The Skip City International D-Cinema Festival 2024 will celebrate its 21st edition from July 13th (Sat) to 21st (Sun), 2024 for 9 days at Skip City, which is an integrated institution for digital cinema production.
(See: https://www.skipcity-dcf.jp/en/)
Submission period: January 31st, 2024 (Wed) – March 1st, 2024 (Fri)
Skip City International D-Cinema Festival remains committed to discovering and nurturing new talent, with the aim of helping these filmmakers seize new business opportunities that have arisen in the changing landscape of the film industry. Now calling for works (60 min. or longer) that have been shot digitally and must be the director's 1st, 2nd, or 3rd feature film from all over the world for the International Competition section.
Call for entries for the International Competition!!
Entry Deadline: Must be received by March 1st, 2024 (Fri)
Submit via FilmFreeway
https://filmfreeway.com/Skipcityinternationald-CinemaFESTIVAL (Online registration / Free)
All nominated films in competition categories are eligible for the Festival Organizers awards.
(See: https://www.skipcity-dcf.jp/en/)
Submission period: January 31st, 2024 (Wed) – March 1st, 2024 (Fri)
Skip City International D-Cinema Festival remains committed to discovering and nurturing new talent, with the aim of helping these filmmakers seize new business opportunities that have arisen in the changing landscape of the film industry. Now calling for works (60 min. or longer) that have been shot digitally and must be the director's 1st, 2nd, or 3rd feature film from all over the world for the International Competition section.
Call for entries for the International Competition!!
Entry Deadline: Must be received by March 1st, 2024 (Fri)
Submit via FilmFreeway
https://filmfreeway.com/Skipcityinternationald-CinemaFESTIVAL (Online registration / Free)
All nominated films in competition categories are eligible for the Festival Organizers awards.
- 2/2/2024
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
We are happy to announce that the Skip City International D-Cinema Festival 2023 will celebrate its 20th anniversary edition from July 15th (Sat) to 23th (Sun), 2023 for 9 days at Skip City, which is an integrated institution for digital cinema production
(See: https://www.skipcity-dcf.jp/en/)
Submission period: January 25th, 2023 (Wed) – March 1st, 2023 (Wed)
We remain committed to discovering and nurturing new talent, with the aim of helping these filmmakers seize new business opportunities that have arisen in the changing landscape of the film industry. Now we call for works (60 min. or longer) that have been shot digitally and must be the director’s 1st, 2nd, or 3rd feature film from all over the world for the International Competition section.
Call for entries for the International Competition!!
Entry Deadline: Must be received by March 1st, 2023 (Wed)
Submit via FilmFreeway
https://filmfreeway.com/Skipcityinternationald-CinemaFESTIVAL (Online registration / Free)
Our International Competition welcomes you!
(See: https://www.skipcity-dcf.jp/en/)
Submission period: January 25th, 2023 (Wed) – March 1st, 2023 (Wed)
We remain committed to discovering and nurturing new talent, with the aim of helping these filmmakers seize new business opportunities that have arisen in the changing landscape of the film industry. Now we call for works (60 min. or longer) that have been shot digitally and must be the director’s 1st, 2nd, or 3rd feature film from all over the world for the International Competition section.
Call for entries for the International Competition!!
Entry Deadline: Must be received by March 1st, 2023 (Wed)
Submit via FilmFreeway
https://filmfreeway.com/Skipcityinternationald-CinemaFESTIVAL (Online registration / Free)
Our International Competition welcomes you!
- 1/25/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Carol Kane has been charming audiences ever since playing the beloved Simka on the 1980s sitcom "Taxi." Since then, she's earned a spot in the memories of multiple generations of audiences who loved her as Valerie in "The Princess Bride," as the Ghost of Christmas Present in "Scrooged" and Granny in "Addams Family Values." Kane has also worked steadily in independent films over the years, including, most recently, "Clutter," directed by Diane Crespo. Kane plays Linda, a compulsive hoarder who suffers from depression. After the death of her husband, she develops a tendency to keep the people and things she loves close at hand, including her adult children, played by Joshua Leonard, Natasha Lyonne and Halley Feiffer. Indiewire chatted with Kane about being a woman in Hollywood, how she got into character for "Clutter" and her love for silent movies. "Clutter" is available to stream on various VOD platforms beginning today.
- 5/9/2014
- by Casey Cipriani
- Indiewire
There's physical clutter and then emotional clutter, but sometimes the two converge in unexpected ways, and that's what comes together in Diane Crespo's appropriately titled, "Clutter." Written by Paul Marcarelli ("The Green"), and starring Carol Kane, Natasha Lyonne, Joshua Leonard, Dan Hedaya, Kathy Najimy and more, the story follows the Bradford family, who are in danger of losing their home after a visit from the county health department. And the dysfunctional group—which includes unemployed filmmaker Charlie, eccentric mother Linda, the unreliable Lisa, and the shy Penny—must attempt to get their lives in order, sort out lingering resentments and much more, before they can move on. In this exclusive trailer, you'll see how the Bradfords try and keep it together as everything falls apart. "Clutter" is available on iTunes starting on May 8th. Watch below.
- 4/21/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
When Diane Crespo, who directed the 2007 indie friendship film "Arranged," received the script for "Clutter," she was enthralled. "When you have a production company, you get a lot of scripts," Crespo told Indiewire. "You get three pages into a script, and you know how you feel about it. In this case, I got to page 23, and I realized I wasn't judging it, I was reading it, enjoying it. "It is a dark comedy with a rhythmic way of working with dialogue. It seemed very natuarl to me. I liked the three women in this family. And I liked the idea of doing something about a hoarder. Other than the TLC show, I haven't seen anything like it." "Clutter" stars Joshua Leonard ("Humpday," "The Blair Witch Project") as Charlie, an artist who is trying to keep himself away from the hectic home life he was raised in. After a water stain on his mother's garage.
- 3/30/2012
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
Good news for fans of Carol Kane, the daffy comedienne who made unforgettably funny appearances in such '80s classics as The Princess Bride and Scrooged has signed on to star as the hoarder at the center of Diane Crespo's soon-to-shoot dark comedy Clutter. Since A&E's Hoarders debuted in 2009, the compulsion to keep absolutely everything has fascinated American audiences, so it's pretty surprising that it has taken so long for a movie to be made about this absorbing obsession. Of course, the subject matter could easily be made exploitative and mocking. Yet Kane's style of comedy is more known for its silliness than any sort of malice, so it seems unlikely Clutter will be cruel in tone. Now, much like the plotline of nearly every episode of Hoarders, THRreveals that Clutter centers on Linda (Kane), a mother whose grown children step in to help her clean her home...
- 3/21/2012
- cinemablend.com
It’s been a tough road for Natasha Lyonne. Throughout the late ‘90s, the big-eyed, frizzy-haired actress made a name for herself playing tough-yet-vulnerable young women in both noted indie fair (But I’m a Cheerleader, Slums of Beverly Hills) and mainstream hits (American Pie). Her promising career took a nosedive, however, after a public battle with substance abuse, tussles with the law, and multiple health problems left her a has-been before she turned 25.
Now, after a decade of obscurity, the 32-year-old actress is slowly making a comeback. She recently appeared on the hit show New Girl, rejoined her fellow American Pie alums for the franchise’s latest – and, hopefully, final – sequel, the soon-to-be-released American Reunion, and will be seen with Kristen Wiig when Imogene hits later this year. And the work just keeps coming.
It was announced that Lyonne will star in the independent dark comedy Clutter, alongside Joshua Leonard...
Now, after a decade of obscurity, the 32-year-old actress is slowly making a comeback. She recently appeared on the hit show New Girl, rejoined her fellow American Pie alums for the franchise’s latest – and, hopefully, final – sequel, the soon-to-be-released American Reunion, and will be seen with Kristen Wiig when Imogene hits later this year. And the work just keeps coming.
It was announced that Lyonne will star in the independent dark comedy Clutter, alongside Joshua Leonard...
- 3/21/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Carol Kane will star as a compulsive hoarder in Diane Crespo’s dark comedy Clutter. The film, written by Paul Marcarelli, also stars Joshua Leonard, Natasha Lyonne and Halley Feiffer as siblings who must help their mother clean up her home or risk losing it. The project, which will shoot in and around New York this month, also features Maria Dizzia, Daniel London, Dan Hedaya and Kathy Najimy. Table Ten Films’ Marcarelli and Molly Pearson will produce Clutter in association with Fulcrum Media Group. Ward Sparacio and Gregory Rae will executive produce. Kane is repped by Stewart Talent and Liebman Entertainment. Leonard
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- 3/20/2012
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Joshua Leonard, Carol Kane, Natasha Lyonne and Halley Feiffer to star in Diane Crespo's Clutter. The dark comedy tells a family who are forced to add some order to their hoarder mothers home, where Leonard, Lyonne and Feiffer play siblings, reports Deadline. Co-starring are Maria Dizzia, Daniel London, Dan Hedaya, and Kathy Najimi. Paul Marcarelli and Molly Pearson of Table Ten Films are set to produced Clutter in association with Fulcrum Media Group, while Ward Sparacio and Gregory Rae will serve as executive producers on the project scripted by The Green's Marcarelli.
- 3/20/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Joshua Leonard, Carol Kane, Natasha Lyonne and Halley Feiffer to star in Diane Crespo's Clutter. The dark comedy tells a family who are forced to add some order to their hoarder mothers home, where Leonard, Lyonne and Feiffer play siblings, reports Deadline. Co-starring are Maria Dizzia, Daniel London, Dan Hedaya, and Kathy Najimi. Paul Marcarelli and Molly Pearson of Table Ten Films are set to produced Clutter in association with Fulcrum Media Group, while Ward Sparacio and Gregory Rae will serve as executive producers on the project scripted by The Green's Marcarelli.
- 3/20/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Joshua Leonard, Carol Kane, Natasha Lyonne and Halley Feiffer to star in Diane Crespo's Clutter. The dark comedy tells a family who are forced to add some order to their hoarder mothers home, where Leonard, Lyonne and Feiffer play siblings, reports Deadline. Co-starring are Maria Dizzia, Daniel London, Dan Hedaya, and Kathy Najimi. Paul Marcarelli and Molly Pearson of Table Ten Films are set to produced Clutter in association with Fulcrum Media Group, while Ward Sparacio and Gregory Rae will serve as executive producers on the project scripted by The Green's Marcarelli.
- 3/20/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The 11th annual Coney Island Film Festival, running Sept. 23-25, offers an exquisite blend of freak show, burlesque and cinematic oddities, featuring movies about reformed gang members, unwitting superheroes, rock ‘n’ roll heaven and tons and tons of short films.
The fest opens with the portrait of a real-life Coney Island badass, Keith Suber, a reformed gang member who now teaches kids that violence isn’t the solution to their problems in the documentary The Last Immortal, directed by Charles Denson.
However, the highlight of the festival — in Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s opinion — is the headbangin’ documentary Heavy Metal Picnic by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, which beautifully relives the glory days of ’80s era rock ‘n’ roll Maryland in all its raucous glory. Featuring footage from an outrageous backwoods farm concert and a reunion among its (slightly) more mature participants. Read the official Bad Lit documentary review here.
The fest opens with the portrait of a real-life Coney Island badass, Keith Suber, a reformed gang member who now teaches kids that violence isn’t the solution to their problems in the documentary The Last Immortal, directed by Charles Denson.
However, the highlight of the festival — in Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s opinion — is the headbangin’ documentary Heavy Metal Picnic by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, which beautifully relives the glory days of ’80s era rock ‘n’ roll Maryland in all its raucous glory. Featuring footage from an outrageous backwoods farm concert and a reunion among its (slightly) more mature participants. Read the official Bad Lit documentary review here.
- 9/14/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Cicala Filmworks, the New York-based production outfit behind IFFR’s opening film, The Hungry Ghosts is run by Stefan Schaefer and Diane Crespo. It is planning a Little Miss Sunshine-style comedy called Forth and Multiply. Sopranos star (and The Hungry Ghosts director) Michael Imperioli is expected to take a central role in the film, which is about a mother and two daughters at a transitional point in their lives. “It’s about fertility, love and loss,” Crespo (who will co-direct with Schaefer) says. The script is ready. Cicala is aiming to go into pre-production in the spring. This will be the second feature that Crespo and Schaefer have co-directed, after festival hit Arranged (2007), which was about the friendship between two women, one an orthodox Jew and the other a Muslim. Meanwhile, Cicala is looking to extend its working relationship with writer-actor-director Imperioli. Schaefer met Imperioli when they were appearing together in Icelandic film The Higher Force. Like Schaefer and Crespo, Imperioli is from a theatre background. He and his wife Victoria run Studio Dante, a theatre company in New York. Many of the actors in The Hungry Ghosts came from the company.
- 1/27/2009
- Sydney's Buzz
Film Movement
Well meaning but all too obvious in its message, Arranged depicts the burgeoning friendship between two women -- one Orthodox Jewish and the other Muslim -- with all the depth and sophistication of an Afterschool Special. The film, written by Stefan Schaefer and co-directed by him and Diane Crespo, is essentially preaching to the choir. It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Quad Cinema.
Rochel Zoe Lister Jones) and Nasira (Francis Benhamou) are beginning teachers at a public school in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. Rochel's ultra-conservative clothing and Nasira's headscarf make them stand out at work, with even their principal Marcia Jean Kurtz), a secular Jew, urging them to adopt more modernistic ways.
Both women become caught up in their families' traditional efforts to see them married off. A matchmaker arranges a series of increasingly dire dates for Rochel, while Nasira's father imports a singularly appropriate relative from their home country.
The similarity of their predicaments helps bring the women together, with their growing bond becoming the cause of curiosity among the students and deep concern within their families. Ultimately, true friendship wins out, with the pair overcoming the prejudices of their community and even finding true love with suitable men along the way.
The beautiful lead actresses are appealing, even if their characters never prove particularly interesting. Less effective are the performances by several of the supporting players, who ultimately are unable to overcome the stereotypical aspects of their broadly written roles.
Well meaning but all too obvious in its message, Arranged depicts the burgeoning friendship between two women -- one Orthodox Jewish and the other Muslim -- with all the depth and sophistication of an Afterschool Special. The film, written by Stefan Schaefer and co-directed by him and Diane Crespo, is essentially preaching to the choir. It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Quad Cinema.
Rochel Zoe Lister Jones) and Nasira (Francis Benhamou) are beginning teachers at a public school in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. Rochel's ultra-conservative clothing and Nasira's headscarf make them stand out at work, with even their principal Marcia Jean Kurtz), a secular Jew, urging them to adopt more modernistic ways.
Both women become caught up in their families' traditional efforts to see them married off. A matchmaker arranges a series of increasingly dire dates for Rochel, while Nasira's father imports a singularly appropriate relative from their home country.
The similarity of their predicaments helps bring the women together, with their growing bond becoming the cause of curiosity among the students and deep concern within their families. Ultimately, true friendship wins out, with the pair overcoming the prejudices of their community and even finding true love with suitable men along the way.
The beautiful lead actresses are appealing, even if their characters never prove particularly interesting. Less effective are the performances by several of the supporting players, who ultimately are unable to overcome the stereotypical aspects of their broadly written roles.
- 12/18/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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