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Melancholy Star sponsors award for BlackStar Film Festival 2020

Elizabeth Schuch March 2, 2021

(Philadelphia, PA — Aug 27, 2020) — The BlackStar Film Festival, the world’s premier celebration of Black, Brown, and Indigenous film and video artists, presented this year with lead sponsor Color of Change, is pleased to announce this year’s award-winning films.

The winner of the second annual BlackStar Pitch, offering filmmakers of color the chance to propose their works-in-progress to an illustrious panel of funders, distributors and producers, was Iyabo Kwayana’s By Water. Kwayana will receive a $25,000 co-production deal with WORLD Channel and free graphic design services from Melancholy Star. Honorable Mention was awarded to Yeelen Cohen for Fighting for the Light; Cohen will receive $2,500 from IF/Then along with free graphic design services from Melancholy Star.

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Melancholy Star is passionate about supporting next-gen and underrepresented filmmakers. Get in touch about awards for your festival or org for 2021.

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Trailer for God’s Soldiers - Urban Canyons | Paul Parker Films

PREMIERE: GOD'S SOLDIERS - Siege of Malta

Elizabeth Schuch February 3, 2021

WORLD PREMIERE: TV Series GOD’S SOLDIERS is now out in Germany and selected territories. Directed by our in-house duo Konstantinos Koutsoliotas and Elizabeth E. Schuch, Melancholy Star also provided VFX for the docu-series.

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INDIE FILMMAKING: MINORE in Pre-Production

Elizabeth Schuch January 1, 2021
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The fourth original film by MELANCHOLY STAR is now in pre-production at our new satellite studio in Greece. With our producers at INKAS FILMS and the support of ERT and The Greek Film Centre, casting is underway and the crew is busy (in lockdown) planning the upcoming shoot!

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