ACME FILMWORKS TO PRESENT “THE 17TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS” IN THEATERS This Sep!

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  • 11 Award-Winning Acclaimed Animated Shorts From Around the World Are Highlighted In Theatrical Showcase Nationally Beginning September 24, 2015!

  • First-Ever Theatrical Release for the Annual Animation Show of Shows Curated and Produced by Ron Diamond

For 16 years, The Animation Show of Shows was created, curated and presented by veteran animation producer Ron Diamond (whose producing credits include The International Tournée of Animation) to introduce new and innovative short animation films exclusively to studios, societies, schools, and festivals around the world.  Over the years, 29 of the films showcased in previous Animation Show of Shows went on to receive Academy Award® nominations with nine winning the Oscar® for best Animated Short Film.

THE 17TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS -  is Diamond’s vision to heighten the exposure for this extraordinary art form and entertainment platform and to allow audiences to experience these in a theatrical environment with others that share the same passion for animation.

THE 17th ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS will be distributed theatrically this fall by the Animation Show of Shows (a non-profit group) across the US.  This extraordinary program of 11 films is created by animators from Australia, France, Ireland, the US, Russia, Switzerland, and Iran, including 7 women directors or co-directors, and many of which have garnered awards from distinguished festivals worldwide. Program highlights include Russian Animator Konstantin Bronzit’s  We Can’t Live Without the Cosmos, winner of 40 festival awards worldwide, including top prizes at Annecy and Animafest Zagreb.  Also included, is Academy Award® nominated director Don Hertzfeldt’s newest film, World of Tomorrow , which has garnered over 20 awards this year including grand jury prizes at Sundance and SXSW.  This will be the first theatrical release of this annual program, finally sharing these animation talents with a wider audience.

“It has been a personal goal of mine to bring these amazing films to a larger audience and in theaters,” said Diamond.  “ Normally, it’s just the animation studios, Academy members and a festival goers who get to experience these films on the big screen.  And through this showcase many more animation and short film lovers will be able to see these gems as they should be.  This is a very exciting time for animation film and technology, and this program features many different styles, animation techniques and stories. From LGBT themes to environmental tales to personal stories, this Show of Shows offers something for everyone.”

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Acme Filmworks Presents THE 17TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS features the following films:

  • THE STORY OF PERCIVAL PITS, created by Janette Goodey & John Lewis, Australia
  • TANT DE FORETS, created by Geoffrey Godet & Burcu Sankur, France
  • SNOWFALL, directed by Conor Whelan, Ireland
  • BALLAD OF HOLLAND ISLAND HOUSE, created by Lynn Tomlinson, USA
  • BEHIND THE TREES, created by Amanda Palmer and Avi Ofer, USA
  • WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT THE COSMOS,  created by Konstantin Bronzit, Russia
  • MESSAGES DANS L’AIR, created by Isabel Favez, France/Switzerland
  • STRIPY, Written and directed by Babak Nekooei & Behnoud Nekooei, Iran
  • ASCENSION written and directed by Thomas Bourdis, Martin de Coudenhove, Caroline Domergue, Colin Laubry, Florian Laubry, France
  • IN THE TIME OF MARCH MADNESS,  directed by Melissa Johnson and Robertino Zambrano, USA
  • WORLD OF TOMORROW, directed by Don Hertzfeldt, USA

For more information, please visit: www.animationshowofshows.com.

SPECIAL EVENT! OTTO PREMINGER’S New 4K Restoration Sunday, September 20

Otto Preminger’s BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (1965), starring Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, and British stage icons Laurence Olivier and Noël Coward, will be shown in a special screening at Film Forum on Sunday, September 20 at 5:30 pm. Co-star Keir Dullea will appear in person to introduce the film and for an after-movie audience Q&A, moderated by film historian Foster Hirsch, author of Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King.

Carol Lynley’s suspenseful search for her missing daughter — but does she exist? — is aided by doubting brother Keir Dullea (2001: A Space Odyssey) and inspector Laurence Olivier. London location shooting and a memorable study-in-perversion cameo by Noël Coward — and The Zombies!

Mr. Hirsch has called BUNNY LAKE “a shimmering post-Noir Film Noir and the last fully assured work of Preminger’s career... a rare display indulging himself in rococo virtuosity.”

BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING will be shown in a stunning new 4K restoration, supervised by Sony Pictures’ Grover Crisp.

"The cast alone is worth the price of admission."
— Leslie Halliwell

Repertory calendar programmed by Bruce Goldstein 

For more information, links and showtimes, visit www.filmforum.org

EMERGING FILMMAKER ALEX ROSS PERRY CELEBRATED WITH MUSEUM RETROSPECTIVE

Museum of the Moving Image to screen the director’s four features, including his newest,Queen of Earth, with Perry and star Elisabeth Moss in person August 22–25, 2015

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Alex Ross Perry has become one of the most accomplished and provocative American independent filmmakers, with four disparate feature films that reinvent genres, are emotionally transgressive, feature scabrous dark humor, and evoke great cinema of the past while pushing ahead towards new forms. From August 22 through 25, 2015, Museum of the Moving Image will present all of his features, including a special preview screening of the new film Queen of Earth, with Perry and Moss in person, on August 25.

“Alex Ross Perry’s two most recent films feature unforgettable and vivid performances—most notably Elisabeth Moss’s daring portrayal of emotional despair in the astonishing Queen of Earth,” said Chief Curator David Schwartz. “The Museum is pleased to offer New Yorkers an opportunity to catch up on an impressive body of work by this unique emerging talent who has incorporated his love of cinema into his own original vision.”

The full schedule is included below. Except for Queen of Earth ($25 with discounts for Film Lover members and above), tickets are $12 ($9 for senior citizens and students / $6 for children 6–12 / free for members at the Film Lover level and above). Order tickets online at movingimage.us.


SCHEDULE FOR ‘THE FILMS OF ALEX ROSS PERRY,’ AUGUST 22–25, 2015
Screenings take place in either the Sumner M. Redstone Theater or the Celeste and Armand Bartos Screening Room atMuseum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Avenue in Astoria, New York. Unless otherwise noted, tickets for MOMI screenings are $12 adults ($9 seniors and students / $6 children 3–12) and free for Museum members at the Film Lover level and above. Advance tickets are available online at  http://movingimage.us. Ticket purchase includes same-day admission to the Museum’s galleries.


Impolex
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 4:30 P.M.
Dir. Alex Ross Perry. 2009, 73 mins. 35mm. With Riley O'Bryan, Kate Lyn Sheil, Bruno Meyrick Jones. In his feature debut, Perry was loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow. Taking place just after World War II, the film follows the shambling young soldier Tyrone S. as he wanders through the forest looking for German V2 rockets and encounters a number of inexplicably figures, including an eyepatch-wearing Englishman, a garrulous octopus, and the girlfriend he left behind to join the army.

The Color Wheel
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 3:00 P.M.
Dir. Alex Ross Perry. 2011, 83 mins. 35mm. With Carlen Altman, Alex Ross Perry. Having recently broken up with her boyfriend and former professor, aspiring TV weathergirl JR calls on her estranged younger brother Colin to help retrieve her possessions at her ex’s apartment. What follows is one of the most uncomfortable road movies ever, as the two equally despicable characters incessantly pick on, undercut, and attack one another. “Perry gives a harsh, sarcastic twist to the intimate rivalry of siblings…. [He] directs these uproarious rapid-fire flareups with exquisite comic timing and incisive comic framing,” wrote Richard Brody in The New Yorker.

Listen Up Philip
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 5:30 P.M.
Dir. Alex Ross Perry. 2014, 109 mins. With Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce. Feeling alienated by the pressures of the New York literary world and the girlfriend who financially supports him, the narcissistic and self-involved author Philip Lewis Friedman seeks refuge in the country home of his equally self-obsessed idol, the older, more established writer Ike Zimmerman. “Words do more than hurt, they also slash and burn in this sharp, dyspeptic, sometimes gaspingly funny exploration of art and life […],” noted Manohla Dargisin The New York Times.


SPECIAL PREVIEW SCREENING
Queen of Earth
With Elisabeth Moss and Alex Ross Perry in person
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 7:30 P.M.
Dir. Alex Ross Perry. 90 mins. With Elisabeth Moss, Patrick Fugit, Katherine Waterson. Catherine (played in what Variety calls “an utterly fearless central performance by Elisabeth Moss”) has entered a particularly dark period in her life. Following her father’s death and a bad breakup with her longtime boyfriend, she decides to spend a week recuperating in the lake house of her best friend, Virginia. However, fissures between the two women begin to appear, sending Catherine into a downward spiral of delusion and madness. As Scott Foundas points out in his Variety review, ”Perry is working in a style that seems equally influenced by doppelganger narratives like Bergman’s Persona  and Brian De Palma’s Sisters. 
Tickets: $25 public/$15 Museum members at the Film Lover level or above/Free for Silver Screen members and above.


Museum of the Moving Image (movingimage.us) advances the understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. In its stunning artifacts. image-moving also houses a significant collection of Museum presents exhibitions; screenings of significant works; discussion programs featuring actors, directors, craftspeople, and business leaders; and education programs which serve more than 50,000 students each year. The Museumfacilities—acclaimed for both its accessibility and bold design—

  • The Hours: 

Wednesday-Thursday, 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday, 10:30 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 

  • Film Screenings:

Friday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays, and as scheduled. Unless otherwise noted, tickets for screenings are $12 ($9 students and seniors / free for Museum members at the Film Lover level and above) will be available for advance purchase online at movingimage.us. Screening tickets include same-day admission to the Museum’s galleries.

  • Museum Admission:

12.00 for adults; $9.00 for persons over 65 and for students with ID; $6.00 for children ages 3–12. Children under 3 and Museum members are admitted free. Admission to the galleries is free on Fridays, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. 

  • Location:

36-01 35 Avenue (at 37 Street) in Astoria.

  • Subway:

M (weekdays only) or R to Steinway Street. Q (weekdays only) or N to 36 Avenue.

Academy Award Nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo Joins Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Angela Sarafyan, Daniel Giminez Cacho and Marwan Kenzari in ‘The Promise’

Film to be lensed by acclaimed cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe

Survival Pictures announced that Academy Award nominated and Emmy winning actress Shohreh Aghdashloo (Septembers Of Shiraz, X-Men, House of Sand and Fog) has joined the cast in The Promise, the epic love story directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Terry George otel Rwanda, Reservation Road, The Shore). Additionally, acclaimed cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe (Blue Jasmine, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Others) has joined George’s production team. 

As previously announced, the cast includes Golden Globe nominee, Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ex Machina, A Most Violent Year), Charlotte Le Bon (The Walk, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Yves Saint Laurent), Academy Award winner Christian Bale (The Fighter, American Hustle, The Dark Knight), Angela Sarafyan (The Immigrant, Paranoia), Daniel Giminez Cacho (Y Tu Mamá También,Bad Education, Snow White) and Marwan Kenzari (Autobahn, Ben-Hur). 

Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael (Isaac), a brilliant student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana (Le Bon), and Chris (Bale)—a renowned American journalist based in Paris. 

The script was written by award-winning writer Terry George and Academy Award nominee Robin Swicord (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Memoirs of a Geisha).

“We have assembled a stellar cast to make this epic love story,” says George.“Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac are now joined by the beautiful and talented actress Shohreh Aghdashloo, and an international cast including Charlotte Le Bon, Angela Sarafyan, Daniel Giminez Cacho and Marwan Kenzari. The actors and I relish the challenge of bringing this sweeping love story to the screen."

Eric Esrailian will produce on behalf of Survival Pictures and the film will also be produced by Mike Medavoy for Phoenix Pictures (Black Swan, Shutter Island, Zodiac, The Thin RedLine), Ralph Winter (X-Men, Fantastic Four, The Giver) and William Horberg (Milk, Cold Mountain, The Talented Mr. Ripley). Production is slated to start this fall in Southern Europe.

Aghdashloo is represented by Peter Levine at CAA and managed by Tamara Houston at Round Table Entertainment. Aguirresarobe is represented by Michael Lewis & Associates.