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Lavis and Szczerbowski Bring Human Emotion to Stop-Motion Puppets in Their 2008 Academy Award-Nominated Film by Mary Ann Skweres Bringing human emotion and expressiveness to stop-motion puppets was the most important creative issue that directors Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski faced as they formulated ideas for what has become their 2008 Academy Award nominated film,… …
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First-Time Feature Director Aloura Charles Successfully Wrangles Ensemble in Award-Winning Film by Mary Ann Skweres Reservations, the award-winning feature from writer-director Aloura Charles, made the festival rounds, opened the Reel Women International Film Festival in Beverly Hills, California and closed the Women’s Film Festival of Vancouver. The script started as three shorts that possessed a… …
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by Mary Ann Skweres Set in the steamy jungles of southern India during the turbulent nationalist era of the 1930’s, Before the Rains floods the viewer with a visual imagery that powerfully tells the story of an idealist young man (Rahul Bose) torn between two worlds – the desire for a modern future and the… …
