Anthony Fabian's Blog (6)

Greetings Peacemakers!



Come one, come all to see SKIN in the Odeon Panton Street (just off Leicester Square) and the ICA Cinema (The Mall, off Trafalgar Square) - the film is no limited release now and needs to demonstrate box office potential if it is to grow.



SKIN tells the uplifting true story of Sandra Laing - a black child born to white Afrikaner parents in apartheid South Africa - unwaware of their black ancestry. The film follows Sandra’s thirty-year journey from… Continue

I am pleased to announce the UK Charity Premiere of SKIN, to benefit FilmAid (www.filmaid.org) - a charity which brings wonderful films to war-torn regions of the world, providing a few hours of respite from their daily struggles. They also train people to make their own films and document their experiences.



I believe this film and charity align themselves perfectly with the aims of i-peace, and hope you will do your utmost to promote this event. Tickets are currently on sale through… Continue

SKIN just won it's seventh award this year... Audience Choice Award at the Rochester High Falls Film Festival, run by Catherine Wyler (daughter of legendary director, William). Here are the details:

http://www.rochestersmoviefest.com/

The timing is good, as we are still hoping to finalise investment in the US release. Watch this space!

Best

Tony

ICA Films is proud to announce the acquisition of UK Theatrical and DVD rights for Anthony Fabian’s award-winning drama SKIN, starring Sophie Okenodo, Sam Neill and Alice Krige. The film, based on the true story of Sandra Laing, premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and has gone on to win numerous international awards (see below). Date for UK theatrical release will be 24 July 2009 with a DVD release which will include several extra features slated for later in the… Continue

SKIN just won the Jury Award for Best Film at the Palm Beach Film Festival.



http://www.vimooz.com/festivalticker/2009/04/14th-palm-beach-international-film-festival-winners/



"Commented Feature Film Jurors Shohreh Aghdashloo and Debbie Frank, “This is a hopeful and powerful story that is still relevant after 50 years, with race issues, religion issues…all the same universal struggle to understand we are all human, despite our differences.”



It also came first… Continue

This is a report from a bi-racial South African woman who assisted me in May 2004 when I conducted a series of script development workshops in Johannesburg to improve the screenplay of SKIN. She now lives in Washington DC and attended last week's packed screenings at Filmfest DC. I asked her to do a Q&A on my behalf, as I was unable to attend. There seems to have been quite a large South African contingent at the screening!



I thought you might be interested in the audience… Continue