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GLORIA & ERIC
  
     
             
   
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Palm Springs International Shortfest
 Winner - Jury Prize
 Runner-Up, Student Live Action, 2009
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 Official Selection
Newport Beach Film Festival
 Newport Beach, CA April 2010		 closing    
             
   
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Miami International Film Festival
 Miami, FL  March 2010		 closing    
             
   
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Winner - Screenwriting Award
NYU Wasserman Awards
 April 2009
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Port Townsend Film Festival
 Port Townsend, WA  September 2009
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Miami Short Film Festival
 Miami, FL  November 2009
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FREDDY ILANGA
 
     
   
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Encounters Documentary Festival
 Capetown, South Africa
 July 2 - 19, 2009
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Grahamstown Festival
 Grahamstown, South Africa
July 2 - 11, 2009
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Havana Film Festival
 Havana, Cuba
December 3 - 13, 2009
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Winner -Audience Choice Award
African World Documentary
Film Festival
 St. Louis, MO February 2010
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African Film Festival
New York
Lincoln Center, April 2010
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Bermuda International Film
Festival
Bermuda, March 2010
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Afrika Film Festival
Belgium, April 2010
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Festival Internacional de
Documentales
Santiago, Chile, June 1-6, 2010
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Zanzibar International Film
Festival
Zanzibar, Tanzania, July 2010
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  PHOTOGRAPHS FROM PALM SPRINGS 2009    
       
Nicolas Calzada, Palm Springs Shortfest, 2009
Nicolas Calzada, Palm Springs Shortfest, 2009
 
Nicolas accepting Runner-Up Jury Prize
for Gloria & Eric in Student Live Action Category
    
       
Nicolas Calzada at Palm Springs After Party
Closing Night, Palm Springs Shortfest
 
Nicolas with filmmakers Rob Connolly (Our Neck
of the Woods, USA), far left, and Jeremy
Brunjes (Birthdate, USA), far right.
Filmmaker Matt Morris (Pickin' & Trimmin', USA)
second from left, with Jon Gilbert and Matt
 Grimwood (Toshi, UK) and Rob Connolly.
  
       
NYU Tisch Asia Showcase
Camelot Theater
 
Filmmakers from the NYU Tisch Asia Showcase.
The always-full Camelot Theater 1.
  
 
MIAMI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2009    
Miami Shorts, Q&A   Filmmakers at the Miami Short Film Festival
Nicolas during Opening-Night Q & A with Jaie Laplante, MsFF Programmer.
  
Left to Right: Darrell Lake (A Silent Whisper, Sierra Leone), Rob Meyer (Best in Fest 2007, Nicolas' NYU classmate); Rupert Lloyd and Naji Abu Nowar (Death of a Boxer, Jordan/UK); Nicolas Calzada and Eric Gaunaurd (Gloria & Eric, USA).
Filmmakers at the Festival   Down in Number 5--Festival Winner
Clockwise from left: Darrell Lake, Naji Abu Nowar, William Vela (MsFF Founder), Jaie Laplante, Nicolas Calzada, Rupert Lloyd, and Maggie Drayon (MsFF).
  
Best in Fest Winner: Down In Number 5, by Nicolas' NYU classmate, Kim Spurlock.
     
     

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