Rarely on independent films do producers get to work with actors that bring an immense amount of respect, trust, heart, faith and belief in the project that you are producing from the beginning — and it is even harder to find an actor whose professionalism and enthusiasm rubs off on each member of the cast [...]
DOWN AND DANGEROUS – a crime thriller by sabi
The Sabi Company is embarking on a new project written and directed by Zak Forsman (Heart of Now) and is raising the funds for the film from friends, family, fans & new supporters on Kickstarter. Down and Dangerous contains aspects of a smuggler’s life that director Zak Forsman understands first hand from his experiences with [...]
THE ART OF FAN-RAISING: Treating Fans Like Donors
Relationships with Fans should be mutual, interactive, interesting and above all — despite the technology: Human. Here is a list of thoughts for Fan-Raising that may be useful to the artist.
SCREENWRITING ON A DIET
As I just finished a solid first draft of A Falling Rock – a thriller by SABI (my latest screenplay) I was surprised when I realized (after thinking back) just how many feature scripts I’ve written over the years. This led to an article I called “The No-Discipline Screenwriter (Almost)” written for The Script Lab [...]
White Knuckles – A Review by Carol Green
WHITE KNUCKLES resonates deep within us. We become lost in our own reverie,
falling in and out of the story as our emotions take us to places we often
leave boarded up. Larry Strauss and Martie Ashworth have been nominated for best actor
and best actress respectively for their portrayal of William and Julie in the film.
A Short Film About Letting Go: World Premiere – a sabi pictures memoir
A Short Film About Letting Go: World Premiere – a sabi pictures memoir A Short Film About Letting Go world premiered at the Dances With Films 2010 festival in Los Angeles to a crowded audience gathered for the Fusion Shorts program at Laemmle’s Sunset 5 theater in Hollywood. This film has achieved beyond our expectations [...]
White Knuckles Lead Actor Larry Strauss Awarded Historical Society of Laguna Woods Honor
LARRY STRAUSS: Actor and Parkinson’s activist Larry Strauss recently invited me to say a few words at the Historical Society of Laguna Woods, where he was being honored by friends family and distinguished guests. Below are some excerpts from my speech. “Larry Strauss is a true friend and fellow artist whom I first met Larry [...]
Future of Transmedia Storytelling
Below are some thoughts inspired by what I was hearing at the WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE symposium hosted by Jerry Zucker at the Samual Goldwyn Theater (and presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts: Science and Technology Council). Some are things I heard and scribbled down, some of what is below are [...]
A Sabi Fan in Thailand
Sabi Pictures Facebook Fans: Thank You! We recently received this FB message to Sabi from Saatha, a very young and talented fan of ours based in Bangkok, Thailand. Saatha is an amazing artist and animator, and he’s having to put on hold several of his creative endeavors for his mandatory service in the Thai national [...]
MY MONTH-LONG MOVIE-MARATHON MIX-TAPE
Kevin K. Shah’s M.L.M.M.M.T. VOLUME ONE WEEK ONE Day 1. Baraka: Montage World Art Film. 2. Red (From the Three Colors Trilogy): Kieslowski Drama, one of my fav. 3. A Woman Under the Influence: J. Cassevettes. 4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Milos & Jack, made me want to make movies. 5. Raising Arizona: [...]
BOSS OF ME — a webseries
BOSS OF ME – A WEB SERIES by SABI Boss of Me tells the story of a new Creative Director and Producer of Marketing and Distribution that is sent down from “corporate” to manage the newly acquired independent feature film production company Sabi Pictures. What ensues is a systematic restructuring (“Side-Shifting” as the star calls [...]
DUST REQUEST : A WORLD PREMIERE AT THE INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL – a sabi pictures memoir
INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF LOS ANGELES DUST REQUEST: A WORLD PREMIERE A SABI PICTURES MEMOIR by Kevin K. Shah Starring Kevin K. Shah, Surya Chandra & Zak Forsman WHY THE INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF LOS ANGELES? In my humble opinion, there is a very short list of second tier film festivals that pay careful and [...]
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