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First trailer for Mack.

August 21, 2010: Just a day after principle photography ended, "Mack" has its first trailer. The film, which sets the Macbeth story in today's world of art, will be finished this fall.

Update: Production photos added.

Sparks in the Night Summer and Fall Screenings
(update #4)

ThrillSpy International Thriller & Spy Film Festival, Washington D.C., October 2. The film is in the festival's general division. About the festival: "[Movies and films should be about having fun and escapism. ... The festival events include screenings, museum and law enforcement tours, VIP parties, embassy receptions and concludes with a ThrillSpy Awards Gala for filmmakers and invited special guests."

Tacoma Film Festival (WA), October 7-14, "a week long community celebration of independent film!"

14th Annual North American All Youth Film and Education Day, October 1, 2010, Sacramento, CA. Motto: YOUTH ARE THE SOLUTION, NOT THE PROBLEM

Port Townsend Film Festival (WA), Sept 24-25 -- Close to home. Also the festival doesn't have a youth division, so it's exciting to be in the general division.

The Philadelphia Film and Music Festival (Philly F/M), September 23-26 -- The new festival strives to be an annual event that effectively merges independent film and music in new and exciting ways.

Route 66 International Film Festival (Springfield, IL), Sept 18 -- Ben's grandmother plans on attending.

Movies on the Mural at Seattle Center, Aug 22 -- Free films under the Space Needle. "Sparks in the Night" precedes "The Twilight Saga: New Moon".

Zeum Museum, July 18 -- Showing about 500 kids some of winners and favorites from the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Short Cinema for Young Filmmakers, June 15 (California State University, Monterey Bay)

TheFilmSchool's Prodigy Camp

June 24-30, 2010: "Prodigy Camp 2010 brought 20 young talented filmmakers together on scenic Whidbey Island, near Seattle, for an unforgettable week of learning about filmmaking."

Ben loved meeting the other enthusiastic young filmmakers. All the instructors (including actor Tom Skerritt!) were great.

When he got home, he used what learned to improve his screenplay for his summer 2010 production.

Apr 16 2010, 5:09 PM

Ben Kadie has tracked down an elusive criminal on the streets of a grimy city, orchestrated an air attack behind enemy lines, and has visited a pharaohs grave – all before his 15 birthday. He travels through time and... More ›

Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave and Sparks in the Night win Scholastic National Medals

April 6, 2010: The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers announced today that two of Ben films are national medal winners. Sparks in the Night won a gold medal. Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave won a silver medal. One year ago, Ben was the youngest gold medal filmmaker in the nation with his film “A Friendly Game”.

Scholastic has given arts awards since 1923 to teens such as Andy Warhol, Robert Redford, and John Lithgow. Over 165,000 works were submitted this year with fewer than 600 receiving a national gold medal. There is an ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City in June for which the city is lighting to top of the Empire State Building gold. (The ceremony, however, conflicts with the end of school at Interlake so Ben doesn't plan to go.)

Update: "Invasion of the Teenage Geniuses", a NY Observer article about this year's ceremony in NYC.

Sparks in the Night wins the top  prize at the Newport Beach Film Festival Youth Showcase

April 25, 2010: Volcom sponsored the Youth Showcase to "amplify the voices of the younger cutting edge film makers". The showcase included 14 films by filmmakers 18 and younger. In his blog, juror Elliot V. Kotek called "Sparks in the Night" "a fantastic film noir rife with humor and class". Last year, Newport Beach selected A Friendly Game.