Notes
from Austin Volume 2 #36
Hollywood
Film News Film Festivals and more!
There will be a screening of some Academy Qualifying Short
Films at the Laemmle Sunset Five (on the corner of Crescent
Heights and Sunset Boulevard) Monday through Wednesday
November 20-22nd. A twenty five minute program of three
short films screening during lunch at 12 Noon and again
at 12:35 p.m., including: "Witness," a new film by Monika
Mitchell (writer/director of "Night Deposit," Slamdance's
January 2000 Anarchy Audience Award Winner), "Nature,"
and "Words."
Pink Bubble Bath-the sexy film festival is finally
here! On Saturday December 2nd, their premiere screening
will be taking place at The Gig in West Los Angeles.
you can visit their new site for all the details at:
http://www.pinkbubblebath.com
The films screening that night are "innovative, funny,
creative, and brash." It runs only 2 hours. After the
films, there will be dance performances, free massages,
and sexy music to guide you through the night.
Only advance tickets will be sold because of extremely
limited seating. Tickets can be purchased at:
The Pleasure Chest 7733 Santa Monica Blvd. (3 blocks
east of Fairfax) W. Hollywood, California 323-650-1022
or by sending a check or money order for $15 to:
Pink Bubble Bath 843 N. Orange Grove Ave. Los Angeles,
CA 90046. 323-655-1108
please make all checks out to Pink Bubble Bath
For any other questions regarding the festival please
call 323-906-9447.
MicroCineFest 2000, Baltimore's underground film festival
dedicated to showcasing "big ambition on little budget",
wrapped on Sunday, November 5, with a casual awards
ceremony and closing night party that consisted of mingling
and re-screenings of festival favorites. 10 features
and 80 shorts unspooled during the 5 day festival, with
30 participating filmmakers showing up to meet & greet
the appreciative audience. The visiting filmmakers were
treated to trips to the American Visionary Art Museum,
the American Dime Museum, a duckpin bowling party, an
intimate brunch hosted by the Maryland Film Festival,
and a free early-morning screening of Viet Helmer's
TUVALU with breakfast provided by Baltimore's "Cinema
Sundays at The Charles" screening series. Door prizes,
audience ballots, and post-screening Question & Answer
sessions were abundant during MicroCineFest 2000.
With the exception of a free, outdoor screening on
a sidewalk outside a coffee shop, all of the screenings
and festivities took place at The G-Spot, an art gallery
space housed in a former mill building in Baltimore's
charming Hampden neighborhood. An estimated 2,000 people
attended this year's MicroCineFest. Several sold-out
screenings were packed to capacity, with audience members
standing several-people deep in back, or lying on the
floor in the front of the screening room. Festival organizers,
Skizz Cyzyk and Jen Talbert, consider MicroCineFest
2000 to be a great success.
Two programs made up opening night. The first, a program
of 35mm shorts, featured animated festival favorites
LIMBOSCAPE by Tim Finn, and REJECTED by Don Hertzfeldt,
which won the Audience Choice Award for Best Short and
the Judges Extra Special "Too Cool" Award. The second
program was the world premiere of Crazy Pete's mondo-odd
feature, GOD MADE MAN, which took home the Grand Jury
Award for Best Feature. The evening concluded with an
intimate party featuring the music of The Swingin' Swamis
and DJ Bump.
Some of the more-popular festival screenings included
the "Experimiscellaneous" shorts program, the "Cool
Shorts" program, the "What the.?!" shorts program (made
up of shorts determined to make the audience say, "What
the.?!"), and a program of "psychotronic" shorts that
featured Harry McCoy's GAS HUFFIN' BAD GALS! (winner
of the Way Cool Black & White Film Award), Rusty Nails'
SANTIAGO VS. WIGFACE (winner of the Way Cool Color Film
Award), and Lee Demarbre's HARRY KNUCKLES & THE TREASURE
OF THE AZTEC MUMMY (winner of the Second Place Audience
Choice Award for Best Short, and the Way Cool Ass Kicking
Action Award).
Other festival highlights included a free screening
of Jeffrey C. Ballentine's Ed Wood homage, THEY CAME
FOR THE SILION; and "Press Play To Agitate", a presentation
on "culture-jamming" by guest lecturer, Craig Baldwin.
Festival programming concluded with Mark Osborne's
Sundance hit, DROPPING OUT, a dark comedy about suicide.
The film's subject matter prompted concern from a suicide
awareness organization, resulting in a representative
accepting MicroCineFest's invitation to speak before
the film about the seriousness of suicide. Nevertheless,
DROPPING OUT won the Audience Choice Award for Best
Feature.
This year's jury consisted of Cashiers Du Cinemart's
Mike White, Big Mama Cinefest's Shayna Nickel, and Slamdance
& The Maryland Film Festival's Gabe Wardell. The complete
awards are as follows:
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS: Second Place Audience Choice
Best Short: Lee Demarbre's HARRY KNUCKLES & THE TREASURE
OF THE AZTEC MUMMY
First Place Audience Choice Best Short: Don Hertzfeldt's
REJECTED
Second Place Audience Choice Best Feature: David Larson's
EDGE OF QUARREL
First Place Audience Choice Best Feature: Mark Osborne's
DROPPING OUT
GRAND JURY AWARDS: Grand Jury Best Feature: Crazy
Pete's GOD MADE MAN
Grand Jury Best Short Film: O. Perez's PACIFIER
Grand Jury Best Short Video: Peter Brinson's IT DID
IT
Grand Jury Best Animated Film: Ya-Nan Chou's SPLIT
Grand Jury Best Animated Video: Evan Mather's FANSOM
THE LIZARD
Grand Jury Best Experimental Film: Matt McCormick's
SINCERELY, JOE P. BEAR
Grand Jury Best Experimental Video: Marcus Young's
PHASES
LOW BUDGET AWARDS: Low Budget Film Award (given to
the coolest film made for less than $1,000): Ricardo
Fratelli's MONDO FORD
Low Budget Video Award (given to the coolest video
made for less than $100): Alex Roper's ANARCHY MONKEY
THE JUDGES SPECIAL RECOGNITION "WAY COOL" AWARDS:
Way Cool Color Film: Rusty Nails' SANTIAGO VS. WIGFACE
Way Cool Black & White Film: Harry McCoy's GAS HUFFIN'
BAD GALS
Way Cool Ass Kicking Action: Lee Demarbre's HARRY KNUCKLES
& THE TREASURE OF THE AZTEC MUMMY
Way Cool Looking Film: Nathan Pommer's P-13
Way Cool Detournement Award: Bryan Boyce's SPECIAL
REPORT
Way Cool Use of a Lite Brite: Roger Beebe's WHAT BOYS
WANT
JUDGES EXTRA SPECIAL AWARDS: The TOO COOL award: Don
Hertzfeldt's REJECTED
Best Festival Trailer EVER: MCF 2K
For more information: www.microcinefest.org
Lodger's
Notes: (New 11-17-00)
Ah, the election! I am so excited about this election.
I voted for Nader since Bush was obviously going to
win Texas. I am pissed off about it now because those
fucking dumbass schmucks in Florida who were Nader supporters
should have been smart enough to vote for Gore. Dumbasses.
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