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ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR DAVID ANDERSON TO SCREEN “TONGUE OF THE HIDDEN” AT THE  2008 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL

Anderson To Tour With Film Throughout Iran in Winter 2008

New York, NY (October 6, 2008) – Renowned Director David Anderson has been selected to screen his animated short film “Tongue of The Hidden” at the 2008 Austin Film Festival.  Based on a poem by Hafez and translated by Jila Peacock, Anderson’s short has captured critics’ attention in 2007 with Time Out London raving “It’s powerful stuff.”  Anderson anticipates touring with the film throughout Iran in the winter of 2008. 

“Tongue of The Hidden” contains ten love poems from the collected works, or Divan, of Hafez, the fourteenth-century Persian metaphysical poet from Shiraz. Hafez’s work has long been regarded as an expression of the central ideas of Sufism, the spiritual aspect of Islam. Anderson created animated animals using the Persian text of each poem and set them alongside a modern English translation by Peacock.

The film premiered at the National Film Theatre in October 2007 as part of the London Film Festival and as part on Animate TV on C4 in December 2007.

David Anderson is most widely known for creating innovative dream imagery by using stop-motion and cel animation mixed with live-action footage.  He is consistently pushing the boundary of what animation can do and how it can be applied.  Within the past few years David has fully embraced the world of CG technology and its myriad of possibilities.  The UK based Director is also internationally recognized for his role in the creation of “Sledgehammer,” the 1986 music video that garnered accolades for its groundbreaking and innovative creation.  Anderson has completed work on a new directing commission for UK Channel 4 and has directed a number of commercials including Mastercard, Eurostar, Royal Bank of Scotland and many others. David Anderson’s recent US commercial projects have included all five of the VESIcare “Pipe People” campaign.

David Anderson’s “Tongue of The Hidden” can be viewed online at www.schofieldfilms.com.

More information about David Anderson and other Directors at Schofield Films can be found online at www.schofieldfilms.com

About Schofield Films
Schofield Films is a boutique production company based in New York City with resources all over the world.  Television commercials, corporate films, web-i-sodes and feature films are just a sampling of the creative visual endeavors they are actively involved in.  The company’s founder, Stan Schofield, was recently solicited to be on the East Coast board of directors of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) - a first for a commercial director.  More information about Schofield Films and its directors can be found online at www.schofieldfilms.com

More information about Schofield films can be found online at www.schofieldfilms.com

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