The Boise Film Festival debuts with filmmakers, MIRACLE producer Mark Ciardi and a hockey great on a green carpet at The Egyptian Theater
The Boise Film Festival debuted with a big hockey themed night at the Egyptian Theater,
Lauren Jevnikar with HALF-LIGHT among L.A.’s Rich & Successful Film Festival 2024 as the spotlight shines on some of the city’s most promising filmmakers
Lauren Jevnikar with HALF-LIGHT, Jackie Zhou, Neal Suresh Mulani, Lottie Abrahams, among L.A.’s Rich &
Photo Gallery: Jeff Lipsky ‘s GOLDILOCKS AND THE TWO BEARS’ summertime theatrical tour
Jeff Lipsky ‘s provocative drama GOLDILOCKS AND THE TWO BEARS is now available on Amazon,
Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Film Festival 2023 wraps a great fest with a green carpet
Prior to the film festival’s filmmaker awards presentations and Closing Night screening of Saim Sadiq’s Canes award winner Joyland, Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Film Festival held their green carpet accenting the fest’s attention to eco-friendly details by having a step and repeat made out of wood. However, the filmmakers, cast members, and documentary subjects were anything but wooden at the film festival which had all the indie and youthful energy that you would expect at a film festival which makes its home in Brooklyn.
Asian Film Festival of Dallas 2023 does the red carpet thing in front of a cool-ass mural
This year’s Asian Film Festival of Dallas put a spin on the traditional red carpet entrances by staging them in front of a specially created mural as opposed to a step and repeat with festival and sponsor logos. It made for a dynamic presentation for the attending filmmakers, including those from THE ACCIDENTAL GETAWAY DRIVER and WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE.
HorrorFest International Film Festival 2022 does the photo thing with its filmmakers and guests
HorrorFest International Film Festival, which takes place in St. George, Utah, just concluded its 20th Anniversary edition and frankly, served as a reminder as to the baseline value of a good fest, run by people who take a creative approach, pay attention to the details, and legit love the films they program and the filmmakers they host.
Mark Koetsier and Dublin Wahlberg’s IN THE BETWEEN makes its World Premiere at NoHo CineFest in L.A.
Mark Koetsier and Dublin Wahlberg’s short film dealing with a young couple struggling to overcome her PTSD from a traumatic incident while serving in the military and the subsequent opioid addiction made its world premiere at the 9th NoHo CineFest last week. The film was a labor of love for nearly everyone involved with the production and several came out to represent during the film’s debut, beginning with a raucous Opening Night reception with red carpet entrances at North Hollywood’s The Federal Bar.
Preston Miller’s l’Odge d’Oor sneaks NYC premiere in Brooklyn ahead of run at Village East by Angelika next month
Last night, the film had a sneak preview at Phil Hartman’s The Brick in Brooklyn, which could not have been a more perfect venue to give an audience both a first look at the film, but also an evening to meet Miller, his longtime friend and collaborator (and former noted Village Voice writer) Mark Jacobsen and gain some insight into real New York City-based independent filmmaking from those two as well as Hartman. After an intro from the trio, Jacobson and Miller’s short (which will be stitched into a larger project envisioned by Jacobson), titled The Suitcase also got a first look followed by l’Odge d’Oor, and a second conversation between Miller and Hartman focusing on that film.
Festival of Cinema NYC 2022 finished strong with a big Closing Night red carpet
After a red carpet and two more photo calls, Queens’ Festival of Cinema NYC wasn’t quite done yet giving its filmmakers an opportunity to get photos and interviews. With Festival Director Jayson Simba doing interviews for FOC NYC’s video crew himself, several films were represented on Closing Night.
Redux’s Heimir Bjarnason, John Gray, Melissa Jo Peltier, Marilys Ernst: Festival of Cinema NYC’s 2nd Photo Call highlighted Iceland, NYC filmmaking, and SUSHI
Festival of Cinema NYC hosted a second photo call as the film festival headed into its final weekend (It’s one of the rare film festivals to still have a long enough schedule that it has TWO weekends) The carpet saw a visiting filmmaker from Iceland (REDUX’s Heimir Bjarnason, a filmmaking team with two flms at the fest (John Gray, Melissa Jo Peltier, and Marilys Ernst with the films THE GAME IS UP: DISILLUSIONED TRUMP VOTERS TELL THEIR STORIES and THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY), Michelle Girolami, who was put through her paces all over New York City in the sci-fi thriller IMPLANTED, the trio (Tim Martin, Nickolas Manesiotis, and Alexx Diaz) from the short film SUSHI, and DANCE TILL DAWN’s Ayesha Adamo making her last appearance at a fest in the states before moving to study in Amsterdam. In other words, there was actually a lot going on for a modest film festival photo call.