Sundance Film Festival captures human experience (final blog post from Sundance)

February 11, 2013 By 1 Comment
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My final blog post about Sundance 2013: In this year's Sundance Film Festival, the first I've attended, women made half of the approximately 200 films screened. This is a milestone even for a festival that has celebrated independent filmmaking from its beginning in the early 1980s. The cinematic lineup of the 2013 festival, held Jan. 17-27, included films from 39 countries and 51 first-time filmmakers. I saw only 21 films in competition or premiering at the festival (and three others), but … [Read more...]

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Catholic Christian criteria for awarding films

January 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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  SIGNIS and INTERFILM Criteria for Juries  I have had the privilege of serving on Catholic and Ecumenical Juries at Berlin (2004), Venice (2000, 2010), and Locarno (2006). Here are the criteria that SIGNIS, the World Catholic Organization for Communication, and INTERFILM (the International Interchurch Film Organization), have developed to inform and guide jury members as they discern winning films: The Ecumenical Jury makes awards to films and to filmmakers according to the … [Read more...]

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Cannes 2012 Ecumenical Jury Prize “The Hunt” & “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

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Catholics in Media Awards: honorees announced

April 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment

19th Annual Catholics in Media Awards c/o Catholics in Media Associates 12400 Ventura Blvd. PMB 228 Studio City, CA 91604 818.907.2734 www.catholicsinmedia.org catholicsinmedia@aol.com 19th Catholics in Media Awards to Hugo, Modern Family, I Am & The Way at April 29th Awards Program “Bold and Beautiful” Star John McCook to MC Ubiquity Pictures CEO Barbara M. Gangi is Honorary Chairperson  (Los Angeles, CA, April 2, 2012) – The Catholics in Media Associates (CIMA) 19th Annual … [Read more...]

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A (Dinner) Prayer for Film & TV Writers via the Humanitas Prize

April 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

A couple of  Saturdays ago I received a call from Soozie Eastman, Director of Programs for the  Humanitas Prize. For the second year I was going to be one of the script readers to decide on which ones will receive this prestigious award trophy and cash prize. All the readers for television and film scripts were having dinner together that evening to pick up the parcels and share some inspiration. Soozie asked me to say grace. I thought I would share this on my blog so that everyone could join … [Read more...]

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“Brothers” and “Bandslam” to receive Gabriel Awards

May 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

45th Annual Gabriel Awards to Brothers; Bandslam; Gifted Hands; KNOM Radio (Alaska); WWJ-AM Radio (Southfield, MI); and CatholicTV (Watertown, MA); receive station honors; Univision KTVW Channel 33 (Phoenix) and EWTN honored for Spanish-language programming The Gabriel Award winners for 2010 have been announced. This year’s honorees include two motion pictures, fourteen television programs, ten radio programs and four Spanish-language television programs. The annual awards are presented to … [Read more...]

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Sr. Rose’s Oscar Picks 2010

March 3, 2010 By 7 Comments

The Oscars 2010: Movies that Connect Us Forty-two feature films have been nominated in a variety of categories for the  82nd Academy Awards  that will take place at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles on March 7.  In a throw back to the 1930’s and 1940’s, when anywhere between eight and twelve films were nominated for Best Picture, the Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) decided in 2009 to expand the category to ten feature films so that additional deserving films might be … [Read more...]

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CIMA Awards Press Release

March 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

For immediate release, please Press Contacts:  Jennifer Mulhall / 323.575.3494 jennifermulhall@boldandbeautiful.tv Frank Tobin / 323.661.3720 fxtobin@aol.com Catholics in Media Associates (CIMA) 17th Annual Awards honor Fox Television’s “Glee” and The Hurt Locker” Sr. Rose Pacatte, FSP receives CIMA Board of Directors Award Golden Globe Award-winner Samantha Eggar hosts Beverly Hills Hotel event (Los Angeles, CA, February 28, 2010 –  The Catholics in Media … [Read more...]

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CIMA Awards: Board of Directors Award – Sr. Rose’s remarks

March 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I am so very grateful for this award. I was at the movies when Jane Abbott, the president of CIMA called me, twice, and I let it go to message because, well, I was at the movies, and when one is at the movies, one should be there. I called her back from Barnes and Noble’s after. Jane told me about the Board of Directors Award and I was very moved to be considered – and momentarily rendered speechless.  You really managed to surprise me. Before I thank several people who brought me to this … [Read more...]

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