Brooklyn Heights continues to be a hotbed for stirring artistic creativity. Just ask Matthew O’Neill and his wife Ksenia O’Neill, who moved to the neighborhood last summer. The (already much-lauded) mister has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short category for “Redemption,” which explores a phenomenon that’s certainly familiar to locals: “jobless […]
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Brooklyn Heights Resident Joachim Back Snags Oscar
The New Tenants trailer from Det Danske Filminstitut on Vimeo. Congratulations to Brooklyn Heights resident and P.S. 8 parent Joachim Back who won an Academy Award Sunday night for his short film The New Tenants. Fellow Brooklynite Vincent D’Onofrio starred in the film. He told the New York Times that it was a “circle of […]
Film by Heights Resident Joachim Back Nominated for Oscar
The New Tenants trailer from Det Danske Filminstitut on Vimeo. Reader Bob posted this comment on Open Thread Wednesday: Congrats to BH resident Joachim Back on his Academy Award nomination for his short live action film The New Tenants. Joachim wrote, directed and produced and his wife Mette was an Executive Producer. They had a […]
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