The many Jasons of #BNFM
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"Koharubiyori" - Audience Choice Winner!
/We've been notified that Koharubiyori also won the Audience Choice Award (the favorite of all Graduate Films) at the NYU First Run Film Festival!
This is exciting news - not only do the "critics" like the film, but the people do too!
The film will screen at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles on June 5th.
"Koharubiyori" - Wasserman Winner!
/Toshi Saito's Koharubiyori - a short NYU Graduate Thesis film which I produced - has won third place in the NYU Wasserman Awards!
The film has won a cash prize and will screen at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles in June.
Congrats to Toshi and the entire crew and cast! I'm very proud of the work we did.
That's a Wrap! #BNFM
/On Sunday, March 30th, we wrapped principal photography on the feature motion picture, But Not For Me!
This is the first feature film I've produced starting at the development stage - and the second feature I've produced in the past year.
Next step for #BNFM: Applying for the IFP Narrative Lab, Post-Production, and festival submissions (Sundance and Cannes, here we come!)
"Koharubiyori" - Wasserman Finalist and Craft Awards
/Koharubiyori, my classmate Toshi Saito's NYU Grad Thesis short film - which I produced and we shot in Japan last February - is one of eight nominees for the prestigious NYU Wasserman Award. The three winning films are screened in LA and the filmmakers take industry meetings.
The film also received a number of craft commendations - Original Score, Cinematography, and a Producing craft award that Toshi and I shared!
"The Choi Family" Won!
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Thank you to everyone who voted and shared the film! It was air on NYC's WNET/Thirteen this Saturday night, 2/24/14.
Please vote for "The Choi Family"
/My film The Choi Family is competing in the Reel 13 Shorts Competition. If it wins, it'll be screened on NYC Public TV on Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 (the day after my birthday!)
Please click here and vote for The Choi Family - voting ends at 5pm on Wednesday, February 19, 2014.
If you like the film, please spread the word via email and on social media and ask people to vote. Thanks!
Vote Here: http://www.thirteen.org/reel13/vote/
"But Not For Me" on TV
/But Not For Me was featured on a segment of The Crowdfunder Show, which airs on the local Fox station in Buffalo. The host framed our intentions with the project well and it's cool that the film and its themes were introduced to a broader viewing audience than we've been able to access thus far.
Check it out:
My name in the credits...in Japanese
/My name in the credits of Toshi Saito's Koharubiyori. I produced the film, which we shot last February in Osaka, Kobe, and Okayama, Japan.
It was a fantastic experience - personally and professionally, one that I'll never forget - and I'm very proud of the film we made.
Newsletter #10, Fall (Sept.-Nov.) 2013
/Check it out - lot's of good stuff is happening.
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Newsletter #7-9, Summer (June-August) 2013
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Two Videos for the Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ
/Two weeks ago, I put together two videos for the Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ in support of state candidates working to make healthcare more accessible for the women of New Jersey.
Check out the videos:
"The Middle Ground" picked for 2nd round of Roy W. Dean Grant
/My NYU Thesis short film, The Middle Ground , has made it to the second round of the Roy W. Dean Grant competition. Between now and the end of November, projects will be whittled down through a number of successive rounds until a winner is chosen.
More information soon - but this is happy news, especially as I head back into the editing room in a little over the week to finally finish the film!
"Three Lessons Learned" - Guest Blog
/I've contributed my second of hopefully three guest blogs on www.LisaMariePierre.com.
In this post, with 10 days left in the Kickstarter campaign to fund our feature film, But Not For Me , I reflect on three key lessons I've learned thus far.
"But Not For Me" competing for IndieWire's Project of the Week
/Our film "But Not For Me" is up for IndieWire's Project of the Week.
This is a big deal!
Please click here and vote for our film and then spread the word!
Thanks.
"But Not For Me" is IndieWire's Project of the Day
/The feature film I'm producing, "But Not For Me," was chosen as IndieWire's Project of the Day yesterday, October 10, 2013.
And the fundraising continues - we're at 21% with three weeks to go!
Q&A on LisaMariePierre.com
/I'm going to be guest blogging on my friend Lisa's blog this coming month to talk about my experiences and observations running the But Not For Me Kickstarter campaign.
Check out this intro Q&A and keep an eye out for my guest blogs, which I'm sure I'll post here.
Interview on BreakThru Radio's "Third Eye Weekly"
/Ryan Carmichael (my good friend, collaborator, and NYU Grad Film classmate) and I did an interview on Breakthru Radio's Third Eye Weekly last week about our film But Not For Me. We talked musicals, affordable housing, the Kickstarter campaign, and knowing you've found a good partner when you can make them do all the annoying shit and they keep coming back for more.
Interview starts at 12min 33sec.
And check out the Kickstarter campaign for But Not For Me., which runs until Nov 2nd at 8am. We're trying to raise $100,000! Ahh!
I finally joined LinkedIn
/Check out my profile and connect with me - Jason Stefaniak on LinkedIn