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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.
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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

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.

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

Budget success

The New Visions contract awards are provided by the New Mexico Filmmakers Program of the state film office. The program is open to all filmmakers in the state.

There were seven awards in 2010 to New Visions/New Mexico winners – those with asterisks (*) are also winners of the 2010 Panavision camera package:

Peter Kershaw - What?($20,000 award)* So, we also gained the $10,000 Panavision package award.

This means, we can now focus on raising money for post-production and that WHAT? will go ahead and into production in 2011 as planned. This success was made possible thanks to those whom have and will be supporting us as donors without whom, we couldn't have demonstrated support - thank you on behalf of the cast & crew and future audiences for helping to make this potential, an actual. Your support made a difference.

Jury comment

The Astronomer's Sun won YORKSHIRE BEST FILM OF THE YEAR 2010 the jury said: "There is such weight and therefore capacity for emotion in the beautifully crafted stop motion animation, but it is the universal film techniques supporting this that make it such a joy to watch; the lighting, the sound and the camerawork are masterfully synchronised in tone, emphasising the sacrifice and loss at the heart of this story."

I'm pleased to annouce our South America 2010 tour of The Astronomer’s Sun as part of Animarte

I'm pleased to annouce our South America 2010 tour of The Astronomer’s Sun as part of Animarte:- November 19, Viña del Mar, Chile (in conjunction with the Viña del Mar International Film Festival): Plazoleta Maria Lusia Bombal, Av. Valparaiso y Villanelo. Viña del Mar. Chile.- November 27, Buenos Aires, Argentina (in c...onjunction with InspirationFest): Ciudad Cultural Konnex, Buenos Aires.- December 26, Mendoza, Argentina: open screening at Mendoza City Central Park www.animartefest.com