Delray Beach, FL <(December 27, 2009)> Michael Posner, Founder
and Director of The Delray Beach Film Festival announced Michael
Knowles as the winner of the 2010 Script-to-Reel Script Contest.
His short script entitled, Let Yourself Be Heard, about feeling free
to be yourself in an intimate relationship, was selected by a
4-panel judge out of a total of 43 entries.
About the Filmmaker:
Michael Knowles is an award-winning filmmaker who wears many hats --
acting, writing, directing, editing, producing, as well as
cinematography. His feature films, Room 314, One Night, Nikki: A
Girl with Rett Syndrome and his short films, Nick and Stacey, Acting
101, The Lesson, Argo and The System, have played in over 60
domestic and international film festivals, winning many awards along
the way.
Knowles and his first feature, Room 314, received critical acclaim
from The New York Times and Variety during its theatrical run at The
Pioneer Theater. Room 314 was released on home video by Vanguard
Cinema in August 2008.
Knowles’ second feature film, One Night, based on his original
screenplay, starred Melissa Leo, Bill Sage, Michael Muhney, Robert
Clohessy, Paola Mendoza, Aaron Staton, Billy Lush, Christian
Campbell, Holly Fain, Merissa Morin, Frankie Shaw, Bill Dawes, Kevin
Cahoon, Maria Zyrianova and Donnamarie Recco.
Knowles received two Best Director awards for this film. One Night
will be available on VOD in over 10 million homes on January 1st,
2010. One Night will also be released on DVD by Vanguard Cinema in
the spring of 2010.
Knowles is set to direct his third feature film, East Fifth Bliss,
in New York City in April 2010. Michael adapted the novel, East
Fifth Bliss with the novelist, Douglas Light. East Fifth Bliss has
an all-star cast: Michael C. Hall, Lucy Liu, George Segal, Bobby
Cannavale, Michael Rappaport, Brie Larson and Sarah Shahi.
Film Credits:
As an actor Knowles has appeared on the award winning HBO series Sex
And The City as Marathon Man and on an award-winning episode of Law
& Order: SVU as Artie Felton.
Point & Shoot, which premiered at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival,
screened at the 2004 Hamptons International Film Festival, and won
the Audience Award at the 2004 Cinema Paradise Film Festival.
Walking On The Sky, best Dramatic Feature at the 2005 New York
International Film & Video Festival (LA edition).
The Babysitters, starring Cynthia Nixon and John Leguizamo, which
premiered at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival.
Other credits include: Guiding Light, As the World Turns and All My
Children.
About the Festival:
Now in its 5th year, the Delray Beach Film Festival brings
high-quality independent short and feature-length films and
documentaries, panels and workshops, concerts, screenwriter and
filmmaker contests, actors, celebrities, and parties, to Delray
Beach, Florida.
The Delray Beach Film Festival is a non-profit 501 (c-3)
organization dedicated to providing the local community and
international visitors with a diverse presentation of films from
around the world, including a venue of student shorts and Xtreme
sports.
In addition to offering films that might not otherwise be released
theatrically in the USA, DBFF provides a unique cultural experience
as well as educational programs and forums for exploring the future
of cinema.
Founding sponsors for the DBFF are committed to providing the
independent film makers/artist a venue to screen their films and to
network with other filmmakers and industry insiders.
To volunteer at the Festival, please e-mail:
gerimk@aol.com. For more
information, please call (561) 381-3212 or visit our website at:
www.dbff.us or
www.delraybeachfilmfestival.com.
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