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#INSYNC This month, we caught up with #vcmember Ben Proudfoot, director of the Academy Award-winning short “The Queen of Basketball.” 🏀 Ben’s production company, Breakwater Studios (Breakwater Studios), specializes in humanist short-form documentaries. #INSYNC host Nikita Mandhani and Ben talk about character-led filmmaking, interview framing, and making real people’s stories of resilience come to life on phone screens.
“When you change the frame, you evoke an entirely different universe, which is a very personal, expressive, emotional universe.” — Ben
Read the post at the link in, and don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter for next month’s interview! 👀
https://www.videoconsortium.org/blog/2022/5/3/in-sync-ben-proudfoot
++ The Academy The New York Times Opinion Section
Three college championships. 🏆
First points scored in Olympic women's basketball history. 🏅
First and only woman officially drafted by NBA. 🏀
👑 material.
THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL, executive produced by Shaquille O' Neal and Stephen Curry, is a #PeabodyNominee! Watch and learn more about the engrossing profile of the late great Lusia “Lucy” Harris. Breakwater Studios Op-Docs
#QueenOfBasketball #StoriesThatMatter #HERstory
Today for World Immunization Week, we share ‘If You Have,’ a new documentary from Academy Award-winning director Ben Proudfoot and Breakwater Studios. This film celebrates UNICEF's history through the decades, featuring unsung heroes and untold stories. Watch the full film here:
https://bit.ly/3ELGzE5
This weekend Charles Yang performs American film composer Kris Bowers’ ‘For a Younger Self’ with the Naples Philharmonic and conductor Carlos Izcaray.
Bowers’ violin concerto, written for Charles, “traces the process of breaking into new spaces through generations of sacrifice that came before him, focusing on the story of his grandfather Horace Bowers. As a young man, he left his home in the Jim Crow South, eventually ending up in Los Angeles. Encountering discrimination at every turn, he and his wife, Alice, nevertheless made a life as business owners.” (The New York Times)
Breakwater Studios film short ‘A Concerto is a Conversation’ was featured at 2021 Sundance Film Festival and nominated for The Academy awards.
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#ArtisNaples #NaplesPhilharmonic #CharlesYang Charles Yang Musicn #CarlosIzcaray Izcaray Carlos Artis-Naples Kris Bowers #KrisBowers #TimeForThree #musiclovers #classicalmusic #crossovermusician #naplesfl #thingstodoinnaples #hollywood #bridgerton #netflix #filmmusic
We're kicking off Season 9 of The Webby Podcast with a special roundtable on the 26th Annual Webby Awards Nominees! Host David-Michel Davies is joined by Claire Graves and Steve Marchese for a look at just a few of their favorite Nominees from this year, including:
⭐️ Spotify 2021 Wrapped by Spotify
⭐️ The Lost Class by Leo Burnett Chicago
⭐️ The New Normal by Schema Design
⭐️ Last Day: Trauma by Lemonada Media
⭐️ The Queen of Basketball by Breakwater Studios
⭐️ Effin' Birds
...and more! Listen at wbby.co/369NVEu, and don’t forget to vote for your favorites at wbby.co/vote. 👏🔥✨
Congratulations to Ben Proudfoot and Breakwater Studios who won an Oscar Sunday night for Best Short Documentary, for the 22 minute film, The Queen of Basketball.
https://bit.ly/3qLxbdW. Angels' relationship with Ben started several years back when he produced this video highlighting one of our amazing Resource Families.
https://bit.ly/3tOuGtj
Long live the Queen!
Congratulations to The Queen of Basketball for winning the Oscar for Best Short Documentary at the 94th Academy Awards. Cheers to this 2021 Naples International Film Festival film for its remarkable achievement—and congratulations to the rest of the winners as well!
#ArtisNaples #IAmNIFF #NIFF Breakwater Studios #TheQueenOfBasketball The Academy #AcademyAwards #OscarWinner @bgproudfoot @shaq
Congratulations to our PSIFF 2022 honorees, PSIFF 2022 alumni, and ShortFest 2021 alumni on their Academy Awards!
#PSIFF2022 #ShortFest2021 #Oscars #AcademyAwards #JessicaChastain #TheEyesofTammyFaye #WillSmith #KingRichard #JaneCampion #ThePoweroftheDog #Belfast #KennethBranagh #TheQueenofBasketball #DriveMyCar #TheLongGoodbye #RizAhmed Jessica Chastain The Eyes of Tammy Faye Searchlight Pictures Entertainment Tonight American Express Netflix The Power of the Dog Focus Features Belfast Movie WillSmith King Richard Film Warner Bros. Pictures Riz Ahmed #somesuchandco Breakwater Studios
Congratulations to Pinwheel Horizon's Director of Photography Haley Watson and Colorist Stephen Derluguian for their work on The Queen of Basketball—which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject last night!
The Queen of Basketball explores the life of pioneering athlete Lusia Harris. Don't miss the film on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPFkcoTfr7g
Photo credit: Breakwater Studios / The Queen of Basketball
Congratulations to Breakwater Studios on the Oscar win! We remember shooting a pilot with Ben Proudfoot many years ago, and it's no surprise he made such a compelling documentary. Watch it!
Oscar-nominated director Ben Proudfoot (Breakwater Studios) responds to changes in the Oscar ceremony with an impassioned defense of the short documentary, in this guest op/ed.
It’s not every day we can say one of our videos was produced by a two-time Oscar nominee from #Halifax, #NovaScotia. 🎬
Huge congratulations to Ben Proudfoot of Breakwater Studios on his recent #Oscar nomination for the Documentary Short Film Category for The Queen of Basketball. Watch Ben's Oscar-nominated film here
https://bit.ly/3gRRoJu
The team at Breakwater Studios not only produce incredible short video content for #NSBusinesses
https://bit.ly/3sFEZxV, but Ben also offers guidance and support to local entrepreneurs as a Global Advisor for #NSBI's #Scotians Global Advisor program.
#NSBusiness #NSFilm
Works of faith,hope and love,www.faopal.hu thank you
Congratulations to the short films from our #ShortFest2021 lineup on their 2022 Oscar nominations!
The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies
Affairs of the Art
BoxBallet
The Long Goodbye
On My Way
Please Hold
#94thAcademyAwards #PSIFF2022 #Oscarnominations #Oscarnoms Breakwater Studios
From the aftermath of World War II to today's fight against the pandemic, UNICEF has been there for vulnerable children. 'If You Have,' an inspiring documentary from Academy Award-nominated director Ben Proudfoot and Breakwater Studios, explores this 75-year legacy as told through the eyes of those who were there.
Join us for the premiere in select cities or virtually on November 30, Giving Tuesday. Info and tickets 👉
https://www.unicef75celebration.org/ #UNICEF75
After a lovely week at DOC NYC were following the snowbirds south to Key West Film Festival Were playing alongside some incredible films!!! @bgproudfoot Breakwater Studios @ciaraleilacy @amarchebib @joebuffalofilm @rachelroseknoll @keywestfilmfestival
https://keywestff.com/event/documentary-shorts-2021/
#snowbirds #keywest #filmfestival