Moving a Mountain’s new nomination

Moving a Mountain is nominated in Ventura International Film Festival, which will take place in July 8-18, 2011 in California. 

This is the 5th nomination of this film, including the Best Documentary Film Award in Pakistan. The film has also been shortlisted in several other film festivals, so we’re looking forward to more good news.

If you still hasn’t seen the film (oh my god!), then you probably didn’t know that it’s available in HD for just $1,99. I’m sure you weren’t aware of this wonderful opportunity, otherwise I can’t find any other explanation why somebody shouldn’t have spent 20 minutes on an interesting and entertaining film, especially after seeing a fragment of it.

Online screenings of Moving a Mountain

Good news for all those people who are against paying for anything online, including for cool films such as Moving a Mountain.

Yes, the good news is that Moving a Mountain is going to be broadcasted by Itzon, the online television. Itzon.tv is an online HD channel broadcasting only films, documentaries and animation, and they are going to screen Moving a Mountain once a day during one week, so that nobody misses it.

Itzon is great especially for those who have Internet-connected TV-s, but the good thing of online channels is that you can just go to Itzon.tv on your computer and watch the live streaming.

Here are the dates and times when you can tune in and watch Moving a Mountain. And the cool thing here is that the timings are universal, so when it says 7pm, it’s 7pm for every time zone, no matter where you are located - in New York or Antananarivo.

June 1, 05:15 (for early birds)

June 2, 16:41

June 3, 22:49

June 4, 16:00

June 5, 20:23

June 6, 00:19

June 7, 10:35

I forgot one more important thing; Itzon is also a monthly film festival, where the winner in each genre is being selected based on audience votes. We’d be thankful if you vote for us. If you like the film of course. If you don’t, well, vote anyway, it’s not going to kill you, right?

By the way, if you really liked the film, you can always watch it online in HD on our website only for $1,99 or buy a DVD for just $5,95. I would say this is a ridiculously little amount, and you can also feel proud for supporting an independent film studio such as ours!

Bubbles, the final video of Projections

Finally, Bubbles, the last, 4th video of Projections series, is here.

And again, it’s available in English and Armenian (the only difference is the final caption of the video, so the language actually doesn’t matter here that much).

We would like to thank again Hugh Wilson and Lindsay Jehan for the cool soundtrack. The song is called Dying Again, this is a special version of the song made exclusively for Projections, but the original song is available online.

You should remember Hugh Wilson and Lindsay Jehan for their cool song written for the well known Sprite Ad. Once again, thanks to them a lot for the great work they’ve done for our studio.

So, these were all four videos of Projections, developed and produced by Manana Films on request and with support of Shahkhatun NGO. Let this be our little contribution in the great mission of bringing up responsible and active citizens both in Armenia and anywhere else. If you find that mission important, help us to spread the films around.

Thanks again to everybody who took part in the development and production of the series. It was great to have Moushegh Baghdasaryan as the director, who was strictly in charge of every little process happening during the work. Thanks to everybody who acted in it (the full list will be available soon), and to Narek Javadyan (check out the production photos that he made) and Roma Ghukasyan for assisting throughout the whole process. And special thanks to Roma for shooting the funny making-of video. And of course, thanks to Shahkhatun NGO for an interesting project.

In case you’ve missed any of the films, here they are; Dreams, The Citizen, Paper, Bubbles.

The Citizen, second video of Projections

Please meet The Citizen, the 2nd video of Projections series.

This is another part of the Projections, and its slogan is “Stand Up for your vote - someone might try to steal it, during your lifetime or after you die”. Share the video if you like it.

And again, the film is available both in English and Armenian, as well as it’s mobile-ready thanks to Vimeo; if you use any of iThingies (the videos are as cool on mobile screens, checked on numerous iPods and iPhones in the studio), or any Android or WebOS device (Palm Pre, for example; I wonder if anyone from our visitors use it).

If anyone is not aware yet - Projections are short video series on democracy and civil rights, directed by Moushegh Baghdasaryan, our evil mastermind. You should definitely have a look at Dreams, the 1st video of the series, as well as the short making-of video.

So, 2 videos are available, other two are coming during this week. Check back soon.

First video of Projections is available

At last, we’re happy to present you the Dreams, the first video of Projections series.

Dreams is a 45-second-long clip, which slogan is “Our dreams come true at the cost of someone else’s freedom”.

The film is available both in English and Armenian.

We would like to thank again Raised by Swans, one of our favorite bands, for the wonderful soundtrack of the video. The composition is called “Violet light” and can be purchased online, together with the other really cool songs of the band.

Also, many thanks to all the people who acted in it, and sorry to those who acted but didn’t end up in the final cut, nothing personal! The full cast and crew list will be available soon, too.

So, you can watch the Dreams online in full HD resolution, and the video is mobile-ready; it can be easily streamed on any iOS, Android and PalmOS device, just tap on any video you want to stream on your mobile phone and watch it full-screen.

If you like the video or find the idea of it important, go ahead and share it.

The three other videos will be online soon, too. Enjoy!

Making-of video from production of Projections

As we promised once, we are going to shoot making-of videos for all the projects we work on. It’s not always possible of course. For example, when you make a documentary film, it’s a bit ridiculous to walk around with a crew in a, say, a village on the borderline of the country and being watched by a number of soldiers, and have a guy filming you during that.

But for other types of production it can be a lot of fun. That’s why we made this very short video while working on Projections, so that you don’t get bored while waiting for the actual films.

Besides that, you can also check out some photos and stills of the project here and on our Facebook nest.

All the 4 videos will be available next week both in Armenian and English.

Projections are almost ready

So, by the end of this week, all videos of Projections will be available on our website. It’s been a long and hard work, but the films are really cool, interesting and fresh.

The films will be available online in a week, first in Armenian, and English versions will follow shortly.

We also edit a short, 1-2-minute-long making-of video, for those who are interested.

Meanwhile, check out some more photos of the production process here and also in the Facebook album for Projections. Oh, you don’t have a Facebook account? How are you going to click the “Like” button below this post? Think about it!