Liza Ameen | Chief Marketing Officer | American Film Institute
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"THE FUTURE OF STORYTELLING" | PANEL PRESENTATION AND RECEPTION
AFI alumni and key storytellers across the entertainment industry discuss "The Future of Storytelling" through their creative lenses. Panel presentation will be followed by a networking cocktail reception.
UPDATE: Confirmed panelists include producer/director/writer Jon Avnet (AFI Class of 1972), game designer Alan Flores and director/writer/animator Jan Pinkava. Panel to be moderated by multi-platform producer John Heinsen (AFI Class of 1994).
Date:Sunday, November 10Time:2:00-4:00 p.m.Location:Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel | Cinema Lounge
7000 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 9002
2021 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027 | P: 323.856.7885 | F: 323.856.7692 | LAmeen@AFI.com
"THE FUTURE OF STORYTELLING" | PANEL PRESENTATION AND RECEPTION
AFI alumni and key storytellers across the entertainment industry discuss "The Future of Storytelling" through their creative lenses. Panel presentation will be followed by a networking cocktail reception.
UPDATE: Confirmed panelists include producer/director/writer Jon Avnet (AFI Class of 1972), game designer Alan Flores and director/writer/animator Jan Pinkava. Panel to be moderated by multi-platform producer John Heinsen (AFI Class of 1994).
Date:Sunday, November 10Time:2:00-4:00 p.m.Location:Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel | Cinema Lounge
7000 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 9002
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Out of the Furnace -- AFI Fest
Stars: Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, WillemDafoe,
Tom Bower, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard
Plot line: A man is lured into one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northeast - a mistake that will almost cost him everything.
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Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival2013
Modern day Europe: A priest and his companion hunt silently through the fields, accompanied by a braying dog. They are armed and deadly. Their quarry is Camiel Borgman, living in military sparseness in an underground den, near companions Ludwig and Pascal. Camiel scrapes out with some difficulty, hitching a ride with a doomed truck driver on a relentless trip to the heart of suburbia. He passes by two odd women, Brenda and Ilonka, with whom he seems to share a history. When a dirty Camiel arrives at the door of artist Marina and media executive Richard’s expansive, designer-chic home, the shifting perceptions of Van Warmerdam’s screenplay begin to displace and disorient the audience. Hallucinogenic elements dot the consciousness as Camiel shifts between the roles of victim and aggressor. He asks for a bath. He toys with Richard’s jealousy. He is viciously beaten up by his cruelly intolerant host and left wounded on the floor. Marina seeks to assuage her guilt by allowing him a space for the night. She treats his wounds. She makes him some food. She begins to deceive her husband. And Camiel Borgman insistently starts to install himself in the house as his dark advances ebb and flow, push and pull. Marina is self-obsessed; Richard a casual racist; they employ a nanny Magot to look after their three small children, the youngest of whom, Isolde, sees Camiel early on and is responsive to his presence. “There is something that surrounds us,” says Marina, fearfully, but she is no longer in control. Large dogs roam casually through the house. There are flashes of something sinister in the garden as Camiel waits, and watches. Soon he is inhabiting Marina’s dreams. “Couldn’t you come back in another capacity?,” she asks him. “I could,” he says, “...but it will have consequences.” |
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The Lead Actress from the Netherland’s Official Entry for Oscar
“Borgman”
Hadewych Minis
Available for interview!!
November 10th - November 13th
Dear Press members attending the AFI film festival do not miss this great opportunity to interview the talented leading actress of suspenseful drama “Borgman”
HADEWYCH MINIS
For more information about one of the most celebrated Dutch actresses please visit her
official website
BORGMAN
Directed by Alex van Warmerdam
Starring Jan Bijvoet, Jeroen Perceval and Hadewych Minis
The Netherlands' Official Entry for the Academy Award©
for Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER:
Sitges Fantastic Film Festival 2013: Best Film
Official AFI screenings:
Monday, November 11 at 9:30 pm
Tuesday, November 12 at 9:30 pm
For more information about screenings
http://afifest.afi.com/sections/T1317#.Un7jgL_vyCQ
BORGMAN
(113 minutes, 2013)
The Netherlands' official submission for the Foreign Language Oscar© competition, is an unsettling, darkly humorous dissection of contemporary European society. Starring Jan Bijvoet, Jeroen Perceval (Academy Award© -nominated BULLHEAD) and Hadewych Minis,
BORGMAN was the first Dutch film in 38 years to screen in the competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
LOGLINE:
A middle-class family takes in a mysterious tramp who gradually exercises sinister control over them.
SYNOPSIS:
Camiel Borgman, rousted from his underground hiding place by a spear-wielding priest and his companions, looks for refuge in a nearby upscale neighborhood. When he asks to take a bath at the home of Richard, a television executive, and his artist wife Marina, Richard drives him away with a severe beating. Later Marina takes pity on him and secretly offers him a place to stay. Shifting between the roles of victim and aggressor, Borgman insinuates himself into the family, and into Marina's dreams, slowly taking control of the children, their nanny and finally of the parents. Meanwhile, Borgman's associates circle the family like vultures.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Alex van Warmerdam was born in Haarlem, Netherlands, in 1952 and studied graphic design and painting at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. One of the Netherlands's most adventurous filmmakers, his features include GRIMM (2003), WAITER (2006), and THE LAST DAYS OF EMMA BLANK (2009). His 1998 film LITTLE TONY was selected for Un Certain Regard at Cannes. BORGMAN is his latest film.
Producer: Marc van Warmerdam for Graniet Film
113 minutes | Dutch with English subtitles
Drafthouse Films is planning a U.S. theatrical release in 2014.
For more information and stills, please visit:
http://drafthousefilms.com/film/borgman
Distributed by Drafthouse Films
Foreign Sales: Fortissimo Films
Festivals:
Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection
Toronto Film Festival 2013: Official Selection
AFI Film Festival 2013: Official Selection
Palm Springs Film Festival 2014
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“Borgman”
Hadewych Minis
Available for interview!!
November 10th - November 13th
Dear Press members attending the AFI film festival do not miss this great opportunity to interview the talented leading actress of suspenseful drama “Borgman”
HADEWYCH MINIS
For more information about one of the most celebrated Dutch actresses please visit her
official website
BORGMAN
Directed by Alex van Warmerdam
Starring Jan Bijvoet, Jeroen Perceval and Hadewych Minis
The Netherlands' Official Entry for the Academy Award©
for Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER:
Sitges Fantastic Film Festival 2013: Best Film
Official AFI screenings:
Monday, November 11 at 9:30 pm
Tuesday, November 12 at 9:30 pm
For more information about screenings
http://afifest.afi.com/sections/T1317#.Un7jgL_vyCQ
BORGMAN
(113 minutes, 2013)
The Netherlands' official submission for the Foreign Language Oscar© competition, is an unsettling, darkly humorous dissection of contemporary European society. Starring Jan Bijvoet, Jeroen Perceval (Academy Award© -nominated BULLHEAD) and Hadewych Minis,
BORGMAN was the first Dutch film in 38 years to screen in the competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
LOGLINE:
A middle-class family takes in a mysterious tramp who gradually exercises sinister control over them.
SYNOPSIS:
Camiel Borgman, rousted from his underground hiding place by a spear-wielding priest and his companions, looks for refuge in a nearby upscale neighborhood. When he asks to take a bath at the home of Richard, a television executive, and his artist wife Marina, Richard drives him away with a severe beating. Later Marina takes pity on him and secretly offers him a place to stay. Shifting between the roles of victim and aggressor, Borgman insinuates himself into the family, and into Marina's dreams, slowly taking control of the children, their nanny and finally of the parents. Meanwhile, Borgman's associates circle the family like vultures.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Alex van Warmerdam was born in Haarlem, Netherlands, in 1952 and studied graphic design and painting at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. One of the Netherlands's most adventurous filmmakers, his features include GRIMM (2003), WAITER (2006), and THE LAST DAYS OF EMMA BLANK (2009). His 1998 film LITTLE TONY was selected for Un Certain Regard at Cannes. BORGMAN is his latest film.
Producer: Marc van Warmerdam for Graniet Film
113 minutes | Dutch with English subtitles
Drafthouse Films is planning a U.S. theatrical release in 2014.
For more information and stills, please visit:
http://drafthousefilms.com/film/borgman
Distributed by Drafthouse Films
Foreign Sales: Fortissimo Films
Festivals:
Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection
Toronto Film Festival 2013: Official Selection
AFI Film Festival 2013: Official Selection
Palm Springs Film Festival 2014
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AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
APPOINTS PATTY WEST
TO LEAD AFI DIRECTING WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN
Call for Applications for the 2014
40th Anniversary Class Begins November 1
Open House is November 19
LOS ANGELES, CA, November 1, 2013 – The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced the appointment of producer Patty West (AFI Class of 2006) as Director for the AFI Directing Workshop For Women (AFI DWW). The announcement coincides with the November 1 start of open enrollment for 2014 – the 40th anniversary class of DWW – and the announcement of the Open House event for prospective applicants.
The AFI DWW is an intensive one-year training program during which artists study with master filmmakers, make a short film and develop a path for a career in screen directing. AFI DWW is designed to advance women filmmakers who have a minimum of three years of professional experience working in the arts. Only eight are selected for this tuition-free program. Since the program's inception, more than 275 women have been trained and among their credits are the Emmy®-winning MAD MEN and HOMELAND. Among its distinguished alumnae are Maya Angelou, Anne Bancroft, Neema Barnette, Tricia Brock, Ellen Burstyn, Rebecca Cammisa, Dyan Cannon, Hanelle Culpepper, Jan Eliasberg, Naomi Foner, Jennifer Getzinger, Lyn Goldfarb, Randa Haines, Victoria Hochberg, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Lesli Linka Glatter, Matia Karrell, Nancy Malone, Becky Smith, Cicely Tyson and Joanne Woodward.
"AFI is committed to the diversity of voices in storytelling, and the Directing Workshop for Women has proven a vital catalyst to cultural change over 40 years," said Bob Gazzale, AFI President & CEO. "Patty West will enrich the proud legacy of this program in a world that needs artists more than ever."
West added, "In line with the standard of AFI programming, DWW is steeped in a rich history of alumnae. Our credits tell the story." West concluded, "I want to create more opportunities for our alumnae to transition from the program and into the business – whether it is film, television or new media."
As Director of AFI DWW, West will be responsible for leading the definitive AFI program as a film community resource. A graduate of Northwestern University and the AFI Conservatory, West got her start working for producer Carol Baum and went on to produce the indie film SOME GIRL(S), written by Neil LaBute and directed by DWW Directing faculty member, Daisy von Scherler Mayer. West joined the AFI Conservatory staff in 2009. For the past four years, she has worked with the AFI Directing Workshop for Women and programmed the renowned AFI Conservatory Harold Lloyd Master Seminars. She also helped found the AFI Alumni Mentor Program where she serves as Co-Chair.
About the AFI Directing Workshop for Women
The AFI Directing Workshop for Women exists to educate and mentor female directors in an effort to increase the number of women working professionally in screen directing. In 1974, AFI DWW began as one of AFI's first program initiatives. Developed in response to the relatively few women in screen directing, the program was created to ensure diverse perspectives in narrative filmmaking. Women have achieved distinction in many of the professions within film and video, opportunities in directing are improving. AFI DWW continues to shape the future of the moving image arts in the U.S. one artist at a time.
About AFI
The American Film Institute is America's promise to preserve the history of the motion picture, to honor the artists and their work and to educate the next generation of storytellers. The AFI Conservatory offers a two-year Master of Fine Arts degree in six filmmaking disciplines: Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Producing, Production Design and Screenwriting. Aspiring artists learn from the masters in a collaborative, hands-on production environment with an emphasis on storytelling. AFI Conservatory's alumni are consistently recognized with all of the major industry awards – Academy® Awards, Emmy®Awards, Guild Awards – and even the Tony® Award. Esteemed director, producer and screenwriter James L. Brooks serves as the Artistic Director of the AFI Conservatory where he provides creative leadership of the renowned film program.
APPOINTS PATTY WEST
TO LEAD AFI DIRECTING WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN
Call for Applications for the 2014
40th Anniversary Class Begins November 1
Open House is November 19
LOS ANGELES, CA, November 1, 2013 – The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced the appointment of producer Patty West (AFI Class of 2006) as Director for the AFI Directing Workshop For Women (AFI DWW). The announcement coincides with the November 1 start of open enrollment for 2014 – the 40th anniversary class of DWW – and the announcement of the Open House event for prospective applicants.
The AFI DWW is an intensive one-year training program during which artists study with master filmmakers, make a short film and develop a path for a career in screen directing. AFI DWW is designed to advance women filmmakers who have a minimum of three years of professional experience working in the arts. Only eight are selected for this tuition-free program. Since the program's inception, more than 275 women have been trained and among their credits are the Emmy®-winning MAD MEN and HOMELAND. Among its distinguished alumnae are Maya Angelou, Anne Bancroft, Neema Barnette, Tricia Brock, Ellen Burstyn, Rebecca Cammisa, Dyan Cannon, Hanelle Culpepper, Jan Eliasberg, Naomi Foner, Jennifer Getzinger, Lyn Goldfarb, Randa Haines, Victoria Hochberg, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Lesli Linka Glatter, Matia Karrell, Nancy Malone, Becky Smith, Cicely Tyson and Joanne Woodward.
"AFI is committed to the diversity of voices in storytelling, and the Directing Workshop for Women has proven a vital catalyst to cultural change over 40 years," said Bob Gazzale, AFI President & CEO. "Patty West will enrich the proud legacy of this program in a world that needs artists more than ever."
West added, "In line with the standard of AFI programming, DWW is steeped in a rich history of alumnae. Our credits tell the story." West concluded, "I want to create more opportunities for our alumnae to transition from the program and into the business – whether it is film, television or new media."
As Director of AFI DWW, West will be responsible for leading the definitive AFI program as a film community resource. A graduate of Northwestern University and the AFI Conservatory, West got her start working for producer Carol Baum and went on to produce the indie film SOME GIRL(S), written by Neil LaBute and directed by DWW Directing faculty member, Daisy von Scherler Mayer. West joined the AFI Conservatory staff in 2009. For the past four years, she has worked with the AFI Directing Workshop for Women and programmed the renowned AFI Conservatory Harold Lloyd Master Seminars. She also helped found the AFI Alumni Mentor Program where she serves as Co-Chair.
About the AFI Directing Workshop for Women
The AFI Directing Workshop for Women exists to educate and mentor female directors in an effort to increase the number of women working professionally in screen directing. In 1974, AFI DWW began as one of AFI's first program initiatives. Developed in response to the relatively few women in screen directing, the program was created to ensure diverse perspectives in narrative filmmaking. Women have achieved distinction in many of the professions within film and video, opportunities in directing are improving. AFI DWW continues to shape the future of the moving image arts in the U.S. one artist at a time.
About AFI
The American Film Institute is America's promise to preserve the history of the motion picture, to honor the artists and their work and to educate the next generation of storytellers. The AFI Conservatory offers a two-year Master of Fine Arts degree in six filmmaking disciplines: Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Producing, Production Design and Screenwriting. Aspiring artists learn from the masters in a collaborative, hands-on production environment with an emphasis on storytelling. AFI Conservatory's alumni are consistently recognized with all of the major industry awards – Academy® Awards, Emmy®Awards, Guild Awards – and even the Tony® Award. Esteemed director, producer and screenwriter James L. Brooks serves as the Artistic Director of the AFI Conservatory where he provides creative leadership of the renowned film program.
‘Saving Mr. Banks’ Opens AFI Fest 2013
TOM HANKS AS WALT DISNEY IN THE UNTOLD TRUE STORY OF HOW DISNEY ACQUIRED THE RIGHTS TO P.L. TRAVERS' CHILDREN'S BOOK "MARY POPPINS" AND THE MAKING OF DISNEY'S MOST BELOVED LIVE ACTION FILM.