Arpa International Film Festival Q&A with the Best Short Film Award Nominee THE CRITIC (USA) Filmmakers: Stella Velon (Film Director, Writer, and Lead Actress) and Alan Smyth (Lead Actor) Moderator: Nicholas Talarico (Festival Programmer).
The 23rd edition of the festival will stream live on Seed & Spark November 12-22, 2020. Get your tickets here.
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Read More“Los Angeles-based actress and filmmaker Stella Velon has been nominated for Best Individual Performance in the Video: Performance & Craft Category In the 24th Annual Webby Awards for ‘The Critic’.” Read more on newstrail.com.
Read MoreOn April 28th, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 24th Annual Webby Awards with Stella picking up a nomination for Best Individual Performance for THE CRITIC.
Hailed as the “Oscars of the Internet” the Webby Awards are the leading international award rewarding excellence across the internet and in online film & video. As a nominee, Stella is among the top 10% of 13,000 entries worldwide and has been singled out as one of the five best in the world in that category!
The other nominees in the same category are singer-actress Fka Twigs, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ actress Emily Hampshire, Leslie Grace (Latin GRAMMY® nominee), and writer-comedian Gastor Almonte.
Read More‘The Critic’ among the top two winning films at the 2019 Annual Queen Palm International Film Festival taking home the Grand Jury Prize ‘Couronne d’Or’ together with the feature documentary ‘Crime + Punishment’. In addition, Stella Velon won the Best of Fest ‘Queen Supreme’ award for Best Short First-Time Filmmaker.
Read MoreAs a two-time Gold Award winner and a Royal Gem Festival Standout at the December 2018 Edition of the Queen Palm International Film Festival, Stella Velon’s ‘The Critic’ will compete for the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film (First-time filmmaker) and Best Actress (Short Film) at the 2019 Annual Award Event held at the Mary Pickford Theatre in Palm Springs, CA. Tickets and more info here: queenpalmfilmfest.org/2019-screening-lineup
Read MoreI had the greatest pleasure of introducing my debut film ‘The Critic’ and the UK Film Channel, a brand new VOD platform, founded by the team behind the UK Film Review. Head over to ukfilmchannel.co.uk/the-critic to watch my short.
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