG. Two equally successful sequels, GUIDE DOG and HOT DOG, soon followed.

His latest feature film, IDIOTS AND ANGELS, will premiere at Tribeca, and close the 2008 Delray Beach Film Festival, (Saturday, May 10th at the Crest Theater at Old School Square). Featuring the music of Tom Waits, Moby and Pink Martini, IDIOTS AND ANGELS is dark comedy about a morally bankrupt man scrabbling to hide the good in himself-which manifests itself in a pair of angel wings that just won't go away.

About the Festival

The Delray Beach film Festival is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that demonstrates its commitment to the community by donating a percentage of the proceeds from the film festival to other non-profits including the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League and The Children’s Coalition, Inc.

 

For more information contact:

Denise Castillon

2008 DBFF Industry Relations

denisecastillon@hotmail.com

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