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| Posted: Calling all budding filmmakers! Here's a chance to show off your short films and win a grant. One of Malaysia's most prestigious short film competitions is back! This year's BMW Shorties competition, which is now in its seventh year, was launched yesterday with the theme "Inspiration". Similar to previous years, winners stand a chance to win film grants of up to RM75,000. The panel of judges this year include commercial filmmaker Lina Tan, feature film producer Nandita Solomon, actress Sharifah Amani, film editor Wong Hui Lynn and director Sharad Sharan. Other awards include Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Editing and Best Sound Engineering and the People's Choice Award. Chief executive officer of BMW Group Malaysia Dr Gerhard Pils said, "We see Inspiration as a guiding principle in innovation and design as it enables us to bring life to our imaginations." The event launch was in conjunction with the premiere of Pizza, the winning film from last year's competition, by Dick Chua. Pizza is based on a real-life kidnapping case that took place many years ago. Chua, 30, who hails from Kelantan, thanked his parents for allowing him to venture into the film industry after the premiere of his movie. Deadline for submission of entries is Oct 31, 2013. For more information, visit www.bmwshorties.com.my. |
| Posted: The Star Trek and Star Wars VII director is set to recreate the robots of Westworld for HBO. The director of Star Wars VII, JJ Abrams, is working on an adaptation of a 1973 science fiction film directed by Michael Crichton. In his first collaboration with HBO, Abrams will provide a modern take on Michael Crichton's Westworld. The original film is set in a futuristic theme park, where a cast of androids allows visitors to take a virtual trip to the time and place of their choosing. For two friends and businessmen who visit the park and travel to the Far West, a fun day out turns into a nightmare when a technical malfunction allows the machines to take control. Written and directed by Crichton, the film starred Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin and Dick Van Patten. The upcoming adaptation will be written and created by Jonathan Nolan, who created the CBS series Person Of Interest – produced by Abrams – and who wrote the screenplay for the last two Batman films directed by his brother, Christopher Nolan. Abrams seems to have taken up a particular fascination with robots this season, having produced Almost Human, a series on a joint force of robots and police officers, which will air in the US on FOX from Nov 5. In addition to new seasons of Person Of Interest and Revolution, the former Lost producer will present Believe in 2014 on NBC. TV audiences are familiar with the work of Michael Crichton, who created the long-running series E.R. The writer and director also penned the novel that inspired Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park. — AFP Relaxnews |
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