Creativity

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Galaxy Theatres received the first Catalyst Award during a luncheon at ShoWest in Las Vegas last month. The award was created by Digital Cinema Report to honor the independent exhibitor who best demonstrates the full capability, flexibility and promise of digital cinema. Publisher Nick Dager presented the ten-inch crystal trophy to Galaxy CEO Frank Rimkus.

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A Small Act, which premiered in U.S. Documentary Competition at Sundance 2010, tells the inspirational story of an impoverished boy in Kenya, Chris Mburu, whose life was dramatically changed when an anonymous Swedish woman sponsored his primary education. Shot in the town of Västerås, Sweden; in Geneva, Switzerland; and in the lush landscape of Kenya's central highlands, A Small Act tells the story of the adult Chris Mburu, now a Harvard-educated human-rights lawyer, who hopes to replicate the generosity he once received by founding his own scholarship fund to aid a new generation of Kenyans.

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Guitar virtuoso and composer Vince Lauria recently mixed and mastered the music for the new independent feature film, Nowhere Fast: The Forgotten Story of Approach Control.



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Clear Blue Tuesday, a cinematic response to the events of September 11, 2001 blends heightened narrative and original music to follow the lives of a group of New Yorkers over seven Septembers as they relearn their city and themselves. The full-length feature had its world premiere last month at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Director Elizabeth Lucas and an ensemble of 11 actor/singer/songwriters from the indie rock scene, comedy clubs and Broadway theatre used personal material and improvisation to create their fictional Clear Blue Tuesday counterparts and write the eclectic songs they sing.