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VISIONFEST
VisionFest 2010
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2010 will be our 13th Year of VisionFest, Filmmakers Alliance annual screening and celebration bringing together the best of LA’s independent film community and regularly attended by overflowing audiences and press.
The evening begins with the presentation of the NILSSON AWARD, curated and presented by the award’s namesake and inaugural recipient, ROB NILSSON. The award acknowledges and celebrates bold, direct, honest and aesthetically challenging filmmaking that is often unrecognized by the mainstream independent film community. This year's Nilsson Award recipient is Armenian filmmaker Harutyun Khachatryan.
Next is the presentation of the VISION AWARD to an established filmmaker whose artistic ambition and consistent filmmaking excellence provides artistic inspiration to emerging filmmakers all around the world. Past recipients include MIke Figgis, Terry Gilliam, Wim Wenders, Allison Anders, Alexander Payne, David O. Russell, Werner Herzog, Mark and Michael Polish, Kevin Smith, and producer Ted Hope.
This year’s Vision Award Recipient is Danish
filmmaker NICOLAS WINDING REFN.
Known for the “Pusher” trilogy, Refn’s been making films for 15 years and his work is only now receiving the attention it deserves in this country. His work bares the signature of a true visionary - difficult to categorize, but singularly arresting, his films are not for the feint of heart - beautiful, often brutal and beyond compare. Below is the trailer for his stunning biopic “Bronson” starring the amazing Tom Hardy and called “A Clockwork Orange for the 21st Century!” by Damien McSorley (Zoo).
And this is a trailer from his last completed film, “Valhalla Rising”, described as a a “...trippy nightmare of savage poetry burning slow across bleak and otherworldly landscapes."
This is all followed by a program of the best short films produced through Filmmakers Alliance in the previous year.
PLEASE NOTE: EVENT WILL BE AT CAPACITY. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO ENSURE SEATING. SEATS CANNOT BE GUARANTEED, NOR REFUNDS MADE IF YOU ARRIVE AFTER 7:45 P.M. ALLOW FOR PARKING. (instructions below).
The program is as follows:
Wait For Me by Dylan O'Brien and Holly Murdoch O'Brien
Native Time by Sean Morris
Beyond Silence by Vidyut Latay
Gonah Kardam Directed by Gabriela Tollman and Produced by Babak Shokrian
Aliens Vs. Predator Directed by Stephen Reedy and Produced by Megan Powers
David and Goliath by George Zaver
Quetzal Directed by Marc Levy and Produced by Amanda Sweikow
The evening finishes with a high-energy party on the rooftop of the Downtown Independent Theater and is catered by some of Los Angeles' best restaurants.
Photos from VisionFest ’08 taken by Robyn VonSwank
August 27th at 8:00 p.m.
Downtown Independent Theater
251 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012 (see map below)
VISIONFEST FILMS
1998
Love Without Socks
Directed by Jacques Thelemaque
My Beautiful Me
Directed by Pi Ware
Shiva’s Teardrop
Directed by Sean Hood
Mitzi and Joe
Directed by Cain DeVore
1999
Blue Rondo
Directed by Richard Goldgewicht
IS20
Directed by Elyse Couvillion
The Remote
Directed by Frank Chindamo
Across The Bridge
Directed by Sam Boyer
Hide and Seek
Directed by Shawn Tolleson
Thaw
Directed by Jeff Orgill
That Marino Thing
Directed by Frankie Como
Georgia
Produced by Wendy DeRycke
The Ceremony
Directed by Kerry Hainey and produced By Rajia Baroudi
Love, Life and Laundry
Directed by Stacie Isabella Turk
2000
Greenlight Yourself - FA prom
Directed by Jeff Orgill
Blue Miss Sunday
Directed by Jeff Orgill
Egg
Directed by Jacques Thelelmaque
Sweet
Directed by Elyse Couvillion
Solomon Bernstein's Bathroom
Directed by Sandy Collora and produced by Dave Fennoy
Me and The Big Guy
Directed by Matt Nix
Greetings From The Shore
Directed by Jesica Bornemann
Fever Pitch
Directed by Willard Morgan
2001
Kick It Around (Digidance 2002 Promo)
Directed By Gregory Lemkin
The Abduction (Commercial)
Directed By Sandy Collora and produced by Dave Fennoy
Love For Love
Directed By Bruce Coughran
Thanksgiving
Directed By Diane Gaidry
The Priests
Directed By James Napoli and produced by Mindi White
What We Have
Directed By Paul Gutrecht
The Last Gunshot
Directed By Gabriela Tollman
The Disappearing Girl Trick
Directed By David Jackson Willis
Is It Time To Swap?
Directed By Jerry Rapp and Daedulus Howell
2002
High Expectations
Directed by Jeanne Robinson and Vincent Spano
Ray and Jake
Directed by Frankie Como
Lost Dog
Directed by Deborah Lemen and Sandra Nelson Winkler
Pablo Ferro - Untitled
Directed by Cain DeVore and Richard Goldgewicht
Mementoke
Directed by Matt Nix and Alfredo Barrios, Jr.
Home
Directed by Antony Berrios
True Love
Directed by David Jackson Willis
Tony & Bobby
Directed by Vincent Spano
2003
Ecstatic
Directed by David Knell
The Ends Of The Alphabet
Directed by Eric Kurland
A Single Rose
Directed by Hanelle Culpepper
Nightsweats
Directed by Veronica DiPippo and produced by Marc Aramian
Alone
Directed by Sean Hood
Infidelity In Equal Parts
Directed by Jacques Thelemaque
Living In Walter's World
Directed by Phil Kaufmann
The Vest (Winner, Los Angeles Short Film Grant)
Directed by Paul Gutrecht
2004
Tackle Box
Directed by Matthew Mebane
The Act
Directed by Pi Ware & Susan Kraker
Other People
Directed by Antony Berrios
The Wedge
Directed by Curt Stewart
Birth of Industry (Winner, Los Angeles Short Film Grant)
Directed by Gabriela Tollman
Perfection
Directed by Karen Lin
Six and the City
Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper
Tel Aviv
Directed by Richard Goldgewicht
2005
Traces
Directed by Claudia Leger
Photosynthesis (Winner, Los Angeles Short Film Grant)
Directed by Paul Gyuro
Free Lunch
Directed by Chase Gordon
You Turned Back and Held My Hand
Directed by Gabriela Tollman
Help me, Oprah
Directed by David Jackson Willis
Second Thoughts
Directed by David Woods
Dunes of Destiny
Directed by Curt Stewart
Transaction
Directed by Jacques Thelemaque
Broadcast 23
Directed by Tom Putnam
2006
Dirty Mary
Directed by Stuart Rogers
Shut Me Up
Directed by Brad Jones
The Interview
Directed by Lisa Moncure
The Guitar Players Girlfriend (Winner, Los Angeles Short Film Grant)
Directed by Janet Harvey
American Infant
Directed by Eric Kurland
Each Finger Has an Attitude
Directed by Lisa Crook
Son Up
Directed by Andrew Shearer
2007
Bueno
Directed by Paul Gutrecht
All The Fish In The Sea
Directed by Charlie Chu
The Bear and The Geisha
Directed by Lisa Temple
Far Sighted (Winner, Los Angeles Short Film Grant)
Directed by Elyse Couvillion
Henri
Directed by Will Braden
Crossing The Line
Directed by Marty Elcan
Plus or Minus: A Few Things I Thought I Should Consider
Directed by Amanda Sweikow
2008
Too Loud A Solitude
Directed by Genevieve Anderson
Birthmark
Directed by David Woods
Putting A Cigarette Out With Your Feet
Directed by Carlo Pangalangan
A Nice Day For An Earthquake
Directed by Antony Berrios
Removal
Directed by Donal Foreman
Dada
Directed by Brad Jones
Conflicted
Directed by Beth Dewey
Melancholy Baby (Winner, Los Angeles Short Film Grant)
Directed by Sean Hood
2009
Oil Change
Directed by Todd Luoto
Resonance (Winner, Los Angeles Short Film Grant)
Directed by Robert Beaucage
No Art On $2.00 A Day
Directed by Laurent Malaquais
You're Only What I See Sometimes
Directed by Donal Foreman
THE Cycle
Directed by Amanda Sweikow
My Last Day On Earth
Directed by Jacques Thelemaque
2010
Wait For Me
Directed by Dylan O'Brien and Holly Murdoch O'Brien
Native Time
Directed by Sean Morris
Beyond Silence
Directed by Vidyut Latay
Gonah Kardam
Direcrted by Gabriela Tollman
Aliens Vs. Predator
Directed by Stephen Reedy and Produced by Megan Powers
David and Goliath (Winner, Los Angeles Short Film Grant)
Directed by George Zaver
Quetzal
Directed by Marc Levy and Produced by Amanda Sweikow
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NOTE: Parking is not free. There are several parking structures near the theater. $9 parking is available right next door to the theater on the north side. However, $5 parking is available at the Los Angeles Times parking structure at 213 South Spring Street.
The award will be presented by
Ryan Gosling.
