Daniel Pace wins the Heineken Red Star Award at the San Diego Film Festival for his film "The Appearance of a Man." The film also won "Best Lead Actor" (Michael Tassoni).   The Heineken Red Star Award was created to recognize and celebrate the achievements of today's most progressive and gifted directors in independent film. The latest brand initiative to support and empower up-and-coming filmmakers, and celebrate their passion and achievement, The H...

Actually, it's Daniel 8:15, and the film title derive from that passage in the Bible:   Daniel 8:15 (King James Version) And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. Despite the religious overtones, there is no dogmatic message. We didn’t want to get our spin in and control the audience’s conclusions. We wanted the audience to draw their own conclusi...

"The appearance of a man" is mystery about the supernatural and the unknown. We are all looking for meaning and that was my inspiration. When you look at the Bible and other religious scriptures, and compare them with current reports of ufos and aliens there are a number of similarities. Ezekiel’s visions in the Bible or even Daniel’s are similar to descriptions of ufos and aliens today. Even the element of fear is common in both. Ufo followers talk about bad aliens (reptilians, ...