Nashville Independent Film Festival Positions John Lloyd Miller Continued Success, National Recognition.Entertainment Editors & Film Writers NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--June 7, 2000 In 1999, when AV Squad's husband and wife team, Director John Lloyd John Lloyd may refer to:
John Cash, Cash and starring Mark Collie collie, breed of large, agile working dog developed in Scotland during the 17th and 18th cent. It stands from 22 to 26 in. (55.9–66 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 50 to 75 lb (22.7–34 kg). , they didn't know what to expect. In fact, the film short, intended to be a screen test for Mark Collie, was not a planned submission but NIFF Executive Director Michael Catalano was so impressed he urged them to enter. The much-talked about film necessitated multiple screenings and resulted in the Tennessee Spirit Award for Best Short Film and the Tennessee Purchase Award. This was just the beginning. From there the awards and recognition continued to include being chosen the only short film to be shown at Woodstock `99 in the "30 Greatest Films of the Last 30 Years," Best Short Film-Dramatic Narrative by Yahoo! On-Line Festival, Best Picture-Dramatic Short Film at ZoliFest April 2000 and First Runner-Up for Best Short at SXSW SXSW South By Southwest, Inc. (Texas music festival) . Back by popular demand, the short will be shown at this year's 31st annual NIFF on Saturday, June 10th at 3 PM. More importantly, the festival win has opened many doors for the Millers. They now have LA representation, are fielding offers to do TV and film projects, and met with several heavy hitters heavy hitter n. One that is predominant, as in influence or power: "Especially when a candidate is a challenger, appearances with heavy hitters from the party lend an air of credibility" including, Jay Roach ("Austin Powers"), Ron Howard and Quincy Jones' office. " Michael has done an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. job, taking NIFF from a regional festival to being nationally recognized and respected," said John. "NIFF was a very unexpected direct route to Hollywood." Says Michael, "It's been exciting to be with the NIFF, which offers world class cultural events for Nashville and brings filmmakers a forum to showcase their projects to the world stage." Clearly, the impact of NIFF is much more far reaching than five days of entertainment. This year the festival offers 274 films from all over, including 10 foreign countries, and industry workshops and panels are also being conducted. For ticket and schedule information, call TICKETWEB at 1-800-965-4827 or visit their website at www.ticketweb.com. For interviews and press information, please contact PLA (Programmable Logic Array) A type of programmable logic chip (PLD) that contained arrays of programmable AND and OR gates. PLAs are no longer used. See PLD. (language, music) Pla - A high-level music programming language, written in SAIL. Media at 615/327-0100. |
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