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First
Annual International Student Film Festival
Hollywood to take place Sep. 3 - 7 in
North Hollywood
International
Student Film Festival Hollywood closes
with special screening of critically
acclaimed feature "American Gun"
1ST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL HOLLYWOOD TO TAKE PLACE SEPT. 3 – 7 IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD
Festival Accepting Submissions Through
July 1
North Hollywood, CA – The 1st Annual
International Student Film Festival Hollywood
has been created to provide student filmmakers
from the most prestigious academic institutions
across the globe a unique opportunity
to showcase their work before entertainment
industry decision makers while competing
for scholarships and monetary prizes.
The festival is currently accepting submissions
from graduate, undergraduate and high
school students through July 1, 2003.
Taking place Sept. 3-7, 2003 in the NoHo
Arts District of North Hollywood, the
festival will kick off with an opening
night gala at the Academy of Television
Arts & Sciences prestigious Leonard
H. Goldenson Theatre. Screenings
and panel discussions will take place
at the historic El Portal Theatre.
The festival was founded by entertainment
industry veteran Robin Saban, whose years
of work in film and theater inspired him
to establish this international film festival
solely geared to students. Passionate
about the opportunity to offer student
filmmakers well- deserved recognition
for their talents, Mr. Saban has reached
out to the deans, principals, film professors
and students at over 400 universities
and high schools worldwide to generate
awareness and excitement for the festival.
He has already received submissions from
countries such as Australia, Denmark,
Iceland, Russia, the U.K. and Uruguay.
Submission categories include:
- Feature-length Films or Videos (60
minutes and above)
- Short Films or Videos (1 minute to
45 minutes)
- Documentary Films or Videos
- Animation
- Music Videos
Awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography,
Best Editing, and Best Screen Play will
be given in each of the five categories,
a well as overall awards for Best Feature,
Best Short, Best Documentary, Best Animation
and Best Music Video. A jury of
professional directors, producers, actors,
distributors, agents, film critics and
professors will judge all competing films.
The jury will be carefully selected by
the Board of Directors to ensure impartial
results.
For more information on the festival,
sponsorship opportunities and to download
entry forms please visit www.hisfilmfestival.org.
Submission will only be accepted in VHS
format and should be sent to:
International Student Film Festival Hollywood
5259 Lankershim Blvd. Suite A
North Hollywood, CA 91601, USA
There is a $35 entry fee for each film
submitted.
SUBMISSIONS CONTACT:
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PRESS/SPONSORSHIP
CONTACT:
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International Student Film Festival
Hollywood
5259 Lankershim Blvd. Suite A
North Hollywood, CA 91601, USA
info@isffhollywood.org |
Robin Saban
President/Founder
International Student Film Festival
Hollywood
5259 Lankershim Blvd. Suite A
North Hollywood, CA 91601, USA
info@isffhollywood.org |
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL HOLLYWOOD CLOSES
WITH SPECIAL SCREENING OF CRITICALLY
ACCLAIMED FEATURE
‘AMERICAN GUN’
Honors Awarded to Student Filmmakers
From Around the World in 14 Categories
NORTH HOLLYWOOD,
Calif., Sept. 8, 2003 –
After five days filled with 120 student
film screenings, as well as numerous
presentations and events, the First
Annual International Student Film Festival
Hollywood drew to a close on Sunday,
Sept. 7 with an awards ceremony in which
14 student filmmakers from schools around
the world were given honors for their
films. The event took place at the historic
El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood
and was followed by a special screening
of writer/director Alan Jacobs’
critically acclaimed, soon to be released
drama “American Gun.”
The winners in each category
include:
- Best Screenplay
Lorin B. Coleman from Loyola Marymount
University, Los Angeles, CA for
"Faith"
- Best Director
Tanya Mairitsch from the American
Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA
for "Fueling The Fire" (see also
Best Short)
- Best Cinematography
Michael Greenspan from American
Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA
for "The Legend of Razorback"
- Best Editing
Christopher N. Rowley from University
of Southern California, Los Angeles,
CA for "The Remembering Movies"
- Best Performance
Aura Vence from Chapman University,
Orange, CA for "Silence"
- Best Feature
John Fitzpatrick from Cal State
University, Northridge, Northridge,
CA for
"Mercy"
- Best Short
Tanya Mairitsch from the American
Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA
for "Fueling The Fire"
- Best Documentary
Dan Katzir from Tel Aviv University,
Tel Aviv, Israel for "Out For Love,
Me Back Later"
- Best Drama
Ellen-Alinda Verhoeff from Columbia
University, New York, NY for "Abbie
Down East"
- Best Foreign Language
Film
Anne-Marie Harms from Mamatiska
Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden for
"K-G I Nod Och Lust"
- Best Comedy
Ezra Krybus from York University,
Toronto, Ont., Canada for "The School"
- Best Horror / Thriller
Maximiliano Contenti from Escuelade
cine del Uruguay for "Fear"
- Best Animation
David Derrick from California Institute
of the Arts, Valencia, CA for "Cretaceous
Christmas"
- Best Music Video
Drewin Young from University of
California, Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara, CA for "Express Lane"
- Best Film Submitted by
a High School Student
Floyd Russ from Culver City High
School, Academy of Visual &
Performing Arts, Culver City, CA
for "And So It Goes"
The Festival also presented
student filmmaker Jethro-Rothe Kushel
from Dartmouth College the Humanitarian
Award for his film "Pharaohs Streets."
In addition, The Entertainment Experience,
a new acting and digital film school
for young adults founded by Producer/Director
Joey Travolta with partners Blue Rider
Pictures and the Celluloid Heroes, presented
a scholarship for their program to high
school students Richard Chance and Scott
Putnam from Grant High School in Los
Angeles for their PSA “Up in Smoke.”
Renowned vocal coach David Coury also
presented three “New Voice”
scholarships to two students from Grant
High School – Shayna Fox for her
film "On Growing Older" and Chris Mallory
for "Checkmate," as well as to Culver
City High School student Floyd Russ
for “And So It Goes."
The Festival received 300
submissions from both high school and
college students worldwide, including
such countries as Australia, Brazil,
Canada, Cypress, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Korea,
Malaysia, Poland, Russia, Sweden, UK,
U.S. and Uruguay. A five-person panel
of preliminary judges from the entertainment
community pre-screened the 300 submissions
and chose 120 official selections. Eight
blue-ribbon judges determined the winners
in each category. The judges included:
Patrice Courtaban -- COO, TV5, USA; Jerry Jaskulski,
line producer of America’s
Funniest Home Videos series and
specials for ABC; Julie Janata -- feature editor, whose credit’s
include Mayor of the Sunset Strip,
Dreamland, The Ghost and The Darkness,
Heat, French Kiss; Brendan
Shanahan -- Feature Film Development,
Wolf Films; Brian Goldberg,
technical director, Digital Domain; Gene Braunstein, documentary
writer/producer, Passport Productions; Kevin McKenna, founder
of IDEAS - Investigative Documentaries
Educating American Society; David
Coury, renowned vocal coach.
The First Annual International
Student Film Festival Hollywood opened
on Sept. 3 at the Academy of Television
Arts & Sciences with a special tribute
honoring the late James Coburn. Critically
acclaimed filmmaker George Hickenlooper
(Mayor of the Sunset Strip),
who directed Coburn in “The Man
From Elysian Fields,” spoke about
the actor during the event and The Entertainment
Industries Council, Inc. presented the
very first EDGE (Entertainment Depiction
of Gun Education) Award to the family
of James Coburn, as well as to writer/director
Alan Jacobs for the soon-to-be-released
“American Gun,” Coburn’s
last film in which he plays a father
who embarks on a nationwide journey
to trace the line of ownership of the
gun that killed his daughter. A screening
of “The Man From Elysian Fields,”
rounded out the evening.
Created by veteran film
editor Robin Saban, the International
Student Film Festival Hollywood is giving
student filmmakers from around the world
a unique new opportunity to showcase
their work in Hollywood, the entertainment
capital of the world. Mr. Saban’s
years of work in entertainment inspired
him to create an outlet for promising
student filmmakers. Mr. Saban reached
out to the deans, principals, film professors,
and students at more than 400 universities
and high schools worldwide to generate
awareness and excitement for the festival.
The International
Student Film Festival Hollywood’s
Platinum Sponsors included CRA/LA, Unique
Image, Valley of the Stars Film Society;
Media Sponsors: Clear Channel Communications,
A&E Network, The Hollywood Reporter,
Daily Variety, Hot 92 Jamz Session,
Los Angeles Confidential magazine; Event
sponsors: The Gas Company, Hollyword,
Massage Pros, Color Me Mine, Inc., Girard,
Aidells Sausage Company, Arli’s
Catering, gwaite Photography, Nir Zilberman
of Aveda Kriza, SiBeau Custom Taylor
and Southern California Real Estate
Services.
For additional information
on the International Student Film Festival
Hollywood please visit the website at
www.isffhollywood.org.
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