American Zoetrope

Fujifilm and Decentralized Pictures Announce the 2024 / 2025 Fujifilm Aspiring Filmmakers Award Series

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Monday, February 12, 2024

The 2024 / 2025 Fujifilm Aspiring Filmmakers Award Series of quarterly awards will be hosted on the DCP platform, where DCP’s community of film fans and enthusiasts will have the opportunity to vote to choose filmmakers who will be awarded FUJIFILM digital cameras with lens kit products, as well as production support and mentorship.

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  • The 2024 / 2025 Fujifilm Aspiring Filmmakers Award Series of quarterly awards will be hosted on the DCP platform, where DCP’s community of film fans and enthusiasts will have the opportunity to vote to choose filmmakers who will be awarded FUJIFILM digital cameras with lens kit products, as well as production support and mentorship.
  • Fujifilm Aspiring Filmmakers Award Series, Phase One (2024): U.S.-resident filmmakers will be invited to submit proposals on the DCP platform for three- to five-minute short films based on a creative prompt unique to each quarter in 2024.
  • Fujifilm Aspiring Filmmakers Award Series, Phase Two (2025): In Spring 2025, the 12 Phase One Award projects will be entered into a second creative award on the DCP platform to be rated by the DCP community.
  • “We’re thrilled to launch this award series with a partner that shares our dedication to championing aspiring filmmakers, and excited to see which projects our community chooses to support on the DCP platform.”

Coppola-backed Decentralized Pictures Partners with Kevin Smith on SMODCastle Film Festival and DCP Film Financing Award

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Decentralized Pictures Foundation (DCP) and acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Smith have announced a partnership on initiatives to support aspiring filmmakers.

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  • Decentralized Pictures Foundation (DCP) and acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Smith have announced a partnership on initiatives to support aspiring filmmakers.
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    DCP will sponsor SMODCastle, the film festival founded by Smith and friends and hosted by Smith and festival director Ernie ODonnell.
  • The SMODCastle Film Festival will get a cash grant from DCP of $10,000 USD in FILMCredits and FILMCrew NFTs to distribute amongst the participants of the festival.
  • DCP and Smith are also announcing the Kevin Smith Financing Award on the DCP platform.

Author Preuss Boards Claxson Media’s Upcoming Sci-Fi Series Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime Adaptation

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021

via NewMediaWire -- Claxson Media Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Roberto Vivo, confirmed earlier today that Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime author and science writer, Paul Preuss, has agreed to join the book-to-screen adaptation as a consultant for the planned upcoming television series based on Preuss’ and the late Arthur C. Clarke’s sci-fi novel series of the same name. Paul Preuss’ consulting deal was negotiated by Preuss and iBooks’ John T. Colby, Jr. along with agent Alan Morell of Creative Management Partners (CMP) of Beverly Hills, CA, who additionally represents Dwayne Hill, David Cormican, Brick Tower Press, J. Boylston & Company Publishers, Claxson Interactive and Claxson Lifestyle Holdings LLC.

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  • Bringing Paul (Preuss) on board the screen-based adaptation of the Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime novels brings a level of nuanced authenticity and access to the science and tech blended with the world and scenarios that have been re-imagined by Hill and Cormican as they develop the material, says Roberto Vivo, Claxson Media Chairman and CEO.
  • The Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime series written by Preuss was originally published between 1987 and 1991 by Byron Preiss.
  • The story for the novels was adapted from six short stories written by the late science-fiction author and Academy-Award nominated screenwriter, Sir Arthur C. Clarke (2001: A Space Odyssey).The selection and ordering of the short stories within the Venus Prime series of novels was performed by Preuss.
  • Preuss consulting deal was negotiated by Preuss and iBooks John T. Colby, Jr. along with agent Alan Morell of Creative Management Partners (CMP) of Beverly Hills, CA.

Independent Filmmaker Ryan McCoy Climbs 'The Ant Hill'

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Friday, March 27, 2020

"I'm committed to the same type of innovation and independent spirit that American Zoetrope brought to the industry when it launched in 1969," McCoy said.

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  • "I'm committed to the same type of innovation and independent spirit that American Zoetrope brought to the industry when it launched in 1969," McCoy said.
  • "I believe that today, audiences are being fed spectacle over story and structure.
  • While box office results have never been higher, the costboth in money and integrityis too great for the current system to correct itself."
  • McCoy is the author of Black Angel, a memoir of his struggle with bipolar disorder.