Los Angeles Film Festival 2009: ZERO BRIDGE, I SELL THE DEAD, WEATHER GIRL
Zero Bridge (top); I Sell the Dead (middle); Weather Girl (bottom)
Los Angeles Film Festival highlights on Wed., June 24:
John Maringouin’s Big River Man, about a middle-aged, pot-bellied Slovenian who decides to swim the length (or rather, the width) of the Amazon River, will have its second screening at the Landmark 8 at 2:15 pm.
The panel "Poolside Chat: Reel Life LA" (W Los Angeles-Westwood Hotel, 7 pm) will feature Martin Landau, Larenz Tate, and others. Moderated by Taylor Hackford.
Michael Cera and Charlyne Yi play versions of themselves in Nicholas Jasenovec’s Paper Heart (Mann Festival Theatre, 7 pm), in which Yi sets out to discover what Americans think about the nature of love. Along the way, she finds herself becoming [...]
by Andre Soares | June 23, 2009
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Tags: Blayne Weaver, Film Festivals, Glenn McQuaid, I Sell the Dead, Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival 2009, Los Angeles Screenings, Michael Cera, Paper Heart, Tariq Tapa, Weather Girl, Zero Bridge
Slamdance 2009
I Sell the Dead by Glenn McQuaid
The 15th Slamdance Film Festival will take place in Park City, Utah, from January 15-23.
Utah?? The Prop. 8 Mormon State??
To the best of my knowledge, Slamdancers haven’t been attacked by those who have been going for the throat of Sundance festival organizers. Perhaps the fact that calls for a Slamdance boycott would have attracted considerably less media coverage has something to do with it.
In any case, Slamdance 2009 will screen approximately 100 films, with 20 of those in the narrative and documentary feature competition categories, which are supposed to showcase films without domestic theatrical distribution and budgets under $1 million, from first-time feature directors. Unlike at Sundance 2009, chances are you [...]
by Andre Soares | December 8, 2008
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Tags: Film Festivals, Glenn McQuaid, I Sell the Dead, Slamdance 2009, Slamdance Film Festival
Slamdance 2009: Narrative Feature Competition
SLAMDANCE 2009: NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
Mississippi Damned
The Ante
Max Perrier (Director), Danek S. Kaus, James Chancellor & Simon Perrier (Writers)
West Coast Premiere, Black Comedy/Thriller, 2006, CANADA, 82 minutes
An innocent man becomes the killer everyone wants him to be when he gambles with his freedom in order to save it.
A Quiet Little Marriage
Mo Perkins (Director/Writer)
Utah Premiere, Drama, 2008, USA, 83 minutes. Cast: Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Cy Carter, Jimmi Simpson.
A loving young couple square off against each other in a covert, domestic battleground of their own making.
City Rats
Steve M. Kelly (Director), Simon Fantauzzo (Writer)
World Premiere, Drama, 2008, UK, 96 minutes. Cast: Susan Lynch, Kenny Doughty, Tamer Hassan.
A modern day Dickensian tale of eight haunted people who meet [...]
by Andre Soares | December 8, 2008
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Tags: A Quiet Little Marriage, Film Festivals, Glenn McQuaid, Gregori Viens, I Sell the Dead, Mississippi Damned, Slamdance 2009, Slamdance Film Festival, Son of the Sunshine, Tina Mabry
