Shirley Maclaine

Cloud Nine Day - thanks to my good friend Gene today I got to work with a real star of the screen an actress that awe is all you can say - Shirley Maclaine. Part of the delight was weather meant the crew were later arriving so I got to sit and chat - life, politics, directors, film and acting for a whole hour before hand. We discussed filters, lights, and framing she knows it all. Professional, fun, a real tour de force. She listened and took direction but deep down you just know she knew it all. A delight yes, an education indeed, but most importantly one of those life experiences that enriches.

TAS screens in Santa Fe

This week a round of screenings with TAS playing in the Independent SF film festival.

20 Ways

Like '20 Ways' on Facebook to stay up to date with the film's progress.

How is the Astronomer's Sun playing?

Just some of the AWARDS for THE ASTRONOMERS SUN
BEST FILM, Northern Futures Award, Manchester, UK
SPECIAL PRIZE «For the mystery of liberation» VI International Short and Animation Film Festival OPEN CINEMA, St Petersburg, Russia
BEST ANIMATED FILM, 2010 Rome International Film Festival, Georgia, USA
BEST FILM, Santa Fe International Film Festival, New Mexico, USA
BEST ANIMATED FILM, Fantastic Planet, Sydney International Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival, Australia
BEST FILM, FLIP Animation Film Festival, UK
WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD, National Irish Science Fiction Film Awards, Dublin, Ireland
BEST FILM, Yorkshire Film of year Award, Leeds International Film Festival, UK
Nominated for a 2010 BRITISH ANIMATION AWARD for BEST SHORT FILM in Public Choic, UK.
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD WINNER Anima: a festival of contemporary animation by women, New Hampshire, USA
BEST ANIMATION Taos Shortz Film Fest, USA.
WINNER FOR ANIMATION NEW MEXICO SHOWCASE 2011, USA
WINNER AT COMIC COM, ABQ FOR BEST ANIMATION, AUDIENCE AWARD, & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, USA.

Part of my film teaching class at SFCC

http://www.indiegogo.com/Stellar-Fisherman

Stellar Fisherman by Porter Blackman

One of this year's SFCC Film Crew 3 productions.

Screening

The Astronomer's Sun will be playing following the Kimya concert at 6P on the Railyard Water Tower Plaza, Santa Fe. The screening program follows in Railyard Park at 8:15P this Friday, Sept. 23rd. The screening is part of the Santa Fe Film Festival in association with Heath Concerts and the Railyard Community Corporation and is a free community event in the Railyard to kick off the 2011 'festival season'.

20 WAYS ON IMDB

20 Ways (2011)
www.imdb.com
Directed by Peter Kershaw. With Christopher Dempsey, Joe Feldman, Liliana Ashman, Kathryn Phipps, Omar Lux. A comic satire 20 WAYS explores the absurd humor of an article by an Oklahoma lawyer that proposed twenty ways to spot an illegal. An entertaining, intelligent look at immigration using humor to explore this contemporary tale. Check out in IMDB.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2033188

SFCC - acting panel

Thank you to our panel Tamara Decker - the West Region Executive for Screen Actors Guild, David Dirks - Entertainment Lawyer, Jody Black - A&M Agency, Carissa Mitchell – Applause Talent Agency, and legendary casting director - Jo Edna Boldin.

blip.tv - Cyphers link

Go to blip.tv and checkout the link to Cyphers - to learn more about
The New Lilith - Debrianna Mansini and Kat Sawyer talk about the character of Lilith.
To get an insight in to what FC3 director - Peter M. Kershaw has been working on here in Santa Fe.

Mexican song for 'What? or a road trip to Europe'

The film will feature the following track

Y Te Lo Pidoby David Olivarez, ASCAP
Ser-Ca Publishing, 2010

'Y te lo pido' means 'I ask of you'. The song is about asking their loved one to return to them, that they have made a mistake and love and miss them very much. So, 'I ask of you to return to me'.

It's good to work with living musicians.

New win for animation

The Astronomer's Sun having won the animation section of the 2011 NM Filmmakers Showcase can be seen at the following venues.
TAOS: July 2nd
Taos Center for the Arts 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
RUIDOSO: July 8th
ENMU White Mountain Annex 203 E. White Mountain Drive
LAS CRUCES/MESILLA: July 9th Fountain Theatre 2469 Calle De Guadalupe
GRANTS: July 14th
Northwest New Mexico Visitor Center 1900 E Santa Fe Ave

Screening in New Mexico

Screenings by Peter M. Kershaw, Santa Fe’s, Duchy Parade Films LLC

All New Mexico Screenings all are free and open to the public

Carlsbad: NMSU-C Saturday February 26th 2011, 6pm
Program starts at 6:00pm in room 153.
Where? NMSU-C campus 1500 University Dr - Instructional Building - Room 153

Santa Fe: Public screening
at IAIA, March 2nd 2011, 6pm.

Las Cruces: March 14th 2011, 08.30am
at Creative Media Institute
New Mexico State University

Truth or Consequences:
Thursday, March 24th 2011, 7pm
Where: The Lee Belle Johnson Recreation Center
300 S. Foch
T or C, 87901

Las Vegas:
Wednesday 30th March, 5.30pm
Where: in the Media Arts West Building, 901 University Ave., Las Vegas, NM 87701

Eco web drama

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Please visit this link to contribute today.

http://www.indiegogo.com/Cyphers?a=78818&i=addr

First New Vision NM Screenings

Truth or Consequences:
Thursday, March 24th 2011, 7pm
At: The Lee Belle Johnson Recreation Center
300 S. Foch
T or C, 87901
Contact number, James 575-894-7008
7pm - admission is free

Carlsbad:
NMSU-C Saturday February 26th 2011, 6pm
Digital Media welcomes award winning filmmaker, Peter Kershaw to NMSU-C for a special showcase of short films from western and eastern Europe followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. Don’t miss this unique opportunity hosted by Cynthia Niedland. Program starts at 6:00pm in room 153.
Open to the public free of charge.
Where? NMSU-C campus 1500 University Dr - Instructional Building - Room 153
For more information contact: Cynthia Niedland 575-234-9412

Film Festival Success

Comic Com is an amazing event and actually screening in a film festival I was able to attend rather than just doing the submission paperwork for was a lot of fun. More so, as we came away with an actual producers award.

While last night many film buffs were watching the Golden Globes the real film drama was being played out in at

Comic Com, Albuquerque, USA.

I'm pleased for the directors and all the film's creative team to announce The Astronomer's Sun walked away with the vote for CINEMATOGRAPHY and the AUDIENCE vote as well as the star prize, BEST PRODUCED FILM. Other than the animation award and director's award we'd walked away with the 3 top prizes watched by over 1,000 people.

A strategy of targeting film festivals has produced 12 awards in just a year giving all involved in the film's production a fantastic resume of success. Submitting to film festivals is expensive and not all festivals give out actual physical awards but, Comic Com's first film festival did for Best Produced Film creating the blue action hero (see photo) in true comic book style.