“What a privilege to be part of Wildsound’s Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival. For the crew and I, this was a unique experience, as we found the audience feedback insightful and worthwhile. Winning ‘Best Direction’ will help get our message out to more venues and as many people as possible. Gracias por todo.”
Hannah Enhman chats with Canadian actor J.C. Williams about his leading role in the feature film “Home Swiss Home”.
HOME SWISS HOME, 72min., Switzerland Directed by Geert Smets Mike, a defiant New Yorker, is left by his girlfriend Julie, who argues that he doesn’t have the necessary means to provide for the future family she so desperately wants. Determined to win her back, he sets out to secure his long-awaited promotion.
A drama novel is a fictional story that centers around characters in conflict at a critical moment in their lives. Drama novels are often based on family dynamics and can have tragic or painful endings.
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Mainly what this contest does is give exposure to the writer. They will be able to obtain a solid agent, plus get notice by producers looking for writers like yourself. NOTE: The writer will always own 100% rights to their story. The only thing we do is help the writer. Either with notes on their next draft, or gain exposure by having their story showcased at our festival.
Died September 3, 2012 · Los Angeles, California, USA (respiratory failure)
QUOTES:
My sister [Judith] used to say I had a frail chest and she’d beat me up all the time.
[on The Green Mile (1999)] I think the toughest scene for me to film was the two dead girls, simply because I had a lot of crying to do, a lot of howling to do, and it really drained me.
Born December 10, 1960 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Birth name Kenneth Charles Branagh
Spouses Lindsay Brunnock(May 24, 2003 – present) Emma Thompson(August 20, 1989 – October 1, 1995) (divorced)
QUOTES:
I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure.
I’m just a foul-mouthed Brit.
My definition of success is control.
Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.
It’s very strange that the people you love are often the people you’re most cruel with.
There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them.
Variety is very, very good. Going from medium to medium – if you get the chance to do it – from theater to television to film, which are all distinctly different, keeps me sharp. What works in one doesn’t work in the other, and you have to be looking for the truth of the performance, whatever way that medium might demand.
[on being told he is to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II] I was very, very, very surprised and I was very touched. Michael Caine and Roger Moore, both of whom I’ve worked with, offered only the insight that it’s handy to have the ‘kneeling stool with the handle’. Roger Moore, who has a dodgy knee, was terrified on the way to the ceremony that, having knelt down, he wouldn’t be kneeling back up again. You don’t want to move suddenly while that sword’s being wielded, I’m sure. I haven’t read of [Her Majesty] having knicked someone on the ear just yet, but perhaps I’ll be the first.
(On Judaism) You know I grew up with the same holidays and such, in an Orthodox manner, in a Kosher home, and all of that. And those are strict rules to live by that I think really shape your personality and discipline. I think they definitely, whether I knew it at the time or not, subconsciously it definitely seeped in to just create a good balance. I have a theory that most people in Hollywood are from Texas.
My career has been successful, but it’s been a grind of hard work.
We have this idea of perfection that is so unrealistic. We are our own worst enemy. No one is noticing that little scar.
Never reveal your insecurities to a man, because nine times out of 10 they have no idea they even exist.
I always describe my career as something where nothing ever popped overnight.