WINDRIDER - Now Playing: "Weathered"
by John Priddy
Co-written and co-directed by Matt Barber and Matthew Webb, graduates of San Jose State University film school and Fuller Theological Seminary’s Theology & Film program, respectively, WEATHERED, an Angelus Live Action semi-finalist, offers a perceptive, moving portrait of a woman immobilized by grief over losing her fiancé. Starring MadTV’s Nicole Parker in a uncharacteristically dramatic role, the film follows Weather Wellington as she attempts to fulfill her dormant longing for meaningful human contact via the mundane task of making doctors’ appointments. An Audience Award winner at the Indianapolis International Film Festival, WEATHERED has also screened at the Heartland Film Festival, among others. more...
After the Storm: Hilla Medalia, John and Ed Priddy Podcast: "Live from Sundance 2010 at The Windrider Forum"
by Dick Staub
Host Dick Staub discusses a film the NYT describes as “A big, warm hug of feel-better entertainment and a community salve.” The film tells the story of New York-based actor James Lecesne, choreographer Gerry McIntyre and musical director Randy Redd Who embark on a journey to New Orleans to see how they can help in the aftermath of Katrina. more...
After the Storm: Hilla Medalia, John and Ed Priddy Podcast: "Live from Sundance 2010 at The Windrider Forum"
by Dick Staub
Host Dick Staub discusses a film the NYT describes as “A big, warm hug of feel-better entertainment and a community salve.” more...
WINDRIDER - Now Playing: "Fan Mail"
by John Priddy
Phoenix native Sean Christensen based his five-minute, live action short FAN MAIL, which he also narrated, on an actual fan letter he wrote to performance artist-director Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know). An Angelus finalist, the film, which critics describe alternately as introspective and tongue-in-cheek, also secured Awards of Merit at the Accolade Competition and took the Arizona Award for Best Short Film at the Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival. An illustrator and songwriter in addition to filmmaker, Christensen, who studied cinema and film production at San Francisco State University, has also written and directed several other award-winning live action and animated films. more...
WINDRIDER: Now Playing - "The Little Gorilla"
by John Priddy
We are proud to present the next Windy Wednesday film in our Windrider WinterFest series: “The Little Gorilla,” from writer/director Harry Kellerman. This highly acclaimed 12 minute family friendly film has won numerous awards, and audiences everywhere just love it. more...
WINDRIDER - Now Playing: "Mind the Gap"
by John Priddy
We are proud to present the next Windy Wednesday film in our Windrider WinterFest series: “Mind the Gap,” from director Kristal Williams-Rowley and writer Marcy Holland. This highly acclaimed, 17-minute, family friendly film has won numerous awards, and deservedly so. more...
WINDRIDER - Now Playing: "Dried Up"
by John Priddy
We are proud to present the next Windy Wednesday film in our Windrider WinterFest series: "Dried Up," by Stuart Bury, Jeremy Casper and Isaiah Powers. We invite you to gaze through the artistic and creative lens of puppet animation in order to truly “see” this compelling story about perseverance, faith and character. more...
WINDRIDER - Now Playing: Driftwood
by John Priddy
We are proud to present the next Windy Wednesday film in our Windrider WinterFest series: "Driftwood" by Michelle Steffes. With this highly acclaimed, 19-minute, family friendly drama, we invite you to explore a new take on an old tale -- about the search for love, the pain of longing, and the surprising power of a wish. more...
WINDRIDER: Now Playing - "She's a Fox"
by John Priddy
We are proud to present the next Windy Wednesday film in our Windrider WinterFest series: “She’s a Fox” by Cameron Sawyer. With this highly acclaimed, 18-minute, family friendly comedy, we invite you to ponder whatever you find to be truly meaningful, and why. more...
WINDRIDER: Now Playing - Topi and American Made
by John Priddy
We are proud to present the next Windy Wednesday film in our Windrider WinterFest series: “Topi” by Arjun Rihan, and, as an added treat: “American Made” by Sharat Raju. Both family friendly (FF) films feature “hats” as a key story theme; both use headwear to illustrate points of cultural friction. And, both encourage us to look beyond external symbols (like hats) -- into the very heart of the wearer. As we jump in to 2010, I want to again wish our “windy” followers a Happy New Year … one that increasingly finds us looking beyond people’s physical appearance and into their spirit. more...
WINDRIDER - Now Playing: Parking Garage
by John Priddy
We are proud to present the fourth Windy Wednesday film in our Windrider WinterFest series: “Parking Garage” by Justin Lazernik. With this highly acclaimed, 9-minute, Windrider-rated-L (some mild language) film, we would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year, one filled with joy, peace, hope, love and laughter. more...
WINDRIDER - Now Playing: Christmas Wish List
by John Priddy
We are proud to present the third Windy Wednesday film in our "Windrider WinterFest" series: Christmas Wish List by Sean Overbeeke. With this highly acclaimed, 15-minute, family-friendly film (suitable for all ages), we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. more...
WINDRIDER: Now Playing The Kiddush Man
by John Priddy
We are proud to present the second Windy Wednesday film in our Windrider WinterFest series: The Kiddush Man by award-winning writer/director Yitz Brilliant. With this highly acclaimed, 11-minute, family friendly film (suitable for all ages) we would like to wish all our Jewish friends Happy Hanukah. more...
WINDRIDER: Now Playing Abbie Down East
by John Priddy
We are proud to present the first Windy Wednesday film in our “WinterFest” series: Abbie Down East by Ellen-Alinda Verhoeff. The film is 26 minutes and family friendly. We hope you will enjoy it! more...
Windrider Friends on Academy “short list”
by John Priddy
The "short list" for the Academy Awards (live action short films) include Gregg Helvey's Kavi and Destin Daniel Cretton's Short Term 12. more...
Ralph Winter Wins 2010 Spirit of Windrider Award
by John Priddy
On behalf of the selection committee, I am honored to announce that producer Ralph Winter has won the 2010 Spirit of Windrider award. He will be with us Jan. 30, 2010, at Windrider Forum in Park City, Utah, to receive it. more...
National Review on As We Forgive
by Frederica Mathewes-Green, National Review Online
I brought a handkerchief. The occasion was a screening of the documentary As We Forgive, slated to kick off American University’s Human Rights Film Series this fall. It is the first film by Laura Waters Hinson, an AU alumna, and in addition to numerous festival awards it won a Student Academy Award. The film’s topic is the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, in which Hutus killed up to a million Tutsis over the course of 100 days. more...
Storm Wins Heartland
by Jenna Ratzlaff
After the Storm has won the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature. Medalia and Lecesne at Windrider screening. Filmmaker Hilla Medalia and producer/subject, James Lecesne will be on hand for the screening of After the Storm at this year's Windrider Forum at Sundance. The award-winning film will be screened, Saturday evening January 30th at the Mountain Vineyard theatre. more...
New York Times calls After the Storm a community salve.
by JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
"A big, warm hug of feel-better entertainment" New York Times calls After the Storm a community salve. more...
Our Friend Ami
by John Priddy
Five years ago, my brother Ed and I were involved in a "little" project called 39 Pounds of Love. Many of you have seen this film and have been inspired by Ami Ankiliwitz’ life story. Sadly, we lost our friend and hero, Sept. 21, 2009. He was 41. more...
Laura Waters Hinson Learns to Forgive
by KATIE GARTON, Movie Maker Magazine
Hinson won the 2008 Student Academy Award with this emotional film—previous winners include Spike Lee, Bob Saget and Trey Parker—and now she has the opportunity to share it with the world. Here she talks with MM about the steps that made this documentary happen. more...
Director Laura Waters Hinson and Rwandan President Paul Kagame
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Director Laura Waters Hinson and Rwandan President Paul Kagame pause for a photograph at a reception for the president in NYC on September 20, 2009. more...
Congratulations to all the 2009 Angelus Winners…it was another great night!
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Congratulations to all the 2009 Angelus Winners….it was another great night! more...
Living City Features Windrider Prague
by Mary V. Cass
There couldn't be a better place in Central Europe to hold a mini-film festival Prague, a city long involved in filmmaking. In the early days of movies, major international stars performed in this city immersed in its mystical, Gothic beauty. more...
Rae tabbed by Variety
by ANTHONY KAUFMAN, Variety
Variety magazine has tabbed Priddy Brothers' producing partner, Heather Rae, as one of 10 Hollywood producers "to watch." Rae has produced the feature documentary, Out of The Blue and is in final production of an expose on the American foster care system, with Family:The First Circle. Ed and I both congratulate Heather on her continued success and are proud to collaborate with her. more...
Storm to Have New York Premiere
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Storm to Have New York Premiere more...
Compathos does feature on As We Forgive
by Cynthia La Grou - Compathos.com
Could you forgive a person who murdered your family? This is the question faced by the subjects of As We Forgive, an award winning documentary film about Rosaria and Chantal, two ravaged Rwandan survivors coming face-to-face with the men who slaughtered their families during the 1994 genocide. more...
Ushering In Forgiveness Through Film
by Laura Zaczek
The age-old question of whether life imitates art or art imitates life takes on a modern spin in Laura Waters Hinson’s personal journey. Writer and director of the breathtakingly powerful Mpower documentary, As We Forgive (reviewed in last month’s CBA Retailers+Resources), Hinson had to forge a path of forgiveness herself when her life took an unexpected turn after wrapping the film’s shoot. more...
Angelus Semi Finalists Announced
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Winners screened at DGA in Hollywood September 19th - Announcing the 2009 Angelus Semi-finalists! On behalf of all jurors, we thank everyone who entered. We appreciate your passion, originality and skill! We just wish we could have named more. From 556 entries, 185 film schools representing 28 countries, here are the 2009 semi-finalists. more...
Priddys interviewed at L.A Film Festival
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Check out the video interview of John and Ed Priddy at the premiere of After the Storm. more...
Reelz Channel does Feature on After the Storm
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Reelz Channel does Feature on After the Storm more...
LA Film Fest: After the Storm
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Probably one of the most honest, heartfelt, and feel good movies of the LA Film Festival is After the Storm directed by Hilla Medalia. more...
After the Storm -- Film Review
by Jenna Ratzlaff
There have been several documentaries about Hurricane Katrina, but one of the most novel and affecting approaches the calamity indirectly. more...
Medalia Film Gains Momentum at LAFF
by Jenna Ratzlaff
AFTER THE STORM, a doc competition film at the LA Film Fest that focuses on a group of displaced teens in post-Katrina New Orleans as they audition and rehearse for a production of "Once On This Island", the hurricane-themed hit Broadway musical. It's the second doc feature for Hilla Medalia, who won a Peabody last year for her three-time Emmy-nominated HBO documentary, To Die In Jerusalem. more...
As We Forgive's Laura Waters Hinson on DC’s Fox 5 Morning Show
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Check out filmmaker Laura Waters Hinson’s appearance on DC’s Fox 5 Morning Show, June 17, 2009! more...
LAFF | Telling Children’s Katrina Stories: After the Storm Director Hilla Medalia
by indieWIRE
Hilla Medalia’s inspiring documentary, ostensibly about three New York theater vets who come to New Orleans to mount a benefit production of the Broadway musical “Once on this Island,” goes right to the eye of the storm. more...
Unhitched: A Community on the Edge
by jp
“Angelus Festival jurors loved this poignant portrait of a community that created “homes” from trailers. “Unhitched” directors Hudson and Wu have a passion for character-driven stories that offer a window into unexamined or marginalized parts of our communities.” - Monika Moreno-Director Angelus Student Film Festival more...
Storm premiering on Sunday
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Los Angeles, CA – Hilla Medalia, Peabody Award-winning director of To Die In Jerusalem, will premiere her latest documentary, AFTER THE STORM, at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 21. more...
Sharat Raju is American Made
by jp
We are proud to present the second film of the Windrider Summer Series — American Made by Sharat Raju. A courageous film following the 9/11 tragedy, this poignant story of a stranded Sikh American family has captured the attention of film critics worldwide. more...
A sheep, a parachute and a slingshot
by jp
“This amazing six-minute animation by Remy Schaepman will not only amaze you with its artistic excellence, but will stimulate your thinking in a deep and meaningful way.” more...
L.A. Film Festival Finalizes After the Storm Screening Dates
by Jenna Ratzlaff
After the Storm to screen at the Los Angeles Film Festival A celebration of perseverance and rebirth through the arts, this inspiring documentary follows a group of New Orleans teens as they stage a revival of the hurricane-themed musical Once on this Island. more...
Rwandan Cast Members See As We Forgive for the First Time
by Jenna Ratzlaff
I had an incredible experience while on my recent trip to Rwanda. I showed the film for the first time to Rosaria, Saveri, John and Chantale—the subjects of the documentary. I was a little nervous, wondering what they would think about seeing their own very personal stories of reconciliation on the screen of my laptop. These are people who have rarely—if ever–watched a TV show! more...
After the Storm to Premiere at L.A Film Festival (Medalia and cast to be on hand)
by John Priddy
After many months of editing and over two years worth of hard work, we are proud to announce the completion of our documentary film, After the Storm. We have been invited to premiere the film at the prestigious LA Film Festival, which will take place in Los Angeles, California, June 18-28. more...
Purple State of Mind at the 2009 Tallahassee Film Festival
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Thank you, Tallahassee for honoring us with the Audience Award at the 2009 Tallahassee Film Festival. This glass trophy goes a long way towards validating a little movie fueled by big dreams. more...
Windrider film wins yet another Audience Choice Award
by Jenna Ratzlaff
I started my week with one of my favorite rituals: reading blogs by Craig Detweiler and John Marks at the Purple State of Mind site. Each week, their combined blogs create such a high volume of Web traffic, even Arianna Huffington should be jealous. The blogs are smart, well-written, maddening, endearing … and deeply personal. I recommend them. more...
Mpower Pictures and Priddy Brothers to Release As We Forgive
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Mpower Pictures, in association with Priddy Brothers, will release the 2008 Student Academy Award-winning documentary As We Forgive,a moving story of reconciliation between survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. more...
WINDRIDER FORUM: Windrider/Angelus Prague Day 4
by John Priddy
-From John Priddy Windrider/Angelus Prague Day 4 - After three great days in Prague, we were a bit tired but very excited about our last day, which included a Masters class at the famed Czech National Film School (FAMU) and then a showcase of Angelus Films as our final evening event. more...
As We Forgive Headlines Prague Event
by John Priddy
Award-winning director Laura Waters Hinson was on hand for the feature screening of her documentary, As We Forgive, on Day 2 of the second annual Windrider Forum / Angelus Student Film Festival in Europe, this time, in beautiful Prague, Czech Republic. more...
WINDRIDER FORUM - Prague: Day One
by John Priddy
Being in Prague, Czech Republic, for our second annual Windrider/Angelus Film Festival Europe, was nothing short of amazing. The Focolare community was our gracious host and, in partnership with the ever-energetic Mary Cass, put on a memorable event. more...
Czeching Out an American Disaster
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Watching “After the Storm” with an audience for the very first time was an unbelievable experience. Hilla Medalia’s second film is far different from her first, but her talent for connecting to an audience is great once again. more...
Windrider Prague - "Directors of tomorrow"
by Steffen Silvis - The Prague Post
Established in California in 1996, the Angelus Student Film Festival promotes the work of student filmmakers, particularly those who have created works that promote tolerance, diversity and other worthwhile pursuits. The festival makes its way to Prague this week, opening with a screening of a feature-length documentary, To Die in Jerusalem, Friday evening at Svetozor. On Monday, there will be an evening of short films shown at the Municipal Library in Old Town. more...
Film Workshop "Cinema: Going Beyond the Barriers" in Prague
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Prague, January 27, 2009 (NetOne) - The Czech Republic premieres of an award-winning documentary and short films will be presented in two, free-admission, evening screenings open to the public as part of an international cinema workshop on March 6-9. The four-day event, "Cinema: going beyond the barriers," is a cooperative effort of the Film and TV School of the Academy of the Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) in conjunction with the Angelus Student Film Festival, Priddy Brothers film producers, and media alliance association NetOne. more...
Oscar Fun With Heather and Her Dress
by Jenna Ratzlaff
We were in the midst of editing Out of the Blue with Heather Rae, when she received a call from director Courtney Hunt inviting her to come on board of her indie film as a producer. Little did we know, that our 2008 Spirit of Windrider Award recipient, would be producing a film that would have two Academy Award Noms. more...
Priddy Brothers and Medalia head to Prague
by Jenna Ratzlaff
The Czech Republic premieres of an award-winning documentary and short films will be presented in two, free-admission, evening screenings open to the public as part of an international cinema workshop March 6-9. The four-day event, “Cinema: going beyond the barriers,” is a cooperative effort of the Film and TV School of the Academy of the Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) in conjunction with the Angelus International Student Film Festival, Priddy Brothers film producers, Windrider Forum, media alliance association NetOne. more...
Priddy Brothers sponsor 5th annual Windrider Forum during Sundance
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Windrider Forums are creative encounters and ongoing conversations between filmmakers and film lovers. We gather at the nexus of faith, art and culture, diving into all three with a sense of expectation and wonder to explore the large questions of today and look deeply into the stories that shape our times through the lens of independent film. more...
"Spaces, Sages and Surprises" by John Priddy
by John Priddy
Because so many have wondered and asked, I thought it might be helpful to share a few facts about Windrider Forum’s inception. A few years ago, my brother/partner Ed and I were intrigued by the idea of “doing something” in and around the Sundance Film Festival. more...
Heather Rae and Frozen River Honored at Gotham Awards
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Family: The First Circle filmmaker, Heather Rae, was on hand along with Director Courtney Hunt, to receive the "Best Feature" award for Frozen River, at the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York City. Rae's next project, Family: The First Circle, a Priddy Brothers collaboration, will be out in 2009. more...
TDIJ Nominated for WIN Awards
by Jenna Ratzlaff
The Women's Image Network (WIN) announced their nominees for this years WIN Awards. To Die in Jerusalem was nominated for Best Documentary along with Autism: The Musical and I Am An Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA more...
Waters Hinson Wins Priddy Brothers Award
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Angelus Alum Hilla Medalia (winner best documentary 2004), was on hand along with John and Ed Priddy to present the Priddy Brothers Award for best documentary at the Angelus Student Film Festival. Laura Waters Hinson and her film, As We Forgive, were honored at the Directors Guild of Hollywood at the September 13th event. more...
Sundance "Doc Fund" Selects Heather Rae Project
by Daniel Edwards
"Family: The First Circle" and award winning filmmaker, Heather Rae, have been selected by the Sundance Institute's Documentary Fund which offers financial and creative support. The film looks at the Foster Care system and the challenges now faced due to methamphetamines. more...
TDIJ nominated for 3 Emmys!
by Jenna Ratzlaff
To Die in Jerusalem nominated for three Emmys! Hilla Medalia's award winning film has been honored by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with three Emmy nominations. more...
Peabody Award Winners: HBO Documentary Films, Priddy Brothers, To Die in Jerusalem
by Elizabeth Jensen, Special to TelevisionWeek
Hilla Medalia was a first-time filmmaker, looking for a topic to fulfill her master's degree requirements, when she set out to make what ultimately became To Die in Jerusalem. Getting the film on the air took five years, as Ms. Medalia wound her way through the complexity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the vagaries of documentary funding, but she ended up in a highly coveted spot on HBO. more...
51 Birch Street Wins Best Overall - Banff World Television Awards
by Jenna Ratzlaff
29th Annual Banff World Television Award Winners Announced Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 9, 2008 – Winners of the 29th Banff World Television Awards, presented in partnership with E! Everything Entertainment, were announced at the 29th edition of the Banff World Television Festival, which takes place at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Alberta, Canada, June 8 – 11, 2008. more...
Angelus Student Film Festival & Priddy Brothers Assemble Jury of Doc World's Best & Brightest
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Long-time Angelus supporters and sponsors John and Ed Priddy of Priddy Brothers, an indie film producer, have spearheaded efforts to assemble the documentary jury, which now includes industry executives as well as award-winning documentary filmmakers. more...
The Peabody Award goes to . . .
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Hilla Medalia's thought provoking film was among the thirty-five recipients of the 67th Annual Peabody Awards that were announced by the University of Georgia`s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The winners, chosen by the Peabody board as the best in electronic media for 2007, were named in a ceremony in the Peabody Gallery on the UGA campus. more...
To Die in Jerusalem Premieres in Rome
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Hilla Medalia and the Priddy Brothers were on hand for the Italian premiere of To Die in Jerusalem. The film opened to two sold out theatres at the famous "Casa del Cinema di Villa Borghese" in Rome. more...
Friends, Faith and a Feud
by Brandon Fibbs - Christianity Today
Friends, Faith and a Feud
A couple of old friends—one a Christian, one not—discuss their disparate views on life in the thought-provoking new film, Purple State of Mind. more...
Windrider Forum 2008
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Co-Founders of the Windrider Forum, Priddy Brothers were on hand for the fourth annual 'Evening of Angelus' in Park City during the Sundance Film Festival. more...
After the Storm’s Lecesne gets praise for new book
by Jenna Ratzlaff
James Lecesne, After the Storm producer, film subject and catalyst for the non-profit foundation to help young people in New Orleans has published his first novel called "Absolute Brightness". Publishers Weekly says that Lecesne “turns out a stunner of a fist novel” and the book has opened to generous critical claim among a broad audience. Read Publishers Weekly Review: more...
Medalia and Priddy Brothers featured in To Die in Jerusalem podcast
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Medalia and Priddy Brothers featured in Kindling’s Muse podcast more...
Filmmaking Partner Heather Rae wins at Sundance
by Jenna Ratzlaff
Out of the Blue Producer and Family; First Circle Director, Heather Rae was among the cast and crew honored as the "Grand Jury Prize" winner at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Rae served as the Producer for the award winning feature film, Frozen River. Rae's next project, Family; First Circle will be a Priddy Brothers release in 2009 and will take an in-depth look at the American family through the lens of the Foster Care system. more...
Swank sinks teeth into 'Fangland'
Das, Blumhouse team on Marks adaptation
by Michael Fleming
Das Films and Blumhouse Prods. are teaming on an adaptation of John Marks' novel "Fangland" that is shaping up as a star vehicle for Hilary Swank. Sriram Das of Das Films and Jason Blum of Blumhouse will produce with Swank, who is in line to play a TV producer who travels to Romania for an interview with a notorious European arms dealer. Turns out, he's a modern-day Dracula. more...
2 grieving mothers, 2 worlds, 4 miles apart
by RICHARD COHEN
On March 29, 2002, an 18-year-old woman walked into a Jerusalem supermarket and blew herself up. One of her victims was a woman just a year younger than herself. The two women looked so much alike, Palestinian and Israeli, and their mortal wounds were so similar, that the pathologist had trouble reassembling the two girls. They had so much in common. more...
Sundance picks film produced by Idahoan
by Dana Oland (Idaho Statesman)
The Sundance Film Festival accepted "Frozen River," a film produced by Idaho filmmaker Heather Rae, into its 2008 dramatic film competition. more...
Israelis and Palestinians connect in U.S. arts
by Christine Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new film about a meeting between two mothers over the deaths of their daughters in Jerusalem, a New York play set in the West Bank and a ceramic art exhibit are each being hailed for getting Israelis and Palestinians to talk to each other. more...
New York Times reviews To Die in Jerusalem
by ELIZABETH JENSEN
The cover of Newsweek framed the story starkly: side-by-side pictures of Ayat al-Akhras, an 18-year-old Palestinian suicide bomber, and 17-year-old Rachel Levy, killed by the bomb that Ms. Akhras detonated on March 29, 2002, at a Jerusalem supermarket. more...
"Growing up Gough" Priddy Brother Intern Directs First Feature Documentary
by Rachael Daigle (Boise Weekly)
The only thing Michael Gough ever really wanted to be when he grew up was a filmmaker. more...
Just don't call them chick flicks
by The Guardian
Just 7% of films are directed by women - but the work on show at the Edinburgh film festival proves female film-makers are punching above their weight, reports Clare Birchall more...
DVD release kicks off a big week for Hoffman Film
by Sandra Forester
Filmmakers, fans, football players and educators packed the Egyptian Theatre on Sunday for the premiere of "Out of the Blue," a locally made documentary about life and football at Boise State University on the heels of its greatest season ever. more...
Fiesta Bowl DVD hits the shelves Tuesday
by Dustin Lapray
We love this stuff. The Arbiter staff was given an advance copy of the 2006-07 Boise State Football season DVD “Out of the Blue, A Film About Life and Football at Boise State,” and man did it get our hearts racing. Any chance we get to reminisce about that week in Arizona is a chance for us to talk about the nerves rattling and rumbling and it just fires us up. This show is phenomenal. Not only does it recap the greatest season in the history of Boise State Athletics, but it also works to tell the stories of the people involved. You will hear about Coach Chris Petersen and his transition from the Dan Hawkins era. There is a nifty running graphic of a player watching the Broncos rise in the polls. more...
Bronco fan stories picked 'Out of the Blue'
by Dana Oland
The team beat the odds and the BCS to be there. Then the Boise State University Broncos pulled off three miracle plays, taken from the history books, to squeak by the Oklahoma Sooners 43-42 in overtime at the Fiesta Bowl. "You were like, ‘There's no way that just happened,'" said Greg Nettles, Boise State graduate, Bronco fan, Stereo Shoppe owner and father of Tadman Nettles, named for Marty Tadman, the game's most valuable defensive player. The game on Jan. 1 in Glendale, Ariz., was the perfect end to a perfect season that thrilled Bronco fans, stunned the sports world and led to a new kind of renown for the team, players, Boise and Idaho. more...
Out of the Blue: A Football Film with a Purpose
by Daniel Edwards

Priddy Brothers has announced its involvement in the making of a feature-length documentary about the Boise State Bronco’s perfect 2006 season—a Cinderella story that culminated in a heart-stopping 43-42 overtime win over Oklahoma in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, now dubbed by many as “the greatest game in college football history.”

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Non-Profit Project Brings Buzz and More to New Orleans
by Stephen Joseph
During a driving rainstorm on a spring day in Manhattan, producer James Lecesne (Oscar-winning short film Trevor) and Hilla Medalia (To Die in Jerusalem) first presented their “big idea” to executive producers John and Ed Priddy of Priddy Brothers. more...
BSU agrees to deal with three filmmakers
by Chadd Cripe
The Boise State Broncos will star in a televised documentary this fall and could hit the big screen at a movie theater near you soon after. Boise State on Tuesday announced a working agreement with three Boise-based filmmakers to produce a documentary about the Broncos' 2006 football season and market the movie rights. Director Michael Hoffman, producer Heather Rae and producer/writer Russell Friedenberg will begin work on the documentary Monday. The group was one of five that contacted Boise State about the movie rights, said Frank Zang, the director of communications and marketing at BSU. more...
BOISE STATE GRANTS FILM RIGHTS ON FIESTA BOWL SEASON TO IRON CIRCLE PICTURES
by Boise State Sports Information
Boise State University is in negotiations with Boise-based filmmakers Michael Hoffman, Heather Rae and Russell Friedenberg for the official documentary and feature film rights for the story on Boise State University s football program and its memorable 2006 perfect season that culminated in its victory at the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, university officials announced today. A working agreement is in place but a final contract is pending State Board of Education review. The roles for the principals are: director Michael Hoffman, a Hollywood filmmaker and Boise State s first Rhodes Scholar; producer Heather Rae, whose highly-acclaimed documentary Trudell was accepted at more than 100 film festivals; and writer/producer Russell Friedenberg, who penned and executive-produced Trudell. more...
51 Birch Street is the Address for Year - End Awards
by Daniel Edwards
Doug Block's film, 51 Birch Street continues to garner wide-spread acclaim and year-end accolades. Most recently, AARP chose 51 Birch Street as the top 2006 documentary in its Movies for Grown-Ups... more...
Literary Love Bites For Marks' Fangland
by Daniel Edwards
In his third and latest novel, Fangland, author John Marks spins a tale of vampires in the broadcasting business. Early critical acclaim says he's successfully co-joined the seemingly dissimilar duo. But then... more...
Hollywood’s Double - Salute to 39 Pounds of Love
by Daniel Chalfen
In October 2006, the much heralded documentary 39 Pounds of Love received a double honor from Hollywood: the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences... more...