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FILMMAKER TALIN AVAKIAN'S 'DEMI POINTE' WINS BIFF AWARD
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/05/07/filmmaker-talin-avakians-demi-pointe-wins-biff-award/
May 7, 2013
BOSTON, Mass. (A.W.)- "Demi Pointe," a short film written and directed
by young filmmaker Talin Avakian, won the Indie Soul Best Picture
Award in this year's Boston International Film Festival (BIFF) held
at the Boston Loews Cineplex/AMC from April 12-21.
Avakian (Center) with crew members after the screening at the BIFF.
"I feel very blessed and satisfied after winning this award. It feels
great, almost a year after finishing Demi Pointe, to be recognized
for all the work, energy, and time invested into this project,"
said Avakian in an interview with The Armenian Weekly.
"I can't take full credit for this achievement, though. I am so
grateful for my cast, crew, family, friends, and Kickstarter supporters
who made the completion of 'Demi Pointe' possible," she added.
The BIFF is the largest international film festival in Massachusetts,
and one of the largest in the United States. This year "Demi Pointe"
was chosen out of 2,600 entries, and was one of 100 films (both
feature length and short) in the program.
"Demi Pointe" (featuring Sydney Penny, Rachel Scott, Robin Ann
Rapoport, and Amy Freedman) is a short fictional narrative about a
young girl who struggles to speak. As a selectively mute child, Sydney
retreats to her vivid imagination during class and other situations
where she is expected to verbally communicate, as a way to escape
her anxiety. Sydney begins to see a speech therapist, who decides
to take an empathetic approach in therapy. As therapy progresses,
Sydney discovers her love for ballet, and uses that as an outlet
for communication.
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/05/07/filmmaker-talin-avakians-demi-pointe-wins-biff-award/
May 7, 2013
BOSTON, Mass. (A.W.)- "Demi Pointe," a short film written and directed
by young filmmaker Talin Avakian, won the Indie Soul Best Picture
Award in this year's Boston International Film Festival (BIFF) held
at the Boston Loews Cineplex/AMC from April 12-21.
Avakian (Center) with crew members after the screening at the BIFF.
"I feel very blessed and satisfied after winning this award. It feels
great, almost a year after finishing Demi Pointe, to be recognized
for all the work, energy, and time invested into this project,"
said Avakian in an interview with The Armenian Weekly.
"I can't take full credit for this achievement, though. I am so
grateful for my cast, crew, family, friends, and Kickstarter supporters
who made the completion of 'Demi Pointe' possible," she added.
The BIFF is the largest international film festival in Massachusetts,
and one of the largest in the United States. This year "Demi Pointe"
was chosen out of 2,600 entries, and was one of 100 films (both
feature length and short) in the program.
"Demi Pointe" (featuring Sydney Penny, Rachel Scott, Robin Ann
Rapoport, and Amy Freedman) is a short fictional narrative about a
young girl who struggles to speak. As a selectively mute child, Sydney
retreats to her vivid imagination during class and other situations
where she is expected to verbally communicate, as a way to escape
her anxiety. Sydney begins to see a speech therapist, who decides
to take an empathetic approach in therapy. As therapy progresses,
Sydney discovers her love for ballet, and uses that as an outlet
for communication.