The searing drama “The Tested” (one that received coverage on this blog when it first premiered in 2011) which is based on an award-winning 2005 short film of the same name by director Russell Costanzo, takes a look at the long term ramifications… Continue Reading →...
- 3/10/2017
- by shadowandact
- ShadowAndAct
In this week’s episode of Rambling On…, host Russell Costanzo talks to directors Alex Karpovsky (Red Flag), Ry Russo-Young (Nobody Walks), Antonio Campos (Simon Killer) and Craig Zobel (Compliance) about the parameters they put on success, and the pitfalls of being too focused on the perceived success of their movies. Check back next week for another episode of the show, exclusively here on the Filmmaker website.
- 3/21/2013
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Rambling On, the independent film interview show produced by filmmakers Russell Costanzo and Melissa B. Miller (The Tested), returns with this latest installment featuring directors talking about, well, directing. Costanzo hosts, and the directors featured are Craig Zobel (Compliance), Ry Russo-Young (Nobody Walks), Alex Karpovsky (Red Flag) and Antonio Campos (Simon Killer). Check it out above, and then in next week for another installment.
- 3/8/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Rambling On, an independent film interview show, is landing at Filmmaker. Produced by filmmakers Russell Costanzo and Melissa B. Miller (The Tested), the show gathers, roundtable style, producers, directors and actors to discuss their working practices. Here’s an excerpt from the duo’s previous episode, a roundtable with producers Sophia Lin (Compliance), Josh Mond (Simon Killer), Riva Marker (What Maisie Knew), Jared Goldman (The Magic of Belle Isle), and Michelle Ann Small (Gun Hill Road). The moderator here is Matt Patches from Hollywood.com, and this clip addresses a skill every producer needs to learn how to master: How — and when …...
- 2/7/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The Tested, based on the award-winning 2005 short film of the same name directed by Russell Costanzo and starring Aunjanue Ellis, Armando Riesco, Tobias Truvillion and Michael Morris Jr, will be available on DVD on July 24 this year. The film, which explores the complex relationship between mother and son grieving a family member, screened at the New Voices In Black Cinema Festival back in February. If you haven't, check out the Q&A from that event and Tambay's interview with the director Here. The Tested, which won Grand Jury Prizes for Best Film and Best Narrative feature at the 2011 American Black Film Festival, is described by Sam Pollard, its Award-winning producer and...
- 7/17/2012
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
News on the march…! Held over the weekend, in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State (Nigeria) on Saturday, March 26, 2011, the celebration announcing the winners of the 2011 African Movie Academy Awards (Amaa) – in just its 7th year.
This year’s nominations list boasted an even longer list of awards, compared to previous years, as the award ceremony continues to grow.
Viva Riva, a film I’ve touted on this website in recent days, after seeing it for the first time last week, rightfully dominated, winning 6 trophies, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design.
The rest of the story follows in the table below, lifted from the Amaa’s website Here:
Category
Nominated Films
Winners
Best Short Film Bougfen – Petra Baninla Sunjo (Cameroun)
Weakness – Wanjiru Kairu (Kenya)
No Jersey No Match – Daniel Ademinokan (Nigeria)
Duty – Mak Kusare (Nigeria)
Bomlambo – Zwelesizwe Ntuli (South Africa)
Zebu And...
This year’s nominations list boasted an even longer list of awards, compared to previous years, as the award ceremony continues to grow.
Viva Riva, a film I’ve touted on this website in recent days, after seeing it for the first time last week, rightfully dominated, winning 6 trophies, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design.
The rest of the story follows in the table below, lifted from the Amaa’s website Here:
Category
Nominated Films
Winners
Best Short Film Bougfen – Petra Baninla Sunjo (Cameroun)
Weakness – Wanjiru Kairu (Kenya)
No Jersey No Match – Daniel Ademinokan (Nigeria)
Duty – Mak Kusare (Nigeria)
Bomlambo – Zwelesizwe Ntuli (South Africa)
Zebu And...
- 3/28/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Over the weekend, as most of us were reveling in Academy Awards thrills and chills, the nominations for another major movie award ceremony were announced, many miles, across the Atlantic Ocean; I’m referring to the 7-year old (this year) Africa Movie Academy Awards (Amaa), which will be held in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State (Nigeria) on Saturday, March 26, 2011.
This year’s nominations list boasts an even longer list of awards, compared to previous years, as the award ceremony continues to grow.
I’ll have to thoroughly scrub this list to highlight as many titles as I can – especially in the feature film categories, and I’ll do that with individual posts over the next week, or so. In the meantime, however, I’ll quickly point out those few titles that we’ve previously given ink to on this website, that are nominated for Amaa awards, including the following: in the Best Diaspora Feature,...
This year’s nominations list boasts an even longer list of awards, compared to previous years, as the award ceremony continues to grow.
I’ll have to thoroughly scrub this list to highlight as many titles as I can – especially in the feature film categories, and I’ll do that with individual posts over the next week, or so. In the meantime, however, I’ll quickly point out those few titles that we’ve previously given ink to on this website, that are nominated for Amaa awards, including the following: in the Best Diaspora Feature,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
In the next few days, I’ll be interviewing Aunjanue Ellis and writer/director Russell Costanzo regarding upcoming new feature film, The Tested – a film we’ve given some ink to on this site, as a search will show. So, if you have any questions you’d like me to ask (whether about the film or not), feel free to leave them in the comment section below.
I’ll use what I can in the interview.
I received a screener copy of the film yesterday, and plan to watch it today, and I’ll share my thoughts some time after.
It’s scheduled to screen at the ongoing Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles (Paff), over the weekend.
The short synopsis reads: “A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.”
Further… A New York City cop accidentally kills...
I’ll use what I can in the interview.
I received a screener copy of the film yesterday, and plan to watch it today, and I’ll share my thoughts some time after.
It’s scheduled to screen at the ongoing Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles (Paff), over the weekend.
The short synopsis reads: “A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.”
Further… A New York City cop accidentally kills...
- 2/17/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Continuing with previews of noteworthy films scheduled to screen at the upcoming Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles (Paff), from Feb 16 to the 23rd…
As I said in previous posts, we’ve profiled (and continue to write about) several of the films screening at the festival, including screening opportunities… Like this one, which I initially alerted you to in April 2009 - Russell Costanzo‘s The Tested which stars Aunjanue Ellis, Armando Riesco, Frank Vincent, Michael Morris Jr, Annie Parisse, Nathan Corbett and Tobias Truvillion.
The short synopsis reads: “A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.”
Further… A New York City cop accidentally kills an unarmed African American teenager (certainly topical); the film’s plot then picks up a year after the incident, as we follow the lives of 3 people linked to the incident (the cop, the victim’s mother,...
As I said in previous posts, we’ve profiled (and continue to write about) several of the films screening at the festival, including screening opportunities… Like this one, which I initially alerted you to in April 2009 - Russell Costanzo‘s The Tested which stars Aunjanue Ellis, Armando Riesco, Frank Vincent, Michael Morris Jr, Annie Parisse, Nathan Corbett and Tobias Truvillion.
The short synopsis reads: “A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.”
Further… A New York City cop accidentally kills an unarmed African American teenager (certainly topical); the film’s plot then picks up a year after the incident, as we follow the lives of 3 people linked to the incident (the cop, the victim’s mother,...
- 2/7/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
IFP has announced its recipients of its annual Ifp Independent Filmmaker Lab Finishing Grants totaling $90,000. Congratulations goes to Stranger Things' Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal and War Don Don's Rebecca Richman Cohen. Both will receive a package valued at $45,000, that includes post-production services from Goldcrest Post New York, post-graphic services from Edgeworx, Inc., legal consultation from Gray Krauss Llp, publicity consultation from International House of Publicity, test screening space courtesy of The Tank, and promotional materials from 4over4. Additional award finalists included narrative projects Amy Seimetz's City on a Hill and Russell Costanzo's The Tested, and documentary projects Luisa Dantas's Land of Opportunity and...
- 2/19/2010
- by Melissa Silvestri
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
New York-based IFP has chosen 10 narrative features, all in their rough-cut stage, to be part of its Filmmaker Lab, which runs for five days beginning Mondayunder the leadership of producers Scott Macaulay and Gretchen McGowan.
The mentorship program is designed for first features shot on budgets of less than $1 million.
The 2009 projects picked are "Au Pair Kansas," from director Jt O'Neal, producers Joan Jerkovich, Catherine A. McCabe & O'Neal and editor Brad Roszel; "City on a Hill" (director Amy Seimetz, producer Justin Barber, editor Adele Romanski); "The Imperialists Are Still Alive!" (director Zeina Durra, producer Vanessa Hope, editor Michael Taylor); "The Myth of Time" (director Miller "Jaguar X" Koepenick, producer Scorpion Hernandez, editors Koepenick & Hernandez); and "Perfection" (director Christina Beck, producer Annette Murphy and editor Rob Poswell).
Also selected are "Phasma Ex Machina," from director/editor Matt Osterman and producer Jennifer Kramer; "Postales" (director Josh Hyde, producers Clare Connelly, Dan Fischer,...
The mentorship program is designed for first features shot on budgets of less than $1 million.
The 2009 projects picked are "Au Pair Kansas," from director Jt O'Neal, producers Joan Jerkovich, Catherine A. McCabe & O'Neal and editor Brad Roszel; "City on a Hill" (director Amy Seimetz, producer Justin Barber, editor Adele Romanski); "The Imperialists Are Still Alive!" (director Zeina Durra, producer Vanessa Hope, editor Michael Taylor); "The Myth of Time" (director Miller "Jaguar X" Koepenick, producer Scorpion Hernandez, editors Koepenick & Hernandez); and "Perfection" (director Christina Beck, producer Annette Murphy and editor Rob Poswell).
Also selected are "Phasma Ex Machina," from director/editor Matt Osterman and producer Jennifer Kramer; "Postales" (director Josh Hyde, producers Clare Connelly, Dan Fischer,...
- 6/1/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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