Archive for the Festivals Category
Mandatory Service WINS at Tribeca Film Festival!
I am thrilled to announce that a film I was Director of Photography for, “Mandatory Service”, received the award for BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival:
http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/Mandatory_Service.html
About the film:
The cultural impact of the militarization of Israeli society has both challenged and stifled the cultivation of creativity in the country. Mandatory Service asks a [...]
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Mandatory Service at Tribeca Film Festival
Mandatory Service
(Mandatory Service)
In English, Hebrew, Arabic [...]
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Cinema Eye Awards 2008
Festival Founders rock out with their docs out!
I shot press stills and interviews for the Cinema Eye Awards – the first awards show totally for documentaries. Sponsored by IndiePix, the event was a raging success, and really inspired me as a documentary filmmaker. It had me fired up to keep going, and [...]
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Art & Apathy @ Tribeca Film Fest
The Art & Apathy Project was selected for inclusion in the next Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by Jessica Habie, this film addresses the militarized conditions artists struggle to create under in Israel and Palestine, and the complexities of occupations. I was one of the DPs for this project, and it was my [...]
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Grassroots Media Conference
I will be speaking at the the Fifth Annual Grassroots Media Conference at Hunter College on March 2!
Speaking Truth to Power: MEDIA JUSTICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
Co-Sponsored by Film and Media Studies Department at Hunter College/CUNY
Hip-Hop Association Presents
The Womanhood LP (Learning Project) Interactive Lecture Series
Part I – Media Justice Begins By Taking Control of Our Images
March [...]
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The Art of Love & Struggle at The Pan African Arts & Film Festival
The Art of Love and Struggle will be screening at the Pan African Arts and Film Festival 02/11/2008 – 1:10pm, 02/13/2008 – 10:20pm, in Los Angeles, at the AMC Magic Johnson Crenshaw 15, 4020 Marlton Avenue.
Purchase tickets here!
Please do come out and support this fantastic film, which was a huge labor of love, celebrating these [...]
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OLHARES & Lisbon – LOVE!!!
On our way to the boat…
I have been terribly busy lately, unable to sit myself down and write up a good long entry on Lisbon (however, I did manage to get the photos up!). I cannot express enough how wonderful an experience it was – from the gracious warmth of our hosts [...]
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Mighty Humble Blueberry Winner at ReelHeart
MHB wins the Codes Pro Media ReelHeART Award at the ReelHeart International Film Festival in Toronto this past weekend! The award is given to “The visiting filmmaker that exhibits true independent spirit, from promotion to inspiration and engagement” With the award comes a medallion and a Sony Cybershot 7.2 mega pixel digital camera, which Director [...]
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H20 Award Pix Online!
Tribute to Iris Morales, Kathleen Cleaver and Ted Demme
The images from the Hip Hop Odyssey Awards are up now in the photo section. It was a wonderful night and I got to spend with some of my closest friends in film – my girls Jessica and Bobbi.
Jessica Habie and Rosa Clemente
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Notes On Father’s Day
ICE T @ Hip Hop Odyssey Festival Awards – M. Ulto
Last night, I went to the Hip Hip Odyssey Awards with my collaborators on “The Art of Love & Struggle” – Director Jessica Habie, Performer/Writer Bobbi Williams and Composer Spiritchild.
It was where Hip Hop lives – the real culture, not the parody of it in [...]
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Hip Hop Odyssey Awards Tonight!
I’ll be attending the Hip Hop Odyssey Awards tonight! Hopefully “The Art of Love & Struggle” gets some recognition (fingers and toes crossed). The film was very well received at the screening last night. Jessica Habie, the director, attended and got back to me with some of the reactions.
The awards are sold [...]
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Mighty Humble Blueberry at the NJ International Film Fest
The Mighty Humble Blueberry will be shown as an official selection of the New Jersey International Film Festival. If you are free Sunday, check it out.
The film will be screened in Scott Hall #123, Rutgers University on Sunday, June 17, 2007 at 7:00 PM.. The directions below can also be found on the [...]
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Panel Notes from H20
Check out the notes from last week’s H20 panel on Filmmaking Methods. (Thanks to Alex Golliner for posting these!)
Peace,
Melissa
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+OLHARES Festival – Screening SheStory.tv/VJing
+OLHARES Poster (click here for full size)
I’m very excited – all the arrangements are made, and I’m heading off to sunny Lisbon June 20 to 25. Here is the list of invited artists to this unique festival:
LIST OF INVITED ARTISTS
FILIPA CÉSAR (PT/GR)
JOÃO ONOFRE(PT)
URSULA BOECKLER (GR)
NIKOLAI GALITZINE (FR)
GEORG GRAW (GR)
DIANE GUYOT (FR)
BRENDAN McNAMEE (UK)
GIACOMO PICCA [...]
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Mais Olhares Pocket Film Festival, Lisbon
I will be attending the Mais Olhares Pocket Film Festival in Lisbon, Portugal late this June! A selection of my work, in film, art and the internet, will be featured.
+OLHARES is an informal video & film festival dedicated to new works by young artists, video artists, web artists and filmmakers. It will take place [...]
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The Art of Love & Struggle at H2O June 14!
The Art of Love and Struggle will be screening at the 5th Annual H20 International Film Festival, on “Women’s Day” – Thursday, June 14, btw 8 and 10 pm, at the ImaginAsian Theatre, 239 Est 59th St. NYC. Please let your network know!
Also, on Thursday, June 7, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm, I [...]
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The Art of Love & Struggle at H2O
Great news! The Art of Love & Struggle will be shown this year at the 5th Annual H20 International Film Festival as part of the festival.
There will be a Q&A with us at the screening – more information coming soon the screening date and time!
Peace,
Melissa
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On H2O Film Festival Panel in June!
As a part of the 5th Annual H20 International Film Festival, I’ve been invited to be a panelist on the “Movie Magic: Filmmaking Techniques to Develop your Game” panel taking place on Thursday, June 7 from 6 to 7:30 pm at the ImaginAsian Theater, 239 E. 59th Street. Panelists will discuss trade secrets that [...]
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The Mighty Humble Blueberry Wins!
The Mighty Humble Blueberry won Best Homegrown Short at the Garden State Film Festival this past weekend. Director Nancy O’Mallon and I are thrilled that all this hard work yielded a flurry of interest in this wonderful story. The film will be making the festival route this spring and summer. Stay tuned!
Peace,
Melissa
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The Mighty Humble Blueberry Screening
The Undisputed Blueberry Queen
“Home Grown Documentary Film”
The Mighty Humble Blueberry
Sunday at 2:00 PM in Mattison Park, 649 Mattison Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ.
Seating is on a first come, first serve basis.
Nancy O’Mallon’s documentary film, “The Mighty Humble Blueberry†tracks the history of New Jersey’s cultivated blueberry through the efforts of Elizabeth Coleman White, a New Jersey [...]
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