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June 11th: Sundance Grand Jury prize winner WINTER'S BONE opens in theaters

Script Supervised by Andrew Cesana

"Winter's Bone was a fun but tough shoot. Arctic conditions in the morning, then humid sweaty heat midday and back to arctic at night. The locations were all in the sticks of Missouri and couldn't be anymore authentic or amazing when you can actually see the beauty in them.

Debra Granik, the director, is an amazing person to work with. She is definitely engulfs herself in the world of the film, where she understands and responds very much to the beats of the scene, more than any director I've ever worked with. Bottom line, Debra had an amazing script and directed the actors to give worthy performances that live up to the essence of the script.

I think as far as my own experience, it was funny because I never have worked on a 110 pg film that timed out to an epic 6 hours and 43 minutes. Ahhh yes... The power of editing!

Overall, I'm proud to have been part of the film and its a great feeling that all our work paid off in the end with such an incredible response!"

June 4th: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE UNDEAD opens in theaters

Script Supervised by Annie Keller

May 21st: HOLY ROLLERS opens in theaters

Script Supervised by Jodie Alexandra Taylor

May 7th: ENTRE NOS opens in theaters

Script Supervised by Veronica Mulero

"This is my second Spanish speaking movie that is playing in theaters, and working on this set was quite unique. With the two directors, Paola and Gloria, we worked on communicating- who was directing when, and how we communicated when Paola was acting. This clear communication with us three women was such a great experience that they were willing to listen to suggestions to maintain the integrity of the movie. However, the highlight was the children that worked on this shoot. They were just like any other kids who can be tired, hungry, and just plain and simply being kids. But once the word "action" was said, they focused on their acting and they did it less than three takes. They were on point with continuity. They even asked me," Veronica do you remember where this was? So I tell them the answer, and they said, "WOW! You have a good memory. I will make sure I will not make a mistake with you."

BLUE VALENTINE will screen in the Un Certain Regard section during Cannes 2010

Script Supervised by Tony Osso - congrats!

The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival is on: April 23-30

Check out BEWARE THE GONZO - SS: Andrea Ulrich

April 23rd: PAPER MAN opens in theaters

Script Supervised by Sharon Watt

"I was thrilled to work on this film as I was familiar with the project from the 2004 Sundance Filmmakers Lab, where it was very clear that the 'superhero imaginary friend' script was the funnest project on the mountain. Apart from a rewrite which restaged the story in Montauk, the script was intact in all it's quirky glory. The film was quite a project for set dressing continuity as it's about a writer holed up inside a winter cottage, and since he has chronic writer's block he creates elaborate procrastinations and is constantly moving stuff around - most notably a huge couch. It was a also a great movie for props with numerous dead animals to play with: birds, squirrels, raccoons, fish, lobsters....This was my first film working with a husband and wife directing team - I followed it up with another couple on 'The Extra Man - so for a while I was quite used to threesomes in video village. Sometimes it can mean more wrangling to get decisions made but the offset is that if you have a sex scene, you have the perfect people to block it out it for the actors!"

April 2nd: THE GREATEST opens in theaters

Script Supervised by Tony Osso

"Working on The Greatest was fun because it was another job with producer Lynette Howell, who has become a good friend of mine. It was also the first time that I worked on an entire feature with a DP who does not operate - John Bailey. This guaranteed that there were always director's chairs set up, and the image on the monitor was always impeccable. Susan Sarandon was also pretty fun on set. When I saw this movie at Sundance, I was surprised by how much audible sobbing was happening all around me in the theatre. I did three features that year, all dealing with grief ("The Messenger" and "Welcome to the Rileys"), and I was happy to move on to happier projects..."

Feb 2nd: Oscar nominations announced

Congratulations to THE MESSENGER, nominated for Best Original Screenplay (Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman) and Best Supporting Actor (Woody Harrelson).

Script Supervised by Tony Osso

Jan 30th: WINTER'S BONE wins the Sundance Dramatic Grand Jury prize!

Script Supervised by Andrew Cesana - congrats!

Andrew also script supervised Frozen River, the 2008 grand jury winner.

Films in the 2010 Sundance Film Festival were announced!

The festival runs from Januray 21st-31st. Congratulations to these films which made the lineup!

Dramatic Competition:

BLUE VALENTINE - SS: Tony Osso

HOLY ROLLERS - SS: Jodie Alexandra Taylor

HOWL - SS: Tony Pettine

WELCOME TO THE RILEYS - SS: Tony Osso

WINTERS BONE - SS: Andrew Cesana

Premieres:

THE EXTRA MAN - SS: Sharon Watt

PLEASE GIVE - SS: Andrew Cesana, Melissa Kalfbus

THE ROMANTICS - SS: Tony Osso

TWELVE - SS: Sharon Watt