Congratulations AFI Conservatory! We are happy to be a part of the magic. Check out the Hollywood Reporter article here, and read why the AFI Conservatory was rated #1 film school in the world.
STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH...
Clear path to SXSW: Interviewing Torontonians making the trip to Austin
Here is my interview with NOW MAGAZINE about CLEAR BLUE, and it's inclusion in the SXSW Festival. Click HERE to read the article.
Lindsay Mackay and Brent Martin discuss the making of Clear Blue with Interview Magazine
CLEAR BLUE has won a COLLEGE TELEVISION AWARD (aka Student Emmy)
CLEAR BLUE has been awarded a College Television Award (CTA) which is given out by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation. In the Drama category, two other short films have won a prize. At the annual awards show, which is taking place on April 9th, each of these films will be given a first, second, or third place award. Stay tuned for more developments, and make sure to check in on April 9th to find out how CLEAR BLUE places in the competition.
The CLEAR BLUE team would like to congratulate the two other AFI thesis films that have also received this honor, FIRST DATES, and THIEF. What a year for AFI!
Best,
Brent Martin - Producer
CLEAR BLUE Website Launc
Spend some time with us on the new CLEAR BLUE website, where you can keep up to date with film festival news, and current press coverage: WWW.CLEARBLUETHEFILM.COM
BEHIND THE SCENES OF "JOYLAND"
A behind the scenes peak into the "Joyland" short film shoot, shot and edited by Adam Dachis. Thanks Adam!
"JOYLAND" is based on the short story by Flannery O'Connor, "A Good Man is Hard to Find". The film was produced as a cycle film exercise in 2009 at the American Film Institute Conservatory (AFI).
CREW
Director: Adam Cosco
Producer: S. Brent Martin
Screenwriter: Lauren Parks
Cinematographer: Pawel Pogorzelski
Production Designer: Colleen Larson
Editor: Rachel Katz