narrative film

Congrats to Stephanie Allain on her inaugural year as LAFF director, and congrats to all the winners – especially those films and talents we’ve covered here on SA, like the Narrative Award for the finest narrative film in competition at the Festival went to Pocas Pascoal for the North American Premiere of All is Well; the award for Best Performance in the Narrative [...]

Continue Reading Los Angeles Film Festival 2012 Winners (‘Four,’ ‘All Is Well,’ ‘The Chair’ Take Top Honors)

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Here’s a film we last talked about last month. Directed and starring Jamil Walker Smith, the indie drama The American Dream, stars Smith as Luis, an aspiring filmmaker who joins the marine corp with his best friend Ronald (Malcolm Goodwin), after getting rejected from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. The American Dream will be released [...]

Continue Reading Indie Military Drama "The American Dream" Will Be Released on DVD/VOD/Digital July 3rd

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A film I first alerted you all to back in May of 2011, here’s a recap… Released in Paris in April 2011, with no word at the time on whether it’ll travel (though it screened in Martinique as well), is Mariette Monpierre’s Le bonheur d’Elza (which I believe translates to English as Elza’s Happiness, although, you French speakers out there can correct me if [...]

Continue Reading NYAFF 2012 Preview

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