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Sarasota Film Festival award winners announced “Best Summer Ever,” a movie that puts a new spin on the teen musical genre, won the best narrative jury prize at the 2021 Sarasota Film Festival, which was presented at the CMX CinéBistro Siesta Key and online April 30-May 9. The film by Michael Parks Randa and Lauren Smittelli featured eight original songs and a cast and crew made up of people with and without disabilities. Eden Wurmfeld and Margaret Munzer Loe’s “Chasing Childhood” won the documentary feature jury prize. The jury award for best U.S. narrative short went to “Hara...

5 Things to Do This Weekend Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City. May 13, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET FILM SERIES Maggie Cheung in the Wong Kar-wai drama “In the Mood for Love.”Credit...Janus Films While supervising new digital restorations of several of his films, the Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai made certain adjustments, such as changing the aspect ratio — the image dimensions — of “Fallen Angels,” which now has a wider frame than it did when it was first shown in 1995. Wong, whose movies often concern ...

Cartoon Network launches ‘Best Summer Ever’ campaign with loads of home-based activities for kids Powered by Rasna, it will offer a volley of activities designed around the franchises, including ‘We Bare Bears’, ‘Tom and Jerry’, ‘Looney Tunes’, ‘Teen Titans Go!’ and ‘Ben10’ Delhi, May 13, 2021 Cartoon Network, a WarnerMedia’s kids’ entertainment channel, is ushering in holiday season for its fans with its Best Summer Ever campaign. All through May till June 27, the channel will transform homes into the ultimate ...

SUMMER LOVING Wilson and DeVido play starry-eyed teens in Zeno Mountain Farm's Vermont-shot musical. Our streaming entertainment options are overwhelming — and not always easy to sort through. Lately, everybody's been talking about Best Summer Ever, a musical that was produced and shot in Vermont by Zeno Mountain Farm, a Lincoln nonprofit that runs retreats and camps for people with and without disabilities. Directed by Michael Parks Randa and Lauren Smitelli, the movie features Hollywood talent in front of and behind the camera. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaa...

'Best Summer Ever' Serves As Template For Disability Representation in Hollywood Antonio Ferme, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The opening musical number in “Best Summer Ever” ends with a kiss between protagonists Sage (Shannon DeVido) and Tony (Rickey Wilson Jr.), who fall in love at a sleepaway dance camp in Vermont. Executive producer Will Halby said he shared a realization with his crew while filming this scene. “I turned to our directors and said, ‘I don’t think that this is something that has ever been put on film before,’” Halby said. What’s unprecedented here is tha...