I would like to thank everyone that attended our first film review at the Friars of Beverly Hills.  The Friars of Beverly Hills (FOBH) has been a prominent private show business club since its formation in 1961 by Milton Berle. Over the decades, The Friars of Beverly Hills has become world-renowned for its Roasts and testimonial dinners (now called Lifetime Achievement Awards). The FOBH is also famous for the entertainers who have been members over the years, including such notables as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Benny, Groucho Marx, Johnny Carson and Billy Crystal.

 

We had Directors, Actors, and cinematographers all present to showcase their films and creativity.  This event turned out to be a great place to network with up and coming people in the industry.

 

The Friars film review even had a special treat!  The world premier of The Confession!  David Kebo "Film School in a Box" Won the coveted best Film Award at our premier.  Keep up the good work and we hope to see more original concept films in the future.  Head Count Cinema would also like to congratulate Ranson Riggs. His USC thesis film "Spaceboy" won the award for best short film.  Keep your eyes on this creative genius.

 

 

Honorable mention for film shorts goes to: Stanley Kubrick "Gas Mask Films" Fruit.  Their creative use of an Allegory was topnotch.  Steve Barr "SoCal Films" Quiet.  This short film's creative use of sound was the topic of discussion during our intermission.

 

Honorable mention for films goes to: Pedro Flores "P.D. Flo Productions" Thai Smile.  Their use of humor in outlandish situations with a twist was something else to see.  Slater Kane "Megalomania Films" In The Dark.  Keep your eyes on this team.  They may be redefining standards in the horror film industry.

 

Head Count Cinema will be hosting their next Friars Film Review on January 10^th, 2007 at 7:00 pm. This event will be reserved for film shorts.  Prizes and awards will be presented at the end of the presentation.  Submit your shorts now to make sure you get into our next event.

 

Location:

The Friars of Beverly Hills
9900 S. Santa Monica Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
310-553-0850

Submissions:

Head Count Cinema

ATTN: Kevin Keator

2606 W. Columbine. STE: A

Santa Anna, CA 92704

626-399-2823

                                                                                                                                               

As you all may or may not know, Head Count Cinema screened Michael Cory Davis' film "Svetlana's Journey" at our festival in Lakewood, CA. on 07/24/05. We awarded the actress Violeta Markovska the Best Actor award that night for her compeling role as Svetlana. We are pleased to announce that the film has gone on to win yet another award in Hollywood, CA. and with good reason. It is shot and colored beautifully in HD, directed with great care and the performances are gripping to say the least. It's edgy and makes no apologies as to the graphic nature of the subject matter of human trafficking. Congratulation Mike!!!!

always,
Head Count Cinema
Ricardo Delgado
Curtis Stage
Kevin Keator
Benjamin Thompson
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CONGRATULATIONS TO SVETLANA'S JOURNEY FOR WINNING IN THE CATEGORY BEST SHORT FILM - AT THE HOLLYWOOD FILM FEST.  The film was selected out of 2200 submissions and won in a category of over 30 competing films.
 
The director Michael Cory Davis would like to sincerely thank:
 
The Non-Goverenment organization Face to Face Bulgaria for championing my script and for being a great co-pilot on this journey!
 
Mtel for helping to sponsor this film and see it from start to finish!
TopForm Studios for helping me turn my vision into a reality
For my talented Cast, you are all dedicated, loving, professionals. You are the reason to why my words and the emotions of so many victims are able to be felt by  the thousands that have seen this film thus far
 
To my crew, see I told you all those sleepless nights would amount to something big:)
 
To the countless victims that I have met abroad and here in the US... I promsied I would do what I could to give you all a voice and believe me people are taking notice!
 
To all of my supporters, the people who have donated funds, time, energy, love, support, friendship, motivation, kind words, advice, their database, their staples, their photo copiers, their ink-jet paper, their homes, their cans of tuna fish, thank you thank thank you:)
 
This is a huge deal because this helps such a necessary message get out even more so than it already is!
 
Michael Cory Davis
www.michaelcorydavis.com
www.svetlanasjourney.com

Winners of "Best Actor" and "Best Picture" awards 07/24/05
Congratulations to Haman Movafagh and the makers of UNINTENDED for the "Best Picture" award from Head Count Cinema on 07/24/05!!! Last night was a real treat. Thanks for your submission and a great piece of work.

And congratulations to Violeta Markovska for the award for "Best Actor" for her role in Svetlana's Journey. (www.svetlanasjourney.com)

It was a close race for the award; BLAMBO puts up a good fight with his range and superb acting ability in "the Chronicles of Blambo:ptII", but Violeta won out by a hair!!! Great job Ian Hirschfeld and Logan Dwight of Drunken Peasant Films!!!

And a round of applause for all the films that were shown Sunday night...

Head Shots- John J. Mahoney
Broken Doll- John J. Mahoney
Chatroom- John J. Mahoney
Once upon a Mime - Michael Kalbron/Summer Marsh
Crying Wolf- David Ajluni
Chronicles of Blambo Pt.II-Ian Hirshfeld, Logan Dwight www.dpfilms.com
Band Plan /Voice in my Head- Pedro Flores / www.PDFloFilms.com
Knightquest- Joe Monroe / Banshee Productions
Unintended- Haman Movafagh / A Room Full of Strangers
Chunky/Demo Reel- Phil Wong / Issy Productions
You Are Here- Ramon Vasquez Jr / City band Productions
Caucasian Brown - Christian Beranek / www.SilentDevil.com
Svetlana's Journey- Michael Cory Davis

... you all kicked @$$.

Special thanks to Alex Guerra ( Director of  Marketing and Sales for Future Medium & co-founder of Slamdance Film Festival)  for his role at head judge for this event, and especially to all those who volunteered and dontated their time to help make this event a great success. Extra special thanks to Majestic Trophy of Downey, CA.

always,

Ricardo Delgado
Curtis Fisher
Ben Thompson
Kevin Keator
Head Count Cinema
a proud division of Froggy Pictures www.froggypictures.com

on July 24, 2005 Head Count Cinema is honored to be screening:
 Svetlana’s Journey - shot in Hi-Def on location in Sofia,Bulgaria, Svetlana's Journey is based on a TRUE STORY, this short film reveals the destiny of a 13 year old girl forced into prostitution. Through the intense personal narrative of Svetlana the audience is taken into the room where she is held captive and tortured for 8 months. The film vividly uncovers what many social care workers and law enforcement agencies call the “breaking in period” faced by victims of Human Trafficking. Website: www.svetlanasjourney.com  

 

Michael Cory Davis, writer/director/co-producer - Michael Cory Davis is an American actor, writer, and director. He began his career in the daytime soap opera All My Children, and he later recurred on The Bold and the Beautiful in 2003 and 2004. He made the film Svetlana's Journey as part of his work as Goodwill Ambassador for the Bulgarian organization Face to Face. The film is his directorial debut. www.michaelcorydavis.com