Comments on: SHORT FILM CONTEST WINNER/RUNNER-UP: SPRING ’13

By: SHORT FILM CONTEST WINNER/RUNNER-UP: FALL ’13 – Hammer to Nail

SHORT FILM CONTEST WINNER/RUNNER-UP: FALL ’13 – Hammer to Nail — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:05:06 +0000

[…] As always, we’d like to thank our generous judges for participating in our Fall ’13 Short Film Contest: Matt Porterfield (go see his I Used To Be Darker right now if it’s playing in a theater near you!), Nellie Killian (programmer at BAMcinématek), and Grainger David (The Chair, winner of the Spring ’13 HTN Short Film Contest). […]

By: FALL ’13 SHORT FILM CONTEST — SUBMISSIONS OPEN! – Hammer to Nail

FALL ’13 SHORT FILM CONTEST — SUBMISSIONS OPEN! – Hammer to Nail — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 17:38:04 +0000

[…] Grainger David‘s NYU Grad Film thesis The Chair was the only American short film nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. He is currently at work on a feature script with support from the San Francisco Film Society, and in post-production on a new short starring Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men). ***The Chair was the winner of the Spring ’13 HTN Short Film Contest*** […]

By: SUMMER ’13 SHORT FILM CONTEST — SUBMISSIONS OPEN – Hammer to Nail

SUMMER ’13 SHORT FILM CONTEST — SUBMISSIONS OPEN – Hammer to Nail — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:10:31 +0000

[…] Spring 2013 — Winner: The Chair (Grainger David); Runner-up: Gold Party (Nellie Kluz); Judges: David Lowery, Dustin Smith, Adam Keleman […]

By: Tully

Tully — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:16:00 +0000

I hear what you’re saying, but the reality is that we’re still talking about a short film here. I am pretty firmly embedded in the festival circuit and until The Chair was submitted to our contest, I had never seen it. Yes, it’s got a rather impressive pedigree, but how many people reading this post have actually seen it? The entries we receive are treated equally. To disqualify a film like The Chair because it played at Cannes seems unfair to the filmmaker for taking the time to submit to our contest, and for us to set a rule that “no film that played Cannes is allowed to enter” seems silly, especially since we are talking about shorts.

By: jamil

jamil — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:11:00 +0000

really helping that chair film out. must be hard getting attention for a film that played at cannes.

By: millie lammoreaux

millie lammoreaux — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:36:00 +0000

George Washingchair.

Like “mumblecore,” this aesthetic is a dramaturgical end-run around having to do the difficult gruntwork of narrative: crafting characters with strong wants and the dramatic scenes that force them to change and grow.

By: kat

kat — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:14:00 +0000

Chair of the Southern Wild

By: millie lammoreaux

millie lammoreaux — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:00:00 +0000

Can we just please for the love of god stop with the fake Terrence Malick shit? Like, for once, ever?

I’m sorry, I don’t doubt the movie is “good” but can we fucking push an aesthetic boundary or two? Can we make movies that attempt to define ourselves without direct reference to the most critic-beloved filmmaker of the present age? Can we at least take what he does and turn it on its head? Problematize it? Challenge it? Add it to something strongly different?

I mean, Jesus fuck, I’ll take something called “I Am Not a Hipster” over this.

By: CHAIR, THE – Hammer to Nail

CHAIR, THE – Hammer to Nail — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:39:19 +0000

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