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Compass Films Win Big at Detroit Independent Film Festival
The 2009 class of Compass Film Academy made its presence known at the Detroit Independent Film Festival this weekend with the short films “The Commandant” and “1 New Message.”
Nominated for Best Michigan Short and winning for Best Actor (Robert William Ford), “The Commandant” tells the story of three Russian soldiers hiding in Poland during World [...]
Compass Film Academy Represents at Doorpost Film Competition
The Doorpost Film Project’s 2010 Short Film Contest is underway, and this year Compass students and alumni have shown up in full force. Current student Justin Abraham Hall and previous student Caleb Alexander Slain both have films through the first round of competition.
No strangers to Doorpost, Hall and Slain have teamed up on previous Doorpost [...]
Circuit Success: Tips for Navigating Film Festivals # 1
As the Director of Programming at the Sarasota Film Festival, and the Artistic Director at the Newport Film Festival in Rhode Island, Tom Hall is a busy guy. To grab his attention is a challenge, and to keep it, takes even more. He sifts through hundreds and hundreds of films a year, trying to [...]
