The Proverb: English-Language Short Film Takes Top Prize at Kolkata International Spirituality Film Fest

The Proverb: English-Language Short Film Takes Top Prize at Kolkata International Spirituality Film Fest

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- In garnering Grand Prize honors at India's annual Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) International Spirituality Film Festival (KISFF) on Oct. 7, 2006, short film The Proverb (http://www.theproverbmovie.com/) had to break a few barriers: In the festival's three-year history, no other English-language films, short films, Western-made or Christian-themed films had won the coveted award.

The festival, held October 5-7, 2006 in Kolkata, had over 800 participants this year -- an impressive 21% increase over last year's entries. Prior to being named Grand Prize winner at KISFF, The Proverb was a finalist in the 2004 168 Hour Film Project in Los Angeles.

"The Proverb has, in the past, been more popular overseas than in America," stated The Proverb director Todd Albertson. "I attribute this to The Proverb trifecta -- it was short, used wry humor, and would only be funny if the audience had strong knowledge of geopolitics, history, and religion."

The Proverb, a ten-minute mockumentary that takes on contemporary journalism and religiosity, easily draws in the audience with its spot-on send-ups of media figures that take themselves too seriously and the oh-so-pious folks for whom the appearance of being spiritual displaces true faith. Completed in 2004, the experimental piece was produced and directed by Todd Albertson and written by Jeff Andrus, the late Pope John Paul II's screenwriter. The Proverb was shot in just one week and stars Tony Award winner Scott Waara (The Most Happy Fella), Nancy Stafford (Matlock), Lauren E. Roman (All My Children), Christopher Prizzi (Law & Order), and newcomer Anna Michelle Wang.

"On behalf of all those involved in The Proverb, I'd like to thank the organizers, judges and participants of KISFF for recognizing The Proverb with their Grand Prize award," Albertson said. "I'd also like to thank whoever went to the huge effort of subtitling The Proverb into Bengali and Hindi as well as submitting our film to the committee."

To learn more about The Proverb and view a trailer for the film, visit http://www.theproverbmovie.com/. Additional information is available at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400752/.

Contact:
Kim Murphy
Squared A Development
Tel: 310-882-8550
Fax: 310-882-5441
murphy@squareda.comhttp://www.theproverbmovie.com/

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Source: Squared A Development

CONTACT: Kim Murphy, Squared A Development, +1-310-882-8550, Fax:
+1-310-882-5441, murphy@squareda.com

Web site: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400752
http://www.theproverbmovie.com/

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