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NW Projections Film Festival 2009
NW Projections is back! The annual film festival that proves local filmmakers have great stories and the chops to tell them. From the streets of Bellingham and Seattle to dirt roads in Africa, there are moments both real and relevant to whimsical and timeless. Come see how NW filmmakers have painted the world on our screen.
Tickets: Advance tickets for the Opening Night Film/Party will be available at The Pickford Cinema Box Office - $20. Toast our festival filmmakers in style and enjoy Chuckanut Brewery’s delicious late night fare and your first beer free.
Unless noted, all films are regular Pickford prices:
Regular $8.25/Matinee $6.25/Member $5.25.
Features:
Opening Night, 4.17 @ 7pm, $20
Advance Tickets include Opening Night Party @ Chuckanut Brewery (9-11)
Bury Me in Redwood Country
Dir: Benjamin Greené, Benj Cameron
A film of startling craftsmanship and design, Bury Me in Redwood Country is destined to go places—its assured cinematography, accomplished sound design, and methodical pacing suggest comparisons to films like Rivers & Tides. The story of “the Redwood tree is a meditation on extremes: Its genus evolved hundreds of millions of years ago in Antarctica and persisted through the coming and going of the dinosaurs. Many still alive today are older than Christ. It is the tallest and largest tree on the planet, the scaffolding of complex ecosystems, and it is the most valuable timber known to man.” A meditative yet thrilling film that lets the trees, and a few select aficionados, tell their own story. 2009. USA. 60 min. Unrated.
Saturday
4.18 @ Noon
Afraid to Merge
Dir: Caleb Young, Joshua Young
Afraid to Merge is a brave narrative feature with fine performances and production values that bolster an unusually provocative portrait of a family’s effort to pick up the pieces after divorce shatters their world. Recently graduated from college, Preston returns home to find that his mother has left—and his father has a new lover, a young man close to Preston’s age. Shot on location in Bellingham on 16mm, the filmmakers go for broke, and if the conclusion seems forced, it shouldn’t dissuade viewers from agreeing that these Young ones are indeed young filmmakers to watch. 2008. USA. 75 min. Unrated.
4.18 @ 9:15pm
Encore Screening: 4.19 @ 8:30pm
Kung Fu Joe
Dir: Glen Berry
Few local productions have engendered the kind of legend that surrounds Glen Berry’s original short Kung Fu Joe—and the burning itch to turn it into a feature length narrative has finally been scratched. Berry brings a film lover’s caress to material that is rightfully featured late at night, when visions of genre wonders past mingle with the low-budget invention of now. Kung Fu Joe must grapple with his old nemesis, aka Police Detective, a femme fatale, the Mad Scientist, and other outrageous B-movie archetypes that populate this wild ride, and a new legend is born. 2009. USA. 82 min. Unrated. kungfujoemovie.com
4.19 @ 3pm
American Collectors
Dir: Terri Krantz, Bob Ridgley
Most of us know someone who collects—30% of Americans do—and we love them anyway. But what drives obsessions such as this? That is the beating heart and prime directive of this verité documentary that examines the relationship between people and their objet du désir. From KISS memorabilia to antique axes, from bobble heads to a giant ball of string, each collector tells their story, and each fascinating tale cumulatively suggests that our proclivity to collect often means more than meets the eye. Collectors is admirably restrained as it artfully explores this entertaining topic and its cast of colorful characters. 2009. USA. 62 min. Unrated.
4.19 @ 6pm @ The Nightlight Lounge (FREE)
Words a Four Letter F**k + Music
Dir: Jordan Rain, Peter Rand
Words is a mercurial, experimental collage that pays tribute to a highly influential experimental musician who lived in our midst—Michael Griffen. While his free-improv/noise music performances were legendary, Griffen the man never received the attention he deserved—until now. Featuring friends, family, co-musicians, and the man himself before be passed away, Words ably illuminates a free thinker who encouraged everyone to find their voice simply by using it. This screening will be followed by a short performance by Chaostic Magic, featuring Eric Ostrowski (the other half of Noggin) and Corey Brewer. 2009. USA. 56 min.
Projections: Shorts
Documentary Shorts: 4.17 @ 4:30pm/4.18 @ 4:30pm @ The Pickford
The Best Medicine (Lisa Spicer) Follows the work of the Slum Doctor Program in Rabour Village and Hama Bay, Kenya and the effects on children's lives left empty by the cruel hands of AIDS. 16 min; Hope Art (David Albright) Questions election time art inspired by Obama. 7 min; Sonic Healing (Dean & Dudley Evenson) Explores the use of sound, music and vibration to enhance the healing process. 23 min; Hoima Bicycle (Jason Morris) Filmed in Uganda, learn how the bicycle design process works for Ugandan couriers, known as Boda-boda. 30 min. Total: 76 min.
Narrative Shorts: 4.18 @ 7pm/4.19 @ 12:45pm @ The Pickford
Walnut (Jordan Montreuil) A woman selecting hair color at a grocery store explains herself to a flirtatious clerk who soon finds himself in world of mystery and intrigue. 7 min; Blue (Dan Erickson) In a strange society at an undefined time, a newborn is mistakenly sent home as girl--with devastating consequences. 25 min; Toaster (Morgan Grobe) A man travels back in time 5 Minutes to save a stranger. 5 min; Domination (Warren Miller) Dominoes are taking over the world, or so thinks Charlie's neighbor Stan. (10 min); The Pleasures of Internet Dating (Brenden Wedner) A horror story showing the tragic events that occur when looking for erotic romance online. 8 min; A Real Dick (Fellsbrook Productions) An aspiring documentarian fights an uphill battle to capture the real life of a private dick. (7 min); Between Night (Scott Ballard) A chance encounter leads a humble man from his routine as a street sweeper. 18 min. Total: 80 min
Pure Shlock/Experimental: 4.17 @ 9:30pm/4.18 @ 2pm @ The Pickford
Experimental: Zeitnot (Stephen Riehl) The final days of a young man living in solitude arrive with a mysterious letter. 14 min; Inside Every Moment is Another Moment (Kacey Morrow) A collage of stills simultaneously showing images from the past, present, and future of one man's day. 5 min: The Diagnosis of Dr. Samuels (John Sodt) Dr. White visits Dr. Samuels’ psychiatric ward to consult on four highly unusual patients. 16 min. Total: 35 min.
Shlock: Craig Gets His Game On (Steve Stout) A young man plays a video game so intensely he ignores everything else around him. 3 min; Hercules vs. The 42 Labors of Hercules (Steve Murray) A parody of late '50's Italian Hercules movies, an epic tale of demi-gods, semi-monsters and evil dairy products. 14 min. The Whole Song of Brian Haney (Andrew Swanson & Brian Haney) Every one has holes in their life, but none are so large as the ones in our heart. 4 min; D.J. G Thunder Hour (Wilson Large) A Bitter radio D.J. and host of Love Sucks becomes enchanted by a hillbilly caller from a nearby town. 6 min. Balls Out (Mikiech Nichols) Frank Ball violently shakes, shoots and beats away associates who once utilized his moral flexibility and mad fighting skills. 27 min. Total: 57 min.
*Each program is preceded by a Pickford Film Center short, written and directed by our very own auteur, Don Mitchell.
Berlin Rendezvous “It's our final offer."
One Shower Too Many "Maybe a bath would be a better idea."
2009: A Space Oddity "Don't get stranded in space... you know what you need to do."
First Kiss "Ah, springtime... love is in the air!"
WORKSHOPS ANNOUNCED!
ALL WORKSHOPS @ SoundWise Studios
- What: NW Projections Film Festival – Special Workshops
- When: Saturday, April 18, 2009
- Where: Sound Wise Studios – 115 Unity Street, Suite 302
- Sign-up to RESERVE A SEAT (limited seating) – for one or all workshops at: www.soundwise.net
Sat April 18,
10:00 AM
Workshop #1 CAMERA / CINEMATOGRAPHY
Guest speaker: David Geddes www.davidgeddes.com
David Geddes is a professional Director of Photography working primarily in Vancouver, Canada.
FEATURE FILMS: THE MESSENGERS (2007), NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (2006), A SIMPLE CURVE (2005), NEARING GRACE (2005), HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION (2002)
TELEVISION: SUDBURY (Pilot 2004), DAY ONE (Pilot 2000), GOING TO CALIFORNIA (Pilot 2000), ROCKY TIMES (Pilot 2000), SANCTUARY (2008), JAKE 2.0 (2003-2004)
TOPICS: Using the Red Camera, shooting digital, etc.
Moderator: Wilson Large, Camcord@Large
1:00 PM
Workshop #2 BUSINESS
Guest Speaker #1 – R.W. Goodwin (Producer/Director)
Local major player in the film industry with recent endeavors to direct television pilots on spec and explore the distribution process; Credits include recent feature film Alien Trespass (www.alientrespass.com) and TV Pilot The Cody Rivers Show (www.codyrivers.com). Additional highlights include hit television series The X-Files (1993-1998), Third Watch (1999), and Life Goes On (1989)
TOPICS: Film/DVD marketing and distribution
Guest Speaker #2 – Eric Grimstead (Marketing/Web Developer)
With over 15 years experience in marketing, business development and accounting, Eric has owned a marketing & web-development company, and possesses extensive experience in Internet marketing and copywriting. When it comes to web design and online video content, this local guru has the word on what’s happening, what’s hot, and what to do to deliver your project to millions of viewers.
TOPICS: Optimizing web usage for trailers, spots and social media
MODERATOR: Michael Pearce, ThreeSixty Productions
3:00 PM
Workshop #3 TECHNOLOGY
Guest Speaker: Kent Seki (Visual FX Supervisor/Previs. Supervisor/VFX Artist)
Based in L.A. and San Francisco, this accomplished artist received a Visual Effects Society© Award nomination for designing the HUD/Helmet Display for recent blockbuster, Iron Man; Former Creative Director for Visual Effects studio Pixel Liberation Front before being hired into his current position at DreamWorks©; Credits include the upcoming Terminator Salvation (2009) and Master Mind (2010), and past feature films Iron Man (2008), Superman Returns (2006), Flightplan (2005), Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow (2004), The Matrix Revolutions (2003), Elf (2003) and more.
TOPICS: Iron Man VFX presentation, applying visual tools to independent filmmakers, and more
MODERATOR: Brian Young, Jet City Films
Thank you to our Season Sponsors:
Presenting Sponsor:
SoundWise Studios
Directors:
Deborah M. Loober, CPA
Producers:
Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood
Chuckanut Brewery
Cinematographers:
Banner Bank
Birth Root Midwifery
Thank you to our Venue Sponsors:
The Nightlight Lounge
The Upfront Theatre
Thank you to our Media Sponsors: