Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival Pulls Out All Stops for 25th Anniversary edition, anchored by Linda Perry and Devo, in 3 Cities
Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival 25th Anniversary edition, anchored by Linda Perry and Devo,
Sound Unseen 2023 Announces Films for the Austin edition of the fest
The 24th Annual Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival announced the film lineup for this
Jim Brunzell Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival Festival Director announces Call for Entries for 2021
Call for Entries have opened exclusively on Film Freeway for the 22nd edition of the Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival, which will take place November 10-14, 2021. The film festival will once again be offered virtually to both Minnesota and Texas, with the potential to expand to a hybrid approach with in-person screenings in Minneapolis and Austin.
Adam Rehmeier’s DINNER IN AMERICA: SOUND UNSEEN Film Festival REVIEW: a throwback punk-rock romance where weird is good
In a good way, Adam Rehmeier’s Dinner in America, which recently screened as part of the Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival, recalls the late ’90s indie film boom, when Quentin Tarantino released films in arthouses, Kevin Smith appealed to viewers beyond his fanbase, and a new Todd Solondz movie was a event.
Darius Marder’s SOUND OF METAL Opens Sound Unseen 2020 announces film and events lineup with the Bee Gees, Frank Zappa, the GoGos’ Kathy Valentine, Doc Severinsen and more.
Sound Unseen Festival Director Jim Brunzell and Program Director Rich Gill, said, “This year we have an exciting lineup of films we have been looking forward to seeing for some time now, some great discoveries, and virtual appearances by very cool filmmakers, film subjects, authors, and more. It couldn’t be a better year to reach across state lines and bring the Sound Unseen experience to film and music fans in both Minnesota and Texas. We’re especially excited to open our doors to Texas and give them their first opportunity to check out what we’ve been doing for two decades now.”
Alex Winters’ ZAPPA at Sound Unseen 2020: first wave of titles for virtual fest in Minnesota AND Texas
Gill said, “This year has brought seemingly countless challenges for everyone in every walk of life, and certainly for film festivals and the film and music industry. However, we have looked at the opportunities that being in the virtual space present to us and one of those is making these great films, the work of the fantastic filmmakers and music artists available not just to our Minneapolis fans, but also to the entire state of Minnesota. In addition, we have long wanted to offer the Sound Unseen experience in Austin, Texas, due to that city’s legendary music scene, and the fact that our festival director Jim Brunzell, lives there, so the ability to open ourselves up to the state of Texas is another great silver lining.”
Jim Brunzell and Rich Gill lead 2019 Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival adds a Filmmaker Photo Call for the first time in the fest’s 20 years
The Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival is a rarity in that its scope should far exceed the reach of its quartet of volunteer staff that manages to produce the film festival year-after-year. Of course, every single film festival self romanticizes the idea that they are a band of misfits and scrappy champions of film that are battling against all of the odds and the big boys each year to somehow manage to put on their event that is unlike any other around. I always love it when a film festival head earnestly tells me that they are unique in the film festival world because they “care about the filmmakers.” I mean, thank goodness there is that one film festival that does, right?!
Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould, Coleen Hennessy, and Shannon Hoon’s ALL I CAN SAY: Sound Unseen wraps up 20th Anniversary edition with Grand Jury Prize Winner
The Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival concluded its 20th Anniversary edition of the film festival by giving its Grand Jury Prize for Best Film to Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould, Coleen Hennessy, and Shannon Hoon’s ALL I CAN SAY, and giving a Special Jury Prize for Cultural Significance to Puloma Basu and Rob Hatch-Miller’s OTHER MUSIC.
Scott Crawford’s BOY HOWDY, John Doe, Ondi Timoner: Sound Unseen Announces Film Lineup for 20th Anniversary Edition
Sound Unseen Festival Director Jim Brunzell and Producer/Co-Programmer Rich Gill, said, “Our lineup this year is a wonderful mix of films hot on the film festival circuit, classics, and screenings that include appearances by wonderful filmmakers and musicians. We are really excited about this group of films and events built around them that should make our 20th Anniversary edition truly memorable.”