Filmmaker magazine has unveiled its 25 New Faces of Independent Film, and this year's crop includes the folks behind Outfest winner "Circumstance," the YouTube hit "Marcel the Shell With Shoes On" and the Tribeca documentary champ "Bombay Beach."
This year's slate includes filmmakers with backgrounds in video games, editing, commercials, animated and live-action short films, documentaries, television and music videos.
This is the 14th year that Filmmaker has compiled the list.
In the past, the annual tribute to up-and-comers in the indie world has saluted the likes of directors Derek Cianfrance ("Blue Valentine"), Lena Dunham ("Tiny Furniture"), Craig Brewer ("Hustle and Flow") and Miranda July ("Me and You and Everyone We Know"), and actors Ellen Page, Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara.
Extensive bios and contact information can be found at Filmmaker Magazine.
The list, with descriptions from the Filmmaker press release:
Eddie Alcazar. Former video game designer Eddie Alcazar has lit up the blogosphere with striking early artwork from his first feature, "OOOO" (above), currently in post-production. It’s an independently produced, live-action science fiction film about a distraught man attempting to create a new era of human consciousness.
Andrew S Allen and Jason Sondhi. Andrew S Allen directed and Jason Sondhi produced "The Thomas Beale Cipher," an ingenious and beautiful short animation dealing with a true 19th century cryptography mystery. The two are also editors of Short of the Week (shortoftheweek.com), an online curatorial hub for the best short movies on the internet.
Carlen Altman. Actress and comedienne Carlen Altman made her mark in Ry Russo-Young’s "You Wont Miss Me." But with her latest, Alex Ross Perry’s "The Color Wheel," she adds “screenwriter” to her resume, collaborating with Perry on this off-kilter tale of sibling love and rivalry.
Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia. After a series of acclaimed short films, including one mentored by Abbas Kiarostami, the directing team of Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia lensed their debut feature, "Ok, Enough, Goodbye," in Tripoli, Lebanon. The film, which premiered in Abu Dhabi, is a droll no-budget comedy that is also a portrait of a changing city.
Brent Bonacorso. Commercials director Brent Bonacorso has made one of the most visually striking short films of the year with "West of the Moon," a delirious fantasy inspired by a documentary investigation into children’s dreams. With Jesse Atlas, he is currently co-directing the sequel to the British science fiction feature "Monsters."
Alrick Brown. Shot in Rwanda and exploring the Rwandan genocide, Alrick Brown’s gripping debut feature, "Kinyarwanda," won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. The IFP Narrative Lab film will be released this fall via the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement.
Dean Fleischer-Camp and Jenny Slate. Writer/director Dean Fleischer-Camp and writer/actress Jenny Slate created one of the most charmingly original shorts of the year, "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On."
