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FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Honorees Rose McGowan and Larry Gross lead the Tallgrass International Film Festival’s 15th Anniversary edition; pair of South African films, a focus on female documentarians

By admin 8 years ago

The 15th Annual Tallgrass Film Festival presented by Consolidated Equities Trust (October 18-22) today announced the full schedule for this year’s edition with an impressive roster of Gala selections including; Quentin Krog’s FOR THE BIRDS (Opening Night Gala), Byron Davis’s HUNTING EMMA (Centerpiece Gala), and Lysa Heslov’s SERVED LIKE A GIRL (Closing Night Gala).

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Founder Gregory Kallenberg of The Louisiana Film Prize announces 20 finalists vying for a $50,000 check and the jurors that will judge them

By admin 8 years ago

“The Film Prize has never seen this amazingly high level of work from all of the filmmakers,” said Gregory Kallenberg, Founder and Executive Director of the Film Prize Foundation. “It’s immediate and tangible proof that everyone can see on the big screen of the talent, both local to Louisiana and from all over the country, that is continuing to grow and to film here in Louisiana.”

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Elizabeth Rohrbaugh ‘s BECKS closes out The Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival’s Closing Night red carpet featured a lot of BROTHERLY LOVE

By admin 8 years ago

The Closing Night red carpet for the Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival featured the filmmaking teams behind BROTHERLY LOVE and SOMETHING LIKE SUMMER and a handful of other filmmakers in addition to the belles of that night’s Ball – the Co-Director of BECKS, Elizabeth Rohrbaugh and the woman that starred as the film’s title character, Lena Hall. Once again, everyone had a great time with the photos and the interviews and aGLIFF closed out their 30th edition of the fest with a lot of fun.

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: PROM KING director Christopher Schaap among The Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival rolled out the red carpet and a lot of fun for their secret screening last Friday

By admin 8 years ago

For the first time in my decade-long film fest career, I sent out a media alert asking press to cover a red carpet, yet wouldn’t tell them who the “guest of honor” was, since the filmmaker was the writer and director of the Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival’s Secret Screening. But there was a lot of “new” to be had, since aGLIFF wasn’t accustomed to doing the red carpet thing the way Wildworks PR does it. So, everything was shiny and new and a lot of fun as we gave the filmmakers their rock star moments on aGLIFF’s red carpet for the very first time…

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Dorie Barton ‘s GIRL FLU Opens the Ohio-based Inside the Loop Film Festival announces lineup for the fest’s debut in October

By admin 8 years ago

Inside the Loop will open with Dorie Barton’s award-winning comedy GIRL FLU, close with Ben Bacharach-White’s music comedy MOCK AND ROLL, and will include a meet-and-greet and “Conversation on Hollywood” with “Young & the Restless” star Daniel Goddard, among an exciting three-day weekend in October including a total of 7 feature-length films and 22 short films.

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: The Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival Announces Filmmaker Awards with Damon Cardasis ‘s SATURDAY CHURCH and Arshad Khan’s ABU taking the top jury prizes

By admin 8 years ago

Damon Cardasis’s SATURDAY CHURCH took home the award for Best Narrative Feature, and Arshad Khan’s ABU was named Best Documentary Feature. The following day, it was announced that Dome Karukoski’s TOM OF FINLAND (Narrative), and Rebecca Adler’s locally-produced documentary TRANS YOUTH won the festival’s Audience Awards.

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Oliver Butler and Will Eno’s THOM PAIN Premieres at Indie Memphis; Special Programs and Appearances and a Block Party to Celebrate its 20th Anniversary

By admin 9 years ago

Indie Memphis also announced additional programming highlights, including; MLK50, which will commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in Memphis; an Abel Ferrara mini-retrospective, with the iconoclastic filmmaker in attendance; and a greatly increased footprint in the city to mark the anniversary year.

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Brooke Purdy and Colette Freedman ‘s QUALITY PROBLEMS Closes The Women Texas Film Festival’s red carpet with plenty of “Quality” talent as the fest closed things out with a lot of fun

By admin 9 years ago

The Closing Night red carpet for the Women Texas Film Festival was as energetic, eclectic, and fun as the headlining film, QUALITY PROBLEMS. Writer, director, star, Brooke Purdy and producer Colette Freedman set the tone for WTxFF’s big finale evening that included films from representing all sections and genres at the festival: documentaries, comedy, drama, horror, etc., you name it – the women that made it were on that carpet.

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Savannah Bloch’s AND THEN THERE WAS EVE Opens The Women Texas Film Festival’s Opening Night Red Carpet at Studio Movie Grill had filmmakers, a City Councilman, and the first Trans mayor – all there to celebrate the 2nd year of WTxFF

By admin 9 years ago

The Women Texas Film Festival (WTxFF) enjoyed an busy red carpet at Studio Movie Grill’s Northwest Highway theaters in Dallas. The 2nd year of the only full-fledged, female-focused film festival in all of Texas opened with Savannah Bloch’s award winner, AND THEN THERE WAS EVE, and the Trans community (including the mayor of New Hope, Texas) came out in force to support and check out the film.