Comments on: Student Academy Awards – 2007 Finalists http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/student-academy-awards-2007-finalists/ thinking film Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:41:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Andre Soares http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/student-academy-awards-2007-finalists/#comment-120257 Andre Soares Thu, 10 May 2007 07:07:08 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/student-academy-awards-2007-finalists/#comment-120257 Boyd, Thanks. I'd actually checked both "Kolya" and "Karakter," though because of some internal wiring issues, I typed "Kontakt" instead. I saw "Karakter" at the AFI FEST here in Los Angeles. Van Diem was present, and answered questions from the audience. I certainly had no idea his movie was going to end up winning that year's foreign-language film Oscar. Boyd,

Thanks. I’d actually checked both “Kolya” and “Karakter,” though because of some internal wiring issues, I typed “Kontakt” instead.

I saw “Karakter” at the AFI FEST here in Los Angeles. Van Diem was present, and answered questions from the audience.

I certainly had no idea his movie was going to end up winning that year’s foreign-language film Oscar.

]]> By: Boyd http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/student-academy-awards-2007-finalists/#comment-120255 Boyd Thu, 10 May 2007 06:46:20 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/student-academy-awards-2007-finalists/#comment-120255 Just a small correction: Van Dien's Oscar-winning feature was called "Karakter", not "Kontakt". Sadly, he hasn't made a film since (I guess getting an Oscar for your first and only short film and for your first and only feature film doesn't give you much else to strive for...). Just a small correction: Van Dien’s Oscar-winning feature was called “Karakter”, not “Kontakt”. Sadly, he hasn’t made a film since (I guess getting an Oscar for your first and only short film and for your first and only feature film doesn’t give you much else to strive for…).

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