TEEN TIMES by Cody Hilton FILM AWARD CONTENDERS INCLUDE The numerous films that will be up for consideration at the Golden Globes and the Oscars should make it really interesting this year. The film Argo really shines the light on Ben Affleck's talent in all areas. Anna Karenina is historically interesting and the costumes are good, but this seemed like a Russian inspired chick flick. Les Mis will probably win lots of awards this year. I always enjoy a character developed by Tony Hopkins and Hitchcock is worth the price. Hobbit in 3D is three hours of very interesting and all round good film making. So far things are looking very challenging for anyone voting for the best in all film categories this year.    
Here's looking at you movie lovers! If you are planning to attend the Santa Barbara International Film Festival visit www.sbiff.org for tickets and information. __________________________________________________________________ THE 10th ANNUAL 10-10-10 STUDENT COMPETITIONS BEGINS
AT THE 28th SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (which runs January 24-February 3) will present the 10-10-10 Student Filmmaking Competition for the eighth consecutive year. SBIFF will also continue the exciting 10-10-10 Student Screenwriting Competition which debuted in 2006. These events bring together student filmmakers and screenwriters with industry professionals in an effort to encourage and assist the next generation of filmmakers.
The Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Business First Bank and Final Draft features 10 writers who were selected out of 42 submissions from Santa Barbara area high school and college students who submitted a 10-page sample of their best work screenplay, stage play, or short story. The five best script samples were chosen from the high school level and five from the college level. The finalists were then assigned a storyline and an industry professional to mentor them during the writing of their screenplay. Finalists met with their mentor throughout the process.
The 10 student screenplays will be officially matched at the press conference with a category-appropriate filmmaking finalist from the 10-10-10 Student Filmmaking Competition. These 10 students, selected from 46 submissions, will direct a 10-minute film during the 10 days of the 28th Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
On Sunday, February 3, at 1:00 pm at the Lobero Theatre, the 10 films will be screened and judged on both filmmaking and screenwriting criteria. A winner in each of the competitions will be selected from both the high school and college levels. The winning films will be shown at the Closing Night festivities later that evening at the Arlington Theatre.
Finalists of the 10-10-10 Student Screenwriting and Filmmaking Competition sponsored by Business First Bank and Final Draft:
Screenwriting Finalists
High School
Genevieve Hatfield Anacapa School
Blake Benlan Dos Pueblos High School
Ainslee Scott Dos Pueblos High School
Jillian Fisher San Marcos High School
Leanne Sturman San Marcos High School
College
Gabriella Guillen SBCC
Mia Bolton Brooks Institute
Corie Anderson UCSB
Paula Ersly UCSB
Jeffery Lovelace Anitoch University
Filmmaking Finalists
High School
Patrick Alcerro Anacapa School
Patrick Hall Santa Barbara High School
Jackson Duneier Santa Barbara High School
Jason Phreaner San Marcos High School
Kendall Weaver Dos Pueblos High School
College
Kevin Huang Brooks Institute
Johan Bodell - SBCC
Kit Larson - SBCC
Nick Funk Brooks Institute
Ben Goalabre - SBCC
The mentors for this years 10-10-10 Competition are:
SCREENWRITING MENTORS
Glenn Leopold- Emmy nominated Writer, Disneys Doug, The Smurfs, Scooby-Doo, Pink Panther and Sons, Fantastic Four
Josh Conviser- Writer/Executive Consultant, Rome
Mashey Bernstein - teaches writing and film at University of California Santa Barbara
Rob Sternin and Prudence Fraser Writers/Producers, Whos the Boss?, The Nanny
Teresa Tucker Davies Producer/Writer, Steal Big Steal Little, Chain Reaction, A Perfect Murder, Collateral Damage, Holes.
Jeff King Producer/Writer, Due South, E.N.G., Night Heat
Paul Kurta Producer, Empire Records, Tomcats, Veronica Mars
Victoria Riskin Producer/Writer, My Antonia, World War II: When Lions Roared
Peter Seaman-Writer/Producer, Shrek the Third, Last Holiday, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Wild Wild West, Doc Hollywood, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Trenchcoat
FILMMAKING MENTORS
Artie Schmidt - Academy Award winning Editor, Forrest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Coal Miners Daughter, Jaws 2, Back to the Future I,II and III, The Last of the Mohicans, The Birdcage, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
Perry Lang Director ER, NYPD Blue, Dawsons Creek, Alias, Everwood, Army Wives, Weeds, NCIS: Los Angeles
Mark Piznarski Director/Producer/Writer, Gossip Girl, NYPD Blue, American Dreams, Here on Earth, Veronica Mars, My So Called Life
David Schiederman- Producer/Writer- Level Up, Chasing Liberty, The Afterlife
Brent Sumner- Editor/Cinematographer, Blue Belle, Simon Sez, Above Santa Barbara, Citizen McCaw, Faces & Names
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