Planting Hope is now LIVE on the Gates Foundation’s YouTube Channel!
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July25th
No CommentsLIVE on YouTube!
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July13th
Planting Hope (trailer)
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Planting Hope PROMO from kimberly townes on Vimeo.CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL VERSION
SYNOPSIS: Planting Hope documents Master Topiary Surrealist, Pearl Fryar and his campaign to provide funding for high school graduates that show promise despite having low test scores and GPA’s. This project will be the first of it’s kind to document the virtues of the Pearl Fryar Garden and his trans-formative message of love, peace, and positive thinking.
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February6th
Check out my Spotlight Interview with Amaimi Consulting’s Exchange Place–An online resource created to help individuals and start-up businesses reach their entrepreneurial dreams.
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January28th
Planting Hope gets a Green light!
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Green light!Planting Hope is one of eight productions chosen by UCLA and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation to spread awareness about non-traditional means of education.
SYNOPSIS: Planting Hope documents Master Topiary Surrealist, Pearl Fryar and his campaign to provide funding for high school graduates that show promise despite having low test scores and GPA’s. This project will be the first of it’s kind to document the virtues of the Pearl Fryar Garden and his trans-formative message of love, peace, and positive thinking.
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January23rd
Broken Dolls to screen at the 18th Annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival!!!
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“Dolls don’t share secrets”
The 18th annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival hosted by Avatar’s CCH Pounder has accepted my first short film Broken Dolls
Screening(s)
2010 StudentFest Selection 2/11, 2/12, 2/16, 2/17Venue
Culver Plaza Theatres, 9919 Washington Boulevard, Los AngelesCredits
Director(s): Kimberly Townes
Written By: Kimberly Townes
Produced By: Kimberly TownesCast: Bianca DeGroat, Mike Edwards and Ingrid Walters
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December17th
ZERO is the Official Winner of the 2009 UCLA/ Alfred P. Sloan Film Production Grant and the Wasserman Thesis Award!!!
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ZERO, thesis film, is the official winner of the 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Film production grant!!! Zero is also the winner of the 2009 Wasserman Thesis Production Award.The goal of the SLOAN film schools program is to influence the next generation of filmmakers to create more realistic and dramatic stories about science and technology and to challenge existing stereotypes about scientists and engineers through the visual media. This innovative program awards prizes at six leading film schools:
* American Film Institute
* UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
* Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
* Columbia University Film Department
* NYU Tisch School of the Arts
* USC School of Cinematic ArtsClick here for more information
or visit: http://www.sloan.org/program/18/page/40
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July2nd
VISIT:http://artsci.ucla.edu/katrina
Kimberly Townes – Content Producer, Editor, Research AssistantUCLA Katrina: NO-LA premieres at SIGGRAPH 09 in New Orleans at the Information Aesthetics Showcase.
The Katrina Project: NO-LA is a database-driven, activist website that explores the psychological and social effects of the storm and its aftermath through interviews with, and works by, filmmakers, artists, dancers, musicians, architects and cooks in New Orleans and Los Angeles. -
April28th
Game Master ha been selected to screen at the Hollywood Black Film Festival.The Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF), dubbed “The Black Sundance,” is an annual 6-day celebration of Black Cinema drawing together established filmmakers, popular film and TV stars, writers, directors, industry executives, emerging artists, and diverse audiences from Hollywood and around the world.Attracting such stars and industry insiders as Academy Award® winners Sidney Poitier, Forest Whitaker, John Singleton, Spike Lee, George Tillman, Tina Andrews, Reuben Cannon, Cedric The Entertainer, Anthony Anderson, Blair Underwood, Sanaa Lathan, Antwone Fisher, Ice-T, Rev. Run, Bill Duke, Loretta Devine, Rockmond Dunbar, Lamaan Rucker, directors Tim Story, Preston Whitmore, Rob Hardy and Jeff Byrd, and producer Will Packer, the festival has become a hotbed for the Black Hollywood community.
HBFF 2009 Screening Schedule
Saturday, June 6Laemmle Theater #3
Laemmle’s Music Hall 3
9036 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211FILM LINE-UP
1:00 p.m. Student Program #1 (101:00)
G-Trification
Mashed Potatoes
Game Master (that’s me :p)
Southern Cross
Conservative Kink
Hush
Warrior Queen (UCLA Alumn – Hezekiah Lewis)TICKET INFO:
Ticketing InformationOnline ticket sales begin May18 at www.hbff.org. Check the festival website for additional information.
$12 Screening Tickets
$9 Children under 12/Seniors/Students w/ID
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April28th
Kudos to the fantastic filmmakers that participated in the short film showcase! Thanks to those that came out to show their support for these FABULOUS women!!!
We were SOLD OUT to the point of standing room only!
Pics posted up HERE
http://reelladies.ning.com/photo/albums/short-film-showcaseREEL Ladies vision is to provide a platform for women in film and entertainment to showcase their work in a creative, fun, supportive environment of fellow filmmakers. “Our goal is to create a COMMUNITY of women in film & entertainment. These women are the future of Hollywood!” – REEL Ladies Founder, Nikki Love (www.nikkilove.com)
These innovative filmmakers are changing the face of Hollywood! From comedy & drama to horror and mystery, this is going to be a FABULOUS showcase of women in film.
SUNDAY APRIL 19, 2009
Award Winning – Amy Lyndon
The Last White Dishwasher – Claudia Duran
The Shake Down – Courtney Franklin
Weigh Money – Joy Sudduth
Breaking News – KMarie Walters
The Lure – Elisia Harkins
Worth – Kathi Carey
Game Master – Kimberly Townes
I Can’t Pretend – Landi Maduro
Rendezvous – Laura Black
Scrapbooks – Nikki Love
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April28th
Official Selection – SFF Rated
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Athens Intl Sci-fi & Fantasy Film Fesival
For the 4th consecutive year, SFF-rated opens for business for the 2009 event. It will last 7 days (instead of 4 in 2008), it will host both Short & not-Short Films, and it will happen in March 12-18 2009 (instead of April), in MIKROKOSMOS movie theatre.
Athens, Greece
AboutKIM
Kimberly Townes is a thesis student in the MFA Directing program at the University of California- Los Angeles (UCLA). Kimberly has a fresh imagination and independent spirit that is evident in her work.
Her current projects include (more...)