Tag: Summer Theatre/Film Archive
thursday april 5th 2007
An Interview With BNFF Winners Benardout and Sills of "Sinner"
On the opening night of the first annual Buffalo Niagara Film Festival, Marc Benardout (director and co-producer) and Steven Sills (writer and co-producer) joined the audience during the screening of their film “Sinner”. Later in the week, “Sinner” won the Grand Jury Best Feature Film award from the BNFF. Buffalo Rising had the opportunity to chat with both of them about the film, the festival and of course, Buffalo.
BRO: What is "Sinner" all about?
Marc Benardout: Basically it’s a movie about redemption, and the title, "Sinner", obviously sparks a lot of connotation with what its all about…but ultimately a movie about doing the right thing, or not being afraid of doing the right thing. And it is set in contemporary America, somewhere in America, nowhere specific, and it’s about a priest who is carrying the weight of the Catholic Church’s misdemeanors on his shoulders. He’s going through a sort of midlife crisis, and into his life comes this hustler, a…
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friday march 30th 2007
Bill Cowell & BNFF
We recently got to sit down with Bill Cowell, CEO of Captures Entertainment, which is sponsoring the first annual Buffalo Niagara Film Festival. We asked him about the festival, why Buffalo Niagara, and what is in store for next year.
BR: What made you start a film festival in Buffalo? Bill Cowell: It was time; it was due. A lot of people talked about doing it and just never followed through. It was a pleasure working with all the independent filmmakers and kinda forming our little group and knowing they were interested enough to make me interested enough.
BR: Why Buffalo Niagara, not just Buffalo? Bill Cowell: Important for the regions. I think in the past our regions have always separated from each other. Niagara County can’t do Erie County things, without having a north and south kind of feel, know what I mean? It was ridiculous. I wanted a way …
