News and Awards

TinkhamTown Productions reaches 125 film festival acceptances in our first 2 years, including the 30^th Carolina Film & Video Festival, the13^th  Sedona International Film Festival, the 49^th Rochester International Film Festival, the 10^th Magnolia Independent. Our films have won over a dozen awards and screened in almost every state in the US and at film festivals in Scotland, Canada, Wales, France, Austria, Swaziland and Albania.

SADIE TURNS SEVEN garners Kent Film Festival's BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD. Randy Benson's hard work as director of photography on SADIE TURNS SEVEN has paid off with a huge win at this year's Kent Film Festival, in Kent, CT. The award, presented by actress Lynn Redgrave, will be delivered to TinkhamTown later this spring. Congratulations to Randy and the entire cast & crew of SADIE TURNS SEVEN. Read all about it: http://www.kentfilmfestival.org/

HOME FOR GOOD gains acceptance into the 49^th annual Rochester International Film Festival, the oldest short film festival in the world. Screening at the George Eastman House Museum of Photography in Rochester, NY May 3-5, 2007. HOME FOR GOOD joins some of the best short films in the world at this prestigious festival. Read all about the RIFF:  http://www.rochesterfilmfest.org/

TinkhamTown Filmmaker, Lisa Konczal, heads to Cannes for the 60^th annual Festival De Cannes. That’s right, Lisa’s short documentary, BIKINI KANSHO, was invited to premiere at the 60^th annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. As part of a special program for promising young filmmakers, Lisa will be flown to the festival and will spend two weeks attending classes, watching films, networking, even filming sections of the massive event for the festival directors. Read more about it on the BIKINI KANSHO page (just click on the picure).

HOME FOR GOOD WINS BEST DRAMA
Our short drama, HOME FOR GOOD, written and directed by Todd Tinkham, and featuring Joanna Foster Wilson, won best drama at the 2007 Macon Film & Video Festival in Macon, GA. Read about the Macon Film Festival at: http://www.maconfilmfestival.com/

BEST DRAMA AWARD
Our short film, HOME FOR GOOD, written & directed by Todd Tinkham, and featuring actress Joanna Foster Wilson, won the Best Drama Award at the 2006 Seguin Film & Arts Festival in Seguin, Texas. HOME FOR GOOD also picked up the Bronze Pecan Award for filmmaking excellence at the Seguin Film & Arts Festival. Read more about the festival and the awards at:  http://www.seguinfestival.org/awards.asp

GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Our short drama, RIVERSIDE, written & directed by Todd Tinkham, was awarded the $1,000 Grand Prize for BEST FILM at the 2006 Cape Fear Independent Film Festival. This year's festival theme was "Let Us See Your Shorts", and did we ever! RIVERSIDE and our short thriller, AND THEN THERE WERE NUN, both screened at the festival in Wilmington, NC on Friday, Oct 6th. Visit the Cape Fear Independent Film Network online at: http://www.cfifn.org/index.html

HONORABLE MENTION
AND THEN THERE WERE NUN wins the Bronze Palmetto award, and RIVERSIDE
receives an Honorable Mention, at the 3rd Annual Folly Felder Film
Festival in Charleston, SC. Read all about it at:
http://www.actorstheatreofsc.org/


BIG WINNER
RIVERSIDE wins big at the 2006 Progeny Film Festival. Read all about it: Planet Blacksburg News. 

Upcoming Festivals and Screenings...
	July 9-14, 2007 The Deep Fried Film Festival in Lanarkshire, Scotland, has accepted four of our films, AND THEN THERE WERE NUN, featuring Mary Cates, and HOME FOR GOOD, featuring Joanna Foster Wilson, Attache, featuring Rebecca Coffey, and Riverside, featuring Joanna Foster Wilson, into its 2007 festival. Both films will screen as UK premieres at this festival. The Deep Fried prides itself on screening films from all over the world, as well as featuring their own local talent. Visit the Deep Fried Film Festival at: Deep Fried Film Festival
	June 20-24, 2007 The Staten Island Film Festival in Staten Island, NY, has accepted SADIE TURNS SEVEN to screen at its 2007 festival.  Visit: Staten Island Film Festival
	June 20-24, 2007 The ReelHeART International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, has accepted two of our films. SADIE TURNS SEVEN and HOME FOR GOOD will both screen in competition as Canadian premieres at this year’s RHIFF. http://www.reelheartfilmfestival.com/
Folly Felder Film Festival	June 10-12, 2007 Our short film, SADIE TURNS SEVEN, featuring Sadie Zimet and Mary Cates, has gained early acceptance into the 2007 Folly Felder Film Festival held every June in Folly Beach, SC. Festival programmer, Nick Smith, said:  "We love 'Sadie Turns Seven' and we'd like to feature it in our new family category for the 2007 Folly Felder Film Festival." That's fine with us! Thanks, Nick. Visit the wonderful people at the Folly Felder Film Festival at: Folly Felder Film Festival
	June 1-9, 2007 The Swansea Bay Film Festival in Swansea, Wales, has accepted our short drama, SADIE TURNS SEVEN, featuring Sadie Zimet, Mary Cates and Holland West, into its 2007 festival. Birthplace of Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta Jones and Dylan Thomas, beautiful Swansea has a long history of literature and theater. The film festival will take place June 1-9 at The Dylan Thomas Center, Somerset Place. Visit the Swansea Bay Film Festival online at: Swansea Bay Film Festival
	May 27-29, 2007 The Big Island Film Festival in Waikoloa, HI, has accepted HOME FOR GOOD and SADIE TURNS SEVEN into its 2007 festival. Big waves. Great films. Visit: Big Island Film Festival
	May 18-20, 2007 SADIE TURNS SEVEN has been accepted into the 2007 Danville International Children’s Film Festival in Danville, CA. Visit the DICFF at www.dicff.org
	May 16-27, 2007 BIKINI KANSHO has been invited to screen at the 60th  Festival De Cannes (Cannes Film Festival) in Cannes, France, as part of a special selection of student filmmakers from around the world that reveal true talent and great promise. As part of the program, Lisa will be flown to the festival and will participate in master filmmaking classes , and will join her fellow students in filming selected pieces of the festival. We’re very proud to have Lisa Konczal and her wonderful film, BIKINI KANSHO, representing TinkhamTown Productions at the most prestigious film festival in the world. Great work, Lisa. Huge congratulations!
	May 3-5, 2007 HOME FOR GOOD has been accepted into the 49th annual Rochester International Film Festival, the oldest short film festival in the world. Screening at the George Eastman House Museum of Photography in Rochester, NY, HOME FOR GOOD joins some of the best short films in the world at this prestigious festival. Read all about the RIFF:  http://www.rochesterfilmfest.org/
	April 23-29, 2007 The Bare Bones International Film Festival has accepted two of our films. SADIE TURNS SEVEN and ATTACHE' will both screen at this huge festival in Muskogee, OK, this spring. Visit: Bare Bones International Film Festival
	April 22 - May 5, 2007 The San Diego International Children’s Film Festival has accepted our short film, SADIE TURNS SEVEN, featuring Sadie Zimet and Mary Cates, into its 2007 festival. SADIE TURNS SEVEN will screen at the Museum of Photographic Arts in the wonderful and amazing Balboa Park on Saturday, May 5th at 12 noon. http://www.sdchildrensfilm.org/
	April 21, 2007 The Pinwheel Film Festival in Raleigh, NC, has accpeted SADIE TURNS SEVEN and HOME FOR GOOD into its 2007 festival. Both films will screen at the Campus Cinema in the Witherspoon Center on NC State University's main campus. Visit: http://www.ncsu.edu/cinema/pinwheel
	April 21, 2007 The Progeny Film Festival in beautiful Blacksburg, VA has accepted SADIE TURNS SEVEN and HOME FOR GOOD into its 2007 festival. Last year, our short drama, RIVERSIDE, won BEST FILM OF THE FESTIVAL at the 2006 Progeny. With 2 films accepted this year, we’re hoping for yet another win in wonderful Blacksburg. Visit the PFF at:  http://www.progeny.org.vt.edu/
	April 20 -22, 2007 The Lake Havasu Film Festival in beautiful Havasu City, AZ, has accepted two of our films into its 2007 festival. SADIE TURNS SEVEN and HOME FOR GOOD will both screen on Saturday, 4/21 and Sunday, 4/22 at this small but competitive film festival, offering more that $15,000 in cash and prizes. Visit: http://www.lakehavasufilmfestival.com/schedule.htm
	April 20 -22, 2007 The Rebel Planet Film Festival in Hollywood, CA, has accepted our short drama HOME FOR GOOD into its 2007 festival. Visit: Rebel Planet Film Festival
	April 13-14, 2007 The Indiana University, South Bend, Independent Filmmakers Festival has accepted HOME FOR GOOD and SADIE TURNS SEVEN into its 6th annual festival in South Bend, Indiana. Visit them at:  http://www.ivff.net/
	April 5-7, 2007 The Davis film festival in Davis, CA, has accepted SADIE TURNS SEVEN into its 2007 festival. Visit: Davis film festival
	April 5-7, 2007 SADIE TURNS SEVEN, featuring actress Sadie Zimet, has been accepted into the 2007 Thunderbird International Film Festival, which takes place annually on the campus of Southern Utah University in Cedar City, UT. Last year, our short film, RIVERSIDE, screened to enthusiastic crowds at this festival. Visit the TFF at: http://www.thunderbirdfilmfestival.suu.edu/
	March 30-31, 2007 New Bern Filmmaker's Conference has accepted HOME FOR GOOD and SADIE TURNS SEVEN into its 2007 filmmaker's conference. Visit the NBFC on myspace.
	March 27- April 1, 2007 The Kent Film Festival in Kent, CT, has accepted HOME FOR GOOD and SADIE TURNS SEVEN into its 2007 festival. Visit: Kent Film Festival
	March 17-25, 2007 The San Fernando Valley International Film Festival in Hollywood, CA has accepted HOME FOR GOOD and SADIE TURNS SEVEN into its 2007 festival. Visit: San Fernando Valley International Film Festival
	March 22-30, 2007 The Tiburon International Film Festival in Tiburon, CA, has accepted our short dramas, SADIE TURNS SEVEN and HOME FOR GOOD, both written & directed by Todd Tinkham, into its 2007 festival. Tiburon is known for being one of the best film festivals in the US, in one of the most beautiful locations. Visit the Tiburon International Film Festival at: Tiburon International Film Festival
	March 15-18, 2007. The Other Venice Film Festival, in Venice, CA, has accepted SADIE TURNS SEVEN into its 2007 festival. Visit: Other Venice Film Festival
	February 23-25, 2007. The All-American Film Festival screened the latest cut of Lisa Konczal’s documentary, BIKINI KANSHO, on Saturday, Feb 24. The audience response was fantastic, and Lisa plans to keep working on this amazing film, the first of many we’re sure.

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