25 New Face filmmaker Scott Blake is currently raising funds on Kickstarter for an ambitious “urban insurgency” short film, Victory. Below, he discusses inspiration ranging from Michael Mann to Joseph Conrad, why he cast Kentucker Audley and why he’s making another short. Please visit his Kickstarter page to learn more. Filmmaker: First, let’s start with Surveyor and the 25 New Faces. You were one of our real discoveries, as your film hadn’t played many festivals and you hadn’t received much notice for it. What has happened after being selected for the 25, and how did that path lead to this […]...
- 11/30/2014
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
25 New Face filmmaker Scott Blake is currently raising funds on Kickstarter for an ambitious “urban insurgency” short film, Victory. Below, he discusses inspiration ranging from Michael Mann to Joseph Conrad, why he cast Kentucker Audley and why he’s making another short. Please visit his Kickstarter page to learn more. Filmmaker: First, let’s start with Surveyor and the 25 New Faces. You were one of our real discoveries, as your film hadn’t played many festivals and you hadn’t received much notice for it. What has happened after being selected for the 25, and how did that path lead to this […]...
- 11/30/2014
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Last November, three short filmmakers from our 2013 “25 New Faces” hit the road for a special traveling screening series, sponsored by Arri and Sony Creative, with myself in tow. Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (Needle), Mohammad Gorjestani (Refuge) and Scott Blake (Surveyor) played their films in six Midwest cities across six days, with myself in tow as Q&A moderator/tour manager/nanny. It was a unique and extremely memorable experience to be part of the tour, and you can now get an inkling of what went on at that time by checking out Gorjestani’s just-posted photo diary on Exposure, which is well worth your time.
- 2/5/2014
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Last November, three short filmmakers from our 2013 “25 New Faces” hit the road for a special traveling screening series, sponsored by Arri and Sony Creative, with myself in tow. Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (Needle), Mohammad Gorjestani (Refuge) and Scott Blake (Surveyor) played their films in six Midwest cities across six days, with myself in tow as Q&A moderator/tour manager/nanny. It was a unique and extremely memorable experience to be part of the tour, and you can now get an inkling of what went on at that time by checking out Gorjestani’s just-posted photo diary on Exposure, which is well worth your time.
- 2/5/2014
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Starting today, the Filmmaker “25 New Faces” screening series gets underway: Scott Blake (Surveyor), Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (Needle) and Mohammad Gorjestani (Refuge) are hitting the road, with myself in tow, with the first event taking place at the Uw-Madison Cinematheque in Madison, Wi. The road show, which is sponsored by Sony Creative Software and Arri, will then progress to Cleveland, Iowa City, Kansas City, Columbia, Mo and Nashville. If you’re in or around any of these places, please come to the event and say hi. As Scott wrote in his newsletter last week, this tour and the “Best Film Not Playing” screening series are our ”ways of […]...
- 11/16/2013
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Starting today, the Filmmaker “25 New Faces” screening series gets underway: Scott Blake (Surveyor), Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (Needle) and Mohammad Gorjestani (Refuge) are hitting the road, with myself in tow, with the first event taking place at the Uw-Madison Cinematheque in Madison, Wi. The road show, which is sponsored by Sony Creative Software and Arri, will then progress to Cleveland, Iowa City, Kansas City, Columbia, Mo and Nashville. If you’re in or around any of these places, please come to the event and say hi. As Scott wrote in his newsletter last week, this tour and the “Best Film Not Playing” screening series are our ”ways of […]...
- 11/16/2013
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Following screenings in Tacoma, Portland, and New York, three of this year’s “25 New Faces” are hitting the road to showcase their short films. Joined by Filmmaker Managing Editor Nick Dawson, Scott Blake (Surveyor), Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (Needle) and Mohammad Gorjestani (Refuge) will travel from Madison to Nashville on a tour sponsored by Sony Creative Software and Arri. The full stops, as well as descriptions of the films and filmmakers, are listed below. The 25 New Faces Of Independent Film Tour Calendar: Saturday, November 16, 2013 Uw-Madison Cinematheque, Madison, Wi 3pm Sunday November 17, 2013 Cleveland Cinematheque, Cleveland, Oh 8pm Monday November 18, 2013 FilmScene, Iowa […]...
- 11/6/2013
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Following screenings in Tacoma, Portland, and New York, three of this year’s “25 New Faces” are hitting the road to showcase their short films. Joined by Filmmaker Managing Editor Nick Dawson, Scott Blake (Surveyor), Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (Needle) and Mohammad Gorjestani (Refuge) will travel from Madison to Nashville on a tour sponsored by Sony Creative Software and Arri. The full stops, as well as descriptions of the films and filmmakers, are listed below. The 25 New Faces Of Independent Film Tour Calendar: Saturday, November 16, 2013 Uw-Madison Cinematheque, Madison, Wi 3pm Sunday November 17, 2013 Cleveland Cinematheque, Cleveland, Oh 8pm Monday November 18, 2013 FilmScene, Iowa […]...
- 11/6/2013
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Josh and Benny Safdie’s latest street film, Solid Gold, is currently being featured on Kentucker Audley’s newly revamped No Budge website, where it is among a number of good short films being rolled out. (Surveyor, the awesome anti-Western by 2013 “25 New Face” Scott Blake, is upcoming on the site in September.) In the short, Benny plays a gold-painted street performer who seems rather ill-suited to his particular line of work. Go to the Red Bucket Films page on Vimeo for more of the Safdies’ work.
- 8/21/2013
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Filmmaker Magazine has announced its 16th annual "25 New Faces of Independent Film." Among the selections are a slew of multi-hyphenates Filmmaker sees as the individuals who will be shaping the independent film world in the future. Last year's list featured Ryan Coogler, director of then yet-to-debut "Fruitvale Station," and he is on the 2013 Summer magazine cover. Full list below. You can check out Filmmaker's website feature on the list here. 25 New Faces of Independent Film of 2013:Scott Blake’s 25-minute, masterful and mysterious short Surveyor, a 19th-century-set existentialist Western, has flown beneath the industry radar, playing the Tacoma Film Festival and then appearing online at Vimeo. He’s currently at work on a thriller set in the world of private security firms.Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe. Acclaimed photographer and first-time filmmaker Lyric R. Cabral and director and cinematographer David Felix Sutcliffe are currently in production on.
- 7/18/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
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