“Coldwater” SXSW thriller teaser unveiled (video) March 6, 2013 - 10:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Filmmaker Vincent Grashaw was co-nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2011 Spirit Awards for producing the DIY micro-indie Bellflower, which Oscilloscope snatched out of Sundance, Deadline said. This week he makes his feature directorial debut with the dramatic thriller Coldwater, a SXSW world premiere shot with members of the Coatwolf collective responsible for Bellflower. Inspired by real-life remote “behavior modification” boot camps for troubled youth, Grashaw and co-screenwriter Mark Penney penned the tale of a teenager (newcomer P.J. Boudousqué) who is abducted from his home and taken to a wilderness reform facility run by an abusive retired colonel. Grashaw and Dave Gare produced with Kris Dorrance of Skipping Stone Entertainment, whose Mike Dorrance executive produced. Joe Bilotta also exec produced for Flying Pig Productions. The film debuts March 10 in Austin in SXSW’s Narrative Spotlight section. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |