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Delray Beach, FL <(December 27, 2009)> Michael Posner, Founder
and Director of The Delray Beach Film Festival announced Michael
Knowles as the winner of the 2010 Script-to-Reel Script Contest.
His short script entitled, Let Yourself Be Heard, about feeling
free to be yourself in an intimate relationship, was selected by
a 4-panel judge out of a total of 43 entries.
About the Filmmaker:Michael Knowles is an award-winning
filmmaker who wears many hats -- acting, writing, directing,
editing, producing, as well as cinematography. His feature
films, Room 314, One Night, Nikki: A Girl with Rett Syndrome and
his short films, Nick and Stacey, Acting 101, The Lesson, Argo
and The System, have played in over 60 domestic and
international film festivals, winning many awards along the way.
Knowles and his first feature, Room 314, received critical
acclaim from The New York Times and Variety during its
theatrical run at The Pioneer Theater. Room 314 was released on
home video by Vanguard Cinema in August 2008.
Knowles’ second feature film, One Night, based on his original
screenplay, starred Melissa Leo, Bill Sage, Michael Muhney,
Robert Clohessy, Paola Mendoza, Aaron Staton, Billy Lush,
Christian Campbell, Holly Fain, Merissa Morin, Frankie Shaw,
Bill Dawes, Kevin Cahoon, Maria Zyrianova and Donnamarie Recco.
Knowles received two Best Director awards for this film. One
Night will be available on VOD in over 10 million homes on
January 1st, 2010. One Night will also be released on DVD by
Vanguard Cinema in the spring of 2010.
Knowles is set to direct his third feature film, East Fifth
Bliss, in New York City in April 2010. Michael adapted the
novel, East Fifth Bliss with the novelist, Douglas Light. East
Fifth Bliss has an all-star cast: Michael C. Hall, Lucy Liu,
George Segal, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Rappaport, Brie Larson
and Sarah Shahi.
Film Credits:
As an actor Knowles has appeared on the award winning HBO series
Sex And The City as Marathon Man and on an award-winning episode
of Law & Order: SVU as Artie Felton.
Point & Shoot, which premiered at the 2004 Tribeca Film
Festival, screened at the 2004 Hamptons International Film
Festival, and won the Audience Award at the 2004 Cinema Paradise
Film Festival.
Walking On The Sky, best Dramatic Feature at the 2005 New York
International Film & Video Festival (LA edition).
The Babysitters, starring Cynthia Nixon and John Leguizamo,
which premiered at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival.
Other credits include: Guiding Light, As the World Turns and All
My Children.
About the Festival:Now in its 5th year, the Delray Beach Film Festival brings
high-quality independent short and feature-length films and
documentaries, panels and workshops, concerts, screenwriter and
filmmaker contests, actors, celebrities, and parties, to Delray
Beach, Florida.
The Delray Beach Film Festival is a non-profit 501 (c-3)
organization dedicated to providing the local community and
international visitors with a diverse presentation of films from
around the world, including a venue of student shorts and Xtreme
sports.
In addition to offering films that might not otherwise be
released theatrically in the USA, DBFF provides a unique
cultural experience as well as educational programs and forums
for exploring the future of cinema.
Founding sponsors for the DBFF are committed to providing the
independent film makers/artist a venue to screen their films and
to network with other filmmakers and industry insiders.
To volunteer at the Festival, please e-mail:
gerimk@aol.com. For
more information, please call (561) 381-3212 or visit our
website at: www.dbff.us or
www.delraybeachfilmfestival.com.
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