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Dirty Step Upstage accepted into another festival
July 18th, 2010Funday Sundays is a diversion from the rest of the week.
We’ve had a lot of movement on the film festival front. Last week Dirty Step Upstage won Best of Show: Feature Film at The Accolade Competition. And I’ve just found out that Route 66 Film Festival will be showing Dirty Step Upstage on September 17 at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield, Illinois. Moviemaker magazine listed the Route 66 Film Festival as one of the 25 festivals worth the entry fee.
The Route 66 Film Festival began in 2002 as a part of the Mother Road Festival celebrating the vehicles and history of the famous highway. Their mission is to support and recognize independent filmmakers of all ages and backgrounds. The general theme of the festival is journey, whether emotional, physical, spiritual or personal. And Dirty Step Upstage has been quite the journey.
Teaser and trailer follow…
July 18th,2010 Awards, Blogging, Dirty Step Upstage, Events, Festivals, Funday Sundays, Video | Sections: Best of Show, Dirty Step Upstage, official selection, Route 66 Film Festival, The Accolade Competition | No CommentsDirty Step Upstage wins Best of Show Accolade
July 11th, 2010Funday Sundays is a diversion from the rest of the week.
Funday Sunday indeed. I received a letter from The Accolade Competition announcing that Dirty Step Upstage won Best Of Show, with the quote:
DIRECTOR AMBER MOELTER EXHIBITS UNIQUE VISION AND APPROACH.
The Accolade awards go to “filmmakers, television producers and videographers who produce fresh, standout entertainment and compelling documentaries. The Accolade is an international awards competition that honors those who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity.”
Dirty Step Upstage was was one of four films to be bestowed this honor, the other were: Columbia college short film ”Final Revision” , music video ”The Me You See”, and Australian comedy program “Wilfred – Series 2″.
The letter from Accolade says:
You can be justifiably proud of winning an Accolade. The judging standards are high and winning means the craft and creativity exhibited by your entry is outstanding and stands above other productions.
Many thanks go to my amazing cast and crew, without which this wouldn’t have been possible.
July 11th,2010 Awards, Blogging, Dirty Step Upstage, Events, Festivals, Funday Sundays | Sections: Accolade, Best of Show, Dirty Step Upstage, feature film, The Accolade Competition | 1 CommentDirty Step Upstage receives 3 nominations at Washington, D.C. Festival
June 17th, 2010On Theatrical Thursdays I write about movies.
We just received the news that “Dirty Step Upstage” has garnered three nominations at the World Music & Independent Film Festival: Best Actress for Nova Reid (who already won Best Actress at the Maverick Movie Awards), Best Actor for Tom Wontner (who received a nomination at Maverick Movie Awards), and Best Original Soundtrack (which also had a nomination at the Maverick Movie Awards).
The awards will be given out on August 21 at their red carpet event at the Capital Hilton, which will welcome special guest stars Louis Gossett, Jr. (An Officer and a Gentleman), Johnny Alonso (Dawson’s Creek/One Tree Hill), Cynthia Rothrock (Shanghai Express) and more. If you are interested in attending you can purchase tickets here. Part of the proceeds will go to the Leukemia and Lyphoma Society as well as an art fund for Foster Children.
Congratulations go to my talented cast and musicians that contributed to the soundtrack!
In similar news, Dirty Step Upstage won “Best Drama” Van Gough Award from Amsterdam Film Festival on May 31. I announced it earlier this month in my newsletter but not on the blog. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.
June 17th,2010 Awards, Blogging, Dirty Step Upstage, Events, Festivals, Theatrical Thursdays | Sections: Amsterdam Film Festival, Awards, Best Drama, D.C., Dirty Step Upstage, film festival, nominations, Nova Reid, Tom Wontner, Washington, World Music and Independent Film Festival | No CommentsIt’s Fan Friday baby!
June 4th, 2010On Fan Fridays I write about fandom.
Today is the first friday of the month, which means it is FAN FRIDAY!
I have relaunched my monthly newsletter to include all ALM Talkies productions…check it out:
If you’re already a newsletter subscriber, look for it in your mailbox. If you’re not, it’s as simple as clicking here and signing up.Here’s some of the news, which you can read more on the newsletter:
-”Dirty Step Upstage” won another award!
-Next week I’ll choose the first costume for my Catwoman Summer Project, so get over to Facebook and have your say before Friday!
-Girl In The Red Dress will be releasing her next single next month. It’s a cover of an iconic disco song (updated in GITRD fashion). Wonder what song it is? Read all about it and the release details in the newsletter.
Newsletter readers will find out about the song’s release before anyone else. If you don’t want to miss out, sign up before the first friday of July. See you on Fan Friday!
June 4th,2010 Blogging, Catwoman, Dirty Step Upstage, Fan Fridays, Girl In The Red Dress | Sections: Catwoman, Dirty Step Upstage, Fan Friday, Girl In The Red Dress, GITRD, Newsletter | No CommentsDirty Step Upstage receives award at Mexico International Film Festival
May 1st, 2010
We just got the news that Dirty Step Upstage is being honored with the Silver Palm award at the Mexico International Film Festival later this month.MIFF contacted us with the news that Dirty Step Upstage “demonstrated excellent and outstanding filmmaking and is deserving of special recognition.”
Sweet!
May 1st,2010 Awards, Blogging, Dirty Step Upstage, Events, Festivals | Sections: Award, Dirty Step Upstage, film festival, Mexico International Film Festival, Silver Palm Award | 6 Comments
