UNCSA grad wins awards at Cannes
Jeff Nichols, a UNC School of the Arts School of Filmmaking alumnus, has won the Grand Prix for his film "TAKE SHELTER" at the 50th annual Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival. The Grand Prix is the second-most prestigious prize of the festival.
"TAKE SHELTER," written and directed by Nichols, is a psychological drama about a working-class husband and father who questions whether his terrifying dreams of an apocalyptic storm signal something real to come or the onset of an inherited mental illness he has feared all his life.
Nichols also won the Best Screenwriting Award from the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers at Critics' Week.
Nichols received his undergraduate degree in directing from UNCSA in 2001.
Environment is theme of temple series
Temple Emanuel will present short films on urban sprawl along with Ellen Dunham-Jones' "Retrofitting Suburbia" as part of its environmental-movie series at the temple, 201 Oakwood Drive. A discussion will follow the film.
Speakers will include: Mayor Allen Joines; Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn, Temple Emanuel; Kelly Bennett, City-County Planning Board staff; and Russ Dubois, Creative Corridors Coalition.
Showtime is 7 p.m. Thursday. Refreshments will be provided. The screening is free to the public. Donations are accepted.
For information, call (336) 642-4361.
Marcus Green
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