http://www.decodawson.com/index.htmlHot News!en2014-05-11T12:24:29-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 21:35:04 -0500DECO DAWSON2014-05-11T12:24:29-05:00http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/b76146d0c73e5665e23c943a64bb40a0-15.html#unique-entry-id-15http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/b76146d0c73e5665e23c943a64bb40a0-15.html#unique-entry-id-15
Deco Dawson Commission Premieres at the 2014 Governor General’s Awards

This week was the premiere of another innovative, biography short done by Filmmaker Deco Dawson in collaboration with the National Film Board in Ottawa at the 2014 Governor General’s Awards.
Celebrating the philanthropic efforts of arts champion Jean Giguere, Deco Dawson has created a fantasy film where the snowy winterland of Winnipeg is recreated using 2D flat print outs and is populated by art institutions.

https://www.nfb.ca/film/jean_giguere_the_measure_of_a_place/




]]>DECO DAWSON2016-10-11T14:01:44-05:00http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/cf2cacbb9683e30a8a3dff461bb3ba25-14.html#unique-entry-id-14http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/cf2cacbb9683e30a8a3dff461bb3ba25-14.html#unique-entry-id-14
The Reviews are Flowing in for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea in NYC

This past September 2016, the theatre play Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea which Deco Dawson serves as projection designer, had its official NYC premiere at the New Victory Theater on 42nd Street and Broadway. The reviews are in, the show seems to have stuck a chord with the press!


“The use of projections is… jaw dropping.” The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/theater/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea-review.html?_r=0



“Dawson’s beautiful projections are the highlight of this production.” Theater Mania

http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/reviews/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea_78662.html



“Credit Deco Dawson’s wonderful multimedia projections… for bringing Verne’s classic to life in such and exciting way, coupled with a strong eco message.” The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fern-siegel/stage-door-holiday-inn-tw_b_12432618.html

]]>DECO DAWSON2013-05-21T01:19:00-05:00http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/c085550651cadeb09bacaba7b5dbaffe-13.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/c085550651cadeb09bacaba7b5dbaffe-13.html#unique-entry-id-13The 2013 Seattle International Film Festival Awarded Deco Dawson’s Keep A Modest Head
the Best Short Documentary Film Award.

"Although there were many great films to discuss and debate, ultimately there was one film that the jury unanimously felt was particularly worthy of receiving the Best Documentary Short award. For its brilliantly surrealistic imagining of the life of the last of the surrealists.... Keep a Modest Head"
Seattle International Film Festival: Jury Statement

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/seattle-shortsfest-competition-winners-2013


]]>DECO DAWSON2013-06-08T00:42:17-05:00http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/05157e935839ecf82b73c2ccde5a77a8-12.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/05157e935839ecf82b73c2ccde5a77a8-12.html#unique-entry-id-12Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz presented Deco Dawson with The Winnipeg Arts Council’s “Making a Mark” Award for an established artist, and honours an artists in any discipline for their outstanding achievement to the local and international arts scenes.

The awards presentation was held at the Hotel Fort Garry in front of 500 guests from the arts community.

http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php?/wac/article/9075/

]]>DECO DAWSON2013-03-04T13:48:51-06:00http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/7a10c9157aa02bd78fe80c9369a6aeda-11.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/7a10c9157aa02bd78fe80c9369a6aeda-11.html#unique-entry-id-11The Province of Manitoba has awarded Deco Dawson with Hothouse Award.

The award is given to an established filmmaking artist who’s made an impact on the filmmaking scene internationally and in Manitoba.

http://www.winnipegfilmgroup.com/cinematheque/deco_dawson_fantastic_worlds2013.aspx


]]>DECO DAWSON2013-01-17T11:36:43-06:00http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/c11f9bb8ca48bfb55da109fb5aeb7de8-10.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/c11f9bb8ca48bfb55da109fb5aeb7de8-10.html#unique-entry-id-10The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television has nominated KEEP A MODEST HEAD
as on of the five BEST Short Documentaries of the year.

The evening was hosted by comedic legend Martin Short

http://academy.ca/email/current.cfm

]]>DECO DAWSON2012-12-11T15:01:20-06:00http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/2021bb378bbc3cedcca1610f073f140b-9.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/2021bb378bbc3cedcca1610f073f140b-9.html#unique-entry-id-9Keep a Modest Head has been named to the Toronto International Film Festival’s List of:

TOPTEN Best Short Films of the year.

Screenings include the TIFF Lightbox, Pacific Cinematheque in Vancouver and the Metro Cinema in Edmonton.

http://tiff.net/topten/films/2013/shorts

]]>DECO DAWSON2012-09-16T17:37:20-05:00http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/3a66670a7f35e8311f9b4e04cc009ead-8.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/3a66670a7f35e8311f9b4e04cc009ead-8.html#unique-entry-id-8Keep a Modest Head has been awarded the BEST SHORT FILM AWARD

From the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.

"Deco Dawson's Keep a Modest Head is a film that expands the boundaries of documentary, one that perfectly reflects its surreal subject."
Reg Harkema - TIFF 2012 Shorts Jury President

http://tiff.net/thefestival/festivalawards

]]>DECO DAWSON2012-08-15T14:11:43-05:00http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/65e44b794918745afbb0655e8d7b547f-7.html#unique-entry-id-7http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/65e44b794918745afbb0655e8d7b547f-7.html#unique-entry-id-7KEEP A MODEST HEAD TO PREMIERE AT TIFF 2012


I am happy to announce that my latest, (long-time-coming) new film Keep a Modest Head (Ne crâne pas sois modeste) will be premiering at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival!

Scheduled screening dates are as follows:

Friday September 7th (Public Screening) -- 7:15pm
Bell Lightbox 3

Saturday September 8th (Public Screening) -- 1:15pm
Bell Lightbox 4

Friday September 7th (Press and Industry) - 9:15am
Bell Lightbox 4



The film was started eight and a half years ago in Quebec City, then major production in Winnipeg in 2004 and finally some pick up shots in Paris in 2006. Originally shot on 16mm, the film sat for a number of years as I retransferred the rushes to many formats and finally in 2009 to HD. Because of the complex visual palette of the film, advanced digital technologies were not yet available to the independent filmmaker until 2010 when I was finally able to execute my vision.

Now after almost two years of straight post-production work on the film it is ready!

The film could be described as an auto-biographical film on the last Surrealist Jean Benoît, narrated by Benoît himself as directed by Deco Dawson. Benoît surreal life easily matched his surreal artwork and Deco Dawson’s imaginative, phantasmagoric portrait of the artist is equally as unpredictable and surreal as its subject matter. A celebration of life, love and art, Keep a Modest Head is Deco Dawson’s latest and greatest hallucinogenic, thrill ride, a ride directly into the mind of the last great Surrealist.

Check out more information on the film at www.thelastsurrealist.com


Deco



]]>DECO DAWSON2012-05-31T00:18:20-05:00http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/7b81ca32f846161816d8a379fc718c8f-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/7b81ca32f846161816d8a379fc718c8f-5.html#unique-entry-id-5Two Deco Films screen during Cannes 2012]]>DECO DAWSON2012-06-05T00:59:20-05:00http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/763a044fdcd0cb4e331d5a58921b5883-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.decodawson.com/page0/blog/files/763a044fdcd0cb4e331d5a58921b5883-3.html#unique-entry-id-3www.decodawson.com has finally been updated!]]>