As the Eastern Oregon Film Festival runs this weekend in Le Grande, Oregon, the festival and filmmaker bring you another day of 24-hour online premieres. Below are Evamarie Shaller’s short, Die Wilder vom Montanon, and Brendan Colvin’s feature Sabbatical, starring Robert Longstreet as “a middle-aged Kierkegaard scholar.” Both are embedded below and are free to view for the next 24 hours only. Die Wilderin vom Montafon from Evamaria Schaller on Vimeo. Die Wilderin Vom Montafon (dir. Evamaria Shaller) Technical Info 2014 / Austria / 21min / Experimental Short Synopsis The Austrian mountains. Legend of itself. Powerful and wild. Dangerous and […]...
- 5/9/2015
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
As the Eastern Oregon Film Festival runs this weekend in Le Grande, Oregon, the festival and filmmaker bring you another day of 24-hour online premieres. Below are Evamarie Shaller’s short, Die Wilder vom Montanon, and Brendan Colvin’s feature Sabbatical, starring Robert Longstreet as “a middle-aged Kierkegaard scholar.” Both are embedded below and are free to view for the next 24 hours only. Die Wilderin vom Montafon from Evamaria Schaller on Vimeo. Die Wilderin Vom Montafon (dir. Evamaria Shaller) Technical Info 2014 / Austria / 21min / Experimental Short Synopsis The Austrian mountains. Legend of itself. Powerful and wild. Dangerous and […]...
- 5/9/2015
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Watch for 24 Hours: In Search of the Miraculous and Friendship from the Eastern Oregon Film Festival
As part of this weekend’s Eastern Oregon Film Festival, Filmmaker is partnering with the fest to stream four online selections. Today, for an exclusive 24-hour window, you can view Sam Kuhn’s short film, In Search of the Miraculous and Nathaniel Bennett’s short feature, Friendship. Program notes for both are below, and check back tomorrow at 9:00 Am Est for Evamaria Shaller’s Die Wilder von Montafon and Brandon Colvin’s Sabbatical. In Search of the Miraculous from Lion Attack on Vimeo. In Search of the Miraculous (dir. Sam Kuhn) Technical Info 2014 / USA / 15min / Experimental Short Synopsis A seventeen-year-old […]...
- 5/8/2015
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Watch for 24 Hours: In Search of the Miraculous and Friendship from the Eastern Oregon Film Festival
As part of this weekend’s Eastern Oregon Film Festival, Filmmaker is partnering with the fest to stream four online selections. Today, for an exclusive 24-hour window, you can view Sam Kuhn’s short film, In Search of the Miraculous and Nathaniel Bennett’s short feature, Friendship. Program notes for both are below, and check back tomorrow at 9:00 Am Est for Evamaria Shaller’s Die Wilder von Montafon and Brandon Colvin’s Sabbatical. In Search of the Miraculous from Lion Attack on Vimeo. In Search of the Miraculous (dir. Sam Kuhn) Technical Info 2014 / USA / 15min / Experimental Short Synopsis A seventeen-year-old […]...
- 5/8/2015
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Anyone can make a movie and anyone will. The digital revolution has democratized cinema and, with it, came thousands of micro-indies. Sex was had, stars were born, dialogue was somewhat discernible. It’d be fraudulent to claim that all of these films focused on the post-college malaise of twenty-somethings, but many of the successful ones do. And while that’s fine — it’s certainly a topic that resonates with many — “Sabbatical” is a long breath of fresh air in that crowded room of independent film. A highly sophisticated, lean picture, the sophomore effort from Brandon Colvin centers on middle-aged scholar Ben (Robert Longstreet) as he returns to his childhood home to care for his ailing mother. What should be a rather quiet holiday — near perfect conditions for him to write a new book, he hopes — devolves into something more unsettling. Ben finds himself playing backyard drinking games with a highschool friend,...
- 2/17/2015
- by Christopher Bell
- The Playlist
Writer-director Brandon Colvin would probably be the first to admit that Sabbatical was not made for viewers with a mainstream cinematic palate. In the context of current cinema, Sabbatical is practically experimental. In the context of current cinema, Sabbatical is practically experimental. With its rigid focus on form over narrative, Sabbatical seems totally out of place and time, sharing its aesthetic sensibilities with 1960s French cinema. That said, Sabbatical is one of the most purely cinematic experiences you will find in the 4:3 aspect ratio nowadays.
- 2/16/2015
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
With one feature under his belt, filmmaker Brandon Colvin is taking another big step forward with his next feature "Sabbatical." Boasting some big names in the cast, including Robert Longstreet ("Thou Wast Mild And Lovely," "The Catechism Cataclysm") and Thomas Jay Ryan (Hal Hartley's "Henry Fool" trilogy), the director is putting forth a very distinct aesthetic, and today we have the exclusive trailer for the film. Also featuring Rhoda Griffis, Kentucker Audley, Rebecca Koon, and Frank Mosley, "Sabbatical" centers on Ben, who returns home to care for his ill mother and to work on a new book. However, he soon finds his relationships with his mother, his brother, his ex-wife, and his high school pal tested, and he'll have to decide whether or not engage or abandon those responsibilities. "Sabbatical" will screen at the New Orleans Film Festival in October. Check out the trailer below.
- 9/24/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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