WARREN PEREIRA NEWS

Edit of my March 2011 research trip to Kanha Tiger Reserve:

2012-02-11T14:49:00.000-08:00

My Top 10 Films of 2011

2011-12-31T13:16:00.001-08:00

DRIVE -- Nicolas Winding Refn
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS -- Woody Allen
THE DESCENDANTS -- Alexander Payne
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE -- Paulo Sorrentino
JOANNA - Feliks Falk
THE ARTIST -- Michel Hazanavicius
THE TREE OF LIFE -- Terrence Malick
KILLER JOE -- William Friedkin
MELANCHOLIA -- Lars von Trier
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES -- Rupert Wyatt

Academy Qualifier SALT AND SILICONE gets mention as prominent Oscar contender but does not make the final 10 list

2011-12-14T18:36:00.000-08:00

http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/terry-george-makes-oscar-short-film-shortlist-33602

THE EXAMINER praises SALT AND SILICONE and THE SHORT FILMS OF WARREN PEREIRA DVD

2011-11-22T19:50:00.000-08:00

http://www.examiner.com/film-institute-in-los-angeles/salt-and-silicone-continues-to-receive-warm-reception-at-film-festivals-review

ALL THAT'S FAB Comments on SALT AND SILICONE

2011-11-15T18:18:00.000-08:00

http://www.allthatsfab.com/entertainment/movies/new-film-salt-and-silicone-examines-breast-augmentation

The EXAMINER reports on SALT AND SILICONE's Oscar Run:

2011-11-08T23:02:00.000-08:00

http://www.examiner.com/arts-in-los-angeles/salt-and-silicone-trying-out-for-the-oscars-2012

My Short Film Article in MOVIE MAKER Magazine in Print and Online

2011-11-01T21:04:00.000-07:00

http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/five_reasons_why_short_films_are_still_essential_20111101/

SALT AND SILICONE October 19 LA Screening & Reception (only 50 seats available)

2011-10-04T23:00:00.000-07:00

Dear Friends,

After a successful year of festivals and awards SALT AND SILICONE has qualified for the 2012 Academy Awards and we are having a screening and reception in Los Angeles to celebrate.

Here are the details:

Screening and Reception for short film Academy Qualifier SALT AND SILICONE, 7:30pm, October 19th, 2011 at Aidikoff screening room (150 S Rodeo Dr # 140, Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2411, 310-274-0866).

The Aidikoff screening room is limited to 57 seats and 7 have already been reserved so please RSVP on the Face Book Event Page or email me at warrenpereira@hotmail.com

There is a parking structure attached to the screening room. SALT AND SILICONE will screen off a 35MM print. Complimentary Dessert and Wine.

For more information on SALT AND SILICONE please download the Press Kit at www.wfilms.biz.

Hope to see you at the screening!

Thank you,

Warren Pereira

Interview with CELEBRITY DIALOG, click on Link to Read:

2011-08-25T11:30:00.000-07:00

http://www.celebritydialogue.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=400:warren-pereira-talented-director-writer-a-actor&catid=43:any&Itemid=117

The Short Films of Warren Pereira DVD now available on Amazon:

2011-07-15T03:09:00.000-07:00

http://www.amazon.com/Short-Films-Warren-Pereira/dp/B0055AW9C2/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1310724440&sr=1-1

SHORT FILMS OF WARREN PEREIRA DVD Featured in SOCIAL HOLLYWOOD MAGAZINE

2011-07-05T14:22:00.000-07:00

http://socialhollywoodmagazine.com/2011/07/05/press-release-short-films-of-warren-pereira/

Images from Festival De Cannes 2011

2011-05-20T11:42:00.000-07:00

Cannes Film Festival Audience Reaction to SALT AND SILICONE screening:

2011-05-19T10:00:00.000-07:00

SALT AND SILICONE in Cannes Market News publication

2011-05-18T20:35:00.000-07:00

Invitation Tickets for SALT AND SILICONE screening at Lerins 1 Cannes Film Festival 2011

2011-05-15T20:31:00.000-07:00

GURGAON LIFE Reviews SALT AND SILICONE favorably:

2011-05-14T09:54:00.000-07:00

http://www.gurgaonlife.com/entertainment/director-warren-pereira-busts-out-at-cannes-with-a-grand-short-film-salt-and-silicone.html

SALT AND SILICONE is going to the Cannes Film Festival

2011-05-10T01:07:00.000-07:00

SALT AND SILICONE is an official selection at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Court Metrage section

I am looking forward to attending this prestigious festival and the amazing film line up at Cannes which includes Woody Allen's MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, Terrence Malick's THE TREE OF LIFE and Gus Van Sant's RESTLESS !

The Cannes Film Festival is from May 11-22, 2011. The festival president is Robert De Niro. The Short Film jury will be presided over by Michele Gondry.

Many thanks to the strong cast and crew of SALT AND SILICONE.

SALT AND SILICONE Official Selection at Myrtle Beach Film Festival

2011-04-18T11:32:00.000-07:00

SALT AND SILICONE is an Official Selection at the Myrtle Beach Film Festival and screens this Friday @ 7:30pm. http://www.myrtlebeachfilmfestival.com/

SALT AND SILICONE Limited Theatrical Release at Sunset 5 April 1, 2, 3 at Laemmle Sunset 5

2011-04-01T22:38:00.000-07:00

SALT AND SILICONE will have a limited theatrical release April 1, 2, 3, 2011 at Laemmle Sunset 5 Theater off Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles, CA. Showtimes are 12pm and 12:30pm. The release is part of the AMPAS qualification process for Best Short Film Academy Awards and exposure for SALT AND SILICONE. Laemmle Sunset 5 is the premiere art house theater in Los Angeles, CA.
We will screen off 35mm.

SALT AND SILICONE gets some "Big" press in the Mumbai Mirror

2011-03-16T03:42:00.000-07:00

As some of you know I was recently in India for my brother's wedding and to begin early research on a potential documentary project on the Indian Tiger. While I was there Ankit Ajmera of the Mumbai Mirror (Mumbai's largest circulation compact newspaper) interviewed me about SALT AND SILICONE. The link to the electronic article can be found here: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/31/2011031620110316142021175d8abc7fe/Is-bigger-better.html

The physical copy has been scanned and attached here:

Begun Research on the Indian Tiger Documentary Project by going to Kanha, India. 1 pic i attached, but more on my Face Book Fan Page:

2011-03-16T03:33:00.000-07:00

http://www.facebook.com/officialwarrenpereirafanpage

My Top 10 Theatrical Release Movies of 2010:

2011-01-04T22:27:00.000-08:00

THE FIGHTER
TRUE GRIT
YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER
MESRINE KILLER INSTINCT 1 & 2
THE TOWN
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
BLACK SWAN
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
THE KING'S SPEECH
BLUE VALENTINE

- Warren

SALT AND SILICONE receives Honorable Mention placement at the HDFEST for Best Comedic Short Film‏

2010-12-18T17:33:00.000-08:00

SALT AND SILICONE receives Honorable Mention placement at the HDFEST for Best Comedic Short Film. We screened there Dec 8th, 2010. Thanks to the HDFEST and the cast and crew of SALT AND SILICONE. http://www.hdfest.com/hdfestdeffies.html

HD FEST is a US based festival. This edition of the HD FEST was in Portland, OR, USA.

- W

SALT AND SILICONE to screen this Wed (Dec 8), 9:30pm, at the HDFEST at Living Room Theaters, Portland, OR

2010-12-06T17:16:00.000-08:00

SALT AND SILICONE screens this Wed (Dec 8), 9:30pm, at the HDFEST at Living Room Theaters, Portland, OR, USA

This will be the Portland Premiere for SALT AND SILICONE which was shot in Portland and stars local actors Warren Pereira, Katie O' Grady and Ethan Atkinson, along with Los Angeles actress Rachel Myers.

SALT AND SILICONE is written and directed by Portland based Writer/Director Warren Pereira and is produced by Portland based producers Aaron Kirk Douglas, CK Lichtenstein II, and Leslie Kobyluck. Director of Photography is Emmy Award winning and also Portland based Jeff Streich.

All short films will be projected at HD resolution. If you are in the Portland area this will be a high quality and entertaining screening to attend Wed, 9:30pm.

Here is the link to SALT AND SILICONE at the HDFEST: http://www.hdfest.com/HDmovies/salt-and-silicone.html

SALT AND SILICONE screens this Thurs, Nov 4th, 9:30pm at LA COMEDY FEST

2010-11-02T12:18:00.000-07:00

SALT AND SILICONE screens this Thurs, Nov 4th, 9:30pm at LA COMEDY FEST -- This is the USA Premiere for SALT AND SILICONE.

The screening will occur at the ACME COMEDY THEATER -- 135 N. La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Written & Directed by Warren Pereira. Starring Warren Pereira, Rachel Myers, Katie O' Grady, Ethan Atkinson.

http://www.lacomedyfest.com/schedule.html
http://lacomedyfest.com/films/shorts/saltandsilicone/

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? Official Selection at STEPPING STONE FILM FESTIVAL, Bangalore, India

2010-11-02T12:11:00.000-07:00

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? is an Official Selection at THE STEPPING STONE FILM FESTIVAL in Bangalore, India. The festival screenings will take place at Wannabe Studios in December 2010. This is the first time the film screens in India.

http://wannabestudios.org/s2f2/archives/760

SALT AND SILICONE receives Honorable Mention at LA Film & Script Festival

2010-10-24T00:33:00.000-07:00

SALT AND SILICONE receives Honorable Mention at LA Film & Script Festival.

http://www.lafilmandscriptfest.com/

SALT AND SILICONE wins Best Short Film "Silver Level" award at Oregon Film Awards

2010-10-22T21:55:00.000-07:00

SALT AND SILICONE wins Best Short Film "Silver Level" award at Oregon Film Awards in the Oregon Film Competition category.

http://www.oregonfilmfestival.com/Filmmakers/2010_Silver.aspx

SALT AND SILICONE Official Selection at 2010 LOS ANGELES COMEDY FESTIVAL

2010-10-09T19:02:00.000-07:00

SALT AND SILICONE IS AN OFFICIAL SELECTION and will have its US PREMIERE at The 2010 LOS ANGELES COMEDY FESTIVAL:

Lawrin Salazar -- Director of the LA COMEDY FESTIVAL -- called to let me know that SALT AND SILICONE is and Official Selection at the 2010 LA COMEDY FESTIVAL November 4th-6th at the ACME THEATER in LA.

Salazar complemented the film on its comprehensive execution saying that the direction, production design and acting quality "were all done very well." So thank you actors Katie O' Grady, Rachel Myers, and Ethan Atkinson for your performance!

The LA COMEDY FESTIVAL is in its 8th year and is the largest comedy festival in the US and features comedic films and live comedic performances. This will be the Official US Premiere for SALT AND SILICONE.

More information will be posted on the LA COMEDY FESTIVAL website shortly: http://www.lacomedyfest.com/

SALT AND SILICONE Official Selection at 2010 HDFEST

2010-09-15T22:11:00.000-07:00

SALT AND SILICONE is an Official Selection at the 2010 HD FEST which will take place in December in Portland, OR:

The HDFEST (http://www.hdfest.com/festival.html) was established in 2000 to display the quality of films acquired and finished in HD and to promote HD Cinema.

I am sure that SALT AND SILICONE's Emmy Award Winning Director of Photography Jeff Streich and Academy Award Winning Color Lab EFILM are primarily responsible for our selection in the HDFEST. Streich had to do the very difficult -- move his camera from an EXT dark street location with one hard key light into an INT. brightly lit lighting store all in a single moving shot -- but was still able to maintain a well exposed, fully saturated, and clean image.

EFILM's color grading team gave our SALT AND SILICONE HD footage a truly rich, complexly colored, cinematic look, all while performing red abatement in the street scenes (which we had from Portland's reddish street lights) and while under my direction to give each episode (per Vex's changing feelings on breast implants) a distinct look. EFILM took our Uncompressed 4:2:2 YUV HD footage and pulled it into an Uncompressed 4:4:4 RGB HD environment and added color from this Uncompressed place which is the way to do it! HDFEST will project off HDCAM or similar so image quality and sound for the screening should be good.

SALT AND SILICONE to screen with Academy Award Winning and Nominated Short Films

2010-09-01T19:31:00.000-07:00

SALT AND SILICONE is an Official Selection at the 2010 EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL who announced their schedule today:

SALT AND SILICONE will have its Canadian Premiere at the 2010 Edmonton International Film Festival screening in the SHORTS ON THE EDGE (Sept 29th, 4:45PM) block with four other fine short films including the 2010 Academy Award Winning Short Film THE NEW TENANTS and the 2010 Academy Award Nominated Short Film MIRACLE FISH. This will be strong visibility for SALT AND SILICONE and should make for a powerful block of short films at Edmonton!

*** SALT AND SILICONE will be screening in Edmonton in a "work in progress" condition because the final touches to the color grading and audio mix has yet to be done; however this "work in progress" version is pretty damn polished!

-W

http://edmonton.bside.com/2010/films/saltandsilicone_pereirawarren_edmonton2010

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? Invited to screen at Chicago United International Film Festival Sept 10th-16th, 2010

2010-08-12T16:44:00.000-07:00

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? Invited to screen at Chicago United International Film Festival Sept 10th-16th, 2010.

http://www.theunitedfest.com/chicago/

SALT AND SILICONE to screen as "work in progress" at the International Film Festival of Ireland

2010-08-06T03:20:00.000-07:00

SALT AND SILICONE to screen as "work in progress" at the International Film Festival of Ireland September 6th, 2010 in beautiful Tipperary.

This "work in progress" status of the film is very polished but still quite not there.

http://www.southtippfilm.com/

SALT AND SILICONE "Work In Progress" screening at the EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Sept 24th-Oct2nd

2010-08-03T16:56:00.000-07:00

SALT AND SILICONE will have a "Work in Progress" screening at the EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Sept 24th-Oct2nd 2010 regarded as a one of the biggest "discovery" festivals in Canada.

The schedule will be up here http://www.edmontonfilmfest.com/ shortly and they project on HDCAM so SAS should look great and sound great (although only in 20-bit Stereo since it is HDCAM not HDCAMSR). BLU RAY was another projection option which would have 5.1 24-Bit Audio capabilites but I have not been able to make a BLU RAY yet for SALT AND SILICONE.

*** SALT AND SILICONE will be screening in Edmonton in a "work in progress" condition because the final touches to the color grading and audio mix has yet to be done; however this "work in progress" version is pretty damn polished!

-W

SALT AND SILICONE wins Award of Merit for Best Narrative Short Film at 2010 LA Cinema Festival of Hollywood Competition

2010-07-29T20:46:00.000-07:00

SALT AND SILICONE wins Award of Merit for Best Narrative Short Film at 2010 LA Cinema Festival of Hollywood. In spite of its name, this LA Cinema Festival, is a film competition, not a festival, so we still have to wait for a US Premiere.

http://www.hollywoodcff.com/2010_Merrit_Winners_%28Summer%29.html

LOVELY COFFEE Official Selection at Southern Winds Film Festival Sept 9th-11th, 2010

2010-07-24T16:03:00.000-07:00

My short film LOVELY COFFEE is an Official Selection at The Southern Winds Film Festival Sept 9th-11th, 2010 in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the Ritz Theater.

Festival Website: http://www.southernwindsfilmfestival.com/

You Tube Link to LOVELY COFFEE Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut9Y8IHIne0

Official Website for LOVELY COFFEE: www.wfilms.biz

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? Invited to Screen at BURBANK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Sept 10th-18th, 2010

2010-07-24T12:04:00.000-07:00

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? Invited to Screen at BURBANK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Sept 10th-18th, 2010. I am both pleased and amazed that WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? is still being selected and invited to screen at International Film Festivals; all credit goes to the cast and crew that worked so hard on this tiny film.

Schedule will be up here http://www.burbankfilmfestival.org/ in late August 2010.

You Tube Link to Who's Good Looking? Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StiIxW7cYT0

LOVELY COFFEE Limited Theatrical Release Sunset 5

2010-06-18T17:54:00.000-07:00

LOS ANGELES -- Writer/Director Warren Pereira’s award-winning short film LOVELY COFFEE (26 min.) will have a limited three day theatrical release at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theatre (8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90046). The film will screen off a 35mm print twice a day on June 18^th, 19^th and 20^th at 12:15pm and 12:55pm. This limited theatrical release will be the official Best Short Film Academy Award Qualifying Run for LOVELY COFFEE.

LOVELY COFFEE is a romantic comedy that satirizes a group of cocky but untalented but filmmakers and actors. LOVELY COFFEE won Pereira a Best Director Award at the 2010 Accolade Film Competition and also won in the Best Short Film category. The film has been an Official Selection at NW Film and Video Festival, the Beverly Hills International Film Festival, and Ohio International Film Festival.

LOVELY COFFEE is written and directed by Warren Pereira and produced by Warren Pereira and Phoenix Vaughn. Director of Photography is Emmy Award winner Jeff Streich; Editor is Shane Sattler; Re-Recording Mixer is Aaron Levy of Academy Award winning audio post house Todd-AO; Original Score by Daniel Reynolds. HD Postproduction by Mission Control. Color Grading and 35mm Film Out by Academy Award winning film laboratory EFILM. Starring Warren Pereira, Amanda Hastings/Saunders, Phoenix Vaughn and Nick Richey. Official Website: www.wfilms.biz.

LOVELY COFFEE Official Selection at Ohio Independent Film Festival June 12th-14th, 2010

2010-05-25T20:00:00.000-07:00

My short film LOVELY COFFEE is an Official Selection at Ohio Independent Film Festival June 12th-14th, 2010. http://www.ohiofilms.com/

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at San Francisco United Film Festival on Saturday, June 12th, 9:30pm at the Roxie Theater

2010-05-25T19:45:00.000-07:00

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at San Francisco United Film Festival on Saturday, June 12th, 2010, 9:30pm at the Roxie Theater.

http://www.theunitedfest.com/sanfrancisco/schedule.htm

1080p Downloadable demo clips for SALT AND SILICONE, LOVELY COFFEE, SUPERHERO TALENT, WHO'S GOOD LOOKING?, LACKING LEWIS cast and crew member's professional reels

2010-04-25T18:15:00.000-07:00

Hello Cast and Crew members,

Some of you have asked me for HD clips for your Reels. So, "Salt and Silicone", "Lovely Coffee", "Superhero Talent", "Who's Good Looking?", and "Lacking Lewis" clips are available as 1080p downloads at http://www.vimeo.com/warrenpereira/videos

Important Info for whoever is Editing your reel:

You will have to register with Vimeo to download -- takes 2 min. and is free. Or just get in on someone's Vimeo account for this download.
All videos are 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio 1080p MOV's and at 23.98p with the exception of Superhero Talent which is 1080p @ 29.97p. You will have to scale down to 16:9 Anamorphic 720*480p for SD DVD reels. For BLU-RAY and Online HD Reels just go straight across at 1080p. For your website downconvert as needed and maintain correct 1.78:1 aspect ratio.
Color and sound on these videos is the latest version and to keep it looking and sounding good I would keep the bit-rate as high as possible and maintain the Progressive frame rate.
For Download go to Download Link on bottom right of each video and click on it. If that does not work I recommend right-clicking and "Save Target as..." or "Save Link as..." on the download video link. Then you should be able to save the MOV file to your computer.

If there is a specific 45 secs or less section you need for your reel, and it is not up on Vimeo, let me know and I will make it for you.

Thanks for working on my films and hope these clips are useful for you.

Warren

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at Los Angeles United Film Festival May 5, 2010

2010-04-19T02:46:00.000-07:00

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at Los Angeles United Film Festival May 5, 2010

http://www.theunitedfest.com/losangeles

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? wins Gold Remi Award at Houston WorldFest

2010-04-17T02:52:00.000-07:00

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? wins Gold Remi Award at Houston WorldFest aka Houston International Film Festival in the Short Film Category. This festival has the prestige of being one of the oldest festivals in the world and have giants like Spielberg, Lynch and Ridley Scott as alumni. Awards Ceremony was April 17, 2010.

http://www.worldfest.org/

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? invited to screen at BIG ISLAND Film Festival May 12-16, 2010

2010-03-28T12:03:00.000-07:00

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? invited to screen at BIG ISLAND Film Festival in Hawai May 12-16, 2010. I am pleasantly surpirised that the festival circuit still wants to show this tiny 7 min. film!

http://www.bigislandfilmfestival.com/

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at On Location Memphis April 24, 2010 at 6pm

2010-03-20T13:16:00.000-07:00

My short film WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? will screen at On Location Memphis April 24, 2010 at 6pm.

http://www.onlocationmemphis.org/olmdnn/Festival/tabid/55/Default.aspx

LOVELY COFFEE invited to screen at BARE BONES FILM FESTIVAL April 15-25, 2010

2010-03-12T12:09:00.000-08:00

LOVELY COFFEE invited to screen at BARE BONES FILM FESTIVAL April 15-25, 2010.

http://barebonesfilmfest00.tripod.com/

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at Indie Spirit Film Festival

2010-03-11T11:48:00.000-08:00

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at Indie Spirit Film Festival April 23-25, 2010 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

http://www.indiespiritfilmfestival.org/about.cfm

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at WORLDFEST HOUSTON INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

2010-03-11T11:40:00.000-08:00

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at 2010 WORLDFEST HOUSTON INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: April 9-18 2010. WorldFest is one of the oldest and largest film & video competitions in the world, with more than 4,500 category entries received from 37 countries. And they love to screen to 35MM prints which I have for WHO'S GOOD LOOKING?

http://www.worldfest.org/

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at Garden State Film Festival

2010-03-11T11:31:00.000-08:00

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? screens in NJ at the 8th Annual Garden State Film Festival on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 12:15pm.

http://www.gsff.org/sched-alphabetical.php

Jeff Streich and Warren Pereira as seen in MOVIE MAKER Magazine

2010-02-11T23:29:00.000-08:00

MOVIE MAKER Magazine printed an image of Director of Photography Jeff Streich and myself for film making in Portland in their Winter 2010 Issue 85.

"Lovely Coffee" wins 2 awards at 2010 Accolade Film Competition

2010-01-16T17:47:00.000-08:00

"Lovely Coffee" wins 2 Awards at 2010 Accolade Film Competition: Award of Merit for Best Short Film and Award of Merit for Best Director Warren Pereira.

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? International Premiere at BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Dec 2009

2009-12-10T11:57:00.000-08:00

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? makes its International Premiere at the BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Dec 10-17 2009.

This festival is projecting 35mm so I can get some value out the 35mm Film Out I did for "Who's Good Looking?" and I love how film projection looks; like it even more than 4K DCP projection.

Festival Schedule will be updated on their website in Nov: http://www.bintlfilmfest.com/

"Superhero Talent" wins 2 Awards at Indie Fest

2009-11-30T17:24:00.000-08:00

"Superhero Talent" wins 2 Awards at Fall 2009 Indie Fest Competition: Award of Merit for Best Lead Actor for Warren Pereira who plays "Cutro" and Award of Merit for Best Humor in a Short Film.

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? Official Selection at 2009 Eugene International Film Festival Oct. 9th, 11PM

2009-10-09T09:00:00.000-07:00

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? is an Official Selection at the 2009 Eugene International Film Festival. It opens for the feature 3 DAYS BLIND which is nice and it looks like they will allow me to project 35mm which is also nice.

Here is the way the festival describes the film: "“Who's Good Looking?”For Robert Altman fans that can’t resist his style of single-take, over-lapping dialogue, this fun short, made in Portland, is right up your alley. As a couple winds their way through a skin care boutique, sarcastic dialogue on notions of beauty expose their narcissism. A clever relationship comedy."

“Who’s Good Looking” will be shown at 11:00 PM, Friday, October 9, Theater 13, Regal Cinemas; Eugene, OR.

http://daricedesigns.com/Clients/eiff/2009/10.9.9-showtimes.html

LACKING LEWIS wins 2 Awards at Accolade Film Competition

2009-10-06T17:30:00.000-07:00

LACKING LEWIS wins Award of Merit for Best Short Film and Award of Merit for Creativity and Originality at The Accolade Competition, La Jolla, CA. October 2009. The Accolade Competition is MovieMaker magazine's Top 25 Film Competitions/Festivals worth the entry fee.

LACKING LEWIS is my first film and I had the film re-mastered and enhanced this year at Mission Control and Todd-AO so getting these awards makes the extra work feel even more worth it.
http://accoladecompetition.org/

SALT AND SILICONE New EFILM Color Pass done

2009-09-29T03:57:00.000-07:00

So I QC'd the new color pass again at EFILM. Colorist felt that there was no need to go to DI and increase exposure on faces of "Vex" and "Keira" INT. CAR for creative and technical reasons. Watching the film again with him I started to agree. I approved the DAVINCI 2K pass which will be layed out to HDCAMSR + 1 Dub. They have to punch in new credits and slate and my deliverables should be ready in 24hrs

Back to Portland this weekend. I can sit with pass for at least a month, project the HDCAMSR at Mission Control, print a Tiff sequence and generate downconverts, and make sure I love the new color pass on an extended basis. Then I can come back to EFILM in Nov/Dec feeling confident to Film Out to 35mm.

Revisiting SALT AND SILICONE Color Grading with EFILM in DAVINCI 2K and DIGITAL INTERMEDIATE

2009-09-25T23:50:00.000-07:00

I am revisiting the color grading in "Salt and Silicone" before I consider this project done. My desire for a particular "look" has become more serious, complex, and thankfully more articulate in the past few months.

Specifically, I have learned more about color grading and want to try some linear to logarithmic gamma shifts (to create that "cinema" look) and red abatement in the pass, complicate the color palette and make sure it is FILM OUT ready, still have disparate looks for "Vex's" disparate perspectives all while maintaining naturalistic skin tones and work in an uncompressed environment with a post-house that specializes in this process with proprietary techniques, software and hardware: enter Academy Award Winning Color Correction post-house EFILM who I have a pre-established relationship with.

Friday, Sept 25, 2009: EFILM Davinci Colorist Brian George set up my PreColor HDCAMSR Master on an EFILM tricked out DAVINCI 2K and in a few short hours wowed me with his color correction skills, aesthetic and rapidity. He is a technician and an artist and we had some stimulating back and forth as he educated me on why he was making the shifts in color he was making. DI Producer Hal Cohen of EFILM and SALT AND SILICONE Film Editor Shane Sattler who sat in on the session were similarly impressed. Frankly I did not fully agree with Brian's approach in the beginning but soon realized that his eye for color and clearly his experience are at a level that I had to step up to and appreciate which I did. By the end of the session I was more than sold, I was impressed.

EFILM has given the film a complex, cinematic "look", gorgeous skin tones, and still satisfied my need to separate each "episode" to show "Vex's" conflict over breast implants. He stayed away from washing the frame with one strong color for disparation in color grade from episode to episode but rather used color relationships to generate a distinct, strong, complex look for each episode. He focused more on a mood change through color rather than a virtual location change in color -- we are in the same lighting store but we are here in a different mood as per "Vex". I could say more but seeing the new color pass is the best experience which audiences will see when SALT AND SILICONE festivals in 2010.

The only area that I am still not fully satisfied with is some underexposed portions of the INT. CAR scenes -- specifically characters "Vex" (myself--Warren Pereira) and "Keira" (Katie O' Grady) are underexposed in camera. Any global raising in exposure on the DAVINCI even with vignette Power Windows shows a video noise that must be avoided. So, this will be dealt with in EFILM'S DI (DIGITAL INTERMEDIATE) proprietary Suite next week where we can Rotoscope my face and Katie's face and bring up exposure as needed.

First time people have to pay a commercial theater to see my tiny film "Who's Good Looking?" Laemmle Sunset 5, Los Angeles

2009-09-12T18:05:00.000-07:00

First time people have to pay a commercial theater to see my tiny film "Who's Good Looking?" Laemmle Sunset 5, Los Angeles.

"Who's Good Looking?" Limited Los Angeles Theatrical Release at Laemmle Sunset 5 Sept 11th, 12th, 13th

2009-09-11T19:09:00.000-07:00

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Writer/Director Warren Pereira’s award-winning short film “Who’s Good Looking?” (7 min.) will have a limited three day theatrical release at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theatre (8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90046). The film will screen off a 35 mm print twice a day on September 11^th, 12^th and 13^th at 1:15pm and 1:25pm. This limited theatrical release will be the official Best Short Film Academy Award Qualifying Run for “Who’s Good Looking?”

“Who’s Good Looking?” is a clever relationship comedy that exposes aesthetic obsession: Narcous (Warren Pereira) questions his fiancé’s (Katie O’ Grady) notions of beauty. A sarcastic simmer boils over as the couple storms through a skincare boutique. The film is shot in a single take.

Portland reviewer Dylan de Thomas commented that Pereira’s films are “…known for being witty and urbane, a mix between the dialogue of Woody Allen’s 70’s relationship comedies with the slinky camera work and exacting blocking of a Brian De Palma or Paul Thomas Anderson.”

“Who’s Good Looking?” screened as a work-in-progress at the Santa Monica Vine Short Film Festival in November 2007. Based on the work-in-progress screenings, adjustments were made to the film and it was officially completed in January 2008. Since then, “Who’s Good Looking?” has been an official selection at numerous top-tier film festivals including the Portland International Film Festival, Beverly Hills International Film Festival, LA International Short Film Festival, Miami International Short Film Festival, Method Fest, Atlanta Film Festival and Malibu International Film Festival. “Who’s Good Looking?” received the Accolade Competition Award of Merit in 2009.

“Who’s Good Looking?” is written, directed and produced by Warren Pereira. Director of Photography is Emmy Award winner Jeff Streich; Editor and Sound Designer is Shane Sattler; Re-Recording Mixer is Aaron Levy of Academy Award winning audio post house Todd-AO; Original Score by Daniel Reynolds. HD Postproduction by post-houses Mission Control and Downstream. 35mm Film Out by Academy Award winning film laboratory EFILM. Starring Warren Pereira, Katie O’ Grady, Greg Skelton, Haley Talbot and Payam Karamooz. Official Website: www.wfilms.biz.

"Who's Good Looking?" Official Selection at 2009 NEWFILMMAKERS NY September 2, 7pm.

2009-09-02T07:00:00.000-07:00

http://newfilmmakers.com/NewFilmmakers%20Schedule%200907.htm

"Who's Good Looking?" to screen at Bagdad Theater Tuesday, August 18, 2009

2009-08-18T20:27:00.000-07:00

"Who's Good Looking?" to screen at Bagdad Theater Tuesday, August 18, 2009 as part of the NW FILMMAKERS DEBUT NIGHT. Show starts at 6pm.

http://www.mcmenamins.com/index.php?loc=9&id=177&eventid=73838

Prepping "Who's Good Looking?" audio for 35mm Film Out (2)

2009-08-17T03:13:00.000-07:00

Mixer Aaron Levy and myself re-listen to "Who's Good Looking?" audio at the new Feature Stage at TODD-AO Burbank. "Who's Good Looking?" will be printed to 35mm next week and this warranted another listen to the sound design before the files are handed over to Dolby to make the MO. Love this stage. Image 2 attached.

Prepping "Who's Good Looking?" Audio for 35mm Print (1)

2009-08-17T03:04:00.000-07:00

"Who's Good Looking?" Official Selection at Malibu International Film Festival August 6,7,8, 2009

2009-08-08T16:00:00.000-07:00

"Who's Good Looking?" Official Selection at Malibu International Film Festival August 6th, 7th, 8th, 2009.

http://www.malibufilmfestival.com/public/festival/official_selections.php

Pereira at Malibu Film Fest Closing Ceremony

2009-08-08T02:51:00.000-07:00

Pereira Image from Malibu Film Fest Closing Ceremony. "Who's Good Looking?" screened at this 2009 Malibu Fest at the Ocean Avenue Screening room.

"Who's Good Looking?" invited to screen at 2009 West Hollywood International Film Festival

2009-08-05T12:55:00.000-07:00

"Who's Good Looking?" invited to screen at West Hollywood International Film Festival August 5th-8th 2009.
http://www.whiff2008.com/index.html

1190 KEX Radio Interview for "Salt and Silicone", "Who's Good Looking?"

2009-08-02T08:20:00.000-07:00

1190 KEX Radio Interview for "Salt and Silicone", "Who's Good Looking?". Listen here:

"Who's Good Looking?" invited to screen at Sacramento Film & Music Festival July 26th, 8pm.

2009-07-26T20:18:00.000-07:00

"Who's Good Looking?" invited to screen at Sacramento Film & Music Festival July 26th, 8pm.

http://sacfilmandmusic.bside.com/2009/films/whosgoodlooking_sacfilmandmusic2009

"Who's Good Looking?" wins Award of Merit at The Accolade Competition, La Jolla, CA

2009-07-17T15:53:00.000-07:00

"Who's Good Looking?" wins Award of Merit for Best Short Film at The Accolade Competition, La Jolla, CA.
http://accoladecompetition.org/

"Salt and Silicone" Premiere (work-in-progress) Screening this Thursday, 7pm!

2009-04-07T00:26:00.000-07:00

"Salt and Silicone" 35mm Premiere Screening this Thursday, April 9, 7pm, at Hollywood Theater in Portland, OR. Officially this April 9, 2009 screening will be considered a work-in-progress screening. Changes to the film will be made based on audience reaction. The official festival run for "Salt and Silicone' will begin in 2010.

"Who's Good Looking?" Official Selection at 2009 Atlanta Film Festival (Academy Award Qualifier Film Festival)

2009-03-11T13:03:00.000-07:00

"Who's Good Looking?" is an Official Selection at the Atlanta Film Festival. This is an Academy Award Qualifier Film Festival. Big festival, nice to be part of it, projecting the best SD projection -- Digibeta; not bad, I have always liked Digibeta even though it is SD. We screen April 22 at 9:20pm.

Website: http://atlantafilmfestival.com/index.php

"Lovely Coffee" Official Selection at 2009 Beverly Hills Film Festival

2009-03-11T12:57:00.000-07:00

"Lovely Coffee" will screen at 9:20pm, April 2 at the 2009 Beverly Hills Film Festival. Had a good experience with this festival last year for "Who's Good Looking?" so I look forward to this year. The only negative is that projection options are DV-CAM and 35mm. So I have to show DV-CAM since I do not have 35mm for "Lovely Coffee". Hopefully I will get in next year and show a 35mm "Salt and Silicone" print.

www.beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com

"Who's Good Looking?" Official Selection at The 2009 Method Fest

2009-03-08T22:14:00.000-07:00

"Who's Good Looking?" to screen at The Method Fest 2009
5pm, March 28th, Saturday
Regency Agoura Hills 8
29045 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills, CA 91301
Auditorium 5 (218 seats)

Final Post-Production on the past 4 short films complete!

2009-01-10T20:22:00.000-08:00

As of January 2009, my past 4 short films have been mastered and re-mastered to the highest professional standards. Specifically all are now at 1080p, have 5.1 Dolby Digital audio and are archived on HDCAM SR tape.

In essence additional post-production audio and video were completed on "Lacking Lewis", "Who's Good Looking?", "Superhero Talent", and "Lovely Coffee"; now finally, in January 2009, I can say that all work on these films is done.

"Salt and Silicone" will undergo further post-production tweaks based on my upcoming work with Deluxe and Efilm, the reaction of April 9, 2009 "work-in-progress" screening, and based on what is best for its 2010 festival run.

Mixed Audio to "Salt and Silicone" 35mm print at Todd-AO Stage 2

2008-12-30T01:33:00.000-08:00

"Salt and Silicone" was print mastered at Todd-AO Burbank in May 2008 but when the decision to do a film-out with Dolby Digital theatrical audio was made I had to have the audio remixed/Dolby certified for the film-out at Todd-AO Hollywood. We re-mixed the audio for "Salt and Silicone" today (Dec 29, 2008) at Todd-AO Hollywood Stage 2 (very nice stage by the way, must mix here again) with mixer Aaron Levy and Dolby Tech Bryan Arenas. We mixed to a 35mm MOS in the tradition of mixing major motion pictures to a film print as opposed to mixing to an MOV or digital tape. Technically this should have the best sync to the 35mm answer prints which I will be reviewing at Deluxe next week. Both Dolby Digital and Analog Dolby SR tracks sound nice and full. I was a little concerned with the PQ of the 35mm MOS print (little dark and slightly cloudy) but this could simply be because we are looking at an MOS work print instead of an answer print, and because we are projecting from a dubbing projector, not a screening projector. I dropped the Magneto Optical disc to Hal Cohen at Efilm, he let me know that they will shoot the audio on to film on Monday. Hal I and both talked about "Slumdog Millionaire", we both think it is superior to all films out this year.

"Lovely Coffee" Official Selection at 2009 NW Film & Video Festival

2008-11-12T14:39:00.001-08:00

"Lovely Coffee" Official Selection NW Film & Video Festival. Screens tonight Nov 12 at 08:45pm.
http://www.nwfilm.org/archives/NWf&V/35nwfest/

"Who's Good Looking?" Official Selection at 2008 LA Shorts Fest (Academy Award Qualifying Festival)

2008-08-01T19:38:00.000-07:00

"Who's Good Looking?" Official Selection at 2008 LA Shorts Fest (Academy Award Qualifying Festival). The LA Shorts Fest is accredited by the Academy Awards. Winning here means "Who's Good Looking?" will be short listed for the academy award short film nominations.
Festival is in August 2008: http://lashortsfest.com/2008/content.asp

SEATTLE TIMES gives my film SALT AND SILICONE some early press:

2008-05-25T09:14:00.000-07:00

The Seattle Times' Tyrone Beason interviewed me over the phone about SALT AND SILICONE and then sent their photographer over to our set. The article is out today and I am very pleased to be included with the likes of Gus Van Sant and Todd Haynes in this very fine write up about film in the Pacific NW.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2004431643_pacificportlandfilm25.html

"Who's Good Looking?" and "Superhero Talent" Official Selections at 2008 Salem Film Festival

2008-04-18T15:16:00.000-07:00

"Who's Good Looking?" and "Superhero Talent" Official Selections at 2008 Salem Film Festival; April 2008.
http://www.salemfilmfestival.com/2008/films/shorts/nwemergingartist.html

"Who's Good Looking" Official Selection at 2008 Beverly Hills Film Festival

2008-04-10T10:00:00.000-07:00

"Who's Good Looking" Official Selection Beverly Hills Film Festival -- April 10, 2008.

See link for press release: http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/festival/pereira/prweb836964.htm

"Who's Good Looking?" Official Selection at 2008 Portland International Film Festival

2008-02-20T14:08:00.000-08:00

"Who's Good Looking?" Official Selection at Portland International Film Festival February 2008:

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS161721+07-Feb-2008+BW20080207

"Superhero Talent" Official Selection at 2007 Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Festival

2008-01-03T10:30:00.000-08:00

"Superhero Talent" Official Selection at Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Festival

"Lacking Lewis" Official Selection at 2007 Longbaugh Film Festival

2007-03-31T14:00:00.000-07:00

"Lacking Lewis" Official Selection at Longbaugh Film Festival. March 31, 2007