THE SAXOPHONIST Accepted into NY Jazz Film Festival & Wins Accolade Global Film Award

We have a lot of great news to share to everyone in regards to THE SAXOPHONIST:

First, I am extremely happy to announce that we have been accepted into the New York Jazz Film Festival in August! I’ll have more information about the screening date in about 3 weeks. All Official Selections will be invited to the Red Carpet Awards Event to be held in New York City on August 26 and announcements of category winners will not be made until August 1, 2018.

 

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I’m also happy to report that it has also earned an Award of Recognition for African-American film shorts at this season’s Accolade Global Film Competition! The full award list can be found here: http://accoladecompetition.org/award-of-recognition-may-2018/
Thank you all again for your ongoing support!
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VENDETTA GAMES Accepted to The 14th Annual Action On Film International Film Festival

We’re happy to announce our 3rd official festival acceptance for the award winning crime thriller VENDETTA GAMES at the Action On Film 14th Annual International Film Festival and Writers’ Event in Las Vegas! AOFFEST will be held August 16-26 at the Brenden Theater located at Palms Casino Resort. Screening date and time to be announced soon. Thank you AOFFEST and congrats once again to the cast and crew!

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Don’t forget the film will also play at the World Music & Independent Film Festival in early 2019. More news to follow!

THE SAXOPHONIST Premiere Event Video

These are highlights from the official world premiere of the AJ Epyx Productions short film, THE SAXOPHONIST. The premiere was held at Brooklyn Fete on May 4, 2018 with live jazz music performed by the film’s star Beavin Lawrence and the Beautiful People Band.

Shot by Michael Schiavo.

Find out more about the film at ajepyx1.wixsite.com/ajepyxthesaxophonist

THE SAXOPHONIST Premiere Event Video from AJ Epyx Productions on Vimeo.

 

THE SAXOPHONIST Premiere Q&A

This is the Q&A portion of THE SAXOPHONIST short film premiere following the screening on May 4, 2018 at Brooklyn Fete in Brooklyn, NY. We’ll have more highlights from last week’s event coming soon!

Featuring actors Beavin Lawrence, Nadya Encarnacion, Ron’Netta, Jarett Smithwrick, Zoiea Ohizep, Ronnie Caldwell, assistant director Albert Albanese III, ballet choreographer Joan Adams, assistant camera Stephen Taylor, and writer/director Andre´ Joseph.
Shot by Michael Schiavo.

Find out more about the film at ajepyx1.wixsite.com/ajepyxthesaxophonist

THE SAXOPHONIST Premiere Q&A from AJ Epyx Productions on Vimeo.

 

Pics from THE SAXOPHONIST Brooklyn High School of the Arts Screening

A huge special thank you to Brooklyn High School of the Arts for hosting us in their lecture series and screening THE SAXOPHONIST. I truly hope this film will inspire the school to create an innovative film program to get kids involved in the process. This was truly an honor and I’m very pleased to say that as their semester winds down, the film is going to be taught in their film and performing arts classes!

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Pics from THE SAXOPHONIST World Premiere

A huge special thank you to everyone who attended our magical Saxophonist premiere! We’re very blessed with the positive reception we’ve received on the film. There’s still a lot of work to be done going forward. And for anyone who missed it last night, we’ll be screening again at Brooklyn High School of the Arts this coming Wednesday at 6pm!

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THE SAXOPHONIST Article in the Staten Island Advance

Posted today was a nice article piece about THE SAXOPHONIST in writer/director Andre´ Joseph’s hometown newspaper, the Staten Island Advance. You can read the full article at this SILive link today. THE SAXOPHONIST premieres tomorrow night at Brooklyn Fete (1515 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226) at 7:30pm. This is a free event featuring live jazz music from the film’s star Beavin Lawrence and the Beautiful People band! RSVP here. The film will also be screening next Wednesday, May 9 at the Brooklyn High School of the Arts at 6:00pm.

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