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Admin (120 posts) Dec-11-02, 04:15 PM (EST) "12/11/02 - "Charlotte Sometimes" scores two Independent Spirit Award nominations" Here's a bulletin from the APA First Weekend Club (to join, send an email to APAFirstWeekend@aol.com ). Congrats, Eric and Jacqueline! ____________________ SPECIAL APA FIRST WEEKEND FILM CLUB NEWS!! Big props and congratulations to director ERIC BYLER and actress JACQUELINE KIM and the film CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES for receiveing two (2) nominations for the IFP INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS announced today. The Award cateogries are: 1. JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; Award given to the Writer, Director, and Producer 2. JACQUELINE KIM - for Best Supporting Actress - CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES You go! For other nominees go to: www.indiewire.com Is this a first time that an Asian American director and actress have been nominated? Does anyone know? We will do research and find out and let you know!!! In the meantime, congratulations to Eric and Jacqueline. David APA FIRST WEEKEND FILM CLUB   Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Admin (120 posts) Dec-12-02, 08:48 PM (EST) 2. "RE: 12/11/02 - "Charlotte Sometimes" scores two Independent Spirit Award nominations" Here's the official press release: ________ "CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES" RECEIVES TWO NOMINATIONS FOR 2003 IFP INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS Los Angeles, CA; December 12, 2002 - Nominations for the 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards were announced yesterday. Among indie giants "Lovely and Amazing," "Far From Heaven," and "The Good Girl" were two surprising nominations for a micro-budget Asian American film called "Charlotte Sometimes." Eric Byler (writer/director/producer) and Marc Ambrose (producer) were nominated for the JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (given to the best feature made for under $500,000), and Jacqueline Kim was nominated for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS. Byler, who is half Chinese, wrote, directed, produced and edited the feature, which takes a boldly realistic approach to sex, loneliness, and race in examining four Asian Americans whose lives intersect in a Silver Lake duplex. The Hawaii native received congratulatory phone calls at his hotel room in Honolulu, where "Charlotte Sometimes" screens tonight as the Closing Night Film of Cinema Paradise. "It's sort of odd and really wonderful that I happened to be in Hawaii when this came out," Byler said. "There are so many people here who've supported me all my life. It's a great honor to be recognized, and really kind of a shock." Last month at the Hawaii International Film Festival, the hometown director and his film became the toast of the Islands when renowned critic Roger Ebert published a glowing review in the Chicago Sun-Times, declaring "Charlotte Sometimes" best of the fest. Even so, industry insiders were surprised to see "Charlotte Sometimes" among the nominated films. Greg Williams, CEO of Lot 47, Inc. called the two nominations, "a well-deserved and wonderful achievement, and an exceedingly rare occurrence for a film that has yet to reach audiences beyond the festival circuit." Talks with distributors have heated up since yesterday's announcements. The Sundance Channel selected "Charlotte Sometimes" for a festival called "New Voices for the New Year," with air dates December 30th and 31st. The cable exhibition deal, brokered by the film's Executive Producer John Bard Manulis, CEO of Visionbox Media, provides a six month window for theatrical. Jacqueline Kim's feature credits include "Brokedown Palace," "Volcano," and "Disclosure." "Charlotte Sometimes" also stars Michael Idemoto, Eugenia Yuan, and Matt Westmore. Michael Kastenbaum, President of Zero Pictures and Consulting Producer at Visionbox Media, teamed with Manulis as Executive Producer. Visionbox President Chris Miller served as Co-Producer, with Brooke Dammkohler, and Lara Lyon. Byler is currently in talks to direct the feature film "American Knees," also an Asian American love story, set to go into production this spring. Producers Lisa Onodera ("Picture Bride," "The Debut") and Paige Orloff, with financial backing from Starz/Encore, commissioned Byler to adapt the Shawn Wong novel earlier this year. Byler is represented by Brant Rose of The Brant Rose Agency and David Guc of Vanguard Management. # # # Link to Charlotte Sometimes Official Website: http://www.charlottesometimesthemovie.com/ Link to Roger Ebert's review of "Charlotte Sometimes:" http://www.suntimes.com/output/eb-feature/cst-ftr-ebert07.html   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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