Alliance of Women Filmmakers

 

2012 BEST OF FESTIVAL

Dramatic Feature
Secrets, Objects
Directed by: Young-Mi Lee
Produced by: Won-Burn Kim

 

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Documentary Feature
Opening Our Eyes
Directed by: Gail Mooney
Produced by: Erin Kelly

 

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Drama Short
ESA
Directed by: Alejandra Viejo Lopez De Roda
Produced by: Josie Henwood

 

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Student Short
Missile Crisis
Directed by: Jaye Davidson
Produced by: Jaye Davidson

 

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Animation Short
The Weightless Traveler
Directed by: Eva Colmers
Produced by: Eva Colmers

 

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Documentary Short
Escape
Directed by: Marvi Lacar
Produced by: Lisa Santoro



Oscar Nominations 2012: Academy Award Nominees List

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE 2012

OSCAR NOMINEES

 

Best Picture
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"The Help"
"Moneyball"
"War Horse"
"The Tree of Life"

Best Actor
Demian Bichir, "A Better Life"
George Clooney, "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt, "Moneyball"

Best Actress
Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis, "The Help"
Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn"

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, "My Week With Marilyn"
Jonah Hill, "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte, "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"
Max Von Sydow, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo, "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain, "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer, "The Help"

Best Director
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"
Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
JC Chandor, "Margin Call"
Asghar Farhadi, "A Separation"
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, "Bridesmaids"

Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash, "The Descendants"
John Logan, "Hugo"
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, "The Ides of March"
Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, "Moneyball"
Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughn, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

Best Animated Feature
"A Cat In Paris"
"Chico & Rita"
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss in Boots"
"Rango"

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)

Original Score
"The Adventures of Tintin," John Williams
"The Artist," Ludovic Bource
"Hugo," Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse," John Williams

Best Original Song
"Man or Muppet," The Muppets; Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio," Rio; Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Achievement in Art Direction
"The Artist"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"War Horse"

Best Achievement in Cinematography
"The Artist"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

Best Achievement in Costume Design
"Anonymous"
"The Artist"
"Hugo"
"Jane Eyre"
"W.E."

Best Documentary Feature
"Hell and Back Again"
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
"Pina"
"Undefeated"

Best Documentary Short Subject
"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement?"
"God Is the Bigger Elvis"
"Incident in New Baghdad"
"Saving Face"
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"

Best Achievement in Film Editing
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"

Best Achievement in Makeup
"Albert Nobbs"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"The Iron Lady"

Best Animated Short Film
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Best Live Action Short Film
"Pentecost"
"Raju"
"The Shore"
"Time Freak"
"Tuba Atlantic"

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
"Drive"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Real Steel"
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"

Kate Beckinsale and Anthony Mackie Announce 2012 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations

2012 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not listed)

50/50	Producers: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen
Beginners	Producers: Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Jay Van Hoy
Drive	Producers: Michel Litvak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel
Take Shelter	Producers: Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin
The Artist	Producer: Thomas Langmann
The Descendants	Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

BEST DIRECTOR

Michel Hazanavicius	The Artist
Mike Mills	Beginners
Jeff Nichols	Take Shelter
Alexander Payne	The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn	Drive

BEST SCREENPLAY

Joseph Cedar	Footnote
Michel Hazanavicius	The Artist
Tom McCarthy	Win Win
Mike Mills	Beginners
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash	The Descendants

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)

Another Earth	Director: Mike Cahill Producers: Mike Cahill, Hunter Gray, Brit Marling, Nicholas Shumaker
In the Family	Director: Patrick Wang Producers: Robert Tonino, Andrew van den Houten, Patrick Wang
Margin Call	Director: J.C. Chandor Producers: Robert Ogden Barnum, Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Joe Jenckes, Corey Moosa, Zachary Quinto
Martha Marcy May Marlene	Director: Sean Durkin Producers: Antonio Campos, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Josh Mond
Natural Selection	Director: Robbie Pickering Producers: Brion Hambel, Paul Jensen

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Mike Cahill, Brit Marling	Another Earth
J.C. Chandor	Margin Call
Patrick deWitt	Terri
Phil Johnston	Cedar Rapids
Will Reiser	50/50

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD - Given to the best feature made for under $500,000.  Award given to the writer, director, and producer.  Executive Producers are not listed

Bellflower	Writer/Director: Evan Glodell Producers: Evan Glodell, Vincent Grashaw
Circumstance	Writer/Director: Maryam Keshavarz Producers: Karin Chien, Maryam Keshavarz, Melissa M. Lee
Hello Lonesome	Writer/Director/Producer: Adam Reid
Pariah	Writer/Director: Dee Rees Producer: Nekisa Cooper
The Dynamiter	Writer: Brad Inglesby Director: Matthew Gordon Producers: Kevin Abrams, Matthew Gordon, Merilee Holt, Art Jones, Mike Jones, Nate Tuck, Amile Wilson

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Lauren Ambrose	Think of Me
Rachael Harris	Natural Selection
Adepero Oduye	Pariah
Elizabeth Olsen	Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams	My Week with Marilyn

BEST MALE LEAD

Demián Bichir	A Better Life
Jean Dujardin	The Artist
Ryan Gosling	Drive
Woody Harrelson	Rampart
Michael Shannon	Take Shelter

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Jessica Chastain	Take Shelter
Anjelica Huston	50/50
Janet McTeer	Albert Nobbs
Harmony Santana	Gun Hill Road
Shailene Woodley	The Descendants

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Albert Brooks	Drive
John Hawkes	Martha Marcy May Marlene
Christopher Plummer	Beginners
John C. Reilly	Cedar Rapids
Corey Stoll	Midnight in Paris

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Joel Hodge	Bellflower
Benjamin Kasulke	The Off Hours
Darius Khondji	Midnight in Paris
Guillaume Schiffman	The Artist
Jeffrey Waldron	The Dynamiter

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)

An African Election	Director/Producer: Jarreth Merz
Bill Cunningham New York	Director: Richard Press Producer: Philip Gefter
The Interrupters	Director/Producer: Steve James Producer: Alex Kotlowitz
The Redemption of General Butt Naked	Director/Producers: Eric Strauss, Daniele Anastasion
We Were Here	Director/Producer: David Weissman

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)

A Separation (Iran)	Director: Asghar Farhadi
Melancholia (Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany)	Director: Lars von Trier
Shame (UK)	Director: Steve McQueen
The Kid With a Bike (Belgium/France/Italy)	Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Tyrannosaur (UK)	Director: Paddy Considine

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD – The 15^th annual Piaget Producers Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality, independent films.  The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.

Chad Burris	Mosquita y Mari
Sophia Lin	Take Shelter
Josh Mond	Martha Marcy May Marlene

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – The 18^th annual Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.  The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

Simon Arthur	Silver Tongues
Mark Jackson	Without
Nicholas Ozeki	Mamitas

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The 17^th annual Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.  The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

Heather Courtney	Where Soldiers Come From
Danfung Dennis	Hell and Back Again
Alma Har'el	Bombay Beach

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD - (Given to one film's director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)

Margin Call	Director: J.C. Chandor
	Casting Director: Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey
	Ensemble Cast: Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci

 

ABOUT THE FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

Now in its 27^th year, the Film Independent Spirit Awards is an annual celebration honoring artist-driven films made with an economy of means by filmmakers who embody independence and originality. The Spirit Awards recognizes the achievements of American independent filmmakers and promotes the finest independent films of the year to a wider audience. 

 

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2012 Festival Call For Entries

2012 Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival Call For Entries

About The Festival   Alliance of Women Filmmakers Alliance of Women Filmmakers created this festival seven years ago with a goal to increase opportunities for women filmmakers. Each year the festival has grown in size and reach.     We are proud to have showcased more than 800 films made by women of diverse back grounds from all over the world. We have also established a network of women filmmakers world wide who share the same passion in creating opportunities and powerful screen images of women.    Described by Back Stage West Magazine, a leading source for entertainment news, as a "Must-attend event for all women in the entertainment industry," the festival presents narratives, documentaries, animations and student short films. We also presents a variety of industry panels, workshops and seminars to help women filmmakers craft their skills and stay connected with other women filmmakers. Our 2011 distribution workshops were taught by Akua Boyenne, a Los Angeles-based entertainment attorney who specializes in motion picture and television transactions. Her clients include award-winning and aspiring writers, directors, actors, producers and production companies that work in both the studio and independent systems. Previous year's panels and workshops have been hosted by; The Women's Steering Committee of the Writers Guild, International Documentary Association and Women Make Movies New York.        The festival is now going into its eight year to continue its goal of providing a valuable avenue of exposure and networking for women filmmakers, to share their diverse stories and bring awareness to critical issues through visual media.

 

 

 

2011 Festival Winners

2011 BEST OF FESTIVAL

 Dramatic Feature
Saving Grace B. Jones
Directed by: Connie Stevens
Written by: Connie Stevens

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Documentary Feature
Saving America’s Horses-A Nation Betrayed
Directed by: Katia Louise
Written by: Katia Louise

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Drama Short
Abandon Me
Directed by: Sayer Frey
Written by: Sayer Frey

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Student Short
The Way of Justice
Directed by: Emily Peck
Written by:  Emily Peck

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Animation Short
A Tall Tale
Directed by: Brittany Biggs
Written by: Brittany Biggs

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Documentary Short
Red Dust
Directed by: Karin Mak
Written by: Karin Mak

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Script Competition Winners

Feature Script

Balloons

Written by: Nikke Braendlin

 

Short Script

Ask Alice

Written by: Cara Mumford

Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival Shorts Program Line Up

2011 Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival Shorts Program Line Up

Documentary Shorts Program 1
Girls Rock! Chicago
Obligation To Endure
A Four-Wheeled Fascination- The Evolution Of Roller Derby
Red Dust
  
Shorts Program 2
Mattress World
The Appraisal
Farmer
MELISSA
A Box Of Buttons
Rain For Morgan
 
Shorts Program 3
Notes Of Silence
Showers Of Happiness
Mago
Penny and Charlie
Lullaby
 
Shorts Program 4
A Piece of Secret
What Remains
El Corteja
Too Sunny For Santa
The Mischievous Case of Cordelia
 
Shorts Program 5
Ellipse
Warnings From the Bathroom
With My Little Eye
Abandon Me
Tracks 
 
Shorts Program 6
Use As Directed
MARIGOLDS
One Night
UNDERESTIMATED
Barren
Sunday Night Dinner

YEAR-END TAX PLANNING FOR ARTISTS

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

7:00 - 8:30 P.M.

With Lionel Sobel, Esq.

 

As an artist, there are several steps you can take before New Year's Eve 2010 to reduce your 2010 taxes, such as opening an IRA or contributing to an existing IRA, paying property taxes early, making mortgage loan payments, making charitable contributions before year-end, and prepaying office rent and other self-employment expenses. However, year-end tax-planning poses more difficultly this year than in the past, because 2011 tax rates are as yet undetermined. This workshop will explain how taking certain steps before New Year's Eve 2010 may reduce your 2010 taxes if rates remain the same, but may increase your taxes if rates increase. This workshop will also inform you of the documents you should hold onto and keep track of to prepare your tax returns in the spring of 2011 (in case IRS auditors want to chat about those returns, sometime down the line).

 

SPEAKER: Lionel Sobel teaches tax, copyright and entertainment law at Southwestern Law School and is known for his "open and energetic" teaching style. He served as Chair of the American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Entertainment & Sports Industries, and is the author of major texts on the law and business of the entertainment and sports industries. In 1975, after working as a litigation associate for Loeb & Loeb, Professor Sobel formed his own firm, Freedman & Sobel, where he focused his practice primarily on business counseling and litigation, and copyright and trademark law. He has also taught international entertainment law and international copyright law in theUniversity of San Diego Law School summer program in London and Florence. Originally a member of the advisory board for Southwestern's Donald E. Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute, Professor Sobel directed the law school'sinternational entertainment law summer program in England from 2004 through 2008. Since January 2005, he has been a member of the full-time faculty.

 

Where: Ken Edwards Center, 1527 Fourth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Free parking is available after 6 P.M. in the garage at the Ken Edwards Center

Admission: General: $20, CLA & Alliance of Women Filmmakers Members: $10

 

*All paid workshop attendees will be entered into a drawing to win the latest (2009) edition of Mark Litwak, Esq.'s widely referenced book, RISKY BUSINESS: FINANCING AND DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS, a comprehensive nuts-and-bolts guide to organizing, financing, and distributing an independent production project! The prize drawing will take place at the end of the workshop and the winner must be present to win.* 

 

REGISTER: Phone: (310) 998-5590, Email: jennie.park@calawyersforthearts.org (If emailing, include your phone number & workshop date(s)).

 

These workshops were made possible, in part, by support provided by the California Arts Council, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and the California Community Foundation.