"terroir" has been selected to the 10th Cinefantasy International Fantastic Film Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil for September 8-20, 2020. Written, helmed and sung by Dawn Westlake and produced under her Ron de Cana Prods, Inc. shingle, "terroir" is about the mother-child relationship and how it can unfortunately sometimes affect our perceptions of very capable female leaders in all sectors of society. The film recently won the Audience Award at the UNCG Sustainability Film Fes...
Roberto Christo of REVISTA CLIQUISH interviewed LA-based filmmaker Dawn Westlake from his office in Sao Paulo last week. http://www.revistacliquish.com/2014/05/an-interview-with-dawn-westlake.html
(If you'd prefer to read it in Portuguese, click here: http://www.revistacliquish.com/2014/05/entrevista-com-dawn-westlake.html)
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Dawn Westlake is featured in Roberto Christo's blog on February 13, 2014: http://robertochristo.blogspot.com.br/
Translation: Long live Dawn Westlake!
Only a few people can make a living in art and culture, even with incentive laws and government edicts (like in Brazil) such a task sometimes seems impossible. But everyone in the world faces such hurdles, especially those who are just starting out. Getting sponsorship is difficult in times of economic surplus, so just imagine during crisis...
"Found Objects" (2012) will have its South American premiere in the Art Deco Film Festival playing in Sao Paulo, Belem, Brasilia, and Florianopolis, Brazil between May 13-21, 2013. The film was shot in HD on the Canon C300 by Brandon Bondehagen and stars British actress Jo-Anne Krupa, 5x Emmy Award winner Joey D'Auria, and Italian actor Emanuele Secci, known in Italy for his fastweb spot with George Clooney and popular with Sundance audiences for his role in the Lena Dunham-scripte...
All information will be posted soon!
"Covariance" has been nominated for two awards by the jury of the 2012 Art Deco Film Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The
13.5-minute film which explores the fantasies of two gambling addicts
has garnered nods as Best Digital Capture Film and Best Actress for Dawn
Westlake.
http://www.festivalartdeco.blogspot.com/p/indicacoesnominations.html
Westlake was named a Canon Platinum Filmmaker in 2002. She made
"Covariance" with generous support in the camera d...
"Covariance" (2011/USA/13.5 mins.) received its 22nd film festival acceptance from Sao Paulo, Brazil for the Art Deco Film Festival, July 2-21, 2012.
The film stars David Razowsky and Dawn Westlake. Cinematography is by Francesco Uboldi. 2nd Unit/DIT/Editing by Brandon Bondehagen. The film was generously supported in the camera department by Canon USA, Inc. and was shot on three Canon 5D Mark IIs.
For more info and to see a trailer, please visit: http://www.dawnwestlake.com...
"A.L.I.C.E." has been nominated for TWO awards at the Art Deco
Film Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil: BEST DIGITAL FILM (Dawn Westlake)
and BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Francesco Uboldi). The film screens there on
May 20th, 2011.
"A.L.I.C.E." is currently screening in Cannes, presented by Ouat Media.
For more information, please contact fred.joubaud@ouatmedia.com
For more info on the film, please visit: http://www.dawnwestlake.com/dawnwestlake/rondecana/films/ali...
"A.L.I.C.E." will be screened in the Art Deco Film Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 20th. Director/producer Dawn Westlake learned about Art Deco through a post they made on the film's Fest21.com page. So, thank you/merci to Bruno Chatelin and all the folks behind-the-scenes here at Fest21 and filmfestivals.com !!!
"A.L.I.C.E." is available for broadcast sales and will be presented in the Cannes Short Film Corner 2011 by Ouat Media. For more information, please cont...
The singular 4+1 Film Festival MAPPFRE FOUNDATION- that will be held
simultaneously in Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Ciudad de México, Madrid and São
Paulo from November 11th to the 14th of 2010- will have 12 movies from 12
countries in its first edition’s competitive section. Prestigious filmmakers
such as Gus Van Sant, Jane Campion or Agnes Varda and new top directors
as Filipino Raya Marin, Cambodian Rithy Pann or Argentinean Pablo Agüero,
among others, will be competing for the B...
This movie was produced with low budget . It was the first with a computer, a digital photograph câmera (record only 12 photos at maximum with no memory expansion) and a lot of entusiastic view. Only in portuguese, cause i didn't translate it yet... yet!
