Finalist: NBC-Universal Comedy Short Cuts. Best Overall Film: The Play Ground Annual Short-Shorts Film Festival. Best short under 10 minutes, Victoria Independent Film Festival, Australia. Best Cinematography: Next Gen Film Festival. Best Mini Short: Sapporo Film Festival, Japan.Best Editing: Sapporo Film Festival, Japan.Best Microfilm: The Indie Gathering. Prix Wenger du film le plus tranchant: Les Etranges Nuits du Cinema, Paris, France
Honorable Mention: Indie Short Film Competition, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Festivals
The Vine Short Film Festival, Los Angeles, California.
New Beijing International Film Festival, Beijing, China.
Le Trottoir Film Festival, Milan, Italy.
Cortisonici Film Festival, Varese, Italy.
Dawson City International Film Festival, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada.
Les Etranges Nuits du Cinema, Paris, France.
Indie Short Film Competition, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Newport Beach Film Festival, Newport Beach, California.
KAN Film Festival. Warsaw, Poland.
Kimera Film Festival, Tremoli, Italy.
Naoussa International Short Film and Video Festival, Naoussa, Greece.
Festival Internacional Del Cine Pobre, Gibara, Cuba.
ASU Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival, Tempe, Arizona.
Milwaukee Short Film Festival, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.California Next Gen Film Festival, Sacramento, California.Huesca International Film Festival, Huesca, Spain.In the Palace International Short Film Festival, Balchik, BulgariaCrank Cookie Shorts, Passau, Germany.Festival der Nationen, Austria.Sapporo Short Film Festival, Sapporo, Japan.The Indie Gathering, Cleveland, Ohio.Brainwash Film Festival, Oakland, California.Downtown Film Festival, Los Angeles, California.NBC Universal’s 3rd Annual Comedy Short Cuts Film Festival, New York, New York.Sequence short film Festival, Toulouse, France.Ava Gardner Film Festival, Smithfield, North Carolina.Bozano Short Film Festival. Bolzano, Italy.Bahamas International Film Festival, Nassau, Bahamas. Victoria Independent Film Festival, Victoria, Australia.
Professional Affiliations
SAG, AFTRA
The Road's Interests
General
Starring: Virginia Buckner, Kimberly Chong, Chris Holley, Yvonne Koenig, Danton Mew, Ariele Senara and Owen Thomas.
Karma, condensed. A group of seemingly random people help Karma along, passing through many hands. A five minute short starring Christopher Michael Holley, Danton Mew, Ariele Senara, Virginia Buckner, Matt Buckner, Owen Thomas, Kimberly Chong, and Yvonne Koenig. Directed by Owen Thomas. The Road IMDB link The Road trailer
Owen Thomas (director, writer, executive producer) is a bay area native who got his start performing with the San Francisco Boys Chorus at the age of 6. After finishing school, and working as a musician for many years, Owen took a slight detour into, and then out of graduate school. Soon after discovering voiceover, Owen eventually began working as an actor, which lead to his writing and directing, "The Road" with Theoretical Films. Owen currently lives in his hometown of Berkeley, California.
Be Discovered in HOLLYWOOD! Great Networking Opportunity! http://hollywoodfestival.com
The 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival is now open for submissions in the following genres: Features (drama & comedy), Docs, Shorts, and Music Videos!
Visit Hollywood FILM Festival, Hollywood COMEDY Film Festival, Hollywood HORROR Film Festival and Hollywood MUSIC VIDEO Awards to submit. http://hollywoodfestival.com
P.S. Hustle and Flow’s Craig Brewer was discovered at the HFF!
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Invitación al Sexto Festival y Muestra Internacional de Cortometrajes CORTO CREATIVO UDC 2009
-Convocatoria- Es una convocatoria abierta a todos l os estudiantes de bachillerato, universitarios o su equivalente en cualquier área del conocimiento*, se les invita a participar en el Sexto Concurso de Cortometrajes “Corto Creativo UDC ‘09” que se desarrollará en las salas de cine de una cadena internacional en TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MÉXICO los días 28, 29 y 30 de mayo de 2009, de 9:00 A.M. a 8:00 P. M Los cineastas y videastas profesionales que deseen exhibir sus cortometrajes, pueden enviarlos para ser presentados, pero no serán partícipes del concurso.
La pre-selección de material considerará, única y exclusivamente los cortometrajes que, además de exhibir una evidente situación narrativa, hayan sido producidos desde el año 2007 en adelante.
i had the BEST time! It was so much fun :) wish i could go to the bahamas, but let me know what happens with australia's submission! great to see you guys.
CORTISONICI09 > shortfilm festival > Varese - Italy
The cultural Association Filmstudio 90 and Ronzinanti announce the 6th Edition of
Cortisonici – Shortfilm Festival. The event will take place in Varese (Italy) from the 10th
to the 14th March, 2009.
Film Entry Deadline: 15 December 2008
Short must not have been shot before January 1, 2008.
In order to participate to the festival, film should match the following requirements> -last up to 15 minutes -not be or contain advertising messages -not be or contain promotional videos or videoclips -be in italian or with italian subtitles.
The participation to the festival is free.
For more information please contact > foreignoffice@cortisonici.org
CORTISONICI09 > shortfilm festival > Varese - Italy
The cultural Association Filmstudio 90 and Ronzinanti announce the 6th Edition of
Cortisonici – Shortfilm Festival. The event will take place in Varese (Italy) from the 10th
to the 14th March, 2009.
Film Entry Deadline: 15 December 2008
Short must not have been shot before January 1, 2008.
In order to participate to the festival, film should match the following requirements> -last up to 15 minutes -not be or contain advertising messages -not be or contain promotional videos or videoclips -be in italian or with italian subtitles.
The participation to the festival is free.
For more information please contact > foreignoffice@cortisonici.org
Vai su http://contest. ferrarabuskers. com, guarda i video finalisti e scegli chi sarà il vincitore. Le votazioni saranno aperte fino alla mezzanotte del 6 ottobre.
Il festival si è concluso...ma il video contest continua. Mandaci il tuo video entro il 21 settembre (regolamento su contest. ferrarabuskers. com) Se non hai un video non ti resta che decidere chi sarà il vincitore: cerca su youtube i video in concorso digitando "veni vidi gig it" e vota, linka e commenta!
