Infidelity In Equal Parts. A three-part, four-paneled exploration of Infidelity. Directed by Filmmakers Alliance Co-Founder Jacques Thelemaque and starring the late, great Caryn Shalita. Official selection of the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.
Love Without Socks. It's the little things that count. A simple pair of socks produce a critical moment in Fanny and Frank's relationship. Very first short film from Filmmakers Alliance co-Founder Jacques Thelemaque starring Diane Gaidry.
Egg. Profoundly disturbed Greta sells her eggs to a donation clinic, then belatedlly wants them back. Award-winning short film, Egg, from Filmmakers Alliance co-Founder Jacques Thelemaque starring Diane Gaidry.
Best Comedy Short, Cinequest Film Festival
Best Short, Methodfest
A clip from the award-winning short film Transaction by Filmmakers Alliance Co-Founder, Jacques Thelemaque. The first American film to win the Grand Prix du Jury in the Labo Competition at France's prestigious Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Available on iTunes in the spring. Starring Diane Gaidry.
The Dogwalker. Trailer for the recently-released, award-winning, debut feature from Filmmakers Alliance Co-Founder Jacques Thelemaque. Starring Diane Gaidry and Pamela Gordon. Available on DVD 3/1/07. Visit us at
FILMMAKERS ALLIANCE has produced, or provided creative, production and distribution services to, a variety of award-winning films, from the acclaimed THE DOGWALKER (2006) to AMERICA SO BEAUTIFUL. We've provided links below. Please click to experience these outstanding films.
A Single Rose by Hanelle Culpepper
A haunting visual blues song about an African-American beauty who finds her soul on stage at a nearby juke joint.
Set in the rural early 20th century South, Rose, an African-American beauty, has achieved her lifelong goal of an easy life of luxury and riches, but at a price -- a husband who is rarely home. Yearning for attention, Rose frequently fills the void singing at a nearby juke joint. Eventually, Rose finds the strength to give up the luxury and riches for a more fulfilling life. Unfortunately it's a lesson she learns too late.
Awards
Official Consideration Academy Awards
Outstanding Cinematic Achievement Boston International Film Festival
Best Actress (Sonya Maddox) Breckenridge Festival of Film
Best Music in Film Breckenridge Festival of Film
Best Short Film (2nd Place) Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
Best Short Film Cine Noir
Best Narrative Reel Sisters
Best Student Short Film Nominee MethodFest
Best Actress in a Short Nominee MethodFest
Best Short Hollywood Black Film Festival
Best Director GAFFERS
Outstanding Cinematography International Cinematography Guild
Sex. Betrayal. Dysfunction. Welcome to the family.
SOLITUDE
a film by Pi Ware and Susan Kraker
Louis and Hilary are a twisted brother and sister who like to badger, berate and bewitch each other. Hilary's client, Soledad, gets sucked into their "fun and games", where love and betrayal often mean the same thing. Visit us at
SOLITUDE FILM FESTIVALS:
AFI Fest, Cinequest, Gen Art, Palm Springs
SOLITUDE AWARDS:
Cinequest Director's Award; Best Feature Film, Lake Arrowhead Film Festival
Laughter is the best medicine.
THE ACT
A film by Susan Kraker & Pi Ware
Rosy Marconi is a stand-up comedian with a secret. Visit us at
THE ACT FILM FESTIVALS:
Sundance Film Festival
AFI Fest
Cinequest Film Festival
Sedona Film Festival
Cleveland Film Festival
Filmmakers Alliance Sundance Shorts @ Cinespace, Hollywood
Sonoma Valley Film Festival-Cinema Epicuria
Method Fest
Gen Art Film Festival - OPENING NIGHT FILM
Florida Film Festival
Cape Cod Film Society
Phoenix Film Festival - WINNER: BEST SHORT FILM
International Cinematographers Guild Showcase
Nashville Film Festival
Arizona Film Festival
Harry M. Warner Festival of Short Film
Newport Beach Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
Jacksonville Film Festival
Waterfront Film Festival
Atlanta Film Festival
Huesca Film Festival
Worldwide Short Film Market
Laemmle's Pasadena Playhouse
VisionFest, New York
Stony Brook Film Festival
Wine Country Film Festival
Woods Hole Film Festival
Rhode Island Film Festival - WINNER: BEST SCREENPLAY
Gen Art's Los Angeles Ignite!
Topanga Film Festival - WINNER: BEST FILM
Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films - OPENING NIGHT:
INTERNATIONAL AWARD WINNERS
Bend Film Festival
Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
Hawaii International Film Festival
Savannah Film Festival - WINNER: BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival
Zion Independent Film Festival, Springdale
St. Louis International Film Festival
Cinema Society of San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Portland International Film Festival
Ann Arbor Cinema Slam, Ann Arbor, MI
Oundle Cinema, Oundle, UK
Lake Arrowhead Film Festival, CA - WINNER: BEST SHORT FILM
Kinemastik Film Festival, Zebbug, Malta, Europe
Fullerton Film Festival
Is It Time To Swap? Jane, Stuart, Sarah and Roger have known each other a long time - but have they truly known each other? In other words. Is it time to swap? A favorite on the festival circuit, Is It Time to Swap? earned a five star rating from FilmThreat and is currently an IFC Media Labs selection.
Sweet. A brief, sensual ride through the rapture and reality of love
"As they awake in seperate beds, go to work, and throughout their days, a young man and a young woman fantasize of each other...until they unexpectedly meet."
List of Awards:
Sundance 2001, Honorable Mention Best Short Short Film
Savannah Film and Video Festival Audience Award for Best Short Film
The Festival of Festivals Best Short Film, The Tiburon International Film Festival
List of Festivals:
South by Southwest Film Festival
RESfest Digital Film Festival
Aspen Shortsfest
Hollywood Shorts
Florida Film Festival
Damah Festival of Spiritual Film
Tiburon International Film Festival
St. Louis International Film Festival
Waterfront Film Festival
Palm Springs Int'l Festival of Short Film
Reel 1 Film Festival
Calgary International Film Festival
Rocky Mountain Film Festival
High Falls Film Festival
Everett Women's Film Festival Sonoma Film Festival
Savannah Film and Video Festival
Mill Valley Film
Festival Special Screenings:
National Film Archives, New York City
Open Air Shorts on the Times Square Jumbotron, NYC
American Cinematheque, Los Angeles
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
BIRTH OF INDUSTRY is a contemporary allegory that explores the conflict between nature and industry.
BIRTH OF INDUSTRY AWARDS
LOS ANGELES SHORT FILM AWARD KODAK/FILMMAKERS ALLIANCE/PANAVISION-
BIRTH OF INDUSTRY 2004
JOHN WILLIAMS PROCESS AWARD FOR VISUAL EXCELLENCE AT THE 2005
CLEVELAND FILM FESTIVAL
BIRTH OF INDUSTRY FILM FESTIVALS
CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL
CLEVELAND FILM FESTIVAL
FILMMAKERS ALLIANCE VISIONFEST
SILVERLAKE FILM FESTIVAL
JACKSONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL
CLAREMONT/FERRAND MARKET
ONE REEL FILM FESTIVAL/BUMBERSHOOT
ECHO PARK FILM CENTRE
MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL
ANN ARBOR CINEMA SLAM - ANN ARBOR
INGENUITY CLEVELAND FILM FESTIVAL - A FESTIVAL OF ART AND
TECHNOLOGY
PALM SPRINGS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Pretty Girls
The music video for The Kids Of Widney High's song: Pretty Girls. If you haven't heard of The Kids, they're a band of special ed. students from an LA high school and they kick rectum. We know this because they told us so themselves.
Link to website:
Awards:
2005 Audience Award, Valley Film Festival
Other Festivals:
2006 PISS Fest
Coney Island Film Fest
Backseat Film Fest
Queens International Film Fest
Tony and Bobby
Tony "Flips" and Bobby "Member", mob drivers (played by Sonny Marinelli and Billy Devlin, respectively), discuss the recent death of a mutual friend. In doing so, they name names - lots of them. But more than names, they discuss the origins of every moniker, including their own. It's 'Who's on First' with a Scorsese flavor.
There are no web links at this time.
Awards:
Won Best Short Film @ the Los Angeles Italian Film Awards Festival (if you need a year, it was 2003)
Festivals it was in:
Griffon Intl Film Festival
Kansas City, U S A
October 2005 (Film Festival)
Crested Butte Film Festival
Crested Butte, U S A
August 2005 (Film Festival)
Duke City Shoot Out Festival
Albuquerque, U S A
July 2005 (Film Festival)
Silverlake Film Festival
Hollywood, U S A
September 2004 (Film Festival)
Redlands Film Festival
Redlands, U S A
June 2004 (Film Festival)
Nashville Film Festival
Nashville, U S A
April 2004 (Film Festival)
Seattle One Reel Festival
Seattle, U S A
August 2003 (Film Festival)
LA Italian Film Awards Festival
BEST SHORT!
Los Angeles, U S A
May 2003 (Film Festival)
Pacific Palisades Film Festival
Pacific Palisades, U S A
January 2003 (Film Festival)
LA Shorts Fest
Los Angeles, U S A
October 2002 (Film Festival)
Lake Arrowhead Festival of Film
Lake Arrowhead, U S A
September 2002 (Film Festival)
Filmmakers Alliance DGA VisionFest
Los Angeles, U S A
August 2002
NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE
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(16mm, color, 5 min.)
A short film written and directed by Claudia Léger
Log line:
Signs that remain to show the former presence of a person or thing no longer there.
Screenings:
VisionFest
Silver Lake Film Festival
Distribution:
Microcinema's 2006 Independent Exposure DVD compilation (XI Vol. 1)
