White Space Wins Indie Soul Special Recognition Award at 2012 Boston International Film Festival

The White Space Production Team received notification that White Space was awarded the Indie Soul Special Recognition Award at the 2012 Boston International Film Festival on April 22, 2012.  The Boston International Film Festival was created to celebrate the art of filmmaking and to honor the filmmakers who make it all possible.  This is a festival dedicated to rewarding artists for their individual talents and for their creative expression through the medium of film. 

The festival strives to bring together in Boston local, national and international filmmakers by promoting the world's most artistic and creative independent and experimental films.   The festival's goal is to encourage and support the work of worldwide independent filmmakers and to promote their products as an art concept and as a valuable contribution to world understanding.


http://www.bifilmfestival.com/biffpress.html

White Space Screening at Northern Spark Festival

Just weeks after winning Best Short Film at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival, White Space will make another stop in Minneapolis during the Northern Spark Festival on Saturday June 9th at Saint Anthony Main Theatre with two screenings (8:58pm, 10:45pm) in a Shorts Program sponsored by the Film Society of Minneapolis/ St. Paul. 

"Northern Spark is an active celebration of the creativity of artists and the creative programming of cultural organizations. Last year, during the night of June 4, 2011, there were 50,000 visits to 100 projects by more than 200 artists in collaboration with 60 cultural organizations and sponsors at 34 venues in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Northern Spark was a one-night creative explosion.

For us, Northern Spark is about transformation. It is about seeing the Twin Cities in a new light. It�s about making the place where you live a place you want to be, not where you return after being inspired somewhere else. It is about the dynamic intersection of art and science and technology and engineering and design and urban planning and nature and culture. It is about the power of artists to make us think and wonder." (Northern Spark)

http://2012.northernspark.org/index.php

If you live in the Twin Cities, you won't want to miss this Minneapolis screening!

Minnesota Public Radio News Interview with White Space Poetry Project

With deaf character, artist helps students find their voice | Minnesota Public Radio News

White Space Wins Best Short at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival

Tom DeBiaso, Guest Programmer  and 
 Maya Washington, White Space
Writer/Director

White Space was awarded Best Short at Minneapolis-St.Paul International Film Festival during the Closing Night Award Ceremony May 3rd.  The award includes a $5,000 prize good for post production services at Splice.

Best Short Presented by Splice

Awarded to a film exhibiting excellence in the short genre, this competition includes selections from the narrative and documentary programs, and includes prizes given to both the best national and international short, and the best short film from the MINNESOTA-Made program.

The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival is the most ambitious and best attended film event in the Upper Midwest. Over its three-week run, the Festival presents an exciting and diverse slate of some 300 narrative, documentary and short films from over 60 countries, hosts many visiting filmmakers to introduce and discuss their works, sand includes an array of events, panels, discussions, and parties. The Festival takes place on the five screens of the St. Anthony Main Theatre, set along the banks of the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis.

Over its three-decade history, the MSP International Film Festival has developed an exemplary reputation for presenting a distinctively diverse and imaginative line-up of international cinema, as well as American independents and alternative cinema, documentaries, experimental, and local and regional films. It continues to expand, last year presenting films to an audience of more than 40,000, hosting over 100 filmmakers and stars, and exhibiting films from 61 countries from all around the world.

Maya Washington's White Space Screening at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival - Twin Cities Culture - April 2012 - Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota

Maya Washington's White Space Screening at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival - Twin Cities Culture - April 2012 - Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota

White Space Screening at Minneapolis--St. Paul International Film Festival Thursday April 26th

White Space is an Official Selection of the Minneapolis--St. Paul International Film Festival and will screen in the Minnesota Made Shorts Program on Thursday April, 26th at 7pm at Saint Anthony Main Theatre (115 Southeast Main Street St Anthony Main, Minneapolis, MN 55414).

White Space Poetry Project is especially excited about this screening, as Minneapolis is White Space Writer/Director Maya Washington's hometown,

 "We are so excited to be in the Twin Cities, a place where we've received so much throughout this journey.  It is a blessing to bring the work to a community that has embraced us from the beginning."

You can join White Space Poetry Project at the screening and a Minnesota Made after party at Red Stag Super Club (509 1st Avenue Northeast Minneapolis, MN 55413) immediately following the screening.

Tickets are available through the festival box office and admission to the after party is free.

Festival Tickets/ Information

White Space Official Selection Maine Deaf Film Festival Screening April 14th

White Space is an Official Selection for the 10th Annual Maine Deaf Film Festival. This will be the second Deaf festival screening and the third fully accessible screening of the film.White Space will screen on Saturday evening April 14th, along side the Independent Lens Broadcast documentary, Deaf Jam.

The screening will be at the University of Southern Maine’s Talbot Auditorium.  Supporters interested in attending should check the festival websites for updates as the Film Schedule is subject to change. www.mainedeaffilmfest.com

Additionally the Festival website features a number of important updates in ASL like the one below.