Us actor joins Arctic-set drama from the writers of Breaking Bad, executive produced by Frank Marshall.
Ben Schnetzer (The Book Thief, Pride) has signed on to play the leading role in The Grizzlies, set to shoot in April 2016 in Iqaluit, Nunavut – a small city in the Canadian Arctic.
Producer-director Miranda de Pencier (Beginners) will make her directorial debut with this feature, having previously directed award-winning short Throat Song.
The Grizzlies is based on the true story of high school teacher Russ Sheppard (Schnetzer) who arrived in a struggling Arctic community ravaged by alcoholism, abuse, and the highest suicide rate in North America and started a lacrosse league. The sports league galvanized the town and sparked a change in the kids who transformed their lives for the better.
Fitness entrepreneur and producer Jake Steinfeld, founder of Major League Lacrosse, held the rights to Sheppard’s story.
Following breakthrough roles in The Book Thief and Pride, Schnetzer will next...
Ben Schnetzer (The Book Thief, Pride) has signed on to play the leading role in The Grizzlies, set to shoot in April 2016 in Iqaluit, Nunavut – a small city in the Canadian Arctic.
Producer-director Miranda de Pencier (Beginners) will make her directorial debut with this feature, having previously directed award-winning short Throat Song.
The Grizzlies is based on the true story of high school teacher Russ Sheppard (Schnetzer) who arrived in a struggling Arctic community ravaged by alcoholism, abuse, and the highest suicide rate in North America and started a lacrosse league. The sports league galvanized the town and sparked a change in the kids who transformed their lives for the better.
Fitness entrepreneur and producer Jake Steinfeld, founder of Major League Lacrosse, held the rights to Sheppard’s story.
Following breakthrough roles in The Book Thief and Pride, Schnetzer will next...
- 2/18/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Best Live Action Short Film semi-finalists: Oscar 2014 (Tom Hollander and Martin Freeman in ‘The Voorman Problem’) Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 10 live action short films remained in the running for the 2014 Academy Awards. Among the semi-finalists, topics and characters include African child soldiers (That Wasn’t Me), a troubled Italian boy who refuses to take off a wrestler’s mask (Tiger Boy), romance and time travel (Sundance entry Record/Play, slated to become a feature), an abused Inuit wife (Throat Song), and a (possible) lunatic who believes he’s god (The Voorman Problem). One hundred and twenty shorts had originally qualified for the Best Live Action Short Film category. The 10 short films still in contention for the 2014 Oscar in the Best Live Action Short Film category are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me), Esteban Crespo,...
- 11/25/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
One of the most confounding things about following the non-marquee categories at the Oscars is that not every category operates by the same rules. For example they released the super long eligibility list for Best Documentary Feature but not the super long eligibility lists for the live action shorts. To further complicate matters, this doesn't seem to be the same strategy each year.
Tim recently shared the finalist list for Best Animated Short nominations and now we have the ten Live Action hopefuls from which Academy members will nominate three to five. I personally hate it when categories have a fluctuating amount of nominees. Commit AMPAS! There's no excuse for it really in short films since there are thousands made each year and certainly at least 5 of them would have to be great.
10 Finalists For Best Live Action Short
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me) Esteban Crespo (Producciones...
Tim recently shared the finalist list for Best Animated Short nominations and now we have the ten Live Action hopefuls from which Academy members will nominate three to five. I personally hate it when categories have a fluctuating amount of nominees. Commit AMPAS! There's no excuse for it really in short films since there are thousands made each year and certainly at least 5 of them would have to be great.
10 Finalists For Best Live Action Short
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me) Esteban Crespo (Producciones...
- 11/23/2013
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Yesterday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the semi-finalists for the Oscar in the Live Action Short category, and to many fans’ chagrin the shortlist did not include Jonas Cuaron‘s Aningaaq, the Gravity companion piece that also arrived online this week. So much for history being made (some thought the feature and its spin-off could win Best Picture and Best Live Action Short). I’d say that perhaps the voting branch didn’t have enough room in their hearts for two movies involving Inuit characters and preferred Miranda de Pencier‘s Throat Song. But that’s also one of two shortlisted films dealing with spousal abuse, so clearly they’re okay with overlapping themes. Rather than simply lay out the shortlist as it came to us from the Academy, with only title and director and no synopsis or other information, I’ve compiled a short guide to each of the contenders. Because...
- 11/23/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Still from Kush
Shubhashish Bhutiani’s Kush is one among the ten short live action films to be shortlisted for the 86thAcademy Awards. The list will be further reviewed and up to 5 films will be finally nominated for the Oscars. The final list of nominees will be announced on January 16, 2014.
Kush is based on the Sikhs riots of 1984 post the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. A class of ten year old students are returning from a field trip with their teacher. They take up the task to protect the only Sikh student in the class from the rioters. The film is produced by Red Carpet Moving Pictures, a company based in Mumbai, India.
Read interview with Shubhashish Bhutiani
Full list:
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)
Dir.: Esteban Crespo
Production Company: Producciones Africanauan
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)
Dir.
Shubhashish Bhutiani’s Kush is one among the ten short live action films to be shortlisted for the 86thAcademy Awards. The list will be further reviewed and up to 5 films will be finally nominated for the Oscars. The final list of nominees will be announced on January 16, 2014.
Kush is based on the Sikhs riots of 1984 post the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. A class of ten year old students are returning from a field trip with their teacher. They take up the task to protect the only Sikh student in the class from the rioters. The film is produced by Red Carpet Moving Pictures, a company based in Mumbai, India.
Read interview with Shubhashish Bhutiani
Full list:
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)
Dir.: Esteban Crespo
Production Company: Producciones Africanauan
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)
Dir.
- 11/23/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process for the 86th Academy Awards. One hundred twenty pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me),” Esteban Crespo, director (Producciones Africanauan)
“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything),” Xavier Legrand, director, and Alexandre Gavras, producer (Kg Productions)
“Dva (Two),” Mickey Nedimovic, director, and Henner Besuch, director of photography (Filoufilm Dani Barsch)
“Helium,” Anders Walter, director, and Kim Magnusson, producer (M & M Productions)
“Kush,” Shubhashish Bhutiani, director (Red Carpet Moving Pictures) Trailer
“Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?),” Selma Vilhunen, director, and Kirsikka Saari, screenwriter (Tuffi Films) Trailer
“Record/Play,” Jesse Atlas, director, and Thom Fennessey, executive producer (Collaboration Factory) Trailer
“Throat Song,...
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me),” Esteban Crespo, director (Producciones Africanauan)
“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything),” Xavier Legrand, director, and Alexandre Gavras, producer (Kg Productions)
“Dva (Two),” Mickey Nedimovic, director, and Henner Besuch, director of photography (Filoufilm Dani Barsch)
“Helium,” Anders Walter, director, and Kim Magnusson, producer (M & M Productions)
“Kush,” Shubhashish Bhutiani, director (Red Carpet Moving Pictures) Trailer
“Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?),” Selma Vilhunen, director, and Kirsikka Saari, screenwriter (Tuffi Films) Trailer
“Record/Play,” Jesse Atlas, director, and Thom Fennessey, executive producer (Collaboration Factory) Trailer
“Throat Song,...
- 11/23/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ten live-action short films have advanced to the will voting process for the 86th Academy Awards from a poll of 120 qualifiers.
The 10 films listed in alphabetical order are:
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me), dir Esteban Crespo;
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything), dir Xavier Legrand;
Dva (Two), dir Mickey Nedimovic;
Helium, dir Anders Walter;
Kush, dir Shubhashish Bhutiani;
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?), dir Selma Vilhunen;
Record/Play, dir Jesse Atlas;
Throat Song, dir Miranda de Pencier;
Tiger Boy, dir Gabriele Mainetti; and
The Voorman Problem, dir Mark Gill.
The short films and feature animation branch reviewing committee viewed all eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting at screenings held in Los Angeles.
Branch members will now select three to five nominees at screenings to be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in December.
The 86th Academy...
The 10 films listed in alphabetical order are:
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me), dir Esteban Crespo;
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything), dir Xavier Legrand;
Dva (Two), dir Mickey Nedimovic;
Helium, dir Anders Walter;
Kush, dir Shubhashish Bhutiani;
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?), dir Selma Vilhunen;
Record/Play, dir Jesse Atlas;
Throat Song, dir Miranda de Pencier;
Tiger Boy, dir Gabriele Mainetti; and
The Voorman Problem, dir Mark Gill.
The short films and feature animation branch reviewing committee viewed all eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting at screenings held in Los Angeles.
Branch members will now select three to five nominees at screenings to be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in December.
The 86th Academy...
- 11/22/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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