At the Sundance Film Festival 2013 in Park City, Utah (January 17 – 27), several films are on the roster for filmmakers whose post-production companies used ASSIMILATE‘s SCRATCH® DI tools in their digital workflows. ASSIMILATE is extremely pleased to congratulate its customers for their creative DI in the following films, which are in the following Sundance categories.
World Cinema Dramatic
Post-production facility: Chilefilms (www.grupochilefilms.cl)
Film: Director Alicia Scherson’s “The Future” (Il Futuro) (2013); when her parents die in a car accident, adolescent Bianca’s universe is upended. Staying alone in the family’s Rome apartment and entrusted with the care of her younger brother, Tomas, she struggles to hold things together as her place in her surreal new world becomes blurry.
Cinematographer and colorist for Chilefilms: Ricardo de Angelis
World Premiere
Post-production and VFX facility: Stuck On On (www.stuckonon.com)
Film premiere: director Richard Linklater’s “Before Midnight” (2012); we meet Celine and Jesse nine years after their last rendezvous. Almost two decades have passed since their first encounter on a train bound for Vienna, and we now find them in their early forties in Greece. Before the clock strikes midnight, we again become part of their story.
http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/13120/before_midnight
U.S. Documentary Competition
Post-production and VFX facility: Animal* (www.animalvfx.com)
Film premiere: Director Steve Hoover’s “Blood Brother” (2013); the unmistakable power of love is celebrated in this story of one man’s decision to move from America to India and restart his life among the dispossessed – those who are infected with HIV.
* Animal was the production company behind the film as well as the post-production house.
Post-production facility: Metropolis Post (www.metpostny.com)
Film premiere: Directors Aaron Aites, Audrey Ewell, Nina Krstic, and Lucian Reed’s “99% – The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film” (2013); in 2011, seemingly overnight, the Occupy Wall Street movement captured the imagination of our nation—and the world. From personal stories to analysis of the big-picture issues, supporters, participants and critics shed light on why and how this movement took off with such explosive force, and what it means.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Post-production facility: Offhollywood (www.offhollywoodny.com)
DIT: Curtis Abbott (contact Curtis via email)
Film premiere: Director Liz W. Grace’s “The Lifeguard” (2012); Leigh, a whip-smart former valedictorian on the verge of 30, is living a seemingly perfect life in New York. When her work aspirations and love life suddenly come crashing down, she hightails it back to the cocoon of the Connecticut hometown.
Park City at Midnight (world premieres)
Post-production facility: Offhollywood (www.offhollywoodny.com)
Film: Director Jim Mickle’s “We Are What We Are” (2013); a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules the roost with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the ar
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“Ǝvolution” Comes Full Circle At The Chelsea Film Festival
The Chelsea Film Festival, running from October 16th through October 20th, 2024, at Regal Cinemas here in Union Square, is set to host the East Coast premiere of Ǝvolution, a thought-provoking experimental micro-short film that proves big ideas can come in small packages and in perfect circles.
In just 1 minute 16 seconds, this cinematic gem by Award-Winning Director Romina Schwedler, with original music by Argentine Composer Ignacio Montoya Carlotto, explores a cycle as old as time: life leads to progress, progress leads to destruction, and destruction, well, leads back to life. But is this vicious circle unbreakable? Ǝvolution suggests the answer is yes, unless we decide to open our eyes.
Inspired by the overwhelming number of recent events that threaten human existence, Ǝvolution, possibly the shortest film in this 12th edition of the festival, plays out entirely through the symbolism of circles, cleverly illustrating —in the blink of an eye— the repeating patterns of history, and confronting viewers with the uncomfortable truth that our so-called “progress” may, in fact, be guiding us to our own ruin.Premiering at the Regal 14 Union Square, New York City, on October 18, 2024, at 11 a.m., Romina Schwedler's micro-short, featuring Leah Young with cinematography by Alan J. Carmona, will be sure to spark conversations longer than the film itself! Forcing viewers to reconsider the true meaning of evolution, not just as a biological process, but as a reflection of our collective journey as humans.
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