FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
First-time
local filmmaker wins Best “Short Narrative” Film Award at
2012 Portland Maine Film Festival, for “The Epiphany of Zebediah
Clump”
PORTLAND,
Maine (October 10, 2012) - “The Epiphany of Zebediah Clump” won
for best “Short Narrative” film, on Sunday, October 7, 2012, at
the closing ceremonies of the 3rd Annual Portland Maine
Film Festival. The film was written, directed and edited by Peter
Falkenberg Brown, a Portland native. The short was Brown’s first
film and his directorial and acting debut, starring as Zebediah
Clump. Brown was presented with a whimsical “Golden Starfish
Award.”
The
ceremony was held at 7pm, in Osher Hall at the Maine College of Art
in Portland, and was presided over by the festival’s Founder and
Executive Director, Tyler Johnston, and John Cahall, the Co-Director
of Programing & Operations. The festival’s website is at
portlandmainefilmfest.com.
The
film was screened on Friday, October 5th, at the Talbot
Lecture Hall on the Portland Campus of the University of Southern
Maine. “USM Day at the Portland Maine Film Festival” was
sponsored by Dean Lynn Kuzma and the College of Arts, Humanities and
Social Sciences; the Department of Communication and Media Studies;
and the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. The film is
also available online, on YouTube.
“I
enjoyed the film very much, and found myself cheering on Z as he
experienced his epiphany!” said Dr. Maureen Ebben, Lecturer in
Communication in the Communication and Media Studies Department at
the University of Southern Maine. “It is an artfully crafted,
charming and inspiring gem.”
The
nine minute short film is a comedy/drama about the Venus Transit on
June 5, 2012, and the supposed End of the World. It is based on an
original short story of the same name, by Brown.
The
film’s intro, listed at significatofilms.com, states, “Zebediah
Clump was doomed... In the darkened mind of Z. Clump, the tiny and
seemingly insignificant movement of the planet Venus across the face
of the sun was an event that reduced his body to a quivering jelly of
unkempt terror. He spent the night of June 5th, 2012 curled on his
bed in the fetal position, whimpering; waiting for the morning, and
death, and the final depletion of his half empty glass...”
Brown,
and his wife, Kimmy Sophia, are writers, and the Co-Publishers of
“The Significato Journal”, a local online magazine with the tag
line, “nectar for the soul”, at significatojournal.com. He and
his wife homeschooled their four children, and included a
self-directed, all-day class each week, called “Friday Film Day.”
Two of their sons, Tadin and Ranin, participated with their fellow
actors and crew in receiving nine awards and five nominations at the
2012 “48-Hour Film Festival” in Portland, for Tadin’s short
musical, “Shaggy and Lola”. Their eldest son, Tymon, is a Junior
at the Film Conservatory at Purchase College, State University of New
York. Their daughter, Grace, is considering a career in art,
herbology and organic farming.
“After
watching our four children make films for almost ten years, I decided
that it was time I made one myself,” said Brown. “Tadin and
Ranin, and their friend, Caleb Austin, did the camera work, and I had
a blast. I am astonished and pleased beyond measure that the Portland
Maine Film Festival has honored my small film.”
Contact:
Peter Falkenberg Brown
peterbrown@worldcommunity.com
(207)
518-9004
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Photo by Kimmy Sophia Brown
Left to Right: Tyler Johnston, Peter Falkenberg Brown, John Cahall
[The film page on this website is HERE.]
You can view the film below.
Peter Falkenberg Brown is passionate about writing, publishing, public speaking and film. He hopes that someday he can live up to his favorite motto: “Expressing God’s kind and compassionate love, in all directions, every second of every day, creates an infinitely expanding sphere of heart.”
