Palace Production Center has hired Avid editor Francis Sheehan. He will work out of the post facilitys offline and online Avid editorial suites.
Prior to joining the South Norwalk-based company, Sheehan spent four years as a Fairfield County-based freelance Avid editor, working on promos for cable networks Outdoor Life Network and Speedvision, and the CBS program Eye On People. Sheehan also worked as a freelancer with postproduction houses Mediacom, North Country Media and EagleVision, all based in Stamford. He spent five years on staff at EagleVision, where he served in various postproduction capacities before starting his freelance career.
Palace offers digital audio and video, computer graphics and interactive multimedia production services.
“Memoir of a Snail” Takes Top Prize At London Film Festival
The Official Competition jury said: “Our jury was incredibly moved by Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail, which is a singular achievement in filmmaking. Emotionally resonant and constantly surprising, Memoir tackles pertinent issues such as bullying, loneliness and grief head-on, creating a crucial and universal dialogue in a way that only animation can. The jury is delighted to recognize an animated film alongside its live-action peers.”
Rounding out the winners of this year’s films screening In Competition are:
- Winner of the Sutherland Award in the First Feature Competition – On Falling (Dir. Laura Carreira)
- Winner of the Grierson Award in the Documentary Competition – Mother Vera (Dirs. Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson)
- Winner of the Short Film Award in the Short Film Competition – Vibrations from Gaza (Dir. Rehab Nazzal)