Galatia Films News

Reclaiming the Blade held the top position in the documentary category on Apple iTunes for several weeks this summer. Lord of the Rings stars Viggo Mortensen, Karl Urban, John Rhys-Davies, John Howe and Richard Taylor join with legendary Hollywood sword master and fight choreographer Bob Anderson to celebrate the history of the sword. Reclaiming the Blade has also made it into the top 100 iTunes films of all time! You can read more about it here.

Also, be sure to read some of the recent reviews of the film. From the New York Post to Home Media, Reclaiming the Blade has been wowing reviewers all over the nation and around the world. To read more of our recent reviews, visit our updated “Reviews and Interviews” page. Here’s a sample of recent quotes:

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Reclaiming the Blade premiered at a gala event hosted at The Brooks Center in Clemson, South Carolina on April 27th, 2009. The event included appearances by the director, Daniel McNicoll, the producer, Erica Black, and several people featured in the film including Tom Urso, Whit Williams, and Preston Williams.

Before the film was screened, attendees enjoyed sword fighting demos from many different disciplines including Historical European Martial Arts, Kum Do, Sport Fencing, and Armtgard. Also several lucky audience members walked home with special gifts and prizes including signed DVDs, T-shirts, a Hasbro Force FX Lightsaber, and a historically accurate replica sword from Albion Swords.

The demos were beautifully captured by photographer Joshua Kelly. You may also view a video production diary highlighting the evenings events here.

Reclaiming the Blade is now available for Pre-order at Galatia Films Home Entertainment and will advance ship March 30th.

Pre-orders placed prior to the shipping date will receive free RTB T-shirts.  The 2-Disc Special Edition includes over 4 hours of Special Features and will be officially available at local retailers wherever DVDs are sold May 5th.

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Galatia Films, LLC has selected David Mickey Evans to direct Glastonbury: Isle of Light.

An established director, Evans wrote and co-directed the classic film Radio Flier for Columbia Pictures staring Elijah Wood and Adam Baldwin. The following year he went on to write and direct The Sandlot. Cherished by audiences and critics alike, Sandlot was produced by 20th Century Fox staring Dennis Leary and James Earl Jones. Recently David directed The Final Season for Yari Film Group staring Sean Astin, Larry Miller, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Michael Angarano. A director with a keen eye and vision, Evans’ catalog includes films for Universal, Sony, and Disney.
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The official Reclaiming the Blade trailer is now available right here in QuickTime format. The trailer is also available on our RTB YouTube Chanel, Myspace page and Facebook page. The newly uploaded version on YouTube is available in high quality, simply click the "watch in high quality" link available at the bottom of the trailer video. Later next month the trailer will also be availbable on the Apple Trailers webpage. Thanks and enjoy!

Lucy’s Tasty Treasures will be aired on SC ETV on the school broadcast station throughout the state this Fall. This will enable classrooms in every county to tune in to the program at specified times this semester. We are very excited about the level of accessibility this will afford. Many more classrooms will now be able to integrate Lucy’s into their health and nutrition education.

More on Lucy’s Tasty Treasures from their website:

The program was developed by Katherine Cason, professor and state program leader for food safety and nutrition, to help combat the obesity epidemic. It follows Cason’s daughter, Melissa, who plays Lucy in the show, on a treasure hunt to locate and learn about healthy foods, such as fruits and vegetables, dairy and whole grains. Other actors include Emory and Georgia Childress, Rosio Antunez, Mary Lewis and Clemson University students and faculty, Sergio Nieto Montenegro, Rachel Harris, Marta Gamboa, Mercedes Rossi and Yenory Hernandez.

The Telly Awards honor the very best local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions, and work created for the Web. The 29th Annual Telly Awards received over 14,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents.

Lucy’s takes a farm-to-table approach to promote healthful eating and physical activity is being offered to elementary schools this year through DVDs, family newsletters, student activity books and photo-novellas.

The curriculum is being used in 30 percent of South Carolina schools, with orders from approximately 100 teachers in nine other states. It is also used by Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program educators in more than 260 schools and by the non-profit Zest Quest® children’s health initiative in 14 schools. Additional information, recipes, games, a blog, and order form for the DVDs are on this website.

Galatia Films joins UK production company Red Kite Films on documentary film, Castle of Legend.

Legend Castle: Bamburgh is a UK co-production currently in full production. With over 10 years of footage, Legend Castle will explore the significance of Bamburgh Castle and the amazing archaeological finds discovered there. Expected release, early 2009. A-list talent attachments to be announced soon.

An unlikely group of young archaeologists uncover more than they dreamed possible when their excavations at a lonely fortress on the edge of Britain reveal buried secrets over two thousand years in the making. Bamburgh Castle represents one of the most important archaeological sites in Britain, containing within its bounds layers representing thousands of years of continuous occupation.

The Bamburgh Research Project will team with Galatia Films to produce another high profile film produced by Erica Black, co-written and directed by Gerry Twomey and Daniel McNicoll. The Bamburgh Research Project is an archaeological project, which was set up in 1996 to investigate the archaeology and history of the Bamburgh area.

This film is currently in development due for release in winter 2009.

Posted on Clemson University’s website:

Clemson University’s production of “Crossroads” was awarded a Silver Telly, the highest honor, in the 29th Annual Telly Awards competition. The film won the Silver Telly in the category of religious/spiritual productions. The production also garnered a Bronze Telly, the second place award, in the category of documentary.

The program, based on the research of Professor Mark Small of the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, the film portrays ministries of Catholic Sisters in South Carolina, highlighting their historical impact and challenging future. The film’s premiere was broadcast on South Carolina Educational Television on Easter Sunday 2008.

“Crossroads” represents a creative collaboration involving IFNL, the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, and Clemson University’s Video Production Services.

Founded in 1979, the Telly Awards is the premier award program honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest film and video productions, and groundbreaking web commercials, videos and films. A record 14,000 entries from 50 states and around the world were submitted to the competition and less than 10% were awarded a Silver Telly, making this year’s contest the most competitive in the long history of Telly Awards. A prestigious panel of more than 40 accomplished industry professionals judged the competition, upholding the historical standard of excellence that Telly represents.

Crossroads, a documentary produced by Clemson Video Production Services and featuring Erica Black as a cinematographer was recognized this week with a Videographer Award of Distinction. Add this to the two Tellys this program won and it is obvious that this productions turned out really nice. Written and produced by Elizabeth Anderson of Clemson University it was shot mostly in South Carolina. The touching story focuses on the Sisters contribution to social services including hospitals, elderly care, and education and what the plan is for the future is as more nuns reach the age of retirement and few younger sisters join the ranks behind them.

More about the award:

The Videographer Awards is an international awards program directed by communication professionals to honor talented individuals and companies in the video production field. Entrants include video production companies, advertising and public relations firms, corporate communication departments, cable and broadcast television operations, government agencies and schools, independent producers, and special event producers. Past winners have come from all 50 states and numerous countries.

The Videographer Awards is designed to identify communication professionals who are raising the standards of the industry and to give winners and their clients the recognition that the work they are producing is outstanding and highly regarded by their peers. The competition provides an equal chance of winning to all entrants, regardless of size and budget. Since there are no lengthy essays to accompany the entry, all work will be judged solely on its own quality, creativity and resourcefulness.

You can now catch both video and audio only versions of Lucy’s Tasty Treasures on iTunesU - Clemson University. You can get into Clemson’s iTunesU without a login and still access dozens of podcasts based on Lucy and healthy eating for free.

Many podcasts are available in both English and Spanish.

All podcasts are free and you can subscribe so that you’ll get automatic updates on newly posted podcasts.

iTunes is a free program and works on both Macs and PCs. It can be downloaded from the Apple website.