Don Swaynos » Jollyville Pictures http://donswaynos.com Filmmaker / Freelance Editor & Writer Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:15:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 JOLLYVILLEPICTURES.COM IS NOW ONLINE http://donswaynos.com/2010/08/23/jollyvillepictures-com-is-now-online/ http://donswaynos.com/2010/08/23/jollyvillepictures-com-is-now-online/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:32:56 +0000 Don jollyvillepictures receive secrets nice lots lies posted online jollyvillepictures receive secrets nice lots lies posted online http://donswaynos.com/?p=511 Continue reading →]]>

JollyvillePictures.com is now online and so is Tate English’s critically-acclaimed, award-winning short film The Ballad of Friday and June (which I produced and edited). Since being posted, the film has receive some nice press from Bad Lit and Film Festival Secrets.

JollyvillePictures.com also features lots of other work from Tate English, Dano Johnson, and myself including our new web-series Love, Lies, & Video Files.

]]> http://donswaynos.com/2010/08/23/jollyvillepictures-com-is-now-online/feed/ 0 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE TALKS ABOUT JOLLYVILLE PICTURES, THE BALLAD OF FRIDAY AND JUNE, COLLECTION AGENCY FILMS, YEAR AT DANGER, ZOMBIE A GO GO, etc. http://donswaynos.com/2009/12/22/the-austin-chronicle-talks-about-jollyville-pictures-the-ballad-of-friday-and-june-collection-agency-films-year-at-danger-zombie-a-go-go-etc/ http://donswaynos.com/2009/12/22/the-austin-chronicle-talks-about-jollyville-pictures-the-ballad-of-friday-and-june-collection-agency-films-year-at-danger-zombie-a-go-go-etc/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:30:45 +0000 Don chronicle talks calling savlov article issue adding unnameable chronicle talks calling savlov article issue adding unnameable http://donswaynos.com/?p=373 Continue reading →]]> jollyville group banner The Austin Chronicle’s Marc Savlov recently wrote an article about the “loosely knit” filmmaking collective Jollyville Pictures, to which I belong. Savlov mainly talks about The Ballad of Friday and June, calling it “one of the most exquisite short films to come out of Austin in ages” adding “you’ve never seen anything quite like (it)” and “At a tight nine minutes, Friday and June eloquently articulates, with equal parts humor and heartache, an unnameable cri de coeur that nevertheless should be instantly recognizable to anyone who’s ever chased an artistic dream, stumbled, got back up, and grabbed hold even harder than before. It’s that good.”

That article also talks about Year at Danger (calling it “immensely powerful”), Collection Agency Films, and the music video for Zombie a Go Go.

The issue is on stands now or you can read the article at The Austin Chronicle’s website.

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Tate English’s The Ballad of Friday and June won “Best Short Film” at the Indie Memphis Film Festival this weekend. The film will be screening at the Austin Film Festival on October 24th.

]]> http://donswaynos.com/2009/10/14/the-ballad-of-friday-and-june-wins-best-short-film-at-indie-memphis/feed/ 0 More Festival Screenings for The Ballad of Friday and June http://donswaynos.com/2009/09/28/more-festival-screenings-for-friday-and-june/ http://donswaynos.com/2009/09/28/more-festival-screenings-for-friday-and-june/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:50:31 +0000 Don october attending states speaking panel 25th storytelling southern http://donswaynos.com/?p=239 Continue reading →]]> Friday and June Jollyville Pictures’ The Ballad of Friday and June continues its “World Tour of America’s Southern States,” playing Indie Memphis on October 11th and the Austin Film Festival on October 24th. I’ll be attending both festivals along with director Tate English and speaking on a panel, “Storytelling Through Editing,” at the Austin Film Festival on October 25th.

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Tate English’s short film The Ballad of Friday and June is going to have its world premiere at the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday, September 26th, and then play the next day at the Charlotte Film Festival in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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