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10/19/2022

Thank you to NZ Web Fest for nominating Marcellus Hall an Artist in New York City for Best Show under the Factual headline! We are honored that an independent project can travel around the world and be recognized in such a way.

10/19/2022

Check out the article on Justin Joseph Hall, our own multimedia storyteller and artist. He chats about his influences and what got him to become the owner of Fourwind Films.

https://shoutoutla.com/meet-justin-hall-multimedia-storyteller-artist/

10/11/2022

2020-09-01 PROLOGUE OUTTAKE - Shawn Thomas Diefenbach these roads suck

Playing at Coffman Union Theater - University of Minnesota tonight Tuesday the 11th at 7PM. We will be showing Prologue, directed by Justin Joseph Hall with actress Shirley Venard in attendance. Just $4 included with some student films and a perfomance from Pandelion!

Video is an outtake of the driving scene, some mid-scene improv by Shawn Thomas Diefenbach and Claudia de Candia.

09/18/2022

On a break to celebrate these two being together.

09/16/2022

PROLOGUE OUTTAKE - Claudia de Candia go back Italy

An Outtake from Prologue starring Claudia de Candia & Shawn Thomas Diefenbach. Viewer review:

"Loved the storyline and pacing of the film. Loved the added suspense with the lighting and music."

Catch it Saturday 5:30PM at the Coney Island Film Festival. Ticket link below. Present will be writer, Piper Werle, and Director Justin Joseph Hall.

https://www.coneyisland.com/ciff2022/ciff22program5

09/12/2022

We’re so excited to bring Artist in & the City series all around the world to festivals. and another we’ll announce soon have honored our project inspired by Marcellus Hall to document a lifetime of art told by the artist and his music.

Viewer review:

“Absolutely loved it! Firstly, he is so fu***ng interesting… The amount of awesome artwork playing through all of the stories cutting back with his interview seemed too good to be true -- so perfect. The art is so engaging and interesting that it really elevated the story - hearing him tell it while watching his art of events (or at least art that represented and worked with the story he was currently telling) was perfect. There is also something about the way he talks and tells stories that I can't put my finger on, but it was incredibly engaging. Honestly, I was sad there wasn't more -- when I finished the last one all of the sudden it was like 2 hours later and i had been online looking at all of his artwork and covers and trying to find a bunch of his older music.”

09/07/2022

From Director Justin Joseph Hall - Marcellus Hall an Artist in New York City is nominated for best documentary

Our genre nominations from our web series! We will be announcing the skill, community, and other nominations the week of Sept 19

09/06/2022

Photos from Fourwind Films's post

09/04/2022

Come see our series about Marcellus with Cheri Gaulke's 2 great art flicks and Why I'm a Vegan! Such a cool festival Ag and Art Film Festival.

MOVIE BLOCK 6 🎟
Saturday, 9/17 - 2pm

🎥 The Art of Simon Eisenberg 🧑‍🎨🎨
Simon Eisenberg is an artist with a unique interpretation of the world. He is a person with Autism who expresses his creativity using oil pastels and water colors. Doing art brings Simon such joy! His art sessions are filled with laughter, and often with exclamations of “I’m so happy!” Many thanks to Simon's high school teacher, Mr. Howard Artig, who encouraged Simon to pursue his interest in art. Also many thanks to his Art Teachers, past and present, Ms. Laura Napier and Mr. Steve Ceccato. Simon blesses us all with his works of art. Enjoy!

🎥 Annie Hejny: The Artist 👩‍🎨🖼
Annie Hejny is an abstract visual artist from Minneapolis. Her artwork is inspired by her connection with nature, often incorporating collected elements from the natural world into the work itself. She works with galleries, private collectors, designers, and public institutions to create artwork for their spaces that expresses our stories of relationship with the earth.

🎥 Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color 👩🏾‍🎨🖼🇺🇸
Alma W. Thomas lived a life of firsts: the first Fine Arts graduate of Howard University (1924), the first Black woman to mount a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1972), and the first Black woman to have her paintings exhibited in the White House (2009). Yet she did not receive national attention until she was 80.
“Miss Alma Thomas” is the first documentary film that explores Thomas’ incredible life through the lens of curators, art specialists, scholars, her family, and award-winning actress Alfre Woodard as the voice of Miss Thomas. Released in conjunction with a major four-city museum retrospective, thousands will have the opportunity to learn of her life, work, and continuing influence.

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09/03/2022

It's National Cinema day! Go see a movie for $3 in many places throughout the country.

08/28/2022

‘It Was Magic From the First Second’

We Don't Even Know makes New York Times through a love connection at their show.

When Chelsea White, a writer and producer, first met Tash Neal, a musician, their attraction was instant. By the end of their first date, he felt “butterflies” and she found her “dream man.”

08/28/2022

Celebrating all of the film festival selections our award-winning Prologue has been honored in showing at in almost 2 years after its debut. Prologue will be playing again at the Coney Island Film Festival on Saturday September 17th. See the program below!

https://www.coneyisland.com/ciff2022/ciff22program5

Starring - Claudia de Candia, Shawn Thomas Diefenbach, Shirley Venard, & Ariel Woodiwiss
Writer - Piper Werle
Producer - Ricky Rosario
Assistant Director - Kate Branom
Cinematographer - Gary Jaquez
Director - Justin Joseph Hall
Associate Producer - Daria Huxley
Camera Operator - Megan Masur
Assistant Editor - Elizabeth Chatelain

08/22/2022

After our first theatre screening of Feature & a short, host Justin Joseph Hall with appointed contributor Shirley Venard at the The Woman's Club of Minneapolis.

Filmmaker Justin Joseph Hall brought his podcast, Feature and a short, to the Theater in the Woman’s Club.

His special guest was actor and former Club member Shirley Venard. Shirley talked about her appearance in the film “Kumiko the Treasure Hunter” before a screening of the movie. She told the audience, “In chaos and destruction there is art and there is heart.”

Fourwind Films

08/20/2022

MARCELLUS HALL an Arist In New York City 1 • The Early Years Trailer

Marcellus Hall an Artist in New York City is overseas this weekend at the Seoul Webfest! We are nominated for an award and couldn't be more excited for our first international debut. Below is the trailer for our series and the opening lines you hear in the documentary.

08/18/2022

Ilaria Polsonetti: Black South Rising: Inside Charlotte's Mostly Black and Brown Government - Shooting While Editing

At Feature & a short, our cinema event podcast, we have intimate conversations with the moviemakers who are amazing storytellers and/or technicians. We talk about process, creativity and gain insight to how to make movies well. Here is Ilaira Polsonetti, Editor for VICE, talking about her collaboration with producers before the footage is shot in the Post-Production office.

Tonight we bring this format live to the public for the first time to the The Woman's Club of Minneapolis. We will be chatting with the hard working Shirley Venard who has lent her skills to Minnesota movies and theatre for her long career. We will be screening an inspirational Oscar nominated short with the French superstar Jane Birkin and then watch Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter in which Shirley acted herself. Come be a part of the conversation, eat, and enjoy incredible cinema. Get tickets below and we'll see you there!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/feature-a-short-shirley-venard-la-femme-et-le-tgv-kumiko-tickets-381815559617

08/14/2022

Check out our last episode of Feature & a short - our 1910's Fresh Air award before our live events. Once a year we give out the Fresh Air Award to the movie that pushed cinema forward the most in a decade.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or via the link below:

https://www.fourwindfilms.com/feature-and-a-short/2022/6/6/the-1910s-fresh-air-award

08/04/2022

FEATURE & A SHORT | Justin Joseph Hall: Halfway Home: A Father's Story - Cellphones

Justin Joseph Hall is our appointed contributor again at our first New York public screening of Feature & a short. We will be playing Samsara and a Buddhist short. There are 2 food items included in the ticket in addition to talking with the filmmaker and watching 2 movies. Held at the famous Nitehawk Cinema - Williamsburg. Check out the link below!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/feature-a-short-justin-joseph-hall-buddhist-short-samsara-tickets-394642796227?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

Below audio is from last year's episode Justin talking about vérité documentaries.

07/20/2022

We've been doing Feature & a short event podcast for 5 years. We're starting our 6th season with an episode with Shirley Venard in Minneapolis, Minnesota at The Woman's Club of Minneapolis on August 18th. We'll be watching movies, eating food served, and talking to Shirley about the movies in a discussion. To get a discount code, sign up for the event, sign up for our newsletter below:

https://www.fourwindfilms.com/contactfourwind

Photo by Jasper Patch from Shonali Bhowmik's episode.

07/11/2022

Prologue is written by Piper Werle and directed by Justin Joseph Hall in their first collaboration. The story's mood was based off of a dream by the director and which interplays with the poignant content of Piper's much needed words and poignant story theme.

Don't miss the screening at Twin Cities Film Fest's MN Shorts Showcase Wednesday at 6PM on June 13th along with other amazing shorts with Minnesota connections. Shirley Venard will be there for the Q&A along with Director Justin Joseph Hall. Tickets below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mn-shorts-showcase-encore-event-registration-358852737197

Pictured in the moving image are the leads, Claudia de Candia and Shawn Thomas Diefenbach in the opening sceen to the award-winning short movie.

07/07/2022

Paper Geese is playing today at the Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival in Cincinnati at 6 PM! Congrats to Director Elizabeth Chatelain's whole team! After an unsuccessful goose hunt, a young girl grapples with seeing her father in a new light.

06/24/2022

MN Shorts Showcase Encore Event

Our next event is in Minnesota! Shirley Venard - Speaking Systems & Director Justin Joseph Hall will be in attendance for the premiere of Prologue on July 13th 6-10PM at the ICON Theatre in Saint Louis Park. We'll be playing alongside other great short movies. Get tickets now!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mn-shorts-showcase-encore-event-registration-358852737197

Come see the films from the 2022 MN Shorts Showcase on the big screen!

06/21/2022

This Thursday, and this Thursday only, Chivonne Michelle is coming to Los Ruano Gallery to present two movies. She's an actor born in Victoria, B.C. Canada but was raised all over the world courtesy of her father's U.S. Military career. She produced and starred in "The Downtown Girls" web series which was an LA Web Series Festival Official Selection and won Best Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series and acted across from Samuel L. Jackson.

Check out Hair Love & Lucky - 2 movies she will present Thursday June 23rd from 6-10PM. Tickets and info below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/feature-a-short-chivonne-michelle-hair-love-lucky-tickets-350780432717

06/18/2022

We're in Los Angeles, ready for our screening tomorrow Saturday June 18th at 5:30PM at Dances With Films. What an amazing independent festival for an independent film company like ourselves. We are honored and thrilled to be playing an episode from our pilot season of Artist & the City at the festival. Come watch the great curated selection and stay for the Q&A which will include Director & Editor, Justin Joseph Hall.

https://danceswithfilms.com/marcellus-hall-an-artist-in-new-york-city/

06/15/2022

The 1910's Fresh Air Award — Fourwind Films

Amazing work by our panelists choosing the 1910's Fresh Air Award on our Feature & a short podcast! Elizabeth Chatelain, Justin Joseph Hall, Kevin Hinman, & Jason Tucker. The only ways to know about our nominees and chosen winner is to listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts or via our website! Check it out:

https://www.fourwindfilms.com/feature-and-a-short/2022/6/6/the-1910s-fresh-air-award

Welcome to the third Fresh Air Award ! Four cinephiles continue a Fourwind Films tradition of awarding a film that pushed cinema forward the most as an art form during a particular decade. To be nominated, a motion picture has to have changed movies in some way and made a lasting impression on the

06/04/2022

Carol & Johnny by the Barnicle Brothers debuts at the Tribeca Film Festival.

The unbelievable, decade-spanning, and surprisingly heart-warming true story of two of America’s most successful bank robbers, Carol & Johnny provides the opportunity for the real-life Bonnie and Clyde to reflect upon and record their unique love story in their own words. Comparing and contrasting the oral histories of both now-elderly ex-cons, Colin Barnicle’s riveting biographical documentary traces the history of the duo with equal intensity and intimacy, transforming true crime into a rich, literary epic.

We were happy to help in post-production on this project. Tickets below:

https://www.tribecafilm.com/films/carol-johnny-2022

05/31/2022

Feature & a short is about to release our last episode of Season 5 and now are planning live events across the country.

Our first is in Los Angeles with actress Chivonne Michelle (Shaft). She's acted alongside Samuel L. Jackson and has chosen to bring the Oscar-winning Hair Love along with one of her latest project Lucky (2020).

The event will include our usual delicious food that is served along while we watch the flicks. The tickets are $50 for a night enjoying cinema and food that goes along with it. Located at the up and coming Los Ruano Gallery (David Ruano).

Tickets available via link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/feature-a-short-chivonne-michelle-hair-love-lucky-tickets-350780432717

05/13/2022

HOME | New York CineFest

By tickets to Short block 2 playing at 5PM tonight at Cinépolis in Manhattan which includes Katherine Bourne Taylor’s ships in the night that includes a New York shot we helped create. We’ll see you there.

05/10/2022

We are more than excited to announce that our Pilot season MARCELLUS HALL AN ARTIST IN NEW YORK CITY has been selected to play at Dances With Films a truly independent festival for our truly independent series.

SATURDAY, JUNE 18 @ 5:30PM

Director, Cinematographer, and Editor Justin Joseph Hall will be there for the Questions & Answers.