Congrat's to Sara Colangelo, whose terrific feature film screenplay Little Accidents, is the recipient of this year's Adrienne Shelly Foundation/Sundance Fellowship. Little Accidents is a terrific story of life in an American coal mining town and what happens in the wake of a terrible mining accident. Sara's now in pre-productiion and working with renowned producer Anne Carey. Read more about Sara here... http://www.berlinale-talentcampus.de/campus/talent/sara-colangelo2/profile http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/news/2010/07/25-new-faces/
This is the fourth grant awarded to a Sundance Fellow. ASF's other receipients are the very talented Maryam Keshevarz (Circumstance), Dee Rees (Pariah) and Ondi Timoner (Mapplethorpe/The Perfect Moment)
The Adrienne Shelly Foundation has awarded our first annual grant with Brooklyn's Rooftop Films. The $3000 grant will be given each year to a female filmmaker in the shorts category. This year's winner is Sara Daggar-Nickson for her short Dead Hands and the film she's currently working on, The Light in the Night. Congratulations Sarah! http://rooftopfilms.com/2011/info/produce/
Our 4th Annual eBay Celebrity Auction ended Friday night and we're pleased to report that it was our biggest, best and most financially successful ever! Thank you so much to all those who donated items and celebrity experiences, and to those of you who generously bid and won these items. Your funds go a long way in allowing us to successfully reach our mission of supporting women filmmakers. We look forward to next year's auction!
Congratulations to Sara Blecher, winner of this year's $5000 Director's Grant ASf awards through prestigious filmmaking organization IFP. Sara's film Otelo Burning is incredible. Check out he film's website http://oteloburning.com/ and also read the press release about the grant. http://www.ifp.org/newsletters/11.03.11/otelo.html
Our first annual Woman of Vision Salute Wednesday night at the Museum of Modern Art was a huge success! The evening started with a brief welcome from me (with my utterly delicious little girl Sophie (7) by my side), followed by the this year's awarding of our IFP Director's Grant; a beautiful film tribute to Adrienne; and then a screening of inaugural honoree Nicole Holofcener's Lovely & Amazing. After that Nicole and actor Catherine Keener shared some fun and interesting anecdotes and took questions from the packed audience. We look forward to next year's Salute. Here's a photo from the event http://twitpic.com/7aqkv0
Here's the press release for our 4th Annual Celebrity eBay Auction http://tinyurl.com/3zfpctp
A few tickets remain for tonight's first annual Adrienne Shelly Foundation Woman of Vision Salute at the Museum of Modern Art. We're honoring filmmaker Nicole Holofcener, screening her "Lovely & Amazing" followed by a discussion with her and actor Catherine Keener. Tickets at http://www.adrienneshellyfoundation.org Click "DONATE" and enter $150 for each ticket. Event is at MoMA's Titus 1 theater, 11 West 53rd Street. Purchases will be followed up with an email receipt. Be sure to include your email address. Thank you