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    CINEMAGIC/SVA Awards Show his year's screening of winners of the CINEMAGIC/SVA Short Film Search was the most successful and exciting in the four years that we've been inviting the public to watch the work of talented amateur filmmakersona large screen ina major Manhattan theater, This year we decided to hold the screening and {awards ceremony in a disco instead of a regular theater so we could push all the folding chairs aside after the show, open Up the dance floor and have a big party ‘The show took place at Xenon's, one of New York City’s most exclusive discos, ‘and the place was jammed. Xenon's is usually 2 gathering spot for New York's social eliteand thenewspapers usually an rnounce on the society pages what cele brities where there the night before and what the partying was all about. On November first the partying wasacelebra tion of up-and-coming filmmaking talent land the celebrities were the winners of the ‘CINEMAGIC/SVA Short Film Search and the show business personalities who were there to present the awards Xenon’ isn't usually set up for screen: films, so we had to bring our own screen and sett up ourselves. We dressed the stage with giant black-and white blow. Ups of photos that have appeared in CINE- MAGIC and an eight-foot high color blow. tp of the cover of CINEMAGIC #16 (the Issue that announced last year's winners). Some ofthe filmmakers whose faces ap peared in the blackandwhite blow-ups were in the audience. Our Contest Coor. dinator, Damon Santostefano, drew a ‘moustache on the picture in which he ap peared s0 people wouldn't recognize him ‘and beg him for his autograph, A large crowd gathered outside Xenon'sand patiently waited for the doors to open. The crowd appeared to be a ga thering of New York's artistic community many flmmakers were in attendance. ‘Some of the other filmmakers whose faces we recognized in the audience were: Ed Summer, co-producer of Conan; John ods, author of many how-to articles for CINEMAGIC, special effects director on the Deadly Spawn and produceridirector ‘of several other independent films; make: Up artist Arnold Garguilo, who worked with Dods on creating makeup for The Deadly Spawn; Animators Mike Sullivan and Peter Wallach; Stephen Parady. direc: tor of last year's winning Super 8 film, Asteroid: Ted Bohus, producer of The Deadly Spawn and many others 1982 By JOHN CLAYTON Inside, CINEMAGIC. publisher Kerry Quinn greeted the crowd and briefly outlined the evening's entertainment. The lights went down and the crowd. fell silent and settled back ten joy the unique one-time public showing of this year's winners. The first film shown was Fareed Al Mashat's Davie, a 16mm fantasy about a young boy who builds his own time ‘machine in his bedroom to escape the present and flee into the ro ‘mantic past. Davie tied for third prize in 16mm, Angus Graham's The Subway was next. troubled youth boards a New York City’ subway In this Super-8 psycho thriller for a journey into terror. The bloody climax caused many an audience ‘member to moan in disgust. The Subway ‘won Third Prize in Super‘. The Winners First Prize 16 mm ‘Second Prize 16mm .. . ‘Third Prize 16mm(Tie) . - ‘Third Prize 16 mm(Tie) . First Prize Super-8 . . .An American Were ‘Second Prize Super: ‘Third Prize Super-8 The other film tied for Third Prize in 16mm, Joey Ahlbum’s Bandits, was next fon the program. This highly stylized animated cartoon about detectives chas ing bank-robbing cowboys through the streets of New York City was highly enter. tainingand gota very goodaudiencereac tion, Joey has already struck a deal for Bandits to appear on a New York cable TV Bill Knowland’s Cindertow, a Super parody of foreign films was next on the program. Undertow won Second Prize in Super 8, Zyeak is King, a USC student film by Hugh Stegman, was next on the program. Zyzak is @ 16mm fantasy film abo + + Extended Play, Dé Zyzaks King, Hugh Stegman, Los Angeles, CA

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