Marc Maximov in his review of the Carrboro film festival: The three filmmakers who won Indy Arts Awards this year, Nic Beery, Ajit Anthony Prem and Todd Tinkham, made a strong showing, with five films between them. Particularly impressive was P

2009 Carrboro Film Festival Intro

Nov 23rd, 2009

Additional formats: iPhone Credits: Commissioned by the Carrboro Film Festival Director – Ajit Anthony Prem Steadicam, Cinematography – Bill Elias Additional Cinematography – Jim McQuaid Color & Effects – Ismail Abdelkhalek Music – Carmela Sinc

Two premieres at the 2009 Carrboro Film Festival

Nov 22nd, 2009

Update: Glowing Review of Hello Sorry Whatever I have two films premiering at the 2009 Carrboro Film Festival. I’m no longer a part of the committee but I was commissioned to the do the festival intro once again. My Films: Hello Sorry Whatever

A Walkthru with Kathleen Connally

Oct 20th, 2009

I spent a morning with photographer Kathleen Connally several years back. We talked, we walked. I came back hoping to put something together immediately but life got a little crazy and I had to put it aside. Till now. Many of things we discusse

2009 Indy Arts Award

Jul 31st, 2009

The Independent gave Todd, Nic & I the 2009 Indies Arts award for filmmaking. A couple of quotes from the fantastic article by Marc Maximov. On Hello, Sorry, Whatever: Prem is most interested in themes of romantic love and disappointment. His p

Boy with the Wet Thumb

Dec 29th, 2008

Additional formats: LARGE QUICKTIME - SMALL QUICKTIMEAjit says: Love this confident little film by my friend Nic Beery. The film revels in being lost in its own thought, following its own impulses for what it deems fun and interesting.

Carrboro Film Festival Intro

Nov 26th, 2008

I created this intro for the recently completed Carrboro Film Festival, the intro played before each block of films. Music was created by Carrboro local Jay Manley. A big thanks to my wife Kelly Cook and Jennifer Evans. It was a great festival,

Favorite Childhood Photos: Christie Trice

Oct 6th, 2008

Additional formats: LARGE QUICKTIME – SMALL QUICKTIME To learn how to submit your own favorite childhood photos, check this page for instructions and guidelines. To see other submissions, check here.

Awesome review of Dear Stranger

Oct 3rd, 2008

Rob Baldus reviewing the Secret City Film Festival shorts for the Tennessee local paper Metropulse says this of my short film Dear Stranger: In his quietly aching study of bereavement, Ajit Anthony Prem reminds us that it’s the invisible world

Favorite Childhood Photos: Nic Beery

Sep 29th, 2008

Large Quicktime - Small QuicktimeTo learn how to submit your own favorite childhood photos, check this page for instructions and guidelines. To see other submissions, check here.

Favorite Childhood Photos: Maggie West

Sep 21st, 2008

Large Quicktime - Small QuicktimeOur first submission!To learn how to submit your own favorite childhood photos, check this page for instructions and guidelines. To see other submissions, check here.

Banana Bus screens at Hi Mom! Film Festival this weekend

Sep 5th, 2008

My podcast Banana Bus will be playing at the 10th annual Hi Mom! Film Festival. It will be part of the Matineevening block which will screen at the Arts Center in Carrboro at 6pm on Saturday, September 6th. For those who are new to the site, yo

And Then There Were Nun

Jun 15th, 2008

Podcast by Todd TinkhamFlash file available here.Ajit says:Another entry by Todd Tinkham, this short film is one of his early works. Like many of his films, there is an undercurrent of religion which normally reveals itself in unusual and

Borderline Bonfire

May 22nd, 2008

Podcast by Nic BeeryFlash file available here.Ajit says: Hello everyone, Welcome Nic Beery!Nic: This experimental podcast is an atmospheric piece that explores the contradictions of life, the environment that surrounds us, and human rela

Trailer for Hello. Sorry. Whatever.

Mar 12th, 2008

Podcast by Ajit Anthony PremClick Pic to play. Flash file available here.The trailer for my upcoming short. Starring Amory Casto & Dan Kelly, with cinematography by Jim McQuaid. The idea is pretty simple: a love story told in only three wor

All American Film Festival Retrospective

Mar 1st, 2008

There will be an hour of my films screened at this year’s All American Film Festival. My program will be part of a local filmmakers block that starts at 3pm on Saturday, March 8th at the Marvell Center, Durham. Dear Stranger, Indian Giver and (

American Road Teaser

Feb 7th, 2008

Podcast by Todd TinkamClick Pic to play. Flash file available here.Okay, Ajit, here it is. This is a teaser of our film, AMERICAN ROAD. I've never made a teaser before, so I'm not sure if anyone will feel teased by it. Teased - as in they'

Holiday Bokeh

Dec 18th, 2007

Along with giving and receiving gifts, driving to see family has become a holiday tradition. In these parts, as I drive by small towns, the silent glow of holiday lights bring out the warm fuzzies within me. The song is the theme music from Ete

Screenings, interviews and some comedy

Dec 7th, 2007

As part of his retrospective, local filmmaker Todd Tinkam will screen my film Banana Bus on Saturday December 8th, 7pm at Carrboro’s Century Center Cinema. I have emailed everyone in the area that I could think of but if you haven’t received an

ConvergeSouth Film Festival Screening

Oct 12th, 2007

There will be several videos from SquiggleBooth that will be screeened at the ConvergeSouth Film Festival this October. ConvergeSouth is the annual meet-up for bloggers from the South (the biggest of its kind), so if you are one, please make su

SquiggleBooth Retrospective at AGFF

Sep 24th, 2007

If any of you live in North Carolina or close to, I invite you to the Ava Gardner Film Festival where there will be a retrospective of our work. The SquiggleBooth program will be held at Johnston County library in Smithfield, North Carolina. Th

Dear Stranger

Aug 2nd, 2007

Podcast by Ajit Anthony Prem(click pic to play, flash file available here)This is a short film I completed more than a year ago but has received little love in terms of marketing. After the film premiered at the Annapolis Film Festival last

Banana Bus

May 19th, 2007

Podcast by Ajit Anthony PremClick Pic to play. Flash file available here.My good friend, JaCynthia Shepherd, recalls her experiences on the Public School Bus system. It seems she received much of her education while riding to and from school

Fishtank Ferrari

Apr 6th, 2007

Podcast by Ajit Anthony Prem for Videoblogging Week 2007click pic to play, Flash file available here.I am probably breaking some Videoblogging Week bylaw by posting a podcast that was not made this week. But the original Day 5 episode needed

Thoughts On The Road

Apr 4th, 2007

Sometimes, the best place to think is on the road. Music by Hisato Higuchi. Buy the album on iTunes. You can view or download the larger-sized photos or watch the slideshow.