Category: Festival

Here’s to the next festival for A FRIENDLY TURN

Cheers everyone – this venue is a special one. A FRIENDLY TURN is back in Los Angeles and will screen on December 15th at 8 p.m. at the Nihilist Film Festival in Santa Monica at The Highways Performance Space.

“The festival is dedicated to films that other festivals are afraid of from troubling to hilarious, from profound to completely silly. Pretty much, something for everyone (except children and clergy).” And Festival Director Elisha Shapiro commented, “Twenty years of hilariously offensive short films…I really thought we would have caused the rapture by now. Guess there’s no downside to mocking all that’s holy.”

So if you are in LA this holiday season, join us and have a drink – or two – and celebrate some nihilistic films. 🙂

A FRIENDLY TURN in Chicago!

Here comes the next film festival for A FRIENDLY TURN.  I am very excited to screen at the Aladerri International Film Festival in Chicago.


The short film will be screened in BLOCK#1 on Friday, September 22 at 4 pm at Facets Multi-Media, one of the leading national media arts organizations in the US. Join us if you are in the area.

A FRIENDLY TURN opened at LA Shorts!

A FRIENDLY TURN had a full house with over 200 film fans at the Regal Theatre at LA Live. Our comedy was in the company of six great short films accompanied by a Q&A on stage. Big Thanks to LA Shorts International Film Festival for a great screening and more festivals to come!

A FRIENDLY TURN premieres at LA Shorts!

Congrats to all cast and crew!

A FRIENDLY TURN will premiere at LA Shorts International Film Festival. The film is included in Program #21 and will screen on Sunday, July 23, 2023, at 10 pm at the Regal Cinemas LA LIVE!

Mark your calendar and join us for this fun occasion and watch some fun short films. Stay tuned for more info.

BLUNT in Italy

I am delighted that BLUNT is included in the Ultras Shorts “Gradisca” category of the 15th Amarcort Film Festival in Rimini. The festival is dedicated to Frederico Fellini and runs from November 22 – 27 and screens films in multiple venues across the beautiful ocean town of Rimini.

THE NEW GUY wins at Sunset

I am happy to announce that THE NEW GUY won Best Student Film at the Sunset Film Festival 2022.

So proud of all the Cinematography students at the New York Film Academy who work so hard making these practica a success.

 

All the best,
Boris Schaarschmidt

THE NEW GUY in LA

THE NEW GUY is part of the Sunset Festival that takes place on May 28&29.

Our screening is on May 28th and starts at 5 pm at the Sherry Theater on 11052 Magnolia Blvd in North Hollywood.

So happy to be part of this year’s collection of great films.

Please visit their webpage for more info and I hope to see you there on Saturday.

Cheers,
Boris

THE JUST at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles

I am thrilled that our Cine Practicum THE JUST is nominated for an Al Malaikah Shriners Harold Award as part of the Los Angeles ShowBiz Shriners Film Festival.
The award event will be held in person on Saturday, March 5th, 2022 at 1:30 pm at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. It is also free of charge, simply register here and join us at this historic location that also hosted the Oscars for many years.

See you there,
Boris

ANTUMBRA in Jaipur

Happy New Year – ANTUMBRA off to a good start.

The film is part of the 14th Jaipur International Film Festival in India. JIFF will screen the movie online on January 10th. Please visit their webpage for more information.

Stay healthy everyone.

Screenplay MAUJA semi-finalist at Other Worlds

I am so happy that my feature screenplay MAUJA is a semi-finalist at Other World Film Festival, one of America’s premiere Scifi Film Festivals.

Stay tuned for more updates.