Thursday, August 27, 2015

Serpent's Lullaby

Director Patricia Chica's SERPENT'S LULLABY continues to win awards at Festivals all over the world!

FESTIVALS - 2014

Festival de Cannes – Cannes Court Metrage, France, May 2014 (Winner “Coup de Coeur”)

Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal PQ, July 31, 2014

Rhode Island International Film Festival, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, August 5-10, 2014

Holly Shorts, Los Angeles, CA USA, August 2014

15^th Festival du film Fantastique Quebecois, Vitesse Lumiere, September 11-14, 2014

Feratum FilmFest, Tlalpujahua, Mexico, October 2-5, 2014

5^th Oaxaca FilmFest, Oaxaca, Mexico, October 4-11, 2014 (5 screenings)

Munich Underground Film Festival, Munich, Germany, December 2014

15^th Annual Rhode Island International Horror Festival, Providence, RI, USA, October 20-26, 2014

6^th Edition Festival du Film Fantastique de Rouen, Rouen, France, October 23-16, 2014

Blood In The Snow Film Festival, Toronto, ON, November 28, 2014 (Opening Night x2 Screenings)

Festival Longue Vue sur le Court, Montreal, QC, November 28-30, 2014 (2 screenings)

El Cid Short Film Night, Los Angeles, CA, December 1^st, 2014

Etheria Film Festival, Boston, MA, December 12-13, 2014

FESTIVALS - 2015

Little Terrors, Volume 33, Evil Incarnate, Rue Morgue Magazine & Unstable Ground, Toronto, ON, January 28, 2015

Women in Horror, Camp Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA, February 15, 2015

Magnolia Independent Film Festival, Starkville, Mississippi, USA, February 19-21, 2015 (Winner Best Short Film)

RadCon 6C – SF&F Convention, Pasco, WA, February 13, 2015

33^rd Edition des Rendez-vous du Cinema Quebecois, Montreal, PQ, February 27, 2015

Lakeshorts International Film Festival, Toronto, ON May 1 & 2, 2015 (Winner Scotiabank Most Original Film)

Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto, ON, June 19, 2015

Sasquan International Film Festival, The 2015 Worldcon, Spokane, WA, August 17-20, 2015

Tri-Cities International Fantastic Film Festival, Richland WA, October 16-18, 2015

Cabriolet Film Festival, Beirut, Lebanon, May 29-31, 2015

Fantafestival, Rome, Italy June 22-29th

BACKSTAGE

A television series by Fresh TV and DHX for Disney & Family Channel

30 episodes, 34 days, 1 gallery day, 2 units w/5 cameras, feeding 200 people/day - all in one location! Who says you can't shoot 100+ pages a week?

Backstage

PREMIERES Friday March 18 at 7pm et/pt

About the Show

Backstage follows a group of very talented teenagers as they sing, dance, and perform their way to the top at the famous Keaton School of the Arts! From the disappointments of failure, to the new friendships and crowning achievements, being a student at Keaton means you’re on the path to becoming a star!

A Tricky Treat

A TRICKY TREAT wins big in NYC!

A Tricky Treat

A Tricky Treat wins four top awards at the Macabre Faire Film Festival in NYC!

Best Film
Best Director
Best Editing
Best SPFX

Biography

BYRON A. MARTIN

Producer
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003072/

Byron A. Martin is an award-winning producer who develops independent film, television and documentary projects. To date he has produced almost 100 hours of television, filming projects in sixteen countries. He has produced projects for Disney, Sony, Universal, Turner, Bell Media, DHX and Crown Media. He has produced projects for Disney, Sony, Universal, Turner, Bell Media, DHX and Crown Media.

From THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, LAND OF THE DEAD, RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE (3D) to AMERICAN PIE presents BETA HOUSE and AMERICAN PIE presents THE NAKED MILE, Byron has a tremendous scale and scope of production experience.

He has managed productions for some of Hollywood's leading producers. such as Jerry Bruckheimer, Sam Raimi, Raffaellla De Laurentis, Laurence Mark, John Singleton, Mark Canton, Lauren Shuler Donner, Dick Wolf, Ralph Winter and Don Carmody.

He has twice been honoured as the Best Independent Film Producer, Canada in 2016 and most recently in 2017. Most recently, Corporate Vision Magazine honoured his company with a Canadian Business Award naming it “Best Canadian Producer 2019”.

LINKS

Tomorrow's Power

TOMORROW’S POWER showcases three communities from Gaza, Colombia and Germany and their responses to the environmental and economical crises they face. The project was filmed in Germany, Gaza and Colombia. Directed by award winning filmmaker, Amy Miller, the project is being screened at Festivals around the world.

The Carbon Rush

Focuses on the suffering caused by carbon trading around the world and the failure of global carbon markets to stop climate change. The project was filmed in 8 countries and is in 6 languages. Directed by award winning filmmaker Amy Miller and narrated by Daryl Hannah (English versions) and Karine Vanasse (French versions). The Carbon Rush book from Red Deer Press comes out in the spring of 2014.

The Devil's Teardrop

Based on Jeffery Deaver's NY best selling novel, for Sony Pictures Television. Filmed in Toronto and Hamilton, ON, Canada, the project stars Tom Everett Scott, Natasha Henstridge, Rena Sofer and was directed by Norma Bailey.

Phantom Punch

“Before Tyson, there was Liston”. The story of World heavyweight champion boxer Charles L. "Sonny" Liston, who was knocked down 2 minutes into a championship fight by a seemingly harmless right hook from Muhammad Ali. It would forever be known as the "Phantom Punch". Liston later died under mysterious circumstances. Starring Ving Rhames as the famous boxer, the project debuted at Cannes in 2008.

Wild Cherry

In high school, three girlfriends decide to make a secret pact with each other to wait to have sex, save themselves until they feel the time is right, despite an aggressive plan from the opposing sex. Shot in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is currently airing on TMN and available on DVD.

SELECTED AWARDS

Flickers' Ambassador Award, "Morning After", Rhode Island International Film Festival, August 12, 2017

Best Feature Documentary, "Tomorrow's Power", Sydney World FilmFest, December 2016

Best Film, "The Carbon Rush", Festival de Cine Verde de Barichara, Barichara, Colombia, September 17-21, 2014

Best Screenplay, "The Carbon Rush" 17^th Internacional Festival of Tourism, Environmental, Sports and Film Gastonomic (MEFEST), Vlasina Lake, Serbia, July 11-14, 2013

The Indie Festival, Award of Merit, "The Carbon Rush", April 2012

Omaha Film Festival, Best Feature Film, "Phantom Punch", February 2009

American Medical Association, “S.I.D.S.: A Special Report”, November 1997

National Educational Media Network, “S.I.D.S.: A Special Report”, May 1996

The Houston International Film Festival, “S.I.D.S.: A Special Report”, April 1996

First Choice 5th Annual Great CDN. Shorts Contest ($4000.00) “Addiction ”, July 1990

Norman Jewison Filmmaker Award ($1200.00)

“Evil Underground ”, November 1989

CBC TELEFEST '89 Award Best Long Non Documentary,

“Evil Underground”, May 1989

Norman Jewison Film Scholarship ($2000.00) “Addiction”, “Gridwork”, “Final Arrangements”, November 1988

Selected by Ryerson and IMAX Systems Corporation for the IMAX/OMNIMAX Filmmaker's Symposium in Bradford, England, June 1988

The Jerry Forbes Memorial Bursary Broadcasting Scholarship, CISN-FM ($2,000) May 1984 (N.A.I.T.)

Best Half-Hour Production “The Penthouse“ CBC TELEVISION, May 1985, (N.A.I.T.)

Byron A. Martin

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Serpent's Lullaby

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A TRICKY TREAT wins big in NYC!

A Tricky Treat

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