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Sparks in the Night in NFFTY's Centerpiece Shorts and "Best OF" April 2010: The National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) has selected Sparks in the Night for screening in the Centerpiece Shorts program at 7:30 on May 1st in Seattle's SIFF Cinema. The film will also screen for free in the Seattle Center House as part of "Best of NFFTY: 2007-2010". The Sunday, April 25th, Seattle Times includes a great article about NFFTY with some quotes from Ben. This is Ben's fourth year and fifth film in NFFTY. Last year, Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave, made when Ben was 12, won NFFTY's HBO-sponsored trip to-Hollywood.
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Winter & Spring Festivals: (Update #4) Newport Beach Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Santa Cruz Film Festival, da Vinci (Oregon), Faux Film Festival (Portland), Best of CouchFest (Seattle)
The Newport Beach Film Festival in California will screen Sparks in the Night as part of its Youth Film Showcase. The screening is on April 25th. Last year, Newport Beach selected A Friendly Game. The da Vinci film festival in Corvallis, Oregon, has awarded Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave an Honorable Mention in their Young Filmmakers division. The film will screen three times, on March 12, 13, & 14th. On Sunday, February 7, Sparks in the Night screened at Best Of Couch Fest. The free screening was at the Northwest Film Forum's theater. Sparks in the Night will screen at the Faux Film Festival in Portland. The festival runs from April 2 to April 4th. The festival celebrates mocumentaries, parodies, and satire. Out of more than 2200 entries, Sparks in the Night was among the films selected for screening at the Nashville Film Festival. The festival is April 15-22. Sparks in the Night will screen at the Santa Cruz Film Festival in May. The festival seeks "independent-minded filmmakers and artists who produce culturally relevant and ideologically challenging work." The 53rd Annual San Francisco International Film Festival will be April 22–May 6, 2010 and will include Sparks in the Night. The festival is the longest-running film festival in the Americas.
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Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave and Sparks in the Night win Regional Scholastic Gold Keys March 2010: The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers has awarded gold keys to two Slugco films. These are the Alliance's highest regional honor.
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Winter Festivals: India, Cucalorus, Couch Fest, and Santa Fe In its first international screening, Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave will screen in Delhi, India in early December at the WorldKids International Film Festival. KIDS FIRST! arranged this screening. Sparks in the Night will screen at the Cucalorus Film Festival on November 14. In a great interview about the youth program, Meg Lansaw of the Festival seems to know Ben. Last year, A Friendly Game appeared at the festival. Couch Fest says "watching short films in strangers' houses = awkwardly awesome." Sparks in the Night will screen at the November 7th festival, here in Seattle. Finally, as mentioned in another news item, Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave might screen at the Santa Fe Film Festival as part of the KIDS FIRST! ceremony on December 5. |
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Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival! names
Sparks in the Night September 13: "Sparks in the Night" was given the "Best Youth Entry" award at REEL Shorts. Of 900+ submissions, 75+ films were screened and 13 won "Best" awards.
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KIDS FIRST! Nominates Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave for "Best Award!" December 5: "Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave" was a nominee for the "Best Award!" in the category of "Student Production, Middle School". Congrats to the winners who were announced in a ceremony at the Santa Fe Film Festival.
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Sparks
in the Night will screen at the Vancouver International
Film Festival On October 14 & 15 Reel Youth will present "Sparks in the Night" at the Vancouver International Film Festival. Of 300+ youth films submitted, Real Youth selected 16 for screening at VIFF.
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Sparks
in the Night earns nomination for "Best Teen Film" at
YoungCuts Film Festival, Montréal September 30: "Sparks in the Night" earned one of six nominations for Best Teen Film at its first international screening. Congratulations to "Growing Up in India", the winning film!
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5 Screenings During the week of September 27th, audiences from Montréal to Rio de Janeiro will see Slugco Films.
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Fall Film Festival Screenings Update: Two more screenings
* * * August 16, 2009: “Sparks in the Night” and “Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave” will screen at four festivals in September and October.
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Films screen at Harvard-Westlake Summer Teen Film Class June 23, 2009: Cheri Gaulke, chair of Harvard-Westlake's Visual Arts Department, invited Ben to show Slugco films during his visit to Los Angeles. Ben showed “Sparks in the Night” and “Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave” and then answered questions from her summer class of teen filmmakers. |
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"Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave" plays West Seattle July 25, 2009: The film, introduced by Ben, proceeded the feature film at the West Seattle Movies on the Wall. |
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"A Friendly Game" screens at NFFTY's "Five High Schools, Five Films" June 18, 2009: "A Friendly Game" screened as a bonus film at NFFTY-organized program of teen safety films. Maxon showcases "Sparks in the Night May 31, 2009: Maxon, the makers of Cinema 4D, has put "Sparks in the Night in their showcase. |
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KIDS FIRST! selects "Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave" and "A Friendly Game" for their film festival of film festivals.
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New film 'Sparks in the Night' selected as a Seattle Times Three-Minute Masterpiece Grand Prize Winner May 26, 2009: Update #2: Yesterday's big-screen première was amazing. Huge laughs in all the right places. At the end, “Sparks in the Night” was awarded the contest’s Grand Prize, not just the 18-and-under youth prize. The Seattle Times ran a small front page photo, an article inside the paper, and a longer on-line interview. The film will screen again at SIFF next weekend as part of a program of shorts. May 21, 2009: Update: This year's nine Masterpieces are live at the Seattle Times. The article includes a description of each film. (Also, a public high def version is on-line.) May 10, 2009: "Sparks in the Night," a new film starring 8th graders Ben Kadie, Dylan Forbes, Duncan Cock Foster, and Griffin Cock Foster and directed by Ben Kadie will première at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF). As one of nine Seattle Times "Three-Minute Masterpieces", it will be shown at a free public screening at 11 a.m. Monday, May 25 (Memorial Day), at the SIFF Cinema at Seattle Center. Tickets aren't necessary, but do show up a bit early. (Details at SIFF.) The 180-second movie was filmed over two days that produced over 250 clips and takes. Editing intensely over his one-week spring break, writer/director Ben Kadie used 3D computer models, 2D animation, archival footage, and digital matte paintings. "Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave" earns the "Excellence Award Plaque" from the Northwest High School/Middle School Film Festival.
May 19, 2009: This
is their top honor for a middle school film. Westport Youth Film Festival shows "Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave" and "A Friendly Game" May 9, 2009: The Westport Youth Film Festival screened "Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave" and "A Friendly Game". The festival screens “the best international and national high school and middle school films.” For more about WYFF, visit http://www.westportyouthfilmfest.org. Louisiana Film Festival names "Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave" best Middle School Film. April 4, 2009: The Louisiana Film Festival, Student Division, has named 'Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave' as best middle school film. The Robinson Film Center in Shreveport sponsors the festival. A still from the film appeared in the local paper. 'Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave' wins Trip-To-LA prize from NFFTY April 26, 2009: On the closing night of the National Film Festival for Talented Youth, "Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave" won one of the festival's biggest prizes: a two-day trip for two to Los Angeles. Criteria for the prize included filmmaker potential. While in LA, Ben will learn about filmmaking, meet with industry professionals, and have fun. Seattle's Child magazine reviews 'Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave' April 21, 2009: Three days before its Seattle première, 'Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave' got a great review from Warren Etheredge in Seattle's Child magazine. Mr. Etheredge calls the film one of the highlights of NFFTY and says "Kadie wisely uses these effects along with archival footage and an original score to transform this simple tale into legitimate crowd-pleasing entertainment." (The film was also recently mentioned in the Westport News and Bellevue Reporter.) Sunday double screening for 'A Friendly Game': Newport Beach & NFFTY On Sunday, April 25, 2009, audiences in California and Washington will watch 'A Friendly Game'. The Newport Beach Film Festival in California, one of the top 20 festivals in the U.S., will show the film at 11:30 AM. The National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) will show the film at 12:45 PM in Seattle. The film premiered Seattle last year. Newport Beach will be it's first California screening. 'A Friendly Game' earns Gold Medal from National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards March 31, 2009: A film Ben made a year ago, as a seventh grader, has won a National Gold Medal from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. According to Scholastic, 140,000 pieces of art and writing were submitted and fewer than 300 (0.22%) won the National Gold Medal. Ben is the only middle schooler to earn a gold medal in "Video and Film" (and the only middle school medal winner in Washington State). The awards have been given since 1923 and that folks such as Truman Capote and Andy Warhol were recognized as teens. There is an ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City (but it conflicts with Ben's 8th grade trip and he may choose the 8th grade trip). The web site is http://www.artandwriting.org/.
'Murder at the
Pharaoh's Grave' Is An Official Selection For NFFTY 2009! Update: 'Pharaoh's Grave' will screen on opening night, April 24th, at the Cinerama Theater. It will be followed by a party at the Experience Music Project (details). 'A Friendly Game' will also screen at NFFTY at 12:45 on Sunday (details).
'Murder at the
Pharaoh's Grave' trailer!
'Murder at the
Pharaoh's Grave' is done!
Called 'A Film
Festival For the Rest OF Us' by Time Magazine, Cucalorus shows “A
Friendly Game” “A Friendly Game” Plays Today at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF) October 26, 2008: The CICFF, largest annual festival of films for children in the world, today screened “A Friendly Game”. The film was one of 220 films selected from over 600 submissions. The CICFF is the only Academy Award qualifying children's film festival. “009” and “A Friendly Game” play on the Sidewalk in Alabama September 28, 2008: The Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival screened both “009” and “A Friendly Game” as part of their teen filmmaker program. The festival, one of TIME magazine's “Film Festivals for the Rest of us", is a celebration of new independent cinema in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.
009 at
Sidewalk “A Friendly Game” wins Regional Festival September 14, 2008: “A Friendly Game” is among the winners of the 32nd Annual Young People’s Film & Video Festival. Students in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Alaska competed in the festival which the Northwest Film Center coordinated. A jury of educators and film professionals judged the films for their storytelling, originality, artistic merit, technical achievement, and investigation of subject matter. Only 15 productions were chosen for the festival from over 100 entries. The Festival Winners’ Program was screened on in the Portland Art Museum. “009” and “A Friendly Game” Get REEL in Chicago Sept 14, 2008: The Chicago International REEL Shorts Fest screened both “009” and “A Friendly Game” at Columbia College. The festival, with sponsors such as the “The Onion” humor magazine, seeks to showcase films “to REEL PEOPLE in the Chicagoland area.” A still from “009” appears of the festival’s poster. Chicago International Film Festival's Reel Shorts Sony Profiles Ben Sept 9, 2008: Sony Creative Software, the makers of Vegas editing software, have profiled Ben on their web site. The story showcases how Noah and Ben made “009” and how Dylan and Ben made “A Friendly Game”. It also mention “Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave”, the new production. Web Links from the Sony story have brought more than 600 new viewers to the “009” trailer and more than 2500 new viewers to “A Friendly Game.” Filming begins on "Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave" Aug 16, 2008: With over 400 lbs of sand and a tomb set, SlugCo began filming its new production. "A Friendly Game" screens at Fremont Outdoor Cinema Aug 16, 2008: Ben introduced "A Friendly Game" to an enthusiastic crowd at the Fremont Outdoor Cinema. The film appeared before "The Iron Giant". "Perilous Skies" screens outdoors at Seattle Center Aug. 8, 2008: Movies at the Mural selected "Perilous Skies" for an outdoor screening under the Seattle Space Needle. The movie, which Noah and Ben made in sixth grade, appeared before a free showing of "The Goonies". "A Friendly Game" is the Seattle Times Three Minute Masterpiece Youth Winner May 26: At a screening today at the Seattle International Film Festival, "A Friendly Game" won the youth award in the Seattle Times “Three Minute Masterpieces” movie contest. Ben is the first young filmmaker to win this award twice. Click here for more details. "Tomorrow's Spielbergs get a film festival of their own" Apr. 18, 2008: Several weeks after the NFFTY, the Christian Science Monitor mentions NFFTY & Ben in an article titled "Tomorrow's Spielbergs get a film festival of their own". Click here to see article. 009 Earns Thompson Award Nomination At National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) ! Apr. 6, 2008: Last week, "009" had the honor of being one of five nominees for the festival's biggest award, the Thomson Young Innovator of the Year Award. (Cameron Edser, 19, and Michael Richards, 20, of Australia won the award for their wonderful and funny claymation film "Animal Instincts".) Click here for pictures of "009" at NFFTY 2008.
"A
Friendly Game", Apr. 17, 2008: What happens when two brothers escalate a one-point tennis match beyond “a friendly game”? Over their Spring break, Ben and his friend Dylan made a two-minute movie. This is not a full Slugco production since Noah wasn't available, so we put it on BenKadie.com. Click here to see the film and for production photos. 009: World Premiere At Nffty Details: 009 will be shown at N.F.F.T.Y Saturday, March 29, 5:00 pm. Also showing, Perilous Skies Sunday, March 30, 1:15 pm. 009: World Premiere At Nffty! Jan. 16, 2008: 009 is accepted into N.F.F.T.Y. (National Film Festival for Talented Youth.) March 28-30 009: New Movie Stills Feb. 16, 2008: Stills from the movie are now available. 009: Done!!! (!!!!!!!) Jan. 24, 2008: DONE!!!!!!!... But not yet available to the public. It will be released soon.
009: New Production Stills Jan. 23, 2008: Candid photos of the Slugco team shooting 009 in our studio (backyard) are now available. Click to see.
009: Chapter Five Finished Jan. 5, 2008: Dr. Mort reveals his sinister (and somewhat mechanical) plans as the clock ticks down on Agent 009's life. Chapter 5 is here.
009: Chapter Four Done Jan. 4, 2008: Agent 009 infiltrates Dr. Mort's base and plays Whack-A-Guard. Chapter 4 is here.
009: Chapter Three Ready Nov. 12, 2007: See 009 grill the Big Cheese. Chapter 3 is here
009: Filming Fin October 20, 2007: Slugco has completed principal filming on 009! Now all that remains is editing and post-production special effects. Oh, and some Foley work. And, music arrangement and ...
Perilous Skies on TV June 23, 2007: The City of Seattle broadcast Perilous Skies. More... 009: Chapter Two is Done! Sept. 23, 2007: Learn 009's next assignment and improve your martial arts skills by watching an educational film. Chapter 2 is here. We need your feedback to make the final movie better. We plan to tweak every chapter when all are done, so we welcome your constructive suggestions. What could be made clearer? Where you like to hear more (or less) music or sound effects? etc? Email Sluggy. You can also read unbiased positive reviews of Chapter 1 and email Sluggy your own unbiased positive reviews of Chapters 1 or 2.
Finally, if you know what an RSS feed
is, we've got 'em.
Mailing List Sept. 9, 2007: Now you can get Slugco news by mail. Simply send a blank email to: slugconews-request@slugco.com Fremont Outdoor Movie Report Sept 8, 2007: The Fremont Outdoor Movies screened the 3-minute version of Perilous Skies followed by She Demons with improvised live sound. Click here to see pictures.
So Close To Chapter Two Sept. 15, 2007: Slugco has just finished another day of filming. This puts it closer to chapter two of 009.
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New Version of 009 Chapter 1 Sept. 9, 2007: 009 has a new version of its first chapter. Thanks Dylan and Duncan for your feedback.
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Fremont Outdoor Screening The next screening of Perilous Skies will be at the Fremont Outdoor Cinema on Sept. 8, 2007. It will be followed by a Jet City Improv performance of the movie She Demons.
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009 Episode 1 Sept. 2, 2007: Slugco has been working on its latest movie, 009, all summer and is proud to release the first chapter.
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Slugco.com Sept. 2, 2007: Slugco has its own site, Slugco.com ... Duh.
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