Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Haydenfilms Film Festival -Online

Just a reminder that the deadline for submissions to our Online Film Festival is
May 15th, 2005, see complete rules here: http://www.haydenfilms.com/rules.html.

Thursday, March 17, 2005

Movie Writing Software

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Dramatica Pro 4

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Word Menu 2.2

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StoryView 2.0

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Writer's DreamKit 4

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Movie Magic Contracts

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Hollywood Screenwriter

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Tuesday, March 01, 2005

77th annual Academy Awards®

The "Haydenfilms" Team Congratulates.....The winners of the 77th annual Academy Awards, presented Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:

Picture: "Million Dollar Baby."
Director: "Clint Eastwood, "Million Dollar Baby."
Actor: "Jamie Foxx, "Ray."
Actress: "Hilary Swank, "Million Dollar Baby."
Supporting Actor: "Morgan Freeman, "Million Dollar Baby."
Supporting Actress: "Cate Blanchett, "The Aviator."
Adapted Screenplay: "Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, "Sideways."
Original Screenplay: "Charlie Kaufman, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
Art Direction: "The Aviator."
Cinematography: "The Aviator."
Film Editing: "The Aviator."
Visual Effects: "Spider-Man 2."
Sound Mixing: "Ray."
Sound Editing: "The Incredibles."
Original Score: "Finding Neverland."
Original Song: "Al Otro Lado Del Rio" from "The Motorcycle Diaries."
Costume: "The Aviator."
Makeup: "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events."
Foreign Film: "The Sea Inside" (Spain).
Animated Feature: "The Incredibles."
Animated Short: "Ryan."
Documentary Feature: "Born Into Brothels."
Documentary Short: "Mighty Times: The Children's March."
Live Action Short: "Wasp."
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Oscar winners previously announced this year:
Honorary Academy Award: "Sidney Lumet.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Roger Mayer.
Gordon E. Sawyer Award (technical achievement): Takuo Miyagishima.
Scientific and Technical Oscars: Horst Burbulla, Jean-Marie Lavalou, Alain Masseron and David Samuelson.