Recipient of $20,000 Alfred P. Sloan Fast Track Grant named.
Film Independent has announced the 10 projects and 24 filmmakers selected for the 14th annual Fast Track film finance market.
The programme, held during the imminent Los Angeles Film Festival (June 14-22), helps producer-director teams advance their projects through meetings with industry executives, financiers, agents and managers, distributors, production companies, and granting organisations.
Participants will spend three days attending meetings with the aim of building relationships and gaining exposure for their projects.
2017 Fast Track Projects and Fellows are:
Blow The Man Down Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy (co-writers,co-directors), Drew Houpt (producer)
Cantering Hikari (writer,director,producer) Peter Maestrey (producer)
Farewell Tour Sean Hackett (writer,director), Frederick Thornton (producer)
Followers Tim Marshall (writer,director), Christina Radburn (producer)
Maybe Tomorrow Eliza Lee (writer,director), Michelle Sy (producer), Sophia Chang (executive producer)
Radiant Annika Glac (writer,director), Robyn Kershaw (producer)
Son Of A Very Important Man Najwa Najjar (writer,director), Hani...
Film Independent has announced the 10 projects and 24 filmmakers selected for the 14th annual Fast Track film finance market.
The programme, held during the imminent Los Angeles Film Festival (June 14-22), helps producer-director teams advance their projects through meetings with industry executives, financiers, agents and managers, distributors, production companies, and granting organisations.
Participants will spend three days attending meetings with the aim of building relationships and gaining exposure for their projects.
2017 Fast Track Projects and Fellows are:
Blow The Man Down Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy (co-writers,co-directors), Drew Houpt (producer)
Cantering Hikari (writer,director,producer) Peter Maestrey (producer)
Farewell Tour Sean Hackett (writer,director), Frederick Thornton (producer)
Followers Tim Marshall (writer,director), Christina Radburn (producer)
Maybe Tomorrow Eliza Lee (writer,director), Michelle Sy (producer), Sophia Chang (executive producer)
Radiant Annika Glac (writer,director), Robyn Kershaw (producer)
Son Of A Very Important Man Najwa Najjar (writer,director), Hani...
- 6/6/2017
- ScreenDaily
Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress, as presented by the creators themselves. At the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Half the Picture
Logline: A feature length documentary about the dismal number of women directors working in Hollywood.
Elevator Pitch:
“Half the Picture” is a feature length documentary about women directors in Hollywood, using the current Eeoc investigation into discriminatory hiring practices as a framework for conversations with successful women directors about their paths, their struggles, their inspiration and their hopes for the future.
After 11 months of shooting, we’ve completed over 40 interviews with Lena Dunham, Catherine Hardwicke, Miranda July, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Kimberly Peirce, Karyn Kusama, Rosanna Arquette, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Mary Harron, Kasi Lemmons, Chris Hegedus,...
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Half the Picture
Logline: A feature length documentary about the dismal number of women directors working in Hollywood.
Elevator Pitch:
“Half the Picture” is a feature length documentary about women directors in Hollywood, using the current Eeoc investigation into discriminatory hiring practices as a framework for conversations with successful women directors about their paths, their struggles, their inspiration and their hopes for the future.
After 11 months of shooting, we’ve completed over 40 interviews with Lena Dunham, Catherine Hardwicke, Miranda July, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Kimberly Peirce, Karyn Kusama, Rosanna Arquette, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Mary Harron, Kasi Lemmons, Chris Hegedus,...
- 11/10/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...
- 7/22/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
There sure was a lot to talk about with a certain summer blockbuster this week. So much that this week’s Reject Recap is nearly half-filled with highlights of stuff written on Star Trek Into Darkness. And yes, the villain’s name comes up. It’s not a spoiler anymore. Everyone knows. And it doesn’t even matter if you know or not. Just like it doesn’t matter if Alice Eve has a gratuitous underwear scene or Benedict Cumberbatch has a shower scene if neither of them is otherwise an interesting character — and that’s a more worthwhile debate for this particular film, too. Anyway, I’ve spread the Trek links a bit, giving them the even alternating slots because there used to be (no longer, apparently) that rule that even-numbered Trek films were the good ones. Anything else happen in the past seven days? Well, our man in Cannes, Shaun...
- 5/25/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "Up Country" Tweetable Logline: A film about a fishing trip gone horribly wrong. Elevator Pitch: A couple of friends hire a guide to take them on a fishing trip in a remote part of northern Maine--a place so remote they don't bother to name the towns. But, when the guide takes all their gear, they find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere. Production Team: Writer/Director: Lucas McNelly Cinematography by: Dustin Pearlman ("Who Shot Mamba?") Produced by: Sean Hackett ("Homecoming"), Lucas McNelly, David Young Cast: Kieran Roberts, Jonny Mars ("Wuss," "The Happy Poet"), Tyler Peck About the film: "Up Country is a film born out of necessity,...
- 1/16/2012
- Indiewire
Sean Hackett’s Homecoming chronicles, in his words, “a female medic who has served in the military since High School. As she returns home, she decides to tell her two best friends something that’s been on her mind….” The film is scored by Gingger Shankar, one of our “25 New Faces” this year, and is being released using the “Demand It” feature at Eventful.com. Check out the trailer and then, if you’re inclined, click on the link to invite the film to your home town.
Homecoming Trailer from Homecoming by Sean Hackett on Vimeo.
Homecoming Trailer from Homecoming by Sean Hackett on Vimeo.
- 10/12/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Here's the trailer to a solid looking new film called Homecoming from first time director Sean Hackett. The film stars Brea Grant (Heroes) who plays a character name Estelle, a young Army medic who is on leave in her home town. The movie seems to give a more realistic look at what it's like for a soldier to come home after being in a war. I have friends who have come back from being in war, and it looks like this movie captures what they go through, instead of some of the other overly dramatic films that have come out based on this same concept. This movie looks a bit more laid back.
The movie has gotten some solidly good reviews, and taking home prizes at film festivals over the past few months. If you want to see the film in your area make to demand it! campaign. Here are...
The movie has gotten some solidly good reviews, and taking home prizes at film festivals over the past few months. If you want to see the film in your area make to demand it! campaign. Here are...
- 10/7/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Indie filmmaker Sean Hackett is making his directorial debut with a film called Homecoming, and we've got the first trailer for the picture. Homecoming focuses on Estelle, a young Army medic on leave in her home town. It doesn't look like the sort of modern 'soldier at home' story we're used to seeing. Instead, this appears to be a film that takes a much more realistic approach to the time a soldier spends at home, and the issues that go along with that return. It's something I expect a good number of people will be able to relate to, so check out the trailer below. Hackett's first La gig was working in the research department for David Fincher's Zodiac, and he quickly landed a job working for the Duplass Brothers on a set of their films. He says that inspired him to make his own film, and it looks...
- 10/7/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, Homecoming writer/director Sean Hackett discusses a brave new distribution technique, and Koran By Heart documentarian Greg Barker takes us to Cairo during Ramadan. Plus, Landon Palmer culture wars against Movies.com‘s dapper senior editor Pete Hall in a Movie News Pop Quiz that will probably cause your living room to burst into flame. Download This Episode On This Week’s Show: Movie News Pop Quiz [The Beginning - 15:44]: It’s Palmer vs Hall in what sounds like an 80s Yacht Rock reunion tour. So, of course, we end up dissecting the need for teaser trailers and why The Hunger Games and Dark Knight Rises failed at them. Crowded House [15:44 - 31:30]: Sean Hackett’s new film Homecoming tells a different kind of soldier story with a navel-gazing verite style. He joins us to talk about a group that missed out on college because of war, how...
- 8/31/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
I've have yet to meet up-and-coming filmmaker Sean Hackett, but I already know he's a talented and darling young man. I can't exactly remember how Hackett and I began conversing (I know my Erbland was involved at some point) but he asked me to watch his first feature, Homecoming. I finally did that last night and am very happy with my decision to skip The Green Lantern - Homecoming is an absolute delight.
Read more on Indie Spotlight: Homecoming writer/director Sean Hackett...
Read more on Indie Spotlight: Homecoming writer/director Sean Hackett...
- 6/22/2011
- by Chase Whale
- GordonandtheWhale
Gingger Shankar has recently scored a number of movies that will be released in the near future. Most notably, coming out this August is the Iranian drama Circumstance. The film is written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz and revolves around a wealthy family in Iran struggling to contain a teen’s growing sexual rebellion and her brother’s dangerous obsession. The project is produced by Karin Chien and Melissa M. Lee alongside Keshavarz. Circumstance has won the audience award at this year’s Sundance film festival where the film premiered. Roadside Attractions has picked up domestic rights and will release the film on August 26, 2011. For updates on the project, visit the official movie website.
Shankar who is best known in film music circles for her collaborations with John Debney on Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ and James Newton Howard on his score for Charlie Wilson’s War...
Shankar who is best known in film music circles for her collaborations with John Debney on Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ and James Newton Howard on his score for Charlie Wilson’s War...
- 6/20/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
There are many up-and-coming independent movies that strive to make an impression upon the filmmaking community, but only a few actually do stand out from the pack. Writer and director Sean Hackett has been working in the industry for a little while now. He's paid his dues working on a few high-profile features over the past couple of years, including "Zodiac" and "Cyrus" as an intern and an assistant respectively, and now he's looking to break out big with his directorial debut film entitled "Homecoming." The production stars "Friday Night Lights" and "Heroes" actress Brea Grant with a cast that…...
- 6/4/2011
- The Playlist
There's so many different films, even ones that are completely star-studded in their cast, that go ahead and call the flick independent. Normally that's just due to financing which is never a problem thanks to said really big-named actor/filmmaker. But every once in awhile there's a truly independent film that pops out of nowhere that deserves as much attention as the rest of them, and that is Sean Hackett's "Homecoming.""Homecoming" chronicles the story of Spc. Estelle Szymanki's visit back home after two years in Afghanistan. Her 18-day leave journeys between humor and pathos as she attempts to reconnect with her lonely single mother and her directionless, yet noble friends. While her mother plans to celebrate all the missed holidays, her friends try to convince her to stay home for good. Nearing her final 24 hours, she finds something she has avoided since her teenage years. Emerging from her quiet,...
- 4/4/2011
- LRMonline.com
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