Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas for the Filmmaker
Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas for the Filmmaker from Films Gone Wild Another month, another capitalist
Wild Thoughts on Film – Is Giancarlo Esposito required to be in EVERYTHING?
Wild Thoughts on Film When we launched FilmsGoneWild.com in January 2017, one of the “draws”
Waco’s Deep in the Heart FF 2023 announces filmmaker award winners and a new indie name going forward
Regarding the festival’s name change, Co-Founders and Co-Directors Louis Hunter and Samuel Thomas, said, “For seven years, this film festival, our filmmakers, and this city exemplify the spirit of independence by every definition of the word. Calling ourselves, The Waco Independent Film Festival simply puts an emphatic stamp on what we are, what we celebrate, and how our filmmakers approach making their films.” Hunter and Thomas added, “Our award-winning films this year could not have been better examples of that spirit, that energy, and the specific exuberant joy that comes from creating and making film independently, then sharing it with an audience that fully appreciates it.”
Festival of Cinema NYC 2023 announces films, events, and a home-grown honoree for August fest
Festival of Cinema NYC returns to the Regal UA Midway and the Queens Library at Forest Hills for its 7th year, August 3 – August 13. The festival opens with Christina Kallas’ indie NYC favorite Paris in Harlem and closes with Anna Baumgarten’s multiple award-winning drama Disfluency. Dito Montiel will be honored with FOC NYC’s inaugural Achievement in Filmmaking Award in conjunction with a special screening of his film, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, and Greg Brownderville and Bart Weiss’ groundbreaking Southern Gothic multi-media project Fire Bones will be presented live in New York City for the first time.
Waco’s Deep in the Heart FF 2023 grows, expands indie features lineup for this month’s fest
The Deep in the Heart Film Festival announced the film and events lineup for its 7th edition, which will combine in-theater screenings July 20-23, followed by an online encore July 24-30. Deep in the Heart FF will kick things off with an Opening Night presentation of Dawn Mikkelson and Keri Pickett’s film festival sensation Finding Her Beat, and Anna Baumgarten’s decorated drama Disfluency will be the Closing Night selection. The festival will also present a special multi-media screening and performance of Greg Brownderville and Bart Weiss’ critically acclaimed Southern Gothic shaggy dog story Fire Bones, and a Friday Night Spotlight screening of Thaddeus D. Matula’s inspiring documentary Into the Spotlight.
Frame of Mind from KERA-TV is looking for submissions for next season’s Texas-based films
Frame of Mind, the 13-episode TV series which spotlights independent film from around Texas on KERA TV, public television for North Texas (Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth) is looking for submissions.
Cheryl Allison’s documentary HONK got a SRO preview hosted by Dallas Video Fest
offer. Standing Room Only to watch her latest documentary, HONK, about the relationship that grew between the filmmaker and a goose who had been abandoned in a local park. Allison’s videos of their encounters caught the imagination of people around the world, the press couldn’t get enough of progress reports and updates on Honk’s journey thanks to Allison’s publicizing his plight. So, prior to the film’s official film festival debut, Bart Weiss’ Dallas Video Fest hosted a special sneak preview screening.
David Fincher’s MANK among Dallas and North Texas Film Fests Top Ten Films of 2020
The heads of prominent Dallas and North Texas Film Festivals announced their selections for the Top Ten Films of 2020 today with David Fincher’s MANK, Eliza Hitman’s NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS, and Spike Lee’s’ DA 5 BLOODS taking the top three spots among films released in 2020.
Virtual Film Festivals: Should Filmmakers Consider Screening? FILMS GONE WILD has thoughts
Approach your regional film festival tour exactly as you would if all things were business as usual, BUT with much more management and care over your film. (And frankly, you should have been doing this anyway, but no one’s giving you side eye here so carry on…)
FILMS GONE WILD: Dallas Video Fest’s Alt: Fiction has CAN’T MISS films this weekend. Thanks, Bart Weiss!
Here are a couple quick thoughts about Bart Weiss, the head of Dallas Video Fest and all of its film festival parts: He IS the film tastemaker of Dallas and Fort Worth and North Texas. He just is. Bart has his eyes, and ears, and heart, and most importantly – his brain On. The. Screen. Taste-wise, finger on the filmmaking pulse-wise, and eye out for what’s coming down the pike-wise, Bart Weiss is the benevolent leader we all take the lead from. Bottom line.