Time Magazine selects “Who Gets to Call It Art?” for its list of Top Ten DVDs of 2006. Sandwiched nicely between “Little Miss Sunshine” and a collection of Saturday Night Live shows, “Art” (directed by Peter Rosen and filmed by Persona’s Yan Vizinberg) occupies the fourth position in Time’s rating.

The Institute of Store Planners selects Persona Films to document its 2006 Best Manhattan Store Competition. A jury of top New York retail specialists evaluated 26 participating stores, and chose Manhattan’s Nokia Flagship Store as this year’s winner.

Persona Films helps bring to life “One-Story High America”, a documentary film hosted by Vladimir Pozner, Russia’s most respected TV journalist, and Ivan Urgant, one of Russia’s most popular young TV personalities.

Persona Films wins silver at the 2006 Summit International Awards in the Best Broadcast Campaign category for the “Free Yourself!” campaign for World-Link Solutions.

Persona Films co-producers “The Funeral Party”, a feature film based on the novel by Booker Prize winner Ludmila Ulitskaya. Starring Russia’s top actors Alexander Abdulov, Lia Akhedzhakova and Elena Rufanova, the drama is currently filming at Mosfilm Studios in Moscow and on location in New York City. A Fora Film R production, “The Funeral Party” is directed by veteran director Vladimir Fokin.

Director Abigail Honor was named a winner at The 27th Annual Telly Awards for a 30-second commercials “Swan Lake” for World-Link Solutions, created through Global Advertising Strategies. Part of a multi-language broadcast campaign, the spot features an overweight school janitor with a soul of a ballerina. This prize in the Telecommunications category is Abigail’s third Telly Award. She has previously won statuettes for Best Legal and Best Travel commercials.

Persona’s Abigail Honor wins The Award of Distinction from The Communicator Awards, an international competition honoring excellence in visual communications. The award was given for Abigail’s editorial work on the project for Calvary Hospital, produced and directed by Nancy Mendelson (Production Resources, Inc.)

After a successful run at Film Forum “Who Gets to Call It Art?”, a wild ride through the art scene of the 1960s, moves to Cinema Village starting on February 17th. The documentary, directed by Peter Rosen and filmed by Persona’s Yan Vizinberg, features such iconoclastic art-world luminaries as David Hockney, Frank Stella, James Rosenquist, Mark di Suvero, Francesco Clemente and Larry Poon.

Persona’s Yan Vizinberg completes a DirecTV campaign for Global Advertising Strategies. As DirecTV introduces a package of five Russian channels to the U.S., the two 30-second commercials promote the American satellite television giant as a Russian-friendly company.

Persona starts post-production on “In My Life”, a Broadway musical, written and directed by Joe Brooks, the Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer behind the film “You Light Up My Life”. Part love story, part parody, part opera, part schizophrenic show, “In My Life” is described by critic William Stevenson as a “you-have-to-see-it-to-believe-it experience”.

Persona’s Abigail Honor wins Award of Excellence from the 2005 Accolade Competition, honoring excellence in film, video, television and commercials. The award was given for Abigail’s editorial work on the project for Calvary Hospital, produced and directed by Nancy Mendelson (Production Resources, Inc.)

“Who Gets to Call It Art?”, a wild ride through the art scene of the 1960s, opens at New York City’s Film Forum on February 1st. The documentary, directed by Peter Rosen and filmed by Persona’s Yan Vizinberg, features such iconoclastic art-world luminaries as David Hockney, Frank Stella, James Rosenquist, Mark di Suvero, Francesco Clemente and Larry Poon.

“Saints and Sinners”, Abigail Honor’s documentary on same-sex marriage and the Catholic church, is now available on DVD from major video retailers across the United States. To buy your DVD online, go to:
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