Gee Whiz! Modi sure wins lots of awards! She must have a really sore throat from all those...acceptance speeches!
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"Rosa Mi Amor" is a short comedy film, which stars Manny Chevrolet as a man mourning for a dead wife he never had. Directed by Los Angeles filmmaker Modi whose work has been described as "a Warhol factory director on loan to Hal Roach studios. Classically styled shorts with a subversive edge"
"Rosa" has won the grand prize at the '99 Berkeley Film & Video Festival Festival. "Rosa" has won the grand prize at the '94 Seattle Lucky Charms Film Festival.
"Rosa" has won first place at the following Film & Video festivals:
"Rosa" was voted top ten audience Choice at the '99 Freaky Film Festival in Urbana, IL
"Rosa" has won a Certificate of Merit at the following festivals:
'94 Chicago Intercom Festival, The '94 Long Island Film & Video Festival, '93 Central Florida Festival and Special Mention @ The Mandalay Las Colinas Festival of Arts.
"Rosa" has screened at the following festivals: The Mediopolis Videofest in Berlin, Germany. The 4th Mondial Video in Bruxelles, Belgique. The 28th Annual New York Expo., The 42nd Columbus International Film & Video Fest, The Chicago Underground Film Fest, The 2nd Annual Social Outcast Film & Video Fest at The Image Film & Video Center in Atlanta, Georgia., The Artswatch in Louisville, KY., The Interfilm Fest in Berlin, Germany, The Utah Film & Video Fest, The Cacophony Drive-In Movie Short Film & Video in San Francisco, CA. The Palm Springs International Short Film Fest, The Hollywood Underground Film Fest, & Trimmer's Rock World Film & Video Fest in Newport, PA., Euro Underground in Berlin, Germany, Krakow, Poland & Sofia, Bulgaria, ICA London, England, Independent Exposure in Seattle, WA, MVPA First Annual Directors Cut Festival in Hollywood, CA, Cinema Texas in Fort Worth, Antimatter in Victoria BC Canada, MicroCine Festival in Baltimore, MD, Tahoe Film Fest, Cucalorus Film Fest in Wilmington, North Carolina, Dances With Films in Hollywood, CA.
Modivation Film Festival Awards and Screenings
• Henry Rollins "You Saw Me Up There" 8o min. Spoken Word Concert Dreamworks SKG Records
New Orleans Film & Video Festival "Lumiere Award" 1999
The Gold Award WorldFest Houston 1999
Certificate of Merit at the 6th Annual Berkeley Film & Video Festival 1999
Screened Central Florida Film & Video Festival 2000
• Henry Rollins "Talking From the Box" 60 min. Spoken Word Concert
Finalist Award New York Festival 1993
Screened at Best of AFI Video Festival at The Kennedy Center Washington, DC, The New Orleans Film & Video Festival, The New York Underground Film Festival, and The Pacific Film Archive, San Francisco• Rollins Band "Get Some Go Again" DreamWorks SKG Records - Music Video
Best Digital Music Video Media Masters Award 2000 from Digital Video Magazine
• "Youth Wants You To Know" Anti-Hand Gun Campaign
The California Wellness Foundation
Gold Award Aurora Film &Video Competition 1998
Bronze Statuette Telly Awards 1997
1st Place San Jose Film & Video Commission, Joey Awards 1996
The New York Festival Finalist Award 1996
The Charleston International Film Festival Finalist Award 1996
Honorable Mention The Film Council of Greater Columbus 1997
• "Created Equal" Cheryl Summerville Story documentary short for The ACLU
1st Place Vermont International Film Festival Justice & Human Rights 1997
Silver Plaque Intercom Cinema Chicago Film Festival 1997
Certificate of Merit @ The 6th Berkeley Film & Video Festival 1999
Screened at Lesben Film Festival Berlin, Germany 1997
• "Pump With A Chump" Short comedy film starring Henry Rollins & Manny Chevrolet
Lagniappe Award New Orleans Film & Video Festival
• "Woodstock Revisited" Short comedy film
Lagniappe Award New Orleans Film & Video Festival
• Buck Cherry "For The Movies" Music Video Dreamworks SKG Records
Bronze Award The Telly Awards 2000
Bronze Award WorldFest Flagstaff, AZ 1999
• L7 "Pretend Were Dead" Music Video Warner Bros. Records
Sliver Plaque Chicago International Film Festival 1992
Finalist New York Festivals 1993
