The Independent Spirit Awards announced that Dia Sokol is a nominee for the Piaget Producer's Award, for her work on “Beeswax” and “Nights & Weekends." The 13th annual Piaget Producers Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality, independent films. Dia won the 2008 IFP/Adrienne Shelly Foundation Director's Grant for her relationship comedy Sorry Thanks.
Congratulations Dia!
www.spiritawards.com/nomination/dia-sokol
www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/25th-film-independent-spirit-award-nominations-announced-78227017.html
Through February 2 in select cities and theatres!
12/4/2009
Encino, CA: Town Center 5
Pasadena, CA: Playhouse 7 Cinemas
San Francisco, CA: Opera Plaza Cinemas 4
Santa Ana, CA: South Coast Village 3
West Hollywood, CA: Sunset 5
Bloomfield Hills, MI: Maple Art Theatre
Frontenac, MO: Plaza Frontenac Cinema
New York, NY: Village East Cinemas
12/11/2009
San Diego, CA: Hillcrest Cinemas
Portland, OR: Living Room Theaters
Philadelphia, PA: Ritz at the Bourse
Austin, TX: Dobie Theatre
Seattle, WA: Varsity Theatre
12/25/2009
Santa Fe, NM: CCA Cinematheque
2/5/2010
Salem, MA: Cinema Salem 3
"Amreeka," from writer/director and 2009 ASF grant winner Cherien Dabis, has just been nominated for a Gotham Award for Best Feature Film. Congrat's Cherien!
Hello friends:
This year, due to the timing of the early December theatrical release of SERIOUS MOONLIGHT, the film I produced which Adrienne wrote after WAITRESS, we are combining the annual Adrienne Shelly Foundation's fundraising gala with the film's U.S. red-carpet premiere (see details below). The screening and after-party is Thursday December 3rd, and will include the awarding of this year's IFP Adrienne Shelly Director's Grant, co-presented by Cheryl Hines. Please join Cheryl, Meg Ryan and others for a very special evening in support of the Adrienne Shelly Foundation. Tickets are $150, and all proceeds will go towards helping ASF achieve its mission of supporting women filmmakers. Tickets to this exclusive event are extremely limited.
To purchase, please call Jessica Glorieux at 212-381-1716, or email jessicamg@belardiostroy.com
If you cannot attend but would like to make a donation, please click here.
Thank you, as always.
Andy Ostroy
Founder & Executive Director
The Adrienne Shelly Foundation
www.adrienneshellyfoundation.org
Filmmaker and Sundance Lab Alumni Maryam Keshavarz Awarded Inaugural Grant. LOS ANGELES, CA, August 10, 2007 – Today, Sundance Institute, in collaboration with The Adrienne Shelly Foundation, awarded the inaugural Adrienne Shelly Foundation Women Filmmakers Grant to filmmaker Maryam Keshavarz. The establishment of the Grant unites Sundance Institute with The Adrienne Shelly Foundation in its mission to support the advancement of talented women filmmakers.
NEW YORK, March 26, 2007 -- The Adrienne Shelly Foundation, a non-profit
organization dedicated to the memory of writer/director/actor Adrienne Shelly, today announced the launch of several educational initiatives in conjunction with a number of the industry’s premiere film institutions, most of them based in New York.
PARK CITY, UT, January 22, 2007 -- The Adrienne Shelly Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the memory of writer/director/actor Adrienne Shelly, has been established by her husband, Andy Ostroy, who will serve as its executive director. With a focus on women, the organization's mission is to award grants to help finance student films and independent film projects; supplement film school scholarships and awards, and to produce readings of deserving scripts. Other Foundation initiatives will be announced over time.