AWARDS: April 2008 Archives

Not bad. Not bad at all.

In addition to having qualified for an Academy Award, the LEO AWARD NOMINATIONS have just come in!! (British Columbia Film Awards.) And I would once again extend my thanks and congratulations to those listed below, and to all the cast, crew and friends that have worked so very hard to create and support this project.

Here they are;

7 LEO AWARD NOMINATIONS! -

BEST SHORT DRAMA - Madison Graie, Derrick Garland - Producers

BEST DIRECTION - Colin Cunningham

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Kevin Hall

BEST PICTURE EDITING - Jonathan Eric Tyrrell

BEST OVER ALL SOUND - Real Gauvreau

BEST MAKE UP - Jayne Dancose

BEST PERFORMANCE by a Male - Colin Cunningham

And let’s not forget;

BEST SHORT AWARD - Cinequest/ACADEMY QUALIFIER!!

BEST ACTOR - Method Fest

BEST SHORT Nomination - Method Fest

BEST EMERGING DIRECTOR Nomination - Vancouver Intl.

‘IN COMPETITION’ - Montreal

Great news! Thanks again everyone!

C.

Well, it’s been quite the week down here in the good ol’ US of A.

Obamas ‘change’ is starting to look like his Pastor’s diaper. Hillary’s ‘sniper tested’ bullet proof vest turned out to be filled with 109 million dollars. Jimmy Carter is getting even closer to his 72 virgins and in a medium as mindnumbingly uncensored as the internet (where you can readily find footage of people being murdered and raped) a little short film called ‘FITNA’ cannot seem to be found anywhere.

(http://www.themoviefitna.com./)

Hmmm.

What shall we talk about?

How about the fact that CENTIGRADE has just qualified for an Academy Award!!!!

You heard me baby! And I’m sitting here laughing my ass off. Let me say that again. CENTIGRADE has just qualified for an Academy Award.

I’m not kidding. We were just informed that we won BEST SHORT at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California!!

What does that mean? Well, Cinequest is an Academy Award qualifier. Which means if you take a ‘Best Film’ award at an Academy santioned film festival, then you qualify to submit for a f*cking Oscar!!!!

Unreal. This ‘is’ a first. Never in my life have I ever been able to say that I have an Academy Award qualifying film. And I can’t stop laughing.

I just recently went back to look at the first entry ever published on this blog. A future totally unknown (as it should be). A road just beginning. This project had little more than faith and a few good friends pushing for it. And now this.

Holy shit. Don’t really know what to say.

Think I’ll just keep on laughing.

C.