Stella Velon and Jean Gabriel Kauss (of The Punk Floyd Company) spoke with The Webby Awards about the making of ‘The Critic’. The film earned Stella a 2020 Webby nomination for Best Individual Performance and has won over 20 festival awards to this day. Read the interview here.
Read More“If you’ve seen the short (that is streaming for Amazon Prime subscribers!), then you know how good this film is. Five star reviews are great, but a fan-voted award to put on the shelf is even better. Voting for The Critic tells The Punk Floyd Company how much you adored the short.
If you’ve been convinced to go vote for Stella Velon’s performance in The Critic, go now!” — Film Daily
Competing at Amazon Studios' first annual All Voices Film Festival (amazon.com/allvoices) for U.S. filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds, Stella Velon’s multi-award winning and critically-acclaimed directorial debut ‘The Critic’ (also written by and starring Velon opposite Alan Smyth) was announced as one of the five winners of the festival by a jury that included top executives at Amazon Studios & IMDb. Watch the short on Amazon Prime Video.
Read More‘The Critic’ among the top two winning films at the 2019 Annual Queen Palm International Film Festival taking home the Grand Jury Prize ‘Couronne d’Or’ together with the feature documentary ‘Crime + Punishment’. In addition, Stella Velon won the Best of Fest ‘Queen Supreme’ award for Best Short First-Time Filmmaker.
Read MorePart of Amazon Studios' inaugural All Voices Film Festival for short films celebrating diversity in front of and behind the camera (June 3 - 24, 2019), Stella Velon’s directorial debut premiered to rave reviews from the audience.
“★★★★★ It wasn't just a movie. It was an experience.” - Magzfaux (Amazon Customer)
Nominated for Best Short Film and Best Actress in the company of screen legends such as Martin Sheen (for ‘Princess of the Row’) as well as Ethan Hawke (for ‘Stockholm’, also starring Noomi Rapace and Mark Strong), ‘The Critic’ took home the Best Short Film award at the 2019 Method Fest (celebrating outstanding performances in independent film) at an awards ceremony at the historic Ahrya Fine Arts in Beverly Hills on March 28th, 2019.
Read MoreBehind the scenes of ‘The Critic’
Written/directed/starring Stella Velon opposite Alan Smyth
Produced by The Punk Floyd Company
Executive producer Jean Gabriel Kauss
Shot on location in West Hollywood, CA
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