December 11th/8:45 PM at the 7th annual ARTIVIST FILM FESTIVAL, DEC 11th @ 8:45pm at Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street NYC
FREE TICKETS: http://wardondonnyc.eventbrite.com/
ASF friend, supporter and auction winner Tom Wardach enjoyed an exciting lunch today with actor Patricia Clarkson at NYC's Pastis in the heart of the Meatpacking District. Thank you Tom, Patricia and Advisory Board member Reid Rosefelt!
which has been accepted into the 2011 Sundance Film Festival's Dramatic Competition category. The film follows the sexual odyssey of a Bronx teenager forced to choose between losing her best friend and destroying her family. Features Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Kim Wayans, Charles Parnell, Aasha Davis.
"Circumstance," written and directed by Maryam, is about a wealthy Iranian family's struggle to contain a teenager's sexual rebellion and her brother's frightening obsession. It stars Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy, Reza Sixo Safai, Soheil Parsa, Nasrin Pakkho.
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Click here for a list of festival selections and awards: http://www.adastra-films.com/catalogue_cigarette_candy_festivals.htm. You can also follow the film on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/CigaretteCandy . Lauren recently finished the latest revision of the "Cigarette Candy" feature script and is currently seeking financing to begin shooting within the coming year. Potential investors can contact her through ASF.
Their company, Break Thru Films, (http://www.breakthrufilms.org) recently moved its office to West 28th Street in Manhattan and is working on several television projects including a two-hour special for the History Channel and a semi scripted comedy in development with Planet Green / Discovery. "Joan Rivers - A Piece of Work" (http://www.joanriversapieceofwork.com) (2010) which the pair co-directed, Ricki Stern, is now on VOD and will be released December 7th on DVD following a very successful theatrical release by IFC. Their new project "Burma Soldier" (http://www.breakthrufilms.org/burma-soldier) recently premiered at Sheffield DocFest and is playing at IDFA 2010, and will be broadcast on HBO in May 2011. Recent commerical projects include PSAs for the Human Rights Campaign for New York Marriage Equality (http://www.breakthrufilms.org/commercials). The filmmaking team will soon be announcing their next feature documentary.
whose film "Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same," will have its world premiere in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival's Park City at Midnight category. The story centers on a shy greeting-card store employee who unknowingly falls for a lesbian space alien. With Lisa Haas, Susan Ziegler, Jackie Monahan, Cynthia Kaplan, Dennis Davis, Alex Karpovsky, Rae C. Wright.
Acclaimed indie film director Hal Hartley, whose "Trust" and "The Unbelievable Truth" starred Adrienne, had lunch today at NYC's Cafe 50 with auction winner Tom Wardach. Thank you Tom and Hal!
Read the full review here...
http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/movies/29small.html?scp=1&sq=a%20small%20act&st=cse
It opens at NYC's Quad Theatre. To buy tickets, click here: http://www.movietickets.com/movie_detail.asp?movie_id=86660