Dany Saadia

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nameDany Saadia
imageFile:Dany saadia en Dixo, 2019.jpg
image_size250px
captionDany Saadia, 2019
birth_date
birth_placeMexico City, Mexico
death_date
known_forFilms:
Genesis 3:19
3:19 Nada Es Casualidad
Businesses:
'Interfaz 401'
'Dixo'
'Substance'
occupationScreenwriter
Film director
Entrepreneur
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| name = Dany Saadia | image = File:Dany saadia en Dixo, 2019.jpg | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = Dany Saadia, 2019 | birth_date = | birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = Films: Genesis 3:19 3:19 Nada Es Casualidad Businesses: 'Interfaz 401' 'Dixo' 'Substance' | occupation = Screenwriter Film director Entrepreneur Dany Saadia is a Mexican filmmaker, screenwriter, podcaster and entrepreneur who won the 2008 Best Director Malaga Festival award as well as the Best Feature Film award at the Mostra de València (Spain). he is the CEO of Dixo, the first podcasting production company in Mexico.

Career

''Genesis 3:19''

In 2003 he wrote and directed Genesis 3:19 a short film whose world premiere was at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival. The film won 'Best Screenplay' at the 2004 Rhode Island Film Festival, and 'Best Short Film' at the 2004 Austin Film Festival.

''3:19 Nada Es Casualidad''

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In 2006 he wrote and directed his first feature film, 3:19 Nada Es Casualidad, a Spanish-Mexican production, in Valencia, Spain. It starred Miguel Angel Silvestre, Felix Gomez, Juan Diaz, Barbara Goenaga and Diana Bracho. The soundtrack was scored by Robin Guthrie, and edited by Ivan Aledo.

The world premiere of 3:19 Nada Es Casualidad was during the 2008 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The film earned a positive review from Variety film critic Robert Koehler.

During the festival run, 3:19 Nada Es Casualidad won 'Best Director' in the 2008 Málaga Spanish Film Festival, and won for 'Best Film' and for 'Best Actor' for Miguel Angel Silvestre in the 2008 Mostra de Valencia.

''Faust Arp''

In 2008 he entered the Aniboom In Rainbows Contest to create a full-length animated video clip for Radiohead, and his video clip submission Faust Arp was one of the finalists of the In Rainbows Animated Music Video Contest.

Podcast production

In 2005, Saadia founded Dixo, the first network of podcasts and blogs in Mexico.

Filmography

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Writer / DirectorYearFilmOther notes
2004"Genesis 3:19"Short film
2005"The Perfect Date"Short film
20063:19 Nada Es CasualidadFeature film
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Recognition

In comparing 3:19 Nada Es Casualidad to Saadia's earlier work, Variety film critic Robert Koehler wrote "Saadia has built his feature on the groundwork of his 2004 short, Genesis 3:19, but the final work may be overbuilt," expanding, "Saadia's warm cast, full of youthful Spanish thesps (many direct from the Iberian tube), add a lightness of being to a film that gets a little too eager to fling ideas at the viewer." However, he granted that "Production values add considerable allure to the brainy entertainment, decked out with an interesting score by the Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie."

Awards and nominations

References

References

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  2. "''Genesis 3:19''". tribecafilm.com (archive).
  3. (August 18, 2004). "From the R.I. International Film Fest, the winners are . . .". projo.com.
  4. "2004 RIIFF Film Award Winners". film-festival.org.
  5. (October 22, 2004). "Scenes from the 11th Annual Austin Film Festival". austinchronicle.com.
  6. Cooper, Neil. (August 13, 2007). "Just don't mention Cocteau Twins... oh why not, everyone else does". heraldscotland.com.
  7. "Robin Guthrie - 3:19 Bande Originale Du Film (Darla)". darla.com.
  8. "Premios Goya - Palmarés - Mejor Montaje". zinema.com.
  9. (December 31, 2007). "SBIFF 2008 Slate". independent.com.
  10. Kohler, Robert. (February 19, 2008). "review: ''3:19''". variety.com.
  11. (April 11, 2008). "11º Festival de Malaga Premios Zonazine". festivaldemalaga.com.
  12. (2008). "Cambio 16, Issues 1910-1917". Información y Revistas, S.A.
  13. (June 18, 2008). "Miguel Ángel Silvestre". elmundo.es.
  14. (October 23, 2008). ""3:19" consigue el premio en Mostra Valenciana y Miguel Ángel Silvestre, el de mejor actor". levante-emv.com.
  15. "Radiohead and Aniboom Contest Winners - Semi Finalists". aniboom.com.
  16. Hernández Becerra, Fernando. (7 March 2017). "Why the podcast boom has yet to hit Mexico — and why it needs to". [[:en:Current (newspaper).
  17. Ochoa, David. (29 March 2019). "Los podcasts están "en línea" otra vez". [[El Universal (México)]].

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