In celebration of the upcoming Oscars and numerous other award shows, here's a reminder as to why you should respect the technical awards as much as the non-technical awards.
Ryan is an Oscar-winning animated documentary about the influential Canadian animator Ryan Larkin. Larkin now lives on skid row following years of drug and alcohol abuse.
The film animates an actual interview with Larkin, conducted by the film's director, Chris Landreth.
Ryan won the 2004 Academy Award for Best Animated Short, and the 25th Genie Award for Best Animated Short. The film was also very well received at the Cannes, Venice, Sundance and Toronto film festivals.
Below is the entire short in two parts:
2007 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL WINNERS!
So, after a long and competitive festival,
The Sundance Film Festival of 07
breaks records with sales to the motion picture industry.
Why?
Because there were so many excellent entries.
And, because I have this long complicated theory as to how the internet and streaming video sites like You Tube, Revver, Greenimation etc. have created a climate that's receptive to indie films as having commercial potential. But more on that some other time.
I was up late last night watching the Dailies on the Sundance Channel as they ended the 10 day event and had the good fortune to get glimpses of many, if not all of the following award winning entries.
It's really a banner year.
So, give it up for the following 2007 Sundance Award Winners:
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
MANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET)
Jason Kohn, director
Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
PADRE NUESTRO
Christopher Zalla, writer/director
Audience Award: Documentary
HEAR AND NOW
Irene Taylor Brodsky, writer/director
Audience Award: Dramatic
GRACE IS GONE
James C. Strouse, writer/director
Directing Award: Documentary
Sean Fine & Andrea Nix Fine
WAR/DANCE
Directing Award: Dramatic
Jeffrey Blitz
ROCKET SCIENCE
World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary
ENEMIES OF HAPPINESS
Eva Mulvad & Anja Al Erhayem, directors
World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic
SWEET MUD
Dror Shaul, writer/director
World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
David Sington, director
World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic
ONCE
John Carney, writer/director
Excellence In Cinematography Award:
Documentary
Heloisa Passos
MANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET)
Excellence In Cinematography Award:
Dramatic
Benoit Debie
JOSHUA
Documentary Editing Award
Hibah Sherif Frisina, Charlton McMillian
& Michael Schweitzer
NANKING
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
James C. Strouse, writer/director
GRACE IS GONE
Special Jury Prize Documentary
NO END IN SIGHT
Charles Ferguson, director
Special Jury Prize for Acting
(Split)
Jess Weixler
TEETH
Tamara Podemski
FOUR SHEETS TO THE WIND
Special Jury Prize For Singularity Of Vision
Chris Smith, director
THE POOL
Special Jury Prize World Cinema:
Documentary
HOT HOUSE
Shimon Dotan, director
Special Jury Prize World Cinema:
Dramatic
THE LEGACY
Gela Babluani & Temur Babluani
Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking
EVERYTHING WILL BE OK
Don Hertzfeldt, director
Jury Prize in International
Short Filmmaking
THE TUBE WITH A HAT
Radu Jude, director
Honorable Mention In Short Filmmaking
DEATH TO THE TINMAN
Ray Tintori, director
THE FIGHTING CHOLITAS
Mariam Jobrani, director
MEN UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER BETTER
Marjan Alizadeh, director
MOTODROM
Joerg Wagner, director
SPITFIRE 944
William Lorton, director
T.O.M.
Tom Brown & Daniel Gray, directors
New Duvet or Giant Ugly Napkin?
Today's New York Times ran a story in Sunday's Business Section about a duvet cover that doubles as a bib for eating breakfast in bed. The product’s designers, Olga Bielawska and Astrid Schildkopf, came up with the idea in late 2005. They had sold approximately 20 through their own website, Missgeschickladylapsus.de and it is now being manufactured by a German company and is available in US sizes as well as European.
The fabric of the duvet has an nondetachable bib sewn into the top of it that can be unfolded and tied around your neck, thus keeping crumbs out from beneath the covers.
They opted for a red and white checked fabric, purposefully remniscient of a picnic tablecloth or an italian bistro. A bit of lace was added making it- as the designer described "evocative of the hearty, meat-centric breakfasts that a grandmother might make."
Here's The Article from Sunday's NY Times
Personally, I'd much rather invest in a nice bed tray like the one below by Offi.
Or better yet, get your lazy ass out of bed and eat at a table.
The author of the article declined to say whether or not they thought this new product genius or ridiculous.
It's clear where I stand, er....recline.
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