by Joey Daoud | Feb 24, 2009 | Career, Exhibition
First off, Oscars. Slumdog – woo! Though no surprise there. It is sad, though, that for a film that swept the Oscars it hasn’t even broken the $100 million mark, which means most people haven’t seen it. I thought the actual Oscars program was well...
by Joey Daoud | Nov 16, 2008 | Career, Film School
If you survived the 2 years in Film School, you’ll do fine in Hollywood. Said by Ali Bell, visiting alumni. Sorry I can’t write more, I’m in the midst of a perfect storm and potential breakdown (Update: storm has passed). But on another note, I...
by Joey Daoud | Sep 23, 2008 | Career, Tips
While doing some film book browsing on Amazon, I caught the release of The Hollywood Assistants Handbook and ordered myself a copy. It wasn’t long before everyone in school was reading a copy. After all, we’re filled with FHPPs (that’s Future...
by Joey Daoud | Sep 7, 2008 | Film Festival
Last Stop 174 aims to tell the human side of the bus hijacking in 2000 in Rio de Janeiro. The film felt very real and was like a portrait of a world. It reminded me of City of God, something that was brought up a lot (the main actor was even in City of God). It was...
by Joey Daoud | Sep 5, 2008 | Film Festival
Despite having my name called over the speakers on the airplane before take off and my passport taken by security, we managed to make it to Toronto (the passport was returned and I never found out what that was about). We even made it in time to pick up our industry...
