Left tor Right: Harry Davis (Joy Road), Katherine Cecil (Race), Roy Clovis (The Cycle), Sheldon Levy, Bree Newsom (Wake) & Kiel Adrian Scott (The Roe Effect)

For the second year in a row, SaatchiNY joined an illustrious array of sponsors (including HBO and Macy’s) in presenting the Nothing is Impossible Producer’s Award at the 7^th Annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival. As always, the event was an amazing showcase of talent. Our judging panel got the opportunity to see a lot of great films, and in addition to being a wonderful event, it also provides SaatchiNY with a pipeline into some exciting new talent.

The Saatchi & Saatchi Nothing is Impossible Producer’s Award was created to recognize an independent film producer who was able to create a remarkable, high quality film with a limited budget and resources.  We felt that the exceptional story telling in the film we selected this year truly captured the Saatchi & Saatchi spirit of “Nothing is Impossible.”

The award is given to only one person, but all of the participants should be considered winners. All of them have beaten incredible odds to finance their films and shown great savvy to get their films produced. All of their “making of” stories are 100% inspiring, and we’re thankful to build a pipeline of such talented producers and directors that we can partner with on client projects and on special events in the future.

This year’s award winner, The Roe Effect was directed and produced by Kiel Adrian Scott. Sheldon Levy (EVP, Associate Director Broadcast Production @ Saatchi & Saatchi) had the honor of presenting the award at the Director’s Brunch, where he was also the guest speaker.

The Roe Effect is a tragic love story about a girl named Dawn who is thrust into an adult situation by her father and must choose between exposing him and losing the girl that she loves. Towards the end of September, SaatchiNY will kick-off a film series screening the winning film, as well as the rest of the finalists for the award.

Special thanks to our Saatchi & Saatchi judging panel:

Sheldon Levy
Pat Giles
Steve Mitsch
Lisa Clunie
Brad Rodriguez
Kwame Taylor-Hayford
Danica Rosen
Jen Randolph

Tags: Kiel Adrian Scott, Martha's Vineyard African American Film Fest, SaatchiNY, Sheldon Levy