The theatrical trailer for ETHAN, a short film I recently completed, has been posted on Fest21. It can be viewed by going to the USER VIDEOS section of my profile page. This was a challenging project. The short film, ETHAN, is five minutes long. The challenge was to pull out a trailer without giving away the story. I think it came out good. The trailer is less than a minute long. Unfortunately the short film will not be available for viewing for a while due to the rules placed by many film f...
The first thing that always comes to mind these days when talking about the craft of making movies, for all movie-goers is 3-D and its continued assault on our senses, when it’s not done right. Yet 3-D hasn’t been the biggest sea change in recent memory, no, the biggest change in the industry has been a long time coming and became very obvious recently, Digital. Movies shot digitally and a good majority of theaters switching over to Digital projectors, we are seeing the onset of the truest...
Director: AMPeters.
"Profiles of Staten Island: Art" highlights local artists and organizers at Staten Island's community art festivals Art by the Ferry, St. George Day and Lumen.
Director: Boris Sverlow.
A man is writing down his memoirs. In the middle of this he suddenly suffers a stroke. This catapults him back into his childhood during the Russian revolution and his family’s ensuing escape.
Director: Rosa Karo.
A 19-year-old orphan receives, as her sole inheritance, an antique key that opens an old villa in Italy and the mysteries of her family history.
I just revised (and of course, improved) my filmmaker demo reel. I added some dialogue to several of the individual projects in order to better convey its emotional content. I changed some of the footage to give a more complete sense of the project. And I added voice-over for each individual project so that you can get a feel for my perspective concerning each of them.
My demo reel can be seen at:
http://www.vimeo.com/18593089
Thank you,
Jim Hawk
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The REEL Challenge offers $15,000 in prizes to filmmakers for videos on Copyright Here’s your chance to make a short film or PSA (90 seconds or less) about why copyright is important for creators who make a living from their work, and how the illegal copying and mass distribution of movies on the Internet ultimately hurts the creative industries and youThis contest is a chance for artists to express themselves on these issues and to win several cash prizes. Three prizes...
My demo reel can be viewed at:
http://www.vimeo.com/18593089
The IMDb trailer for "Aleph to Taw: Part 4" can be viewed at:
http://www.vimeo.com/17060953
Some of my short films can be viewed at:
http://www.vimeo.com/hawkfilms
My recent films have been password protected as they are rough cuts and many film festivals will not accept films that have been publically shown on the internet. You can get a glimpse of the new ones by watching...
Director: Dmitry Selivanov.
Nadja Voronova couldn’t pass the exam in the studies of the strength of materials. The examiner, Nikolai Semenovich, turned and turned her down.When Nadya came to his apartment she discovered new, strange and stronger fillings inside.
Director: Michel Zgarka.
MISBEHAVIOUR , a truly strong psychological drama with numerous twists and turns, will have you on the edge of your seat from the first few minutes to the totally unexpected ending.. A keen look at the struggle of a traumatized 19 year old facing harsh discipline methods in an upper scale protected boarding junior college. Take a deep breath and get ready for a roller-coaster ride with the characters of MISBEHAVIOUR
Director: Talal Khoury.
The film is an illustration of a poem. It’s about a man who was struggling to remain decent. Gradually, he started to fall apart and to loose hope.
This film shows the contradictions of the human being and the combination that exist between tenderness and violence.
GENERAL INFORMATION: Reel Music, the Film Center’s celebration of music on film, treats music lovers to some of music’s most intriguing artists (both celebrated and little known) offering a filmic take on sounds, roots and personalities from bossa nova to indie rock. This year's Reel Music Festival will run January 9th thru 31st 2009. ENTRY INFORMATION: Regular Entry Deadline: October 19th...
In the basement of the Palais, hundreds of reels are waiting to be projected. Close to a thousand today, more than half of them in 35mm reels... On the side, the place to verify and prepare the reels... ...
CHASE THIS LOTUS:Director Greg Schell brings Surfing to TheatersCatch this incredible surf movie CHASING THE LOTUS: The Lost Reels of Weaver and Willis narrated by Jeff Bridges and directed by Gregory Schell at a film festival nationwide. www.chasingthelotus.com. For forty years, underground filmmakers Greg Weaver and Spyder Wills documented surf discovery as it migrated around the world. Their shots captured on celluloid became the images for such films as THE FORGOTTEN ISLAND OF SANTOSHA, BIG ...
FESTIVAL OPENS FOR "REEL ACTORS" TalentPool Film Festival Highlights Actors Work and Gets it in Front of the Industry TalentPool International (www.talentpool-la.com), a global entertainment culture and social network, presents the first annual “Reel Actors” Film Festival, a unique opportunity for actors to showcase their skills, and casting directors, agents and managers to discover new talent. To enter, actors must download an entry package at www.reelactorsfilmfestival.com and submit a D...
