The Tapp’s Arts Center will be hosting a screening of The Florestine Collection on May 9 — Helen Hill’s birthday, — along with two short films. Starting at 7 p.m., and admission is $5, with proceeds benefitting the Helen Hill Media Education Center. Call 803-609-3479 for more. Tapp’s Art Center: 1644 Main Street, Columbia, SC [...]
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Florestine Collection to Show April 22
Posted in Announcements, Film News, News on Jan 25th, 2011
Hi all, Helen Hill and Paul Gailiunas’s film The Florestine Collection will be premiering Saturday, April 22, at the Nickelodeon Theatre in Columbia, SC. Both Paul and Francis Pop will be there. More info to come…
Star and Shadow to show Helen’s films, January 4th
Posted in News on Dec 23rd, 2010
The Star And Shadow Cinema in Newcastle Upon Tyne will be showing a night of Helen’s films on January 4th, 7:30pm. for more info, check out their posting, and also this wonderful poster:
Helen Hill to be awarded lifetime membership to AFCOOP
Posted in News on Jun 22nd, 2010
Helen will be posthumously awarded a lifetime membership in the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative. Read more about it on the AFCOOP site.
Birthday Fundraiser in NoLa – photos!
Posted in News on May 15th, 2010
Courtney Egan took some photos at the Helen Hill birthday fundraiser held last week in New Orleans at the Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center. she writes: We did a fundraiser here in New Orleans last weekend, May 8th. It was called the Helen Hill Birthday Fundraiser. Lots of filmmakers showed work, there were cupcakes and a [...]
Florestine Collection Fundraiser
Posted in News on Apr 13th, 2010
Paul is currently working on finishing Helen’s last film, The Florestine Collection. This Saturday, April 24th, there will be a fundraiser at the Echo Park Film Center to help raise completion funds for the film. Please join us to see a ten-minute preview of The Florestine Collection, as well as other short experimental films by Helen, [...]
Strike Against Crime motorcade tomorrow in New Orleans
Posted in News on Jan 8th, 2009
Tomorrow, January 9th, 2009 there will be a Strike Against Crime organized by Silence Is Violence. at 10am there will be a Peace Motorcade starting at North Clairborne Ave. and Gov. Nicholls St. It will be led by Nakita Shavers, sister of musician and bandleader Dinerral Shavers who was murdered in the week before Helen’s [...]
Helen Hill on the Fifth Estate tonight
Posted in News on Oct 29th, 2008
Tonight the CBC is doing a piece on Helen and Paul tonight at 9pm. Here is the link to the show synopsis The episode will be available on-line for at least a week, I will post the link to the video when Fifth Estate makes it available.
Helen Hill Animated Award winner announced
Posted in News on Dec 12th, 2007
Animator and Halifax resident Heather Harkins was announced as the winner of the first Linda Joy Media Arts Society Helen Hill Animated Award. click here for the CBC story and here for the AWN story
Urge your PBS station to show a film about Helen
Posted in News on Nov 13th, 2007
South Carolina ETV made a film about Helen earlier this year, and it will be offered up for PBS stations across America to pick up. This is a note from Amy Shumaker who headed up the making of the film: Here is the information to share with Helen’s friends in other cities so they can [...]