Sunday, March 04, 2007
Mishka Kornai at the Beverly Hill Shorts Film Festival
We went to one program of a film festival.
The 15-year-old son of a friend of ours, Mishka Kornai, had his short comedy "Seller's Remorse" accepted for the BH Shorts Festival. The festival runs over this weekend with the films grouped into 4 or 5-film programs according to topic.
Mishka's film's Program topic was: Time's Almost Up
It was about the consequences of telemarketers who will do anything to make a sale. Very funny!
A great evening all the way around. After the premiere we went to a party at Kate Mantilini with Mishka, his mom, the cast, and a bunch of other people who produced, or worked on the film. The party was also really fun.
Probably the most amazing thing about the evening was Mishka. He was the cinematographer for the film. What makes him remarkable is that he was able to do this quality of work at only 15! I can only imagine what the future holds for him.
After the 5 shorts the producers/directors/cinematographers were invited up front for a Q&A. They talked about techniques that they used, costs of production, inspiration for their films and time to produce them. I don't think that anybody in the audience realized that Mishka was half the age of all the other people up there. He handled himself beautifully.
He is only a sophomore in high school. The rest of the filmmakers were easily in their 30s or older. He seemed completely at ease with them. Somehow he didn't seem like a teenager at all. I heard that on the set he has no problem at all setting up his shots, directing others who are twice his age.
He wants to go to film school at USC. This was at least his 4th film. Between now and highschool (!) graduation he will already have an enviable body of work. Someone last night said "he could bury himself in a hole for ten years and then come back and still be a youngster." He has a real head start. With a portfolio like this I think he should not have any trouble getting into USC.
I think that a big reason that he is the focused, confident person that he is is because of the amazing support he gets from his family. It is great to see them together. I feel lucky to know them.
The 15-year-old son of a friend of ours, Mishka Kornai, had his short comedy "Seller's Remorse" accepted for the BH Shorts Festival. The festival runs over this weekend with the films grouped into 4 or 5-film programs according to topic.
Mishka's film's Program topic was: Time's Almost Up
It was about the consequences of telemarketers who will do anything to make a sale. Very funny!
A great evening all the way around. After the premiere we went to a party at Kate Mantilini with Mishka, his mom, the cast, and a bunch of other people who produced, or worked on the film. The party was also really fun.
Probably the most amazing thing about the evening was Mishka. He was the cinematographer for the film. What makes him remarkable is that he was able to do this quality of work at only 15! I can only imagine what the future holds for him.
After the 5 shorts the producers/directors/cinematographers were invited up front for a Q&A. They talked about techniques that they used, costs of production, inspiration for their films and time to produce them. I don't think that anybody in the audience realized that Mishka was half the age of all the other people up there. He handled himself beautifully.
He is only a sophomore in high school. The rest of the filmmakers were easily in their 30s or older. He seemed completely at ease with them. Somehow he didn't seem like a teenager at all. I heard that on the set he has no problem at all setting up his shots, directing others who are twice his age.
He wants to go to film school at USC. This was at least his 4th film. Between now and highschool (!) graduation he will already have an enviable body of work. Someone last night said "he could bury himself in a hole for ten years and then come back and still be a youngster." He has a real head start. With a portfolio like this I think he should not have any trouble getting into USC.
I think that a big reason that he is the focused, confident person that he is is because of the amazing support he gets from his family. It is great to see them together. I feel lucky to know them.
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