Friday, December 23, 2011
Shirley Maclaine
Cloud Nine Day - thanks to my good friend Gene today I got to work with a real star of the screen an actress that awe is all you can say - Shirley Maclaine. Part of the delight was weather meant the crew were later arriving so I got to sit and chat - life, politics, directors, film and acting for a whole hour before hand. We discussed filters, lights, and framing she knows it all. Professional, fun, a real tour de force. She listened and took direction but deep down you just know she knew it all. A delight yes, an education indeed, but most importantly one of those life experiences that enriches.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
New website
See the film trailer for our 2011 comic satire - 20 Ways.
View the film then post, share, network to get the film out there.
We'll be using crowdfunding to complete the film and also to teach students in the spring.
www.indiegogo.com/20-Ways
View the film then post, share, network to get the film out there.
We'll be using crowdfunding to complete the film and also to teach students in the spring.
www.indiegogo.com/20-Ways
Success for student
One of my director mentor students Jay French in the FILM CREW III program took the Audience Award at the 2011 SFCC student showcase in downtown SF. Well done Jay and all his cast and crew.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
New role
Peter M. Kershaw will be joining the board of New Mexico Film Resource, Inc. a nonprofit dedicated to the creation of hands-on learning, internships and entry level jobs training for the NM Film & Media Industry.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
TAS wins another festival award
The Astronomer's Sun wins Best Animation as part of the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, 2011Saturday, October 22, 2011
TAS screens in Santa Fe
This week was a run of screenings with the Independent and Official festivals on in town.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
So how is The Astronomer's Sun playing?
Just some of the AWARDS for THE ASTRONOMERS SUN
BEST FILM, Northern Futures Award, Manchester, UK
SPECIAL PRIZE «For the mystery of liberation» VI International Short and Animation Film Festival OPEN CINEMA, St Petersburg, Russia
BEST ANIMATED FILM, 2010 Rome International Film Festival, Georgia, USA
BEST FILM, Santa Fe International Film Festival, New Mexico, USA
BEST ANIMATED FILM, Fantastic Planet, Sydney International Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival, Australia
BEST FILM, FLIP Animation Film Festival, UK
WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD, National Irish Science Fiction Film Awards, Dublin, Ireland
BEST FILM, Yorkshire Film of year Award, Leeds International Film Festival, UK
Nominated for a 2010 BRITISH ANIMATION AWARD for BEST SHORT FILM in Public Choic, UK.
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD WINNER Anima: a festival of contemporary animation by women, New Hampshire, USA
BEST ANIMATION Taos Shortz Film Fest, USA.
WINNER FOR ANIMATION NEW MEXICO SHOWCASE 2011, USA
WINNER AT COMIC COM, ABQ FOR BEST ANIMATION, AUDIENCE AWARD, & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, USA.
BEST FILM, Northern Futures Award, Manchester, UK
SPECIAL PRIZE «For the mystery of liberation» VI International Short and Animation Film Festival OPEN CINEMA, St Petersburg, Russia
BEST ANIMATED FILM, 2010 Rome International Film Festival, Georgia, USA
BEST FILM, Santa Fe International Film Festival, New Mexico, USA
BEST ANIMATED FILM, Fantastic Planet, Sydney International Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival, Australia
BEST FILM, FLIP Animation Film Festival, UK
WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD, National Irish Science Fiction Film Awards, Dublin, Ireland
BEST FILM, Yorkshire Film of year Award, Leeds International Film Festival, UK
Nominated for a 2010 BRITISH ANIMATION AWARD for BEST SHORT FILM in Public Choic, UK.
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD WINNER Anima: a festival of contemporary animation by women, New Hampshire, USA
BEST ANIMATION Taos Shortz Film Fest, USA.
WINNER FOR ANIMATION NEW MEXICO SHOWCASE 2011, USA
WINNER AT COMIC COM, ABQ FOR BEST ANIMATION, AUDIENCE AWARD, & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, USA.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Clip from 20 ways goes live
A social justice satire on immigration. Winner State of New Mexico, New Visions & Panavision Awards 2011. Inspired by an article on 20 ways to spot an illegal. A Jewish family flee 1930’s Europe, a story with modern global echoes.
Written & directed by Peter M. Kershaw & produced by Duchy Parade Films.
Clip edited by David Aubrey. Sound mix Dave Aston. Music Gerald Fried.
Written & directed by Peter M. Kershaw & produced by Duchy Parade Films.
Clip edited by David Aubrey. Sound mix Dave Aston. Music Gerald Fried.
One of my film production teaching class at SFCC
http://www.indiegogo.com/Stellar-Fisherman
Stellar Fisherman by Porter Blackman
One of this year's SFCC Film Crew 3 productions.
Stellar Fisherman by Porter Blackman
One of this year's SFCC Film Crew 3 productions.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Filming at SFCC
A big thanks to all the actors that took part in the scenes from the movies exercises that took place at SFCC weekend of Sept. 17th - it was a great time and some fun filmmaking.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Screening in Rail yard
The Astronomer's Sun will be playing following the Kimya concert at 6P on the Railyard Water Tower Plaza, Santa Fe. The screening program follows in Railyard Park at 8:15P this Friday, Sept. 23rd. The screening is part of the Santa Fe Film Festival in association with Heath Concerts and the Railyard Community Corporation and is a free community event in the Railyard to kick off the 2011 'festival season'.
20 WAYS now on IMDB
20 Ways (2011)
www.imdb.com
Directed by Peter Kershaw. With Christopher Dempsey, Joe Feldman, Liliana Ashman, Kathryn Phipps, Omar Lux. A comic satire 20 WAYS explores the absurd humor of an article by an Oklahoma lawyer that proposed twenty ways to spot an illegal. An entertaining, intelligent look at immigration using humor to explore this contemporary tale. Check out in IMDB.
www.imdb.com
Directed by Peter Kershaw. With Christopher Dempsey, Joe Feldman, Liliana Ashman, Kathryn Phipps, Omar Lux. A comic satire 20 WAYS explores the absurd humor of an article by an Oklahoma lawyer that proposed twenty ways to spot an illegal. An entertaining, intelligent look at immigration using humor to explore this contemporary tale. Check out in IMDB.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
End of August thought
Thought for the day – Monday August 29th 2011
Casting - don’t cast solely by looks.
Don’t assume at the audition that someone who looks perfect for the role will be perfect.
Often the best casting choices are against type.
Don’t necessarily reject an actor because of a bad reading. Try directing them and see how they adjust. The auditioner’s reaction during an audition is part of the audition.
Remember - actors are people too - treat them with respect.
Casting - don’t cast solely by looks.
Don’t assume at the audition that someone who looks perfect for the role will be perfect.
Often the best casting choices are against type.
Don’t necessarily reject an actor because of a bad reading. Try directing them and see how they adjust. The auditioner’s reaction during an audition is part of the audition.
Remember - actors are people too - treat them with respect.
More filmmaking thoughts
August 27th 2011 – thought for the day
Create memorable entrances
Your protagonist’s character, style, and behavior must be distinctive from the moment we first lay eyes on them. This is how the audience will first judge their character.
Show don’t tell
Visual cues demonstrate the unseen the inner psychology, hidden histories, and emotional conflicts.
Teaching FC3 at SFCC
Create memorable entrances
Your protagonist’s character, style, and behavior must be distinctive from the moment we first lay eyes on them. This is how the audience will first judge their character.
Show don’t tell
Visual cues demonstrate the unseen the inner psychology, hidden histories, and emotional conflicts.
Teaching FC3 at SFCC
Monday, August 29, 2011
SFCC - Panel on acting
Thank you to our panel Tamara Decker - the West Region Executive for Screen Actors Guild, David Dirks - Entertainment Lawyer, Jody Black - A&M Agency, Carissa Mitchell – Applause Talent Agency, and legendary casting director - Jo Edna Boldin.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Working on screenplay development with FC3, at SFCC
A big thanks to the student actors at SFCC and professional actors - Charles Gamble, Jonathan Dixon, Barbara Hatch, Jerry Angelo for giving their services to the development of this year's Film Crew III production screenplays.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Cyphers Season Two Opening
http://blip.tv/cyphers/cyphers-trailer-2011-5196495
See the opening I've created to establish the CYPHERS series.
See the opening I've created to establish the CYPHERS series.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Film Club
SFCC FILM CLUB WILL HAVE ITS FIRST MEETING OF THE SEMESTER THIS FRIDAY!
August, 26th
12-1pm
SFCC TV Studio Room 563
contact marcos.abeyta@email.sfcc.edu for more info
August, 26th
12-1pm
SFCC TV Studio Room 563
contact marcos.abeyta@email.sfcc.edu for more info
Cyphers inside story
Go to blip.tv and checkout Cyphers - to learn more about The New Lilith
Debrianna Mansini and Kat Sawyer talk about the character of Lilith.
Series 2.0 (the pilot) directed by Peter M. Kershaw
Debrianna Mansini and Kat Sawyer talk about the character of Lilith.
Series 2.0 (the pilot) directed by Peter M. Kershaw
Monday, August 22, 2011
Film 101 thought for the day
FILM SCHOOL 101 - THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 22ND AUGUST.
START LATE
A film story should start as late as possible and occur over the shortest reasonable span of time.
In individual scenes, don’t waste valuable time on unnecessary entrances, introductions and hellos.
See if a scene can be started in the middle.
Often a scene has a soft start and unnecessary ending - you can strengthen by cutting the first two, and often last two lines of dialogue.
START LATE
A film story should start as late as possible and occur over the shortest reasonable span of time.
In individual scenes, don’t waste valuable time on unnecessary entrances, introductions and hellos.
See if a scene can be started in the middle.
Often a scene has a soft start and unnecessary ending - you can strengthen by cutting the first two, and often last two lines of dialogue.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Cyphers trailer
https://www.internationalmovietrailerfestival.com/imtf/index.php/trailer-2011/
Link to the trailer for CYPHERS series 2.0 - the opening.
Link to the trailer for CYPHERS series 2.0 - the opening.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
20 Ways a review
‘20 Ways’
By Mike Smith
A modern satire.
In the opening frames of ‘20 Ways’, two horses pull a rickety wagon down a dusty dirt road toward the audience – and a pair of stern, stiff, spread, uniformed, and jackbooted legs. This simple image, iconic in nature, introduces the thematic riff that will shape the film’s 16-minute running time: people versus the system. When the image shifts to a lone Nazi officer and owner of said jackboots, he slowly removes a pair of anachronistic police shades before halting the wagon, introducing the story’s key component: timeless absurdity. In a double stroke as visually striking as it is sly and subtle, international award-winning filmmaker, writer/director Peter M. Kershaw has stated his intentions for ’20 Ways’ as a satire before a single line of dialogue reaches the audience’s ears.
Shot in New Mexico on (mostly) black and white film, ‘20 Ways’ is a short comic satire that takes an off-the-wall look at a contemporary and emotionally charged issue of debate – immigration - without ever preaching about it. Instead, the film tackles its subject through its clever plot, offbeat characters, quirky visual style, and original score by legendary film composer Gerald Fried (The Killing, Paths of Glory, and Roots among his classics).
The story unfolds simply enough. A mother (Kathryn Phipps) and her two children sit in uncomfortable silence as Hymie (Joe Feldman), the fully bearded family patriarch, fields the increasingly bizarre and intrusive questioning of nosy border guard Marc (Christopher Dempsey). His investigation becomes an awkward one-man game of good cop/bad cop that leaps from straightforward interrogation, to language confusion, to threats of force, to sly mind tricks, to passive-aggressive harassment – and back again.
But the devil is in the details, and atop his basic narrative foundation, Kershaw has erected a rich and complex web of structural girders – dramatic flourishes that one by one, little by little, bring the story’s subtext into the light. Marc is consistently preoccupied with testing the family’s “Germanness.”, their belonging to the State. While searching their belongings, he happens upon an antique violin. After some finagling, he encourages their young daughter Jessica (Liliana Ashman) to play a brief selection from Bach. “Good German music,” he nods in approval. But Marc’s satisfaction is short-lived. He soon discovers “Uncle” (John Flax) hiding beneath the wagon. Uncle produces a hammer and claims he was fixing a leak. When Marc asks for his name, he blurts out “Isaac!” Simultaneously, Hymie chimes in, “Michael!” Hymie scrambles to clarify, settling on “Isaac von Michael.”
Uncle, wildly uncomfortable, avoids eye contact. Marc smells a rat. Further investigation reveals – wait for it – the size of Uncle’s and Hymie’s noses. Abnormally large for people claiming to be from Frankfurt, in Marc’s opinion. Now he needs to see their papers. It’s a pivotal gem of a moment, and an illuminating one. The story’s humor is driven by the men’s witty and excruciating verbal interplay that constantly beats around the bush. Despite Hymie’s name and appearance, Marc never once asks, “Are you Jewish?” This refusal to cut to the chase contains an unpleasant ring of familiarity; as Marc engages the family, his behavior walks a razor-sharp edge between the gruff, businesslike shakedown tactics of a servant of the Third Reich and the subtle, tortured restraint of a twenty-first century Border Guard, hence the shades.
Even some of the character names feel vaguely anachronistic, out of place, modern yet somehow appropriate to the story. It’s as if the events of ‘20 Ways’ could unfold in 1930s Germany or in present day near the Mexican border and there’d be no difference. When UK native Kershaw resettled in New Mexico in early 2010, he left behind a Europe in which the legality of actions taken in France and Italy raged over their treatment of Romaine’s as illegal immigrants. Then, his new neighboring State of Arizona was gearing up for a controversial legislative crackdown on illegal immigration. “I found a piece on the Internet to do with an Oklahoma lawyer who put together twenty different supposed ways to identify an illegal. This formed the basis of the Arizona police forces’ approach to identification – right down to the sandals you wore,” Kershaw explains. “What struck me as humorous was, other than looking Hispanic – that’s the one thing they couldn’t say – I could actually fail all twenty of these things and that seemed an absurd way to profile people and a very dangerous road historically to journey down.”
The clever insertion of these “twenty ways” into Marc’s investigation draws a direct link between past and present, between the tension of prewar Europe and the unceasing headache of the southern U.S. border echoed today across the globe. This link is boldly underlined in the story’s unconventional twist ending, which, without spoiling too much, sees a striking transition to color film.
While social commentary may be a significant component of ‘20 Ways, it’s these gorgeous, humorous, absurd, and emotional visual strokes that tell the story. Such a visual feat proved a major challenge for Kershaw and ace cinematographer Anders Uhl, who collaborated together for a full year prior to shooting in May 2011. “Visual research went into a number of things,” Uhl explains. “Part of it was researching still photography from [Europe in the 1930s] I wanted to take that approach.” Kershaw adds, “Gone are the sharp high definition images we are so used to watching in modern films. Instead we have a much softer period look and feel to the film.” Kershaw explains, “I wanted the audience to feel as if they are looking back at something which is in fact very contemporary.”
Uhl added on the film’s look. “Films about that time period (1930’s) tended to be made later, so I was more interested in stills. We looked at a lot of old black and white portraiture, which had a very specific look in terms of optical qualities and the way it was printed.” Having achieved the darker, heavily contrasted qualities of period portraiture, a whole new visual canvas was unfurled, on which extra special attention was paid to each individual actor through multicolored lighting filtration. For example, “Omar Lux, the boy playing Hymie’s son, had these beautiful blue eyes, and in his close-ups, we used a blue filter to bring those out and give them a silvery sheen and we mixed that very classic kind of approach with a more absurdist one. I think of it as a very high level of comedy, as opposed to just the high-key, flat comedic look that’s frequently done.” Uhl has some very definite opinions on just how fitting his and Kershaw’s chosen method is. “The material is very funny, but it’s also very, very dark. I feel there’s a respect in our approach for the darkness of it, which you never get away from.”
Kershaw concluded, “We wanted the satirical approach of the film to have a definite look and style and I think we achieved that. I wanted the audience to feel they are watching history but are they?” As director, for Kershaw, the power of the sound track and music score and the importance of the cinematographic approach can be summed up thus: “It brings a whole new edge to a comedy. Combining that dark, dramatic look with these absurdist elements in our photographic approach mirrored in our playful and powerful score makes this a unique, complex, original piece.”
We are currently in distribution and booking festival screenings for ’20 Ways’. Produced by Duchy Parade Films LLC you can contact Duchy and Peter M. Kershaw at: duchyfilms@gmail.com
Michael Smith, ’20 Ways’
August 2011
By Mike Smith
A modern satire.
In the opening frames of ‘20 Ways’, two horses pull a rickety wagon down a dusty dirt road toward the audience – and a pair of stern, stiff, spread, uniformed, and jackbooted legs. This simple image, iconic in nature, introduces the thematic riff that will shape the film’s 16-minute running time: people versus the system. When the image shifts to a lone Nazi officer and owner of said jackboots, he slowly removes a pair of anachronistic police shades before halting the wagon, introducing the story’s key component: timeless absurdity. In a double stroke as visually striking as it is sly and subtle, international award-winning filmmaker, writer/director Peter M. Kershaw has stated his intentions for ’20 Ways’ as a satire before a single line of dialogue reaches the audience’s ears.
Shot in New Mexico on (mostly) black and white film, ‘20 Ways’ is a short comic satire that takes an off-the-wall look at a contemporary and emotionally charged issue of debate – immigration - without ever preaching about it. Instead, the film tackles its subject through its clever plot, offbeat characters, quirky visual style, and original score by legendary film composer Gerald Fried (The Killing, Paths of Glory, and Roots among his classics).
The story unfolds simply enough. A mother (Kathryn Phipps) and her two children sit in uncomfortable silence as Hymie (Joe Feldman), the fully bearded family patriarch, fields the increasingly bizarre and intrusive questioning of nosy border guard Marc (Christopher Dempsey). His investigation becomes an awkward one-man game of good cop/bad cop that leaps from straightforward interrogation, to language confusion, to threats of force, to sly mind tricks, to passive-aggressive harassment – and back again.
But the devil is in the details, and atop his basic narrative foundation, Kershaw has erected a rich and complex web of structural girders – dramatic flourishes that one by one, little by little, bring the story’s subtext into the light. Marc is consistently preoccupied with testing the family’s “Germanness.”, their belonging to the State. While searching their belongings, he happens upon an antique violin. After some finagling, he encourages their young daughter Jessica (Liliana Ashman) to play a brief selection from Bach. “Good German music,” he nods in approval. But Marc’s satisfaction is short-lived. He soon discovers “Uncle” (John Flax) hiding beneath the wagon. Uncle produces a hammer and claims he was fixing a leak. When Marc asks for his name, he blurts out “Isaac!” Simultaneously, Hymie chimes in, “Michael!” Hymie scrambles to clarify, settling on “Isaac von Michael.”
Uncle, wildly uncomfortable, avoids eye contact. Marc smells a rat. Further investigation reveals – wait for it – the size of Uncle’s and Hymie’s noses. Abnormally large for people claiming to be from Frankfurt, in Marc’s opinion. Now he needs to see their papers. It’s a pivotal gem of a moment, and an illuminating one. The story’s humor is driven by the men’s witty and excruciating verbal interplay that constantly beats around the bush. Despite Hymie’s name and appearance, Marc never once asks, “Are you Jewish?” This refusal to cut to the chase contains an unpleasant ring of familiarity; as Marc engages the family, his behavior walks a razor-sharp edge between the gruff, businesslike shakedown tactics of a servant of the Third Reich and the subtle, tortured restraint of a twenty-first century Border Guard, hence the shades.
Even some of the character names feel vaguely anachronistic, out of place, modern yet somehow appropriate to the story. It’s as if the events of ‘20 Ways’ could unfold in 1930s Germany or in present day near the Mexican border and there’d be no difference. When UK native Kershaw resettled in New Mexico in early 2010, he left behind a Europe in which the legality of actions taken in France and Italy raged over their treatment of Romaine’s as illegal immigrants. Then, his new neighboring State of Arizona was gearing up for a controversial legislative crackdown on illegal immigration. “I found a piece on the Internet to do with an Oklahoma lawyer who put together twenty different supposed ways to identify an illegal. This formed the basis of the Arizona police forces’ approach to identification – right down to the sandals you wore,” Kershaw explains. “What struck me as humorous was, other than looking Hispanic – that’s the one thing they couldn’t say – I could actually fail all twenty of these things and that seemed an absurd way to profile people and a very dangerous road historically to journey down.”
The clever insertion of these “twenty ways” into Marc’s investigation draws a direct link between past and present, between the tension of prewar Europe and the unceasing headache of the southern U.S. border echoed today across the globe. This link is boldly underlined in the story’s unconventional twist ending, which, without spoiling too much, sees a striking transition to color film.
While social commentary may be a significant component of ‘20 Ways, it’s these gorgeous, humorous, absurd, and emotional visual strokes that tell the story. Such a visual feat proved a major challenge for Kershaw and ace cinematographer Anders Uhl, who collaborated together for a full year prior to shooting in May 2011. “Visual research went into a number of things,” Uhl explains. “Part of it was researching still photography from [Europe in the 1930s] I wanted to take that approach.” Kershaw adds, “Gone are the sharp high definition images we are so used to watching in modern films. Instead we have a much softer period look and feel to the film.” Kershaw explains, “I wanted the audience to feel as if they are looking back at something which is in fact very contemporary.”
Uhl added on the film’s look. “Films about that time period (1930’s) tended to be made later, so I was more interested in stills. We looked at a lot of old black and white portraiture, which had a very specific look in terms of optical qualities and the way it was printed.” Having achieved the darker, heavily contrasted qualities of period portraiture, a whole new visual canvas was unfurled, on which extra special attention was paid to each individual actor through multicolored lighting filtration. For example, “Omar Lux, the boy playing Hymie’s son, had these beautiful blue eyes, and in his close-ups, we used a blue filter to bring those out and give them a silvery sheen and we mixed that very classic kind of approach with a more absurdist one. I think of it as a very high level of comedy, as opposed to just the high-key, flat comedic look that’s frequently done.” Uhl has some very definite opinions on just how fitting his and Kershaw’s chosen method is. “The material is very funny, but it’s also very, very dark. I feel there’s a respect in our approach for the darkness of it, which you never get away from.”
Kershaw concluded, “We wanted the satirical approach of the film to have a definite look and style and I think we achieved that. I wanted the audience to feel they are watching history but are they?” As director, for Kershaw, the power of the sound track and music score and the importance of the cinematographic approach can be summed up thus: “It brings a whole new edge to a comedy. Combining that dark, dramatic look with these absurdist elements in our photographic approach mirrored in our playful and powerful score makes this a unique, complex, original piece.”
We are currently in distribution and booking festival screenings for ’20 Ways’. Produced by Duchy Parade Films LLC you can contact Duchy and Peter M. Kershaw at: duchyfilms@gmail.com
Michael Smith, ’20 Ways’
August 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
First Festival screening for Web series
The eco-web drama directed by Peter M. Kershaw and shot in New Mexico in 2011 - Cyphers get's it's first film festival screening as part of the ABQ film festival later this week.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Talking at ABQ film festival
Indie DIY – Do-it-Yourself Indie Filmmaking
Sunday August 21, 2011
12:00–1:00PM
Ashley Fontaine, Fruition Agency
Peter Kershaw, Duchy Parade Films
David Dirks, Entertainment Attorney
Colin Cunningham, Actor, writer, producer
Sunday August 21, 2011
12:00–1:00PM
Ashley Fontaine, Fruition Agency
Peter Kershaw, Duchy Parade Films
David Dirks, Entertainment Attorney
Colin Cunningham, Actor, writer, producer
Sunday, July 31, 2011
ABQ Film Festival
I'll be taking part in one of the panel discussions at ABQ Film Festival.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 2:00PM-3:30PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 2:00PM-3:30PM
Thursday, July 7, 2011
New Music for the film WHAT?
The film will feature the following track
Y Te Lo Pido by David Olivarez, ASCAP
Ser-Ca Publishing, 2010
'Y te lo pido' means 'I ask of you'. The song is about asking their loved one to return to them, that they have made a mistake and love and miss them very much. So, 'I ask of you to return to me'.
It's good to work with living musicians.
Y Te Lo Pido by David Olivarez, ASCAP
Ser-Ca Publishing, 2010
'Y te lo pido' means 'I ask of you'. The song is about asking their loved one to return to them, that they have made a mistake and love and miss them very much. So, 'I ask of you to return to me'.
It's good to work with living musicians.
Friday, June 17, 2011
New win for animation
The Astronomer's Sun having won the animation section of the 2011 NM Filmmakers Showcase can be seen at the following venues.
TAOS: July 2nd
Taos Center for the Arts 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
RUIDOSO: July 8th
ENMU White Mountain Annex 203 E. White Mountain Drive
LAS CRUCES/MESILLA: July 9th Fountain Theatre 2469 Calle De Guadalupe
GRANTS: July 14th
Northwest New Mexico Visitor Center 1900 E Santa Fe Ave
TAOS: July 2nd
Taos Center for the Arts 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
RUIDOSO: July 8th
ENMU White Mountain Annex 203 E. White Mountain Drive
LAS CRUCES/MESILLA: July 9th Fountain Theatre 2469 Calle De Guadalupe
GRANTS: July 14th
Northwest New Mexico Visitor Center 1900 E Santa Fe Ave
Thursday, June 2, 2011
2011 NM Showcase
New Mexico Film Office Announces Winners of 2011 NM Filmmakers Showcase and Free Screenings nmfilm.com
Proud to be one of the award winners in this year's showcase.
June 1, 2011, SANTA FE - The New Mexico Film Office today announced the winners of the 2011 New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase and their Summer Showcase schedule to present the winning films across the state. Over 50 local filmmakers from cities around New Mexico submitted their work to this annual four.....
Follow link for full story - www.nmfilm.com
Proud to be one of the award winners in this year's showcase.
June 1, 2011, SANTA FE - The New Mexico Film Office today announced the winners of the 2011 New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase and their Summer Showcase schedule to present the winning films across the state. Over 50 local filmmakers from cities around New Mexico submitted their work to this annual four.....
Follow link for full story - www.nmfilm.com
Vote for trailer
International Movie Trailer Festival » Trailers 2011
www.internationalmovietrailerfestival.com
Go to link and look under - Web drama for eco drama Cyphers - to view and vote - directed by Peter M. Kershaw
www.internationalmovietrailerfestival.com
Go to link and look under - Web drama for eco drama Cyphers - to view and vote - directed by Peter M. Kershaw
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Poster for Duchy
Farmington's San Juan College workshops produced a series of film posters to accompany the screening of European short films.
New Visions Service
Our series of screenings and workshops, part of the NM New Visions Award which started out in Feb. 2011 is drawing to a close. The workshops/screenings took us to some of the leading film/media teaching institutions in New Mexico and across the series were attended by around 600 people from NM.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
New Season for Cyphers Web drama series
http://vimeo.com/24316001
Link to new film directed by Peter M. Kershaw - CYPHERS
Link to new film directed by Peter M. Kershaw - CYPHERS
New Season for Cyphers Web drama series
http://vimeo.com/24316001
Link to new film directed by Peter M. Kershaw - CYPHERS
Link to new film directed by Peter M. Kershaw - CYPHERS
Monday, May 23, 2011
New trailer link for CYPHERS
http://blip.tv/cyphers/cyphers-trailer-2011-5196495
Click on the link to see the opening for the new CYPHERS film which is launched to the world on May 27th.
Click on the link to see the opening for the new CYPHERS film which is launched to the world on May 27th.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
WHAT? in editing
The comedy/drama WHAT? by writer/director Peter M. Kershaw is now in post-production in New Mexico.
New Series launch
Friday evening May 27th 2011 - in St. Francis Auditorium, Santa Fe, NM
The new end of Season One & new look pilot for Season Two of the eco drama - CYPHERS - will be launched.
Directed by Peter M. Kershaw
The new end of Season One & new look pilot for Season Two of the eco drama - CYPHERS - will be launched.
Directed by Peter M. Kershaw
Monday, May 9, 2011
WHAT?
Filming has just wrapped in New Mexico on the 2010/2011 New Mexico New Vision's winner - WHAT?
Written/directed & produced by Peter M. Kershaw. Cinematography Anders Uhl.
Shot on super 16mm film.
New Mexico Filmmakers Screening 2011
The Astronomer's Sun will play at 5pm on Saturday, 21st May at the Guild Cinema in ABQ as part of New Mexico's Filmmakers Showcase. This is the second year and second film we've screened as part of the NM showcase.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Breaking news
I’m thrilled to announce that “The Astronomers Sun” has been selected for screening in a special stop motion retrospective, Stop.Motion.Time at the Settles International Film Festival 2011 on 24 April. Playing alongside SIFF favorites, past Oscar® nominees, and extraordinary works from all corners of the globe, including a rare 35mm screening of Tim Burton's Vincent, it's quite some company to be in. Congratulations to the team!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Screening in New Mexico
FARMINGTON: Friday, April 15th, 6:30pm
Showcase and Q&A | San Juan College – 4601 College Blvd, Farmington, NM, 87402 | Award winning filmmaker Peter Kershaw will present a series of short films from Europe, see amazing work from world-class, professional filmmakers. Open and free to the public. Visit this New Vision winner’s website... for more information and updates: www.duchyfilms.blogspot.com.
Showcase and Q&A | San Juan College – 4601 College Blvd, Farmington, NM, 87402 | Award winning filmmaker Peter Kershaw will present a series of short films from Europe, see amazing work from world-class, professional filmmakers. Open and free to the public. Visit this New Vision winner’s website... for more information and updates: www.duchyfilms.blogspot.com.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Director
Peter M. Kershaw completed my first USA shoot as director working on the excellent web drama CYPHERS. Saturday, March 12, 2011
Winning in Taos
The Astronomer's Sun picked up its 14th film festival award in Taos, NM, USA this last weekend.The shortz event was held at the Harwood Art Museum and featured a fantastic range of New Mexico, US and International films with filmmakers from across the State, the US, France, Poland, and S. America in attendance.
With some excellent animation in competition we did well to win the BEST ANIMATION award.
This was a jury prize with special mention for the film's editing.
Next New Visions Screenings
Alamogordo:
Saturday, March 12th, 6pm
Where: NMSU-A
2400 N. Scenic Drive
Rohovec Theater
Alamgordo
NMSU-A campus
Las Cruces:
Monday, March 14th 2011, 08.30am
at Creative Media Institute
New Mexico State University
Director, Creative Media Institute
New Mexico State University
Milton Hall, 172
Saturday, March 12th, 6pm
Where: NMSU-A
2400 N. Scenic Drive
Rohovec Theater
Alamgordo
NMSU-A campus
Las Cruces:
Monday, March 14th 2011, 08.30am
at Creative Media Institute
New Mexico State University
Director, Creative Media Institute
New Mexico State University
Milton Hall, 172
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Workshops - New Visions State Service
WORKSHOPS by INDEPENDENT PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
PETER M. KERSHAW, DUCHY PARADE FILMS LLC
PETER M. KERSHAW, DUCHY PARADE FILMS LLC
We’ll look at the journey from script to screen through the eyes of the main artistic creatives behind the production of short films - the screenwriter, Independent producer and the director. We’ll give an overview of these roles and how they relate to each other when you prepare to produce a short film. The presentation talk will work with an open format to allow for questions and answers from those attending, and will draw upon the films shown at the public screenings.
The places may fill quickly with students, but if you are interested in attending the talk, please enquire of the individual contact listed for each workshop.
Carlsbad: NMSU-C
Saturday, February 26th 2011, 3.30pm till 5pm.
Where? NMSU-C campus 1500 University Dr,
Instructional Building, Room 153
Contact: Cynthia Niedland 575-234-9412
Screening of short films follows at 6pm.
Santa Fe: IAIA
Thursday, March 3rd 2011, 09.30am
Where: IAIA, Institute of American Indian Arts
83 Avan Nu Po Road, Santa Fe NM 87508
Contact: J. Carlos Peinado, 505.424.5717
Screening of short films the night before at 6pm March 2nd.
Las Vegas:
Wednesday 30th March, 4.00pm
Where: Highlands University in the Media Arts West Building, 901 University Ave., Las Vegas, NM 87701
Contact: Kerry Loewen, 505-454-3312
Workshop starts at 4pm followed by short film screening at 5.30pm
Espanola:
Wednesday 20th April, 4.00 pm
Where: Northern New Mexico College
Nick Salazar Center for the Arts Theater
921 Paseo de Oñate
Española, NM 87582
Contact: Mateo Pumphrey, 505-747-5402
Workshop starts at 4pm followed by short film screening
at 6pm.
Synopsis of films for NM screening.
Synopsis of films
Screening program will vary but will be drawn from the following films:
Cinema of Horror
(UK) Peter M. Kershaw, Producer/Director & Writer – Comedy/fantasy.
Three students drift through the genres of their favourite Asian flicks. Their arguments take them into an array of comic fantasy scenarios, from Bollywood song-and-dance spectaculars through to blood-soaked bullet-fests and creepy night-time terrors in this entertaining comment on the perils of modern European and North American filmmaking.
Rating: Mild language and comic violence.
The Palace
(Netherlands) Ruud Satijn, Writer/Director - drama
Two teenage girls experience their first night club adventure. A pace and atmospheric film.
High Voltage
(Hungary) Daniel Erdelyi, Writer/Director - drama
Christmas. In a world of energy ownership a young couple from beyond the fence scavenge for metal with dangerous consequences in this cinematic film.
Cyphers
(USA, NM) Debrianna Mansini & Lori Romero, Producers/Writers – web drama
Eco drama about the power of corporations who control our most fundamental needs, food and water. Web drama offers a new outlet & possible future for short films.
411-z
(Hungary) Daniel Erdelyi, Writer/Director - drama
A large barge drifts like its captain down the Danube with disastrous outcome.
Dancing Worm
(Lithuania) Ignas Jonynas, Writer/Director – drama
When the understudy for the opera clown is called upon to stand in, his personal problems lead him on a different dance in an evocative colorful theatrical world.
Rating Some violence and shows drug taking.
Wilfred
(UK) Peter M. Kershaw, Producer/Director & Writer - drama
Inspired by the poetry of World War One poet Wilfred Owen, the film combines live-action and animation to tell a stylistic story about artists’ reaction to war. Winner of Royal Television Society Awards.
The Astronomer’s Sun
(UK) Peter M. Kershaw, Producer - Animation
Henry, accompanied by his mysterious mechanical bear, visits an abandoned observatory to confront memories of his past and follow his father on a journey into the unknown. A magical journey about relationships and what it is to be human. Winner of 13 Best Film & Audience Awards.
Screening program will vary but will be drawn from the following films:
Cinema of Horror
(UK) Peter M. Kershaw, Producer/Director & Writer – Comedy/fantasy.
Three students drift through the genres of their favourite Asian flicks. Their arguments take them into an array of comic fantasy scenarios, from Bollywood song-and-dance spectaculars through to blood-soaked bullet-fests and creepy night-time terrors in this entertaining comment on the perils of modern European and North American filmmaking.
Rating: Mild language and comic violence.
The Palace
(Netherlands) Ruud Satijn, Writer/Director - drama
Two teenage girls experience their first night club adventure. A pace and atmospheric film.
High Voltage
(Hungary) Daniel Erdelyi, Writer/Director - drama
Christmas. In a world of energy ownership a young couple from beyond the fence scavenge for metal with dangerous consequences in this cinematic film.
Cyphers
(USA, NM) Debrianna Mansini & Lori Romero, Producers/Writers – web drama
Eco drama about the power of corporations who control our most fundamental needs, food and water. Web drama offers a new outlet & possible future for short films.
411-z
(Hungary) Daniel Erdelyi, Writer/Director - drama
A large barge drifts like its captain down the Danube with disastrous outcome.
Dancing Worm
(Lithuania) Ignas Jonynas, Writer/Director – drama
When the understudy for the opera clown is called upon to stand in, his personal problems lead him on a different dance in an evocative colorful theatrical world.
Rating Some violence and shows drug taking.
Wilfred
(UK) Peter M. Kershaw, Producer/Director & Writer - drama
Inspired by the poetry of World War One poet Wilfred Owen, the film combines live-action and animation to tell a stylistic story about artists’ reaction to war. Winner of Royal Television Society Awards.
The Astronomer’s Sun
(UK) Peter M. Kershaw, Producer - Animation
Henry, accompanied by his mysterious mechanical bear, visits an abandoned observatory to confront memories of his past and follow his father on a journey into the unknown. A magical journey about relationships and what it is to be human. Winner of 13 Best Film & Audience Awards.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Who are Duchy Parade Films?
WHO ARE DUCHY PARADE FILMS?
Duchy Parade Films LLC was set up in Santa Fe, New Mexico in September 2010 as an independent production company to produce and distribute film & media projects. Previously, (from 1997 to 2010) Duchy Parade Films had been a UK limited company. Peter Kershaw has worked in the film & television business for over twenty years.
The sole owner of Duchy Parade Films is Independent Producer & director, Peter M. Kershaw.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT The creation of high production value imaginative, entertaining short films that will lead towards the production of narrative Feature Films here in New Mexico.
Duchy Parade Films LLC was set up in Santa Fe, New Mexico in September 2010 as an independent production company to produce and distribute film & media projects. Previously, (from 1997 to 2010) Duchy Parade Films had been a UK limited company. Peter Kershaw has worked in the film & television business for over twenty years.
The sole owner of Duchy Parade Films is Independent Producer & director, Peter M. Kershaw.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT The creation of high production value imaginative, entertaining short films that will lead towards the production of narrative Feature Films here in New Mexico.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Screening in New Mexico - New Visions
New Mexico Screenings 2011
All New Mexico Screenings all are free and open to the public.
Carlsbad: NMSU-C Saturday, February 26th 2011, 6pm
Program starts at 6:00pm in room 153.
Where? NMSU-C campus 1500 University Dr,
Instructional Building, Room 153
Santa Fe: Public screening
Wednesday, March 2nd 2011, 6pm.
at IAIA, Institute of American Indian Arts
83 Avan Nu Po Road, Santa Fe
Las Cruces: Monday, March 14th 2011, 08.30am
at Creative Media Institute
New Mexico State University
Truth or Consequences:
Thursday, March 24th 2011, 7pm
Where: The Lee Belle Johnson Recreation Center
300 S. Foch
T or C, NM 87901
Las Vegas:
Wednesday 30th March, 5.30pm
Where: Highlands University in the Media Arts West Building, 901 University Ave., Las Vegas, NM 87701
Espanola:Wednesday 20th April, 6pm
Northern New Mexico College
Nick Salazar Center for the Arts Theater
921 Paseo de Oñate
Española, NM 87582
Farmington: Friday, April 15 from 6:30 - 8:30pm
San Juan College
4601 College Boulevard
Farmington, NM 87402
Contact: Luke Renner, Assistant Professor Digital Media Arts and Design
(505) 566-3792
All New Mexico Screenings all are free and open to the public.
Carlsbad: NMSU-C Saturday, February 26th 2011, 6pm
Program starts at 6:00pm in room 153.
Where? NMSU-C campus 1500 University Dr,
Instructional Building, Room 153
Santa Fe: Public screening
Wednesday, March 2nd 2011, 6pm.
at IAIA, Institute of American Indian Arts
83 Avan Nu Po Road, Santa Fe
Las Cruces: Monday, March 14th 2011, 08.30am
at Creative Media Institute
New Mexico State University
Truth or Consequences:
Thursday, March 24th 2011, 7pm
Where: The Lee Belle Johnson Recreation Center
300 S. Foch
T or C, NM 87901
Las Vegas:
Wednesday 30th March, 5.30pm
Where: Highlands University in the Media Arts West Building, 901 University Ave., Las Vegas, NM 87701
Espanola:Wednesday 20th April, 6pm
Northern New Mexico College
Nick Salazar Center for the Arts Theater
921 Paseo de Oñate
Española, NM 87582
Farmington: Friday, April 15 from 6:30 - 8:30pm
San Juan College
4601 College Boulevard
Farmington, NM 87402
Contact: Luke Renner, Assistant Professor Digital Media Arts and Design
(505) 566-3792
New Screening added
Farmington:
Friday, April 15 from 6:30 - 8:30pm
San Juan College
4601 College Boulevard
Farmington, NM 87402
Contact:
Luke Renner,
Assistant Professor Digital Media Arts and Design
(505) 566-3792
Friday, April 15 from 6:30 - 8:30pm
San Juan College
4601 College Boulevard
Farmington, NM 87402
Contact:
Luke Renner,
Assistant Professor Digital Media Arts and Design
(505) 566-3792
Interships
INTERNS
Interns will be working with NM Independent Producer/Director
Peter M. Kershaw of Santa Fe’s Duchy Parade Films LLC.
Interns will be working with NM Independent Producer/Director
Peter M. Kershaw of Santa Fe’s Duchy Parade Films LLC.
Duchy Parade Films LLC are looking for the following 5 placements:
Assistant to the Director
Here’s a chance to shadow the director through the filming days and stages leading up to production, a real opportunity to gain access and insight into a director’s thought process. Intern must be willing to be available, keen to gain experience and have good interpersonal skills. Ideally, they should drive and have access to their own vehicle. Familiarity with computers is an advantage. Anticipation, observant and ability to focus on what is going on are essential. We’ll be looking to place someone in this position as early as possible.
Camera Department Assistant
Filming will be a 2-camera shoot with the main camera being a steadicam. Interns will also work with NM DP Anders Uhl. Intern needs to be a team player with an enthusiasm to learn. Role will vary on set but will involve support to either camera team or assisting the DP with lighting. Stamina and some strength are essential but patience and an ability to focus attention; concentrate and a good eye are key. You’ll be on your feet a lot.
Sound Department Assistant
Sound will be a mix of boom and radio mics. This is a drama piece with a number of speaking actor parts. My personal belief is people watch by listening so sound is crucial to the filming process. This is a real opportunity to learn and interns need to have a genuine interest in sound and the use of sound. There may be an additional opportunity to be involved in post and the film’s sound design. This internship may appeal to those already involved in sound production or with sound experience such as working with a band or producing music/radio.
Stills Photographer
For those who may have considered working as a still photographer on film production this is a great opportunity to work with a director. A chance to work out a strategy and understand the different uses and application for still production and a chance to learn on set discipline for a stills photographer. Interns should have access to a camera, have a good visual eye for what makes a photograph, be able to work independently and as directed. And good people skills.
Publicity & Marketing
In May I’ll be shooting the comedy/drama WHAT? I’m interested in working with someone with a genuine interest in the ever-growing area of film promotion. Producer P&M is one of the newest and fastest developing industry roles. This Internship we are looking to put in place as soon as possible. The right Intern would need to devise a strategy for promotion in collaboration. The role would include writing pieces for the press, web, social media, doing interviews, & co-ordinating with stills. The Intern working on P&M will in part define their role but this is a genuine chance to be creative and requires someone with real imagination, team player capable of generating fresh ways of seeing, with writing skills. Some interest/experience in design or graphics would be an advantage.
For more information on the drama WHAT? see the website:
www.roadtriptoeurope.blogspot.com
To apply as an Intern send a cover letter with your area of interest and reason for wanting to be an Intern an a resume.
Email: duchyfilms@gmail.com subject: Internship
PMK/Duchy Parade Films LLC
Feb. 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Screening in New Mexico - New Visions
New Mexico Screenings 2011
All New Mexico Screenings all are free and open to the public.
Carlsbad: NMSU-C Saturday, February 26th 2011, 6pm
Program starts at 6:00pm in room 153.
Where? NMSU-C campus 1500 University Dr,
Instructional Building, Room 153
Santa Fe: Public screening
Wednesday, March 2nd 2011, 6pm.
at IAIA, Institute of American Indian Arts
83 Avan Nu Po Road
Las Cruces: Monday, March 14th 2011, 08.30am
at Creative Media Institute
New Mexico State University
Truth or Consequences:
Thursday, March 24th 2011, 7pm
Where: The Lee Belle Johnson Recreation Center
300 S. Foch
T or C, NM 87901
Las Vegas:
Wednesday 30th March, 5.30pm
Where: Highlands University in the Media Arts West Building, 901 University Ave., Las Vegas, NM 87701
Espanola:
Wednesday 20th April, 6pm
Northern New Mexico College
Nick Salazar Center for the Arts Theater
921 Paseo de Oñate
Española, NM 87582
Farmington: April
Alamogordo: March
All New Mexico Screenings all are free and open to the public.
Carlsbad: NMSU-C Saturday, February 26th 2011, 6pm
Program starts at 6:00pm in room 153.
Where? NMSU-C campus 1500 University Dr,
Instructional Building, Room 153
Santa Fe: Public screening
Wednesday, March 2nd 2011, 6pm.
at IAIA, Institute of American Indian Arts
83 Avan Nu Po Road
Las Cruces: Monday, March 14th 2011, 08.30am
at Creative Media Institute
New Mexico State University
Truth or Consequences:
Thursday, March 24th 2011, 7pm
Where: The Lee Belle Johnson Recreation Center
300 S. Foch
T or C, NM 87901
Las Vegas:
Wednesday 30th March, 5.30pm
Where: Highlands University in the Media Arts West Building, 901 University Ave., Las Vegas, NM 87701
Espanola:
Wednesday 20th April, 6pm
Northern New Mexico College
Nick Salazar Center for the Arts Theater
921 Paseo de Oñate
Española, NM 87582
Farmington: April
Alamogordo: March
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Screening in New Mexico
Screenings by Peter M. Kershaw, Santa Fe’s, Duchy Parade Films LLC
All New Mexico Screenings all are free and open to the public
Carlsbad: NMSU-C Saturday February 26th 2011, 6pm
Program starts at 6:00pm in room 153.
Where? NMSU-C campus 1500 University Dr - Instructional Building - Room 153
Santa Fe: Public screening
at IAIA, March 2nd 2011, 6pm.
Las Cruces: March 14th 2011, 08.30am
at Creative Media Institute
New Mexico State University
Truth or Consequences:
Thursday, March 24th 2011, 7pm
Where: The Lee Belle Johnson Recreation Center
300 S. Foch
T or C, 87901
Las Vegas:
Wednesday 30th March, 5.30pm
Where: in the Media Arts West Building, 901 University Ave., Las Vegas, NM 87701
All New Mexico Screenings all are free and open to the public
Carlsbad: NMSU-C Saturday February 26th 2011, 6pm
Program starts at 6:00pm in room 153.
Where? NMSU-C campus 1500 University Dr - Instructional Building - Room 153
Santa Fe: Public screening
at IAIA, March 2nd 2011, 6pm.
Las Cruces: March 14th 2011, 08.30am
at Creative Media Institute
New Mexico State University
Truth or Consequences:
Thursday, March 24th 2011, 7pm
Where: The Lee Belle Johnson Recreation Center
300 S. Foch
T or C, 87901
Las Vegas:
Wednesday 30th March, 5.30pm
Where: in the Media Arts West Building, 901 University Ave., Las Vegas, NM 87701
Thursday, February 3, 2011
What Cyphers is about
"Eco drama about the power of corporations who control our most fundamental needs, food and water."
Eco web drama
The Ten Dollar CampaignTEN DOLLARS -- cheaper than breakfast at the airport! That’s all it will take to join the CYPHERS team! We are in pre~production with our new director, the seasoned and award-winning Peter Kershaw. Our next shoot is the season finale, and with your support we can raise the funds to take CYPHERS up a notch. If every one of our fans joins us with just TEN DOLLARS (which we will match), we can pay our talented team and bring you a truly exciting season finale.
Please visit this link to contribute today.
http://www.indiegogo.com/Cyphers?a=78818&i=addr
Please visit this link to contribute today.
http://www.indiegogo.com/Cyphers?a=78818&i=addr
Monday, January 31, 2011
First New Vision NM Screenings
Truth or Consequences:
Thursday, March 24th 2011, 7pm
At: The Lee Belle Johnson Recreation Center
300 S. Foch
T or C, 87901
Contact number, James 575-894-7008
7pm - admission is free
Carlsbad:
NMSU-C Saturday February 26th 2011, 6pm
Digital Media welcomes award winning filmmaker, Peter Kershaw to NMSU-C for a special showcase of short films from western and eastern Europe followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. Don’t miss this unique opportunity hosted by Cynthia Niedland. Program starts at 6:00pm in room 153.
Open to the public free of charge.
Where? NMSU-C campus 1500 University Dr - Instructional Building - Room 153
For more information contact: Cynthia Niedland 575-234-9412
Thursday, March 24th 2011, 7pm
At: The Lee Belle Johnson Recreation Center
300 S. Foch
T or C, 87901
Contact number, James 575-894-7008
7pm - admission is free
Carlsbad:
NMSU-C Saturday February 26th 2011, 6pm
Digital Media welcomes award winning filmmaker, Peter Kershaw to NMSU-C for a special showcase of short films from western and eastern Europe followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. Don’t miss this unique opportunity hosted by Cynthia Niedland. Program starts at 6:00pm in room 153.
Open to the public free of charge.
Where? NMSU-C campus 1500 University Dr - Instructional Building - Room 153
For more information contact: Cynthia Niedland 575-234-9412
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
More award success for TAS
While last night many film buffs were watching the Golden Globes the real film drama was being played out in New Mexico at Comic Com, Albuquerque. Sunday's award ceremony concluded Fire Born Films screening event. I'm pleased to annouce on an evening with award success for a number of NM's industry talent, Duchy's The Astronomer's Sun walked away with Awards for CINEMATOGRAPHY, the AUDIENCE AWARD and star prize, BEST FILM (see blue figure in photo). Thank you to all who voted, judges, Jerry & the Fire Born team the audience who made the event and Monique and the VJ's for a great interview.
Monday, January 3, 2011
How did our 2010 film end the year?
THE ASTRONOMERS SUN An animated fantasy/drama created using traditional animation techniques has played in 43 International Film Festivals to date and collected 9 major awards.
AWARDS, THE ASTRONOMERS SUN, 2010:
BEST FILM, Northern Futures Award, Manchester, UK
SPECIAL PRIZE «For the mystery of liberation» VI International Short and Animation Film Festival OPEN CINEMA, St Petersburg, Russia
BEST ANIMATED FILM, 2010 Rome International Film Festival, Georgia, USA
BEST FILM, Santa Fe International Film Festival, New Mexico, USA
BEST ANIMATED FILM, Fantastic Planet, Sydney International Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival, Australia
BEST FILM, FLIP Animation Film Festival, UK
WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD, National Irish Science Fiction Film Awards, Dublin, Ireland
BEST FILM, Yorkshire Film of year Award, Leeds International Film Festival, UK
Nominated for a 2010 BRITISH ANIMATION AWARD for BEST SHORT FILM in Public Choice.
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD WINNER Anima: a festival of contemporary animation by women, New Hampshire, USA
The Astronomer's Sun will also be playing in France in the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film festival, February 2011 and, The Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Film Festival, Seattle, January 2011. ABQ, NM in January 2010. Currently, touring South America as part of Animartefest bringing the best in world animation shorts to South America.
Produced by Duchy Parade Films of UK & Santa Fe, NM USA
http://www.duchyfilms.blogspot.com
http://www.roadtriptoeurope.blogspot.com
http://www.astronomerssun.com
AWARDS, THE ASTRONOMERS SUN, 2010:
BEST FILM, Northern Futures Award, Manchester, UK
SPECIAL PRIZE «For the mystery of liberation» VI International Short and Animation Film Festival OPEN CINEMA, St Petersburg, Russia
BEST ANIMATED FILM, 2010 Rome International Film Festival, Georgia, USA
BEST FILM, Santa Fe International Film Festival, New Mexico, USA
BEST ANIMATED FILM, Fantastic Planet, Sydney International Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival, Australia
BEST FILM, FLIP Animation Film Festival, UK
WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD, National Irish Science Fiction Film Awards, Dublin, Ireland
BEST FILM, Yorkshire Film of year Award, Leeds International Film Festival, UK
Nominated for a 2010 BRITISH ANIMATION AWARD for BEST SHORT FILM in Public Choice.
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD WINNER Anima: a festival of contemporary animation by women, New Hampshire, USA
The Astronomer's Sun will also be playing in France in the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film festival, February 2011 and, The Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Film Festival, Seattle, January 2011. ABQ, NM in January 2010. Currently, touring South America as part of Animartefest bringing the best in world animation shorts to South America.
Produced by Duchy Parade Films of UK & Santa Fe, NM USA
http://www.duchyfilms.blogspot.com
http://www.roadtriptoeurope.blogspot.com
http://www.astronomerssun.com
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