The world premiere of "Grim Sweeper" will take place Tuesday October 17th at Muvico in Peabody Place in Downtown Memphis as an official selection of the Indie Memphis Film Festival. For more info, go to Corduroy Wednesday.
Monday, September 25, 2006
"Grim Sweeper" in Indie Memphis
The world premiere of "Grim Sweeper" will take place Tuesday October 17th at Muvico in Peabody Place in Downtown Memphis as an official selection of the Indie Memphis Film Festival. For more info, go to Corduroy Wednesday.
"Katrina's Wake" at Indie Memphis
"Katrina's Wake" is screening in the Indie Memphis Film Festival Sunday Oct. 15 at 2:45 as part of a shorts program. Memphian LaVita Brooks is in this 30-minute fictional story of family who seeks refuge in their attic from the rising flood waters of Hurricane Katrina. "No food. No water. No escape. And, unfortunately, no one knows they’re there."
For more info, go to Kat Scratch Films.
For more info, go to Kat Scratch Films.
"Eat" at Indie Memphis
"EAT" will premiere Sunday October 15th at 8:45 PM at the Muvico Peabody Place, presented as part of the Indie Memphis Film Festival (and you should check out more movies than just this one). Mark your calendars.
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Indie Memphis rocks with an in-de-Muck doc
The notifications are going out now and we'll soon know which projects will be screened at the Indie Memphis Film Festival. I'll post 'em here when the full lineup is released, but if you're a filmmaker and you've been notified that you're in, let me know and I'll post the news with a link.
And in the shameless but robust spirit of being self- serving, I'll start with me: My 30-minute documen- tary "Memphis Muck" will be shown Oct. 16 at 8:30 pm at the Muvico in Peabody Place. Most of the doc was taped during a March 31 concert by Muck Sticky and has music and interviews with the philosophical, feel-good, R-rated musician/entertainer/actor as well as his other guests that night: El Dorado and the Ruckus, Taco & da Mofos and Mr. Safety.
From the Indie Memphis Web site:
And in the shameless but robust spirit of being self- serving, I'll start with me: My 30-minute documen- tary "Memphis Muck" will be shown Oct. 16 at 8:30 pm at the Muvico in Peabody Place. Most of the doc was taped during a March 31 concert by Muck Sticky and has music and interviews with the philosophical, feel-good, R-rated musician/entertainer/actor as well as his other guests that night: El Dorado and the Ruckus, Taco & da Mofos and Mr. Safety.From the Indie Memphis Web site:
Now in its ninth year, the Indie Memphis Soul of Southern Film Festival is a week-long event featuring films of a Southern persuasion. This is the nation’s only independent film festival focused on films relating to the American South. Works screened include films made in the South or by Southern filmmakers as well as films that deal with the Southern experience and themes that are particularly relevant to the South and Southerners.
The festival features screenings of more than 70 films, a juried competition with cash awards in several categories and a variety of panel discussions and lectures conducted by respected filmmakers, academics, authors and others from the industry.
All movies and events will take place at Muvico Peabody Place 22 Theaters, 150 Peabody Place in Downtown Memphis, unless noted otherwise.
Individual Tickets: $6; The Six-Pack: (six program passes) $25; Festival Pass: (unlimited entry plus Indie Memphis T-shirt or baseball cap) $60
Friday, September 22, 2006
Film @ the Brooks
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 | 7 pm
Film: Sketches of Frank Gehry
Brooks and AIA members: $5 per person
Non-members: $7 per person
Dorothy K. Hohenber Auditorium
For more information call 544.6208
The film will be introduced by Jim Lutz, associate professor of architecture at University of Memphis.
Director Sidney Pollack’s first feature length documentary about the acclaimed architect Frank Gehry. The two men have been friends for many years, which is reflected by the intimate dialogue between them. Spending countless hours in his studio, on job sites, and in his home, Pollack captures the essence of Gehry’s unique architectural process.
Co-sponsored by the Memphis Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Memphis) and Memphis Heritage, Inc. This film is a sanctioned event of Architecture Month and an opportunity to make connections between art and architecture.
NEXT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 | 7pm
Film: Room
Part of the Undiscovered Gems Film Series
Brooks members: $5 per person
Non-members: $7 per person
Dorothy K. Hohenber Auditorium
For more information call 544.6208
"One of the more intriguingly unusual, thought-provokingly original and intellectually stimulating American independent movies of the year." -Camera Oscura
Room is a psychological drama about an over-worked woman from Texas who is haunted by psychic visions, driving her to extreme acts, which land her on the streets of New York City during the Christmas season. Cyndi Williams was nominated for a Best Female Lead Independent Spirit Award for her riveting performance.
Film: Sketches of Frank Gehry
Brooks and AIA members: $5 per person
Non-members: $7 per person
Dorothy K. Hohenber Auditorium
For more information call 544.6208
The film will be introduced by Jim Lutz, associate professor of architecture at University of Memphis.
Director Sidney Pollack’s first feature length documentary about the acclaimed architect Frank Gehry. The two men have been friends for many years, which is reflected by the intimate dialogue between them. Spending countless hours in his studio, on job sites, and in his home, Pollack captures the essence of Gehry’s unique architectural process.
Co-sponsored by the Memphis Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Memphis) and Memphis Heritage, Inc. This film is a sanctioned event of Architecture Month and an opportunity to make connections between art and architecture.
NEXT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 | 7pm
Film: Room
Part of the Undiscovered Gems Film Series
Brooks members: $5 per person
Non-members: $7 per person
Dorothy K. Hohenber Auditorium
For more information call 544.6208
"One of the more intriguingly unusual, thought-provokingly original and intellectually stimulating American independent movies of the year." -Camera Oscura
Room is a psychological drama about an over-worked woman from Texas who is haunted by psychic visions, driving her to extreme acts, which land her on the streets of New York City during the Christmas season. Cyndi Williams was nominated for a Best Female Lead Independent Spirit Award for her riveting performance.
Beifuss on Li'l Film Fest
From today's Playbook:
Everybody was kung-fu filmmaking...
...as you will see if you attend this year's third "Li'l Film Fest," to be held at 2 p.m. at the MeDia Co-op theater at First Congregational Church, 1000 S. Cooper. Presented by the local arts supporters responsible for the Live from Memphis website, the event is titled "Li'l Film Fest 3: Kung Who? ...No, Kung Fu," and it will showcase 10 short comic films with martial arts themes, including the self-explanatory "Kung Fu Baby"; "Electric Ninja Acid Test" by the dependably juvenile John Pickle; and "Kung Fu Fighting: A Literary Improvisation by 92 Terrific Memphians and Visiting Luminaries," a jigsaw-edited reading of the lyrics of Carl Douglas' 1974 No. 1 dance hit.
Admission is free. Visit livefrommemphis.com or call 523-9763.
Thank you John.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Extras for tomorrow
From Lindsey Roberts for the [Title removed 10-2-06 at request of producers] production:
Does your mother/father, grandmother/grandfather want to be in a movie? Give them a call. And then contact Lindsey at 725-0776 or lindsey@playhouseonthesquare.org.
Needed: 2 elderly women and 2 elderly men (any ethnicity), one of the men will make $300 a day as a featured extra and will be needed in the morning. The others will make $100 a day, and from what I know, they will be needed in the afternoon.
I will have more details later with regards to location, etc. So, I will give all who are interested the details at a later time.
Does your mother/father, grandmother/grandfather want to be in a movie? Give them a call. And then contact Lindsey at 725-0776 or lindsey@playhouseonthesquare.org.
Needed: 2 elderly women and 2 elderly men (any ethnicity), one of the men will make $300 a day as a featured extra and will be needed in the morning. The others will make $100 a day, and from what I know, they will be needed in the afternoon.
I will have more details later with regards to location, etc. So, I will give all who are interested the details at a later time.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Li'l Film Fest 3 -- Attendance mandatory, and cheap, too
Li'l Film Fest 3 is Saturday!
The third in the ongoing series of five-minutes-max projects by Memphis filmmakers is this Saturday, 2 p.m. at the MeDiA Co-op (First Congo Church, 1000 S. Cooper). The event, sponsored by Live From Memphis, is free, although donations on your part would be thoughtful and gracious. Go here for more on Li'l Film Fest 3, but you may already know it's a showcase for local filmmakers to keep the creative juices flowing.
Above are images from my entry, "Kung Fu Fighting: A Literary Improvisation," featuring the famous, the semifamous, the infamous and some merely notorious -- a cast of 92, one of which is a genuine Hollywood star!
But wait, there's more! There will be films by:
John Pickle, of PickleTV
Razor Teeth, of Funny Farm Films
Nick Ross
Galen Gower
Donald Meyers, of Don Meyers Digital Design
Will O’Loughlen
Natsuko Kobayashi
Edward Valibus Phillips, of Corduroy Wednesday
plus a bonus entry by Sarah Fleming (Piranha Empire) and Christopher Reyes (NinjaCat Media)
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Friday, September 15, 2006
Li'l Film Fest: Sept. 23
Live From Memphis™ Presents LI’L FILM FEST 3: Kung Who?…No, Kung Fu!
A theme-based, mini-festival – the third one ever.
Live From Memphis™ is announcing round 3 of its quarterly film fest “Li’l Film Fest” to take place on September 23, 2006 at 2pm. The festival will be held at the Memphis Digital Arts Co-operative (1000 S. Cooper Memphis, TN 38104).
The following is a list of accepted films and filmmakers:
"Electric Ninja Acid Test" John Pickle
"Ninja in a Box" Razor Teeth
"Kung Fu Fighting: A Literary Improvisation" Jon W. Sparks
"Kung Fu Baby" Nick Ross
"Ragtime Kung Chew" Galen Gower
"The Ancient One" Donald Meyers
"Kung Fu Fightin’: scenes from Blown 2" Will O’Loughlen
"Death Match Arena" Natsuko Kobayashi
"Johnny Cage, You Are a Fool" Edward Valibus Phillips
*Look for a bonus entry by Sarah Fleming and Christopher Reyes!!
The event is free and open to the public; Live From Memphis and the MeDiA Co-op will be accepting donations. Support Local Filmmakers! For More information about the LI’L FILM FEST please visit: http://www.livefrommemphis.com/filmfest or call 523-9763.
Lil Film Fest is a new kind of festival, highlighting local talent while showcasing interesting happenings around town. Heres how the festival works: Every 3 months LFM staff members announce a new theme to the filmmaking community. Filmmakers then put their own unique spin on producing a short film. The theme for the second Li'l Film Fest was barbecue, and in the first Fest, the films had to have footage of the implosion of Baptist Hospital.
The winner(s) of the audience favorite balloting get a $200 cash prize and a spot in the next Indie Memphis Film Festival. Additionally, the li'l films must not exceed 5 minutes in length.
Live From Memphis™ is a grassroots organization representing Memphis music, film and the arts. We support and promote local musicians, filmmakers, artists, and industry professionals who are the lifeblood of the Memphis creative scene. It is our goal to connect creatives, grow opportunities, and gain exposure for our creative culture.
Cooper Young Festival
Saturday is the Cooper Young Festival and here are a few things to note:
Bevan Bell will hanging around (keyword: Jeff Woods) and feel free to ask him where the hell the "Divine Manipulation" DVDs are. Watch his reaction for 10-15 seconds and then say, "Aw, just kidding."
And stop in at Casa Blanca where my daughter is waiting tables. Tip generously. (Paid adv.)
Also, this is a must see event:
And there's the LiveFromMemphis.com booth in the parking lot of First Congo. For more info, see next post.
Bevan Bell will hanging around (keyword: Jeff Woods) and feel free to ask him where the hell the "Divine Manipulation" DVDs are. Watch his reaction for 10-15 seconds and then say, "Aw, just kidding."
And stop in at Casa Blanca where my daughter is waiting tables. Tip generously. (Paid adv.)
Also, this is a must see event:
And there's the LiveFromMemphis.com booth in the parking lot of First Congo. For more info, see next post.
Potpourri of film stuff
The Mississippi Film Office has a bunch of info here -- some of it very cool. Thanks to Johnny McPhail for passing it along:
FILMMAKER GRANTS AVAILABLE
The Mississippi Film and Video Alliance announces that it is again offering Emerging Mississippi Filmmaker Grants up to $2500 each to support the production of new work by Mississippi film and video artists.
The Mississippi Film and Video Alliance, a 501(C) (3), not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering indigenous Mississippi filmmaking began the Emerging Mississippi Filmmaker Program in 2002 with the generous support of the Mississippi Film Office. The purpose of the program is to help develop the next generation in Mississippi’s film/video artists and continue Mississippi’s legacy of great storytelling.
Since 2002, the Emerging Mississippi Filmmaker Program has provided $30,000 to fund 14 separate projects by Mississippi filmmakers. Funded films include experimental, narrative and documentary projects in both film and video. The 14 films completed under the Emerging Mississippi Filmmaker Program have been screened by the MFVA at public events, which include a reception honoring the filmmakers, and at numerous festivals in Mississippi and elsewhere across the United States.
Filmmakers receiving funding are required to match, dollar-for-dollar, the amount of the grant funds in either cash or in-kind contributions, such as equipment or production services. They must also complete their projects within one year of the grant and provide a copy to MFVA for their archives. MFVA encourages the filmmakers to fill cast and crew positions with Mississippi residents and to produce their project in Mississippi.
Individuals interested in applying may download pdf versions of Application Forms and Grant Instructions from the MFVA web site at: http://msfilmvideoalliance.com or send a stamped self addressed envelope to Mississippi Film and Video Alliance, P.O. Box 17093, Hattiesburg, MS 39404. The applications must be received by November 1, 2006 with the awards to be announced not later than January 1, 2007
For more information contact:
dixon.mcdowell@mac.com
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Millsaps College Southern Circuit Film Series begins on Monday, September 18!
http://www.millsaps.edu/classics/scfs.shtml
Millsaps College hosts the only Mississippi site for the Southern Circuit Film Series.
Join us as six innovative independent filmmakers screen and discuss their films this season.
All films show on Mondays at 7:30 pm in
Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex, room 215 on the Millsaps College campus
with a Q & A session to follow.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sept. 18 -- Learning to Swallow
Filmmaker Danielle Beverly (in person)
Everyone knows an "It Girl" -- the one who starts the party, doesn't want it to stop, wants it all. This riveting documentary follows Patsy, a charismatic artist with bipolar disorder, as she struggles to rebuild her life after a suicide attempt destroys her digestive system. The film documents her rocky quest for redemption as she tries to come to terms with her family, her condition, herself -- only to rediscover her creative voice along the way.
Film Web Site
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DEADLINE EXTENDED!
CALL TO ARTISTS!!!! 2007 RUMA AWARD ARTWORK for Crossroads Film Festival
The Crossroads Film Festival is going into its 8th year and celebrates filmmaking in all its forms and diversity.
Crossroads Film Festival is seeking submissions from Mississippi artists for the 2007 Ruma Award artwork. The Ruma Award is given to the most promising Mississippi filmmaker each year, in memory of past vice-president, Ruma Haque.
The artwork will be used in the production of tshirts, posters, and other print materials. The winning Mississippi filmmaker will receive the original artwork.
Artists interested in submitting work should send a simple color sketch on 8x11 paper with a brief description of medium to be used and other elements that might not be easily recognized in a sketch. Please use the following idea as a guideline/theme :
Think retro-educational film (**about Crossroads**) meets classic movie poster.
The chosen artist's work will gain wide exposure throughout the south and through the Crossroads website, and the artist will receive $500. To find out more about Crossroads Film Festival, please visit www.crossroadsfilmfest.com
Please send all submissions to: Crossroads Film Festival P.O. Box 22604 Jackson, MS 39225
The deadline for submissions is September 20, 2006.
If you need additional information, please contact Jason Marlow at jason@atlihs.com.
**********************************
Save the date for the first REEL SOUTH FILM FESTIVAL in Hattiesburg, MS!
September 28, 29, and 30th!
Visit the website for details: http://www.reelsouthfilmfest.com/index.html
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Also, save the date for the official screening of the Mississippi Film and Video Alliance Emerging Filmmakers 2006 grant films.
The screening will take place in Jackson at New Stage Theatre the evening of Saturday, September 30, 2006.
Details to follow.
If you have immediate questions, please email Eric Glatzer: EGlatzerL@aol.com
******************************
The new Malco Grandview Theatre in Madison will be showing the best of independent and arthouse films this fall. Every Friday, they will open a new film for at least a week-long run. Here's the upcoming schedule:
Sept. 15 STRANGERS WITH CANDY
Sept. 22 WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
Sept. 29 QUINCEANA
Oct. 6 WORDPLAY
Oct. 13 THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
For additional information, please email comment@malco.com
**********************************
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL FILM CHALLENGE?
It's your chance to stop talking and start filming! The premise? Filmmaking
teams have just one weekend to make a short film. All creativity - writing,
shooting, editing and adding a musical soundtrack - must occur beginning
Friday evening at 7 p.m. on October 20, 2006 and ending Monday October 23,
2006. On Friday, to make things interesting, each team is emailed a genre
for its film, and a character, prop and line of dialogue that must appear in
each team's movie. Then the film must be sent to National Film Challenge
Headquarters with a postmark no later than Monday, October 23. In the
following weeks the top films (determined by a panel of judges) will be
available for viewing (and voting!) on our website (www.filmchallenge.org).
There will be two big winners this year - The Judges Winner and The Audience
Award Winner (determined by the online voting.) Both films will screen with
the 48 Hour Film Project City Winners at this year's 48 Hour Film Project
end of year event (TBD.) In addition there will be cash prizes for the
winning films!
HOW DO I SIGN UP MY TEAM?
Starting SEPTEMBER 1, 2006 you will be able to register your team at
www.filmchallenge.org. This is going to be the largest Film Challenge ever -
250 teams will be selected to compete this year! Registration is on a first
come first served basis. The Early Bird Entry Fee is $110 if you register on
or before September 20, 2006 and $125 if you register between September 21,
2006 and October 29, 2006. Teams can be anywhere from 1 person to 30 or more
people. Read all of the rules of the contest here:
www.filmchallenge.org/rules.htm
The first 50 teams to register will receive a free Best of the 2005 National
Film Challenge DVD!
Do you have any questions about the National Film Challenge? Please check
our FAQ and then use our Bulletin Board to post questions you need answered:
www.filmchallenge.org/faq.htm
The National Film Challenge is produced by KDHX, Community Media for Saint
Louis, MO. www.kdhxtv.org and www.kdhx.org
Jackson, Miss.-based company, Commarts, is looking for someone with Final Cut Pro editing and AfterEffects graphics experience to fill a full-time position. All-around experience in videography is also a plus.
Over the course of 29 years, the Commarts team of designers, writers, producers, researchers, and technical specialists has designed and produced projects for every communications format.
For more information, please contact Jeanne Luckett: 601.982.9820; jluck@commarts.net
FILMMAKER GRANTS AVAILABLE
The Mississippi Film and Video Alliance announces that it is again offering Emerging Mississippi Filmmaker Grants up to $2500 each to support the production of new work by Mississippi film and video artists.
The Mississippi Film and Video Alliance, a 501(C) (3), not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering indigenous Mississippi filmmaking began the Emerging Mississippi Filmmaker Program in 2002 with the generous support of the Mississippi Film Office. The purpose of the program is to help develop the next generation in Mississippi’s film/video artists and continue Mississippi’s legacy of great storytelling.
Since 2002, the Emerging Mississippi Filmmaker Program has provided $30,000 to fund 14 separate projects by Mississippi filmmakers. Funded films include experimental, narrative and documentary projects in both film and video. The 14 films completed under the Emerging Mississippi Filmmaker Program have been screened by the MFVA at public events, which include a reception honoring the filmmakers, and at numerous festivals in Mississippi and elsewhere across the United States.
Filmmakers receiving funding are required to match, dollar-for-dollar, the amount of the grant funds in either cash or in-kind contributions, such as equipment or production services. They must also complete their projects within one year of the grant and provide a copy to MFVA for their archives. MFVA encourages the filmmakers to fill cast and crew positions with Mississippi residents and to produce their project in Mississippi.
Individuals interested in applying may download pdf versions of Application Forms and Grant Instructions from the MFVA web site at: http://msfilmvideoalliance.com or send a stamped self addressed envelope to Mississippi Film and Video Alliance, P.O. Box 17093, Hattiesburg, MS 39404. The applications must be received by November 1, 2006 with the awards to be announced not later than January 1, 2007
For more information contact:
dixon.mcdowell@mac.com
**********************************
Millsaps College Southern Circuit Film Series begins on Monday, September 18!
http://www.millsaps.edu/classics/scfs.shtml
Millsaps College hosts the only Mississippi site for the Southern Circuit Film Series.
Join us as six innovative independent filmmakers screen and discuss their films this season.
All films show on Mondays at 7:30 pm in
Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex, room 215 on the Millsaps College campus
with a Q & A session to follow.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sept. 18 -- Learning to Swallow
Filmmaker Danielle Beverly (in person)
Everyone knows an "It Girl" -- the one who starts the party, doesn't want it to stop, wants it all. This riveting documentary follows Patsy, a charismatic artist with bipolar disorder, as she struggles to rebuild her life after a suicide attempt destroys her digestive system. The film documents her rocky quest for redemption as she tries to come to terms with her family, her condition, herself -- only to rediscover her creative voice along the way.
Film Web Site
**********************************
DEADLINE EXTENDED!
CALL TO ARTISTS!!!! 2007 RUMA AWARD ARTWORK for Crossroads Film Festival
The Crossroads Film Festival is going into its 8th year and celebrates filmmaking in all its forms and diversity.
Crossroads Film Festival is seeking submissions from Mississippi artists for the 2007 Ruma Award artwork. The Ruma Award is given to the most promising Mississippi filmmaker each year, in memory of past vice-president, Ruma Haque.
The artwork will be used in the production of tshirts, posters, and other print materials. The winning Mississippi filmmaker will receive the original artwork.
Artists interested in submitting work should send a simple color sketch on 8x11 paper with a brief description of medium to be used and other elements that might not be easily recognized in a sketch. Please use the following idea as a guideline/theme :
Think retro-educational film (**about Crossroads**) meets classic movie poster.
The chosen artist's work will gain wide exposure throughout the south and through the Crossroads website, and the artist will receive $500. To find out more about Crossroads Film Festival, please visit www.crossroadsfilmfest.com
Please send all submissions to: Crossroads Film Festival P.O. Box 22604 Jackson, MS 39225
The deadline for submissions is September 20, 2006.
If you need additional information, please contact Jason Marlow at jason@atlihs.com.
**********************************
Save the date for the first REEL SOUTH FILM FESTIVAL in Hattiesburg, MS!
September 28, 29, and 30th!
Visit the website for details: http://www.reelsouthfilmfest.com/index.html
******************************
Also, save the date for the official screening of the Mississippi Film and Video Alliance Emerging Filmmakers 2006 grant films.
The screening will take place in Jackson at New Stage Theatre the evening of Saturday, September 30, 2006.
Details to follow.
If you have immediate questions, please email Eric Glatzer: EGlatzerL@aol.com
******************************
The new Malco Grandview Theatre in Madison will be showing the best of independent and arthouse films this fall. Every Friday, they will open a new film for at least a week-long run. Here's the upcoming schedule:
Sept. 15 STRANGERS WITH CANDY
Sept. 22 WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
Sept. 29 QUINCEANA
Oct. 6 WORDPLAY
Oct. 13 THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
For additional information, please email comment@malco.com
**********************************
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL FILM CHALLENGE?
It's your chance to stop talking and start filming! The premise? Filmmaking
teams have just one weekend to make a short film. All creativity - writing,
shooting, editing and adding a musical soundtrack - must occur beginning
Friday evening at 7 p.m. on October 20, 2006 and ending Monday October 23,
2006. On Friday, to make things interesting, each team is emailed a genre
for its film, and a character, prop and line of dialogue that must appear in
each team's movie. Then the film must be sent to National Film Challenge
Headquarters with a postmark no later than Monday, October 23. In the
following weeks the top films (determined by a panel of judges) will be
available for viewing (and voting!) on our website (www.filmchallenge.org).
There will be two big winners this year - The Judges Winner and The Audience
Award Winner (determined by the online voting.) Both films will screen with
the 48 Hour Film Project City Winners at this year's 48 Hour Film Project
end of year event (TBD.) In addition there will be cash prizes for the
winning films!
HOW DO I SIGN UP MY TEAM?
Starting SEPTEMBER 1, 2006 you will be able to register your team at
www.filmchallenge.org. This is going to be the largest Film Challenge ever -
250 teams will be selected to compete this year! Registration is on a first
come first served basis. The Early Bird Entry Fee is $110 if you register on
or before September 20, 2006 and $125 if you register between September 21,
2006 and October 29, 2006. Teams can be anywhere from 1 person to 30 or more
people. Read all of the rules of the contest here:
www.filmchallenge.org/rules.htm
The first 50 teams to register will receive a free Best of the 2005 National
Film Challenge DVD!
Do you have any questions about the National Film Challenge? Please check
our FAQ and then use our Bulletin Board to post questions you need answered:
www.filmchallenge.org/faq.htm
The National Film Challenge is produced by KDHX, Community Media for Saint
Louis, MO. www.kdhxtv.org and www.kdhx.org
Jackson, Miss.-based company, Commarts, is looking for someone with Final Cut Pro editing and AfterEffects graphics experience to fill a full-time position. All-around experience in videography is also a plus.
Over the course of 29 years, the Commarts team of designers, writers, producers, researchers, and technical specialists has designed and produced projects for every communications format.
For more information, please contact Jeanne Luckett: 601.982.9820; jluck@commarts.net
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Excerpts from "Rent"
Without You: A Tribute to Jonathan Larson and the music of RENT
Presented by Dewayne Hambrick’s Graffitti Playground
Jonathan Larson’s dream was to change the face of American Musical Theatre, to bring the MTV crowd and Broadway together. He worked very hard for 15 years to became an “overnight success.” He truly lived the starving artist life that he wrote about. He worked at a diner on weekends to pay the bills, then dedicated eight hours a day five days a week to work on his music that we know today as RENT. Jonathan wanted to immortalize his friends in his work, friends affected by the times, the late eighties, when the AIDS epidemic, homelessness and poverty raged out of control. Jonathan was able to address these social issues in a way that made others want to listen. His work embraced the universal themes of love, courage, commitment, acceptance, tolerance, community, aids awareness, and overcoming adversity in a musical style which incorporated ballads, rock and roll, gospel and R&B. This musical touched a nerve in all who saw and heard it. While Jonathan never lived to see the show open (he died alone in his apartment after the shows off Broadway dress rehearsal of undetected Marfan’s Syndrome), RENT went on to win the Tony for best musical, the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical and Jonathan later received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. RENT has played all around the world and continues to be relevant and touch others in a deep and meaningful way, reminding us NO DAY BUT TODAY.
Jonathan , each year had a peasants feast with friends and artists to celebrate all that had been accomplished that year in their lives.
In Mr. Larson’s honor, Dewayne Hambrick proudly presents this musical review with some of Memphis’ most talented young artists performing 20 of RENT’s popular and well-loved selections in an unforgettable musical interactive theater experience. Set in a Bohemian coffee shop venue, much like the Life Café in the East Village of New York where Mr. Larson composed much of RENT, this gives the Memphis theater lover a new and unique theater experience. In addition, local chefs and culinary artists will serve their own version of the Peasants Feast at each performance. All proceeds benefiting the Graffitti Playground Performing Arts Center. (For more information see Graffittiplayground.com).
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson. Directed by Dewayne Hambrick. Musical Direction by Vernon Harris
SHOWTIMES: 7PM Sept.22 (PREVIEW- sold out), 23, 30(SOLD OUT) Oct. 7, 14
TICKETS: $50 (includes the Peasants Feast) , Students $35 (with id)
$5 off tickets purchased before Sept. 20. THE COFFEE HOUSE (gmc) 1015 S. Cooper, corner of Cooper and Walker in Cooper/Young District. TICKET OFFICE: 289-0160.
Presented by Dewayne Hambrick’s Graffitti Playground
Jonathan Larson’s dream was to change the face of American Musical Theatre, to bring the MTV crowd and Broadway together. He worked very hard for 15 years to became an “overnight success.” He truly lived the starving artist life that he wrote about. He worked at a diner on weekends to pay the bills, then dedicated eight hours a day five days a week to work on his music that we know today as RENT. Jonathan wanted to immortalize his friends in his work, friends affected by the times, the late eighties, when the AIDS epidemic, homelessness and poverty raged out of control. Jonathan was able to address these social issues in a way that made others want to listen. His work embraced the universal themes of love, courage, commitment, acceptance, tolerance, community, aids awareness, and overcoming adversity in a musical style which incorporated ballads, rock and roll, gospel and R&B. This musical touched a nerve in all who saw and heard it. While Jonathan never lived to see the show open (he died alone in his apartment after the shows off Broadway dress rehearsal of undetected Marfan’s Syndrome), RENT went on to win the Tony for best musical, the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical and Jonathan later received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. RENT has played all around the world and continues to be relevant and touch others in a deep and meaningful way, reminding us NO DAY BUT TODAY.
Jonathan , each year had a peasants feast with friends and artists to celebrate all that had been accomplished that year in their lives.
In Mr. Larson’s honor, Dewayne Hambrick proudly presents this musical review with some of Memphis’ most talented young artists performing 20 of RENT’s popular and well-loved selections in an unforgettable musical interactive theater experience. Set in a Bohemian coffee shop venue, much like the Life Café in the East Village of New York where Mr. Larson composed much of RENT, this gives the Memphis theater lover a new and unique theater experience. In addition, local chefs and culinary artists will serve their own version of the Peasants Feast at each performance. All proceeds benefiting the Graffitti Playground Performing Arts Center. (For more information see Graffittiplayground.com).
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson. Directed by Dewayne Hambrick. Musical Direction by Vernon Harris
SHOWTIMES: 7PM Sept.22 (PREVIEW- sold out), 23, 30(SOLD OUT) Oct. 7, 14
TICKETS: $50 (includes the Peasants Feast) , Students $35 (with id)
$5 off tickets purchased before Sept. 20. THE COFFEE HOUSE (gmc) 1015 S. Cooper, corner of Cooper and Walker in Cooper/Young District. TICKET OFFICE: 289-0160.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
50s-era kitchen needed for location
I am looking for locations for a small Memphis based film project --
there would be a location fee paid to the homeowner and production
insurance.
I am looking for an older home with a kitchen area that has not been
renovated any time recently -- it should look 50ish with old cabinets
counters etc and old appliances. It should have a little size to it
and if there is a "breakfast area" that would be great, it should also
have a doorway that could represent a "basement door" (it could be a
closet or hallway door - but if it is a basement even better).
David Merrill
(901) 496-0313
film.ronin@gmail.com
there would be a location fee paid to the homeowner and production
insurance.
I am looking for an older home with a kitchen area that has not been
renovated any time recently -- it should look 50ish with old cabinets
counters etc and old appliances. It should have a little size to it
and if there is a "breakfast area" that would be great, it should also
have a doorway that could represent a "basement door" (it could be a
closet or hallway door - but if it is a basement even better).
David Merrill
(901) 496-0313
film.ronin@gmail.com
Memphis Theatre Project
Memphis Theatre Project is proud to announce that Threshold Theater's premier production will be Jason Robert Brown's musical, "SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD," which will be performed upstairs at the AMRO Music Auditorium at 2918 Poplar Avenue on September 22-23 and 29-30 at 8 p.m., and September 24 and October 1 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for general admission and can be purchased at the door on the day of the show.
Starring in the production are Alvaro Barned, Corey Chism, Annie Freres and Claire Hayner.
"SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD" is about new discoveries and new journeys, or, as described by Brown, as being "about one moment—It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back." Brown transports his audience from the North Pole for a Brechtian ode where the "latest in a long line of Mrs. Clauses" determines that Santa is more naughty than nice, to a prison cell where a captured prince laments his former status as a leader of millions. These are the stories and characters of today, the songs for a new world.
With a four-person powerhouse cast and a driving score that runs the gamut of today's popular music, "SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD" is a great way to bring a new generation of fans into the theater.
Brown is the Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist of "PARADE," which premiered at Lincoln Center Theatre in 1998 and won the Drama Desk and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best New Musical. He has been hailed as "one of Broadway's smartest and most sophisticated songwriters since Stephen Sondheim" (Philadelphia Inquirer) and his "extraordinary, jubilant theater music" (Chicago Tribune) has been heard all over the world in one of the hundreds of productions of his musicals every year or in his own incendiary live performances.
He has worked as a composer, a lyricist, an orchestrator, an arranger, a pianist, and a music director. The New York musicals for which he wrote songs include "SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD" (1995), "THE LAST FIVE YEARS" (2002) and "URBAN COWBOY" (2003).
In 2002, he won Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Lyrics and Music for "THE LAST FIVE YEARS." In 1996, he was the recipient of the Gilman and Gonzalez-Falla Foundation Award for Musical Theater. He also received the 2002 Kleban Award for Distinguished Lyrics.
He has conducted and created arrangements for Liza Minnelli, Tovah Feldshuh and Laurie Beechman. In June 2005, Brown released a solo album, "Wearing Someone Else's Clothes." Brown is currently working on several projects, including "THE MONEYMAN," a dance-musical based on the life of financier Michael Milken; a musical tentatively titled "13," about a boy's bar mitzvah; and a musical version of the hit film, "Honeymoon in Vegas." He currently performs live shows around the United States to promote his new album and served as guest artist and conducted a master class at the University of Memphis in February 2006 in conjunction with the U of M Theatre Department's production of "PARADE."
The Memphis Theatre Project produces theatrical shows in the Memphis, MidSouth area using collaboration among multiple groups interested in the arts. MTP’s current productions include the Threshold Theater and the Running Gag Improvisational Group.
Memphis Theatre Project produces theatrical shows in the Memphis/Mid-South area using collaboration among multiple groups interested in the arts. MTP's current productions include Threshold Theatre and Memphis Running Gag Improv Troupe. Threshold Theatre is a new theatrical production company and is a Memphis Theatre Project.
Tickets are $10 for general admission and can be purchased at the door on the day of the show.
Starring in the production are Alvaro Barned, Corey Chism, Annie Freres and Claire Hayner.
"SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD" is about new discoveries and new journeys, or, as described by Brown, as being "about one moment—It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back." Brown transports his audience from the North Pole for a Brechtian ode where the "latest in a long line of Mrs. Clauses" determines that Santa is more naughty than nice, to a prison cell where a captured prince laments his former status as a leader of millions. These are the stories and characters of today, the songs for a new world.
With a four-person powerhouse cast and a driving score that runs the gamut of today's popular music, "SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD" is a great way to bring a new generation of fans into the theater.
Brown is the Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist of "PARADE," which premiered at Lincoln Center Theatre in 1998 and won the Drama Desk and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best New Musical. He has been hailed as "one of Broadway's smartest and most sophisticated songwriters since Stephen Sondheim" (Philadelphia Inquirer) and his "extraordinary, jubilant theater music" (Chicago Tribune) has been heard all over the world in one of the hundreds of productions of his musicals every year or in his own incendiary live performances.
He has worked as a composer, a lyricist, an orchestrator, an arranger, a pianist, and a music director. The New York musicals for which he wrote songs include "SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD" (1995), "THE LAST FIVE YEARS" (2002) and "URBAN COWBOY" (2003).
In 2002, he won Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Lyrics and Music for "THE LAST FIVE YEARS." In 1996, he was the recipient of the Gilman and Gonzalez-Falla Foundation Award for Musical Theater. He also received the 2002 Kleban Award for Distinguished Lyrics.
He has conducted and created arrangements for Liza Minnelli, Tovah Feldshuh and Laurie Beechman. In June 2005, Brown released a solo album, "Wearing Someone Else's Clothes." Brown is currently working on several projects, including "THE MONEYMAN," a dance-musical based on the life of financier Michael Milken; a musical tentatively titled "13," about a boy's bar mitzvah; and a musical version of the hit film, "Honeymoon in Vegas." He currently performs live shows around the United States to promote his new album and served as guest artist and conducted a master class at the University of Memphis in February 2006 in conjunction with the U of M Theatre Department's production of "PARADE."
The Memphis Theatre Project produces theatrical shows in the Memphis, MidSouth area using collaboration among multiple groups interested in the arts. MTP’s current productions include the Threshold Theater and the Running Gag Improvisational Group.
Memphis Theatre Project produces theatrical shows in the Memphis/Mid-South area using collaboration among multiple groups interested in the arts. MTP's current productions include Threshold Theatre and Memphis Running Gag Improv Troupe. Threshold Theatre is a new theatrical production company and is a Memphis Theatre Project.
Actors, workers needed for this Saturday
Males needed for "Roofing Scene" in "NIGHTMARE ON FENG SHUI STREET"....Must be safety conscious. Experienced roofers and carpenters preferred, but not required. Participants will be used in two or three scenes. Modest pay for actual roofing work; meals and credit only for one or two "congregational church scenes", along with any additional scenes required. Shoot is scheduled for all day Saturday, September 16th. Minimum day is two hours and maximum day is 10 hours for pay purposes. This will be filmed in modular shifts of two hour timed increments to allow maximum participation from qualified individuals. Send resume, photos,and contact information for consideration to memphisproducer@yahoo.com
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Theater audition
"Disney's High School Musical"
Disney Channel's smash hit movie musical comes to life on the Harrell Theatre stage for the first time in this area. Performances run December 1-17, 2006
KID/TEEN AUDITIONS: (All roles open) ages 10-20
Auditions will be held for kids on Saturday, September 23rd at 2 PM and Sunday, September 24 at 2 PM. All kids will be asked to sing 16 measures of a song from the show. We will also teach a dance at the time of auditions. (*please let us know if you are only auditioning for dance at the time of auditions). Also, you may be asked to do any special tricks (ex. front flips, back flips, roundoffs, etc). We will have a copy of the Karaoke CD or you can bring your own. No accompanist provided.
ADULT AUDITIONS: (All roles open)
Adults auditions will be on Sunday at 6 PM. (there are some singing roles for adults and some non-singing roles. *please let us know when you arrive which one you are auditioning for)
Please feel free to call or e-mail the director with any questions that you might have. This is a large cast so we encourage those with or without experience to audition.
Amy Hanford
ahanford@harrelltheatre.org
Harrell Theatre, 440 W. Powell Rd., Collierville, TN 853-3228
Disney Channel's smash hit movie musical comes to life on the Harrell Theatre stage for the first time in this area. Performances run December 1-17, 2006
KID/TEEN AUDITIONS: (All roles open) ages 10-20
Auditions will be held for kids on Saturday, September 23rd at 2 PM and Sunday, September 24 at 2 PM. All kids will be asked to sing 16 measures of a song from the show. We will also teach a dance at the time of auditions. (*please let us know if you are only auditioning for dance at the time of auditions). Also, you may be asked to do any special tricks (ex. front flips, back flips, roundoffs, etc). We will have a copy of the Karaoke CD or you can bring your own. No accompanist provided.
ADULT AUDITIONS: (All roles open)
Adults auditions will be on Sunday at 6 PM. (there are some singing roles for adults and some non-singing roles. *please let us know when you arrive which one you are auditioning for)
Please feel free to call or e-mail the director with any questions that you might have. This is a large cast so we encourage those with or without experience to audition.
Amy Hanford
ahanford@harrelltheatre.org
Harrell Theatre, 440 W. Powell Rd., Collierville, TN 853-3228
You may already be a star
LI'L FILM FEST 3: KUNG WHO?... NO, KUNG FU!
If you were among the 92 select people who I asked to be in my movie, now you know when and where to go to see yourself on the big screen.
Bringing you quality short films since early 2006, the Li'l Film Festival is having its third edition screening Saturday, September 23rd at 2 pm at the MeDiA Co-op (1000 S. Cooper St.).
There will be about a dozen five-minute-or-less films done by local filmmakers and as in previous festivals, they will be diverse, challenging and entertaining. As always, it is free and open to the public. Live From Memphis, the creator of the event, and the MeDiA Co-op will be accepting donations.
Thanks to all 92 of you who participated in my project -- including that major Hollywood star who agreed to be part of it. But you have to come to the screening to find out who it is. What else is there? Great music, guaranteed. Great acting, guaranteed. Cheesy dubbing, guaranteed.
See you there...
If you were among the 92 select people who I asked to be in my movie, now you know when and where to go to see yourself on the big screen.
Bringing you quality short films since early 2006, the Li'l Film Festival is having its third edition screening Saturday, September 23rd at 2 pm at the MeDiA Co-op (1000 S. Cooper St.).
There will be about a dozen five-minute-or-less films done by local filmmakers and as in previous festivals, they will be diverse, challenging and entertaining. As always, it is free and open to the public. Live From Memphis, the creator of the event, and the MeDiA Co-op will be accepting donations.
Thanks to all 92 of you who participated in my project -- including that major Hollywood star who agreed to be part of it. But you have to come to the screening to find out who it is. What else is there? Great music, guaranteed. Great acting, guaranteed. Cheesy dubbing, guaranteed.
See you there...
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