Breck Film Fest + Eclipse Movie Theater Blog
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Blog Posts
Filmmaker of the Month
Filmmaker of the Month – February 2024 – Harriet Marin Jones
Award-winner director and producer, Harriet Marin Jones grew up in different countries in Europe. Through the years, she wrote and directed two high budgets short films, followed by her first feature film, “Epouse-Moi” distributed by Gaumont. “King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones,” her first documentary, has won 18 awards including Best Documentary at the 2023…
Filmmaker of the Month – January 2024 – Josh Berman
Josh Berman started his career in the New York City production scene while earning a degree in Film from Dartmouth College. Josh followed his passion for snowsports to Colorado and has been directing award winning outdoor and action sports films for the past two decades. His first feature doc, Full Circle won the 1st Place…
Filmmaker of the Month – November 2023 – Ashley Avis
Ashley Avis is an award winning filmmaker, best known for writing, directing, as well as editing Disney’s BLACK BEAUTY starring Oscar winner Kate Winslet and Twilight’s Mackenize Foy. Her most recent documentary feature, WILD BEAUTY: MUSTANG SPIRIT OF THE WEST played Breck Film Fest 2022 and was recently named as a top tier awards contender for the Oscars…
Filmmaker of the Month – October 2023 – Dan Bronzite
Dan’s latest drama-fantasy short ALL THAT GLITTERS starring Sophia Myles and Alec Newman played Breck Film Fest 2022 and has garnered over 50 international film festival selections and 32 awards. Dan studied photography and graphic design before pursuing his passion for cinema and directing his first short FINDERS, KEEPERS while studying at the New York…
Filmmaker of the Month – August 2023 – Arcadi Palerm
Arcadi Palerm-Artis was born and raised in Mexico City. He has written and directed three narrative short films, which received awards and recognition in Mexico and internationally. Arcadi’s feature film debut, Oliver and the Pool (Oliverio y la Piscina), played Breck Film Fest 2022.
Filmmaker of the Month – July 2023 – Din Blankenship & Erin Bernhardt
Blankenship & Bernhardt’s film Refuge won Best Human Spirit Award at the 2022 Breck Film Festival. Since then, it has gone on to win several other festival awards and was featured on “USA Today’s List of Movies You’ll Want to Watch in 2023.”
FILMMAKER OF THE MONTH – JUNE 2023 – Holly Morris
Director, writer and producer Holly Morris’s most recent documentary, Exposure (2022), tells the story of “ordinary” women from the Arab World and the West who team up to attempt a harrowing over-ice expedition to the North Pole.
FILMMAKERS OF THE MONTH – MAY 2023 – Marny Eng and E. J. Foerster
Marny Eng and EJ Foerster co-directed Gringa, which had its world premiere at our 2022 Festival and won the Audience Award!
FILMMAKER OF THE MONTH – APRIL 2023 – Joshua Seftel
His film A Stranger at the Gate was screened at Breck Film Fest – ‘22 AND is an Oscar Nominated film.Seftel, who faced anti-Semitism as a child, has been deeply connected and committed to this subject matter.
