Category: Filmmaker Spotlight

Academy Awards, Filmmaker Spotlight, Short Film

DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT Jefferson Stein on BURROS “Burro is also the name of someone who brings drugs across the border on burros (donkeys)”

BURROS is a beautiful, moving story of a six-year-old Indigenous girl who discovers a Latina migrant her age who has lost her father while traveling through the Tohono O’odham tribal lands into the United States. This topical film qualified for OSCAR® consideration when it won the Best Live Action Short award at the New York International Children’s Film Festival and has been receiving numerous accolades; … Continue reading DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT Jefferson Stein on BURROS “Burro is also the name of someone who brings drugs across the border on burros (donkeys)”

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Director Spotlight: Emir Kumova on WAR OF COLORS “I thought it would be more authentic and respectful if a speech about the Black experience was written by black individuals”

The poetry read by Diandra Forrest, was it penned by her or someone else? The poetry was written by a mixture of people. I wrote some of the lines that are about discrimination. The rest of the speeches that are about the Black experience were written by two African American female writers. I thought it would be more authentic and respectful if a speech about … Continue reading Director Spotlight: Emir Kumova on WAR OF COLORS “I thought it would be more authentic and respectful if a speech about the Black experience was written by black individuals”

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OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – The Silent Echo: A remote and barren village with the backdrop of the majestic Himalayas is the idyllic setting to have courage and live the dream 

To dream and to immerse oneself in that moment requires no money, no setting and definitely no hard work, it just needs the power of imagination, there are no boundaries no limits to how far and beyond you can go. there are no boundaries no limits to how far and beyond you can go The difference is converting that dream into reality, that is a … Continue reading OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – The Silent Echo: A remote and barren village with the backdrop of the majestic Himalayas is the idyllic setting to have courage and live the dream 

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OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – The Ocean Duck: Inspired by Rumi’s thirteenth century epic poem the Masnavi

Huda Razzak produced and directed The Ocean Duck and has very successfully unravelled a particular point in the extensive Islamic theological works of the ‘Masnavi,’ Joining the old with the present is a well worked formula that Huda in the form of a very simple and refreshing animation has brought to life for the viewing pleasure of all ages. The Ocean Duck and has very … Continue reading OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – The Ocean Duck: Inspired by Rumi’s thirteenth century epic poem the Masnavi

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DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT – Emrhys Cooper’s on his feature THE SHUROO RETREAT “I wanted to show the dangers of following unqualified people promising quick fixes”

British director Emrhys Cooper’s must see feature THE SHUROO RETREAT will be out Monday July 25th, 2022 on all streaming platforms and it is a film you don’t want to miss! We have all looked for help in some form or other over the years, whether it is just a chat with a friend, seeing a therapist or looking for some kind of alternative help. … Continue reading DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT – Emrhys Cooper’s on his feature THE SHUROO RETREAT “I wanted to show the dangers of following unqualified people promising quick fixes”

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