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Farewell Darkness Press: Santa Fe Film Festival Click Here for Info OFFICIAL SELECTION December 3rd - 7th, 2008 Flyway Film Festival Click Here for Info OFFICIAL SELECTION October 10th - 12th, 2008 Drake International Film Festival Click Here for Info WINNER! Best Feature Film & Best First Feature June 21st - 28th, 2008 Daniel J. Pico, David Biachi, Luis Segal and Gigi Kovacic flew out to Italy to accept two awards at the 2008 Drake. Click above to check out the photo gallery for the fest. Reel Chicago Article May, 20th, 2008 Through his uPressplay Productions with Pico Blvd Productions, Jones’ second indie feature in release is “Farewell Darkness.” It was directed by Daniel J Pico, produced by David Bianchi and written by Marine veteran Roy Maurer. "Farewell Darkness" won Best Feature Film at the 2008 Delray Beach film Festival and will return to the Gene Siskel Film Center June 25-26.Click Here for Full Article Delray Beach Film Festival Click Here for Info WINNER! Best Feature Film May 6th - 12th, 2008 Gene Siskel Film Center Click Here for Info Friday, May 2nd, 2008 - 8pm World Premiere! - Sold Out! More dates to come. Director Daniel J. Pico (a Columbia College graduate) and screenwriter Roy Maurer (a Columbia grad and Marine Corps veteran) craft an intense drama whose hair-trigger shifts from lyricism to brutality mirror the unpredictable contours of their hero’s psyche. Pico works visual wonders on a low budget; the impressive combat scenes (filmed in Arizona) put many a mainstream production to shame. DigiBeta video. Click Here for Full Article ‘Farewell Darkness’ review by Duley Noted "An unflinching study of one soldier's struggle coming home that is emotionally raw and fundamentally moving." May, 2008 - By Erin Duley If there’s one lesson that Michael Pasternack (Keith Compton) knows from experience in Daniel J. Pico’s “Farewell Darkness,” it is that life is tough. He’s learned it well at the hands of his family and through his military service. Click Here for Full Article Artists Interviews "Farewell Darkness is an intense and gripping story." October, 2007 David Bianchi, Daniel J. Pico, Matthew Jones and Roy Maurer are the architects of this excellent independent production. Keith Compton and Brianna Weaver as well as all the rest of the cast, perform their roles so vividly that they take you along the soldier's journey. The cast render the characters with humanity and breathe life into them. A very professional team put together their talents to create this outstanding independent film. Click Here for Full Article ‘Farewell Darkness’ sheds light on Iraq War "Columbia alumni collaborate to create a feature length film shot in Chicago." November, 2007 - By Derek Kucynda As a child, Columbia alumnus Daniel J. Pico dreamed of being a Marine. As time passed by, Pico’s childhood fantasy was shattered as he grew up and watched the devastation of the war in Iraq unfold around his fellow countrymen. Click Here for Full Article Independent Film Quarterly Article A New Film by NYIIFVF Award Winner Daniel J. Pico January, 2008 - By Joseph Glendale “Farewell Darkness” is being prepared for its first festival run at the moment and has generated great interest from international distributors at film markets around the world, as well as some controversy. “We have a lot of things to say about what is happening in our country today, and we weren’t shy about saying them… Loud!,” said co-producer David Bianchi. Click Here for Full Article |