September 2008 issue under Best people in Media.
BEST LOCAL FILMMAKER
Bivas Biswas
In the five years since Bivas Biswas began his career in filmmaking, his short films have won more than 15 awards from festivals around the country. This year, the native of Calcutta, India, added "Arizona Filmmaker of the Year" from the Phoenix Film Festival to his list. Jason Carney, the festival's director, says Biswas "has a tremendous eye for creating incredible visuals, and his films always have a unique feel to them." As the founder of D.I.B. Pictures Entertainment, Biswas has directed and produced short films like Miss Matched (2007) and Reason (2006), as well as TV commercials and music videos. Not bad for someone trained as a computer scientist.
http://www.phoenixmag.com/best-of-the-valley/media/


Children's Museum of Phoenix 15 Second Ad for PBS Channel 8
Produced, Directed and edited by BallBoy Productions
Director of Photography Bivas Biswas
Grip, lighting by Jason Francois


Poster by Peter Salama
OFFICIAL SELECTION - PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL 2008
WINNER - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - IFP 48HR. 2007
WINNER - BEST USE OF CHICS WITH GUNS - IFP 48Hr. 2007
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SFX & MAKE-UP FROM THE SET OF FAREWELL DARKNESS
REASON WON BEST EDITING AT IFP 2007
REASON SCREENING AT THE PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL, HARKINS SCOTTSDALE 101
SATURDAY APRIL 14th - 9:10am, THEATER 2
SUNDAY APRIL 15th - 4:45pm, THEATER 2
WEDNESDAY APRIL 18th - 9:20pm, THEATER 6
REASON HAS PICKED UP 4 NOMINATIONS AS PART OF THE INDEPENDENT FEATURE PROJECT SPECIALTY AWARD NOMINEES FOR SCREEN WARS, SEASON 2
NOMINATED FOR
BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ACTING ( PATTI TINDALL), BEST EDITING AND BEST VISUAL F/X
UPCOMING TV BROADCAST
REASON AIRING ON AZ-TV ON FEB 01, 10.30 p.m.
REASON AIRED ON AZ-TV ON JAN 3RD, 11 p.m.
Mar 4 : DIB FILMS PLAYING AT THE HARKINS ARROWHEAD -16
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PHOENIX PREMIERE AT THE AMC24 Phoenix Downtown- Mar 1. - 7 P.M.
Films of Bivas Biswas - 15 AWARDS, 3 BEST FILMS
MISSMATCHED - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST USE OF CHICS WITH GUNS IFP/PHX 48Hr., 2007 REASON - BEST EDITING, Independent Feature Project, 2007 DADDY - RUNNER UP BEST FILM, OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ACTING, 3rd BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, Almost Famous Film Festival, 2007 REASON - BEST FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, Independent Feature Project, 2006 POUR AMOUR POURQUOI - BEST FILM, STORY, CINEMATOGRAPHY, Almost Famous Film Festival, 2006 APT. 3157 - MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER, International Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival FIRST DATE - BEST FILM, STORY, Almost Famous Film Festival, 2005
NOW IN FESTIVALS
12/17/06 - PLATES from POST - COLORATION of MAGENTA
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REASON OFFICIAL SELECTION PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL - 2007 DRAGON CON INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL - 2006 WINNER BEST FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING - IFP 2006 |
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"...an atmospheric ghost tale that could be referred to as a thimbleful of M. Night Shyamalan. Dark, bluish and creepy, “Reason” doesn’t waste a single frame and manages in three minutes to create a puzzle it will take audiences far longer than that to figure out." -Chris Moore, Editor, The Desert Advocate Absolutely fantastic! Lighting, camera, editing, titles, style, look -- just amazing! This looks like a real movie! Totally impressive!!!! -Brian Pulido, Director, International Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival Another strong and imaginative directorial performance by Bivas Biswas! - Jae Staats, Director, Almost Famous Film Festival (A3F) Take "Psycho," shake well with "The Sixth Sense," add a dash of "Memento," "Spun," (or your own favorite drug-addled reality bender here), distill into three minutes, and you have Bivas Biswas' "Reason"--an intriguing psychological thriller that raises several nagging questions for every 15 seconds of screen time. As always, Biswas gets the most out of his actors in the most economical fashion, but with no lack of expressivity. In fact that's where the power comes from, which is then pumped to the max with great sound editing, shooting--everything. A concise tour-de-force. (And Tara Fisher is the most intriguing (fetching, squealing) find of a victim since Pauline Kael kvelled over Barbara Crampton in Stuart Gordon's schlock-cinema takes on H.P. Lovecraft stories in the '80s.) -David Tell, Editor / Publisher, Midtown Messenger |
07/23/08 Screening of MICTH THE BITCH : A LOVE STORY at Harkins Scottsdale 101, Jul 31, 7:00 p.m. 05/20/08 Completed commercial for the Children's Museum of Phoenix for PBS channel 8 in collboration with Ballboy Productions. 04/09/08 Bivas Biswas was awarded the Arizona Filmmaker of the Year at
the 2008 Phoenix Film Festival.
02/09/08 First Date Screening at the AMC
Arizona Center as part of the Almost Famous Film Festival's
Best Of Shorts.
02/04/08 MissMatched is
an official selection of the Phoenix Film Festival 2008
10/14/07
Behind the Scenes Pictures from FRAGILE are now
available
online
10/10/07
FRAGILE screening at the AMC Arizona Center on 25Th October at
7.00p.m. Get your tickets
here
10/08/07
FRAGILE completes production for the A3F All Star 72Hr. Film
Challenge.
09/15/07
Music Video for DAY AFTER
TOMORROW, is now available online.
08/21/07 DAY
AFTER TOMORROW, written, produced and scored by Bivas Biswas and
performed by Demona Bast is available
online.
07/26/07 MISS
MATCHED won Best Cinematography and Best Use of Chics with Guns
at the IFP 48hr. 2007.
4/16/07
REASON won Best Editing at IFP 2007
3/30/07
REASON nominated for Best Director, Best Acting (Patti Tindall),
Best Editing and Best Visual F/X at the Screen Wars Season
2
3/12/07
Pictures and Article from the Peoria Film Festival
available
here
3/10/07 Bivas Biswas was invited as a
guest panelist for the IFP Filmmaking Seminar "How to
Shoot a Short Film Over a Long Weekend" hosted by Joe
Gruberman
3/4/07 DIB Films playing at the
Harkins Arrowhead 16
3/1/07 Phoenix Premiere of Daddy at
the AMC theaters
2/18/07
David
Beard
composes the soundtrack for daddy.
2/18/07
"daddy" completes
Production
1/14/07
"The Magic Hour" completes
Production.
1/13/07 "Screening Room" completes
Production.
12/28/06 REASON will air on
AZ-TV as part of Screenwars Episode 1 on Jan 3rd, 11
p.m.
12/25/06 NOW PLAYING - MAGENTA
12/23/06 MAGENTA PREMIERE - 30th DEC. at
the RICH AROMA COFFEE HOUSE. - 8
p.m.
12/12/06 Making of Pour Amour Pour Quoi - Edited by Mike
Burciaga. First Cut with temporary soundtrack. Work in Progress.
Stay tuned for the complete
version.
12/01/06 MAGENTA completes post - production
.
11/14/06 REASON selected to screen on AZ-TV as
part of Screenwars episode 2007
.
10/27/06 REASON screening at the Paper Heart
Gallery on Nov 1st, 7.00p.m as part of the Halloween
Festival.
10/20/06 Apt. 3157 selected at International Festival
of Cinema & Technology (IFCT).
10/07/06 Upcoming show : An
evening with D.I.B. Pictures at the Paper Heart Gallery's
"Film Nuit a la Paper Heart" event on Dec 6th.
09/15/06 JOURNEY - All the
award winning short films from D.I.B Pictures is now available on
DVD in full digital resolution.
08/26/06 Bivas Biswas was
one of the judges at the
Miss India Arizona
contest.
08/12/06 Upcoming Event.
5Th Annual Miss India Arizona
2006.
07/03/06
REASON is
an official selection of the
Dragon Con Independent Short Film
Festival.
06/08/06 "Babysitter Wanted", directed by 9yr. old DJ McGinley
Colman and produced by D.I.B Pictures, won 1st Place at the
Arizona Student Film
Festival.
05/28/06 First Date selected to
play at the "No Festival
Required", a festival for
microcinema.
04/29/06
15 second
clips made
for the AMEX/TRIBECA challenge are available
online.
04/20/06
Chris Moore's
article on D.I.B. Pictures is published
in the April 2006 issue of the Desert
Advocate.
04/19/06
Press Release - One Year, 10 Awards, 3 Best Films...
04/16/06
Desert Advocate is
doing an article on D.I.B.
Pictures.
03/29/06
First Date is
screening at
the IFC Media
Lab.
03/28/06
David Tell's March issue
of
Midtown Messenger applauds DIB Pictures for Pour Amour,
Pourquoi.
03/24/06
"Reason" wins Best Director, Best
Editing and Best Film at IFP/ Phoenix,
2006
03/21/06
A couple
of D.I.B's films are screening during this year's
Phoenix Film Festival.
Screening Times
:
Babysitter Wanted Saturday
25th Mar, 11:20
a.m.
Reason, Friday 24th Mar, 8.35
p.m., Sunday, 26th Mar
9.25a.m.,
Location :
Harkins Scottsdale 101, Theater 2 &
4
03/19/06
Behind the Scenes
Stills from "Pour Amour Pourquoi"
is
online.
03/16/06
"Reason" and "Pour
Amour Pourquoi" submitted to the Cannes Film
Festival.
03/15/06 The theme for
"Reason" is
available
online
03/10/06
"Reason"
(mystery/suspense/
03/03/06 D.I.B. Pictures'
latest film "Pour Amour, Pourquoi" (For Love, For What)
wins Best Film at the Almost Famous Film Festival 2006
along with awards for Cinematography, Acting and
Story.
02/08/06
Az Republic
article mentions Serena
Torres Webbe, Writer of "First
Date"
02/05/06
Behind the Scenes
stills from MAGENTA
uploaded
01/28/06
Magenta completes
production.
01/20/06 Babysitter
Wanted completes Post
Production.
01/15/06 D.I.B. Pictures
signs up for the Almost Famous Film Festival 2006 48hr.
film
challenge.
01/06/06 The
prestigious
Dani's Agency signs Bivas Biswas
for talent
representation.
12/29/05
Production
stills from Babysitter Wanted is now
available
online.
12/21/05
Production
stills from the set of "O Best Beloved" is
now available
online.
12/6/05
Headshots posted
online.
12/10/05 - First Date is the 3rd
most popular comedy and among the top 150 films on
iFilm
12/3/05 - First Date Premieres
on
IFILM
10/24/05 - APT 3157 wins the
award for "Most Promising Filmmaker" at the 2005
International Horror Sci-Fi Film
Festival.
09/10/05 - APT 3157 is selected
for the 2005 International Horror/Sci-Fi Film
Festival
08/10/05 -
APT. 3157 will be aired
on AZ-TV (channel 13), Aug 27, 5.30 p.m. Audience voting
will remain open till Monday, Aug 29.
www.screenwars.net.
08/04/05 -
APT. 3157 premiered at
Harkins Centerpoint at Mill and won the award for "Best
use of
Dialogue".
07/24/05 -
APT. 3157, a
psychological thriller was completed in 48 hrs. for the
Phoenix Film Festival 48hr. film
challenge.
04/27/05 On a film unrelated note, Bivas was
one of the software engineers for the flight software
for Airbus A-380. It made its maiden test flight today.
Read the full article
here.
04/05/05
Interview with director
Bivas Biswas by Midtown Messenger's editor and
Publisher, David Tell, is now available
online.
03/28/05 Newswire News Release, worldwide
press release for First
Date.
03/21/05 David Tell's
article on First Date
appeared in the March 2005 issue of the Midtown
Messenger
03/07/05 First Date won the Best Picture
award at the
Almost Famous Film
Festival 48hr. film challenge along with 3rd
place in acting and honorable mention for
story.
01/15/08
Bivas among the panel of judges for the A3F 48hr.
film challenge.
Rate the Movie and Enter for a chance to win Festival
Passes
thriller) completes production for
screening during Phoenix Film Festival 2006