There are works in the career of a human being that change his life forever. Those works mark a before and an after. Marlon Brando was no longer just an actor after being Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now in 1979. His image became immortal, like a character in a painting by Caravaggio.
We can say the same thing about Muhammad Ali, who entered history with the title “The Rumble in the Jungle” after the match held on October 30th, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire (now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo). That night Ali became a legend.
It was no different for Sofia Loren when she won the Oscar for her starring role in ‘La Ciociara’ directed by Vittorio De Sica, in 1962. From that day, she was no longer an actress but the symbol of a historical era trying to redeem itself after the sufferings of World War II.
I wanted to remember the story of these great personalities because February 2023 was a month that could definitely change independent cinema forever.
The 8 & Halfilm Awards and the special Event in Dubai reached a milestone unthinkable until a few years ago. It confirms that cinema can be an art form even if produced outside the Studios or the big Major Companies. With a Community of over 10,000 Filmmakers, Screenwriters, Actors, Cinematographers, Producers, etc. The 8 & Halfilm Awards has become one of the world leading independent film festivals.
The credit of this success goes to the enthusiasm of the team that in 2017 designed a festival dedicated to Federico Fellini. But the real protagonists of this victory are the artists who have believed in us.
After the success in Dubai we are pleased to announce that we will soon bring your work to Berlin in a new Special Event of the 8 & Halfilm Awards.
A Long live the imagination and the artists who express it freely.
Thank you so much:
Whitney Hamilton
Terry Podnar
Theo Eifrig
Jan Schmicker
Silvano Perozic
Michael John Chase
Andrew Winegarner
Camille DeBiase
Michelle Lynn
Mark Stas
Artie Romero
Edward Holub
Kathleen Renee Krenitsky
Russell Emanuel
Jaymz Bee
Aleš Urbanczik
Grzegorz Oleksa
Matthew Toffolo
Pamela Perry Goulardt
Rosie Malek-Yonan
Monica Malek-Yonan
Abraham Lopez
Shihyun Wang
Bruce Robert Notman
Michael B. MacDonald
Joe Boi
Dan Burle
Zsolt Pozsgai
Eissa Annam
Milind R Lanjewar
Andrea Jean Plamondon
Merli V. Guerra
Ryan Chong-Huang
James Matthew Storm
Jim Norman
Giacomo Giammatteo
Jamie Sutliff
Phil Kwarta
Rich Henkels
Paul Schwartz
Irénée Rostan
Harold L. Brown
John Michael Castagna
Nicolas Maffre
Joseph Stephen Meadows
Joe Territo
Kostiantyn Mishchenko
Matt Elliott
John Alden
Ryosuke Handa
Eugene E~NRG
Rock Wilk
Mark Gould
Gina Cunningham
Walid Salhab
Nick Muhlbach
Troubadour Films
Carla Di Bonito
Fernanda Peviani
Simon James Blackburn
Robert Arnold Coles
Bartley McSwine
Bruce Hickey
Casey Mensing
Ken Kimmelman
Mick Carlon
Jay Pennington
Gerry Olert
Katy Chance
Dylan Brody
Marwah Ghazi
Jacek Krawczyk
Jeremy Stork
Zeff Lawless
Andrew Kopacz
Miguel Raymond
Aaron J Falvey
Tony Villani
Alessandro Della Villa
Alessandro Moscatt
Atsuhiko Watanabe
Moreno Fuentes
Colin Denhart
Negash Abdurahman
Andrew Cahill-Lloyd
Alain Rimbert
James Thomas
Danny Manor –
Takaaki Watanabe
Brian Whisenant
Joe Starzyk
Paula Rossman
Jean-François Boydens
Frank Lehmann
Emilie Nyman
Ola Wallinder
Laura Burnett
María Yolanda Brown Melián
Kevin Ramos Fernández
Gary Beeber
Michael Lasoff
David Adamko
A.P. Gonzalez
Mireille Fiévet
Damian Matyasik
Urszula Nawrot
Patricia Coates
Avery Fane
Thomas Ma
Laurence Fortin Gagnon
Pat Mitchell
Tatiana Edel
Shamil Yaveroghlu Aliyev
Tom S Taylor
Joergen Erik Assentoft
John Handem Piette
Laurent Combaz
Slawek Zalewski
Jeffrey Richards
Joseph Anthony Francis
Charlotte Brown
Lara St John
Nils Agdler
Vasco Diogo
Daniel Patrick Basso Quinn
Rosa Coutinho Cabral
Henk Pringels
Peter Gartner
Johnny Vonneumann
Tom Gruenberg
Frances Barth
Jose Domingo
Emiliano Leone
Brandon Bruce Olivaux
Haris Samar
Emma Balcazar
Courtney Adkisson
Daniel Vossen
Kathy Moore
Tyler Waters
Shelley Brzak
Rupal Ginoya
Lisa Gray
Isaac Lawrence
Silvano Plank
Marty Roberts
Jimmy Womble
Stefan Teofilovic
Cat White
Phoebe Torrance
