I’ll be heading out to the Denver Film Festival on Wednesday, to sit on a jury and moderate a panel. The festival started last night, and through next Sunday they’ll be showing a ton of my favorite films from the 2008 festival circuit (like Intimidad, Guest of Cindy Sherman, Prince of Broadway, Finally, Lillian and Dan, SIta Sings the Blues, Two Lovers, and Everything is Fine), plus a number of titles that I’ve missed at over festivals but hope to catch up with (like Three Monkeys, Woodpecker, Song Sung Blue). Also, they’re doing a tribute to pioneering video/performance artist Carolee Schneemann, which is awesome.
The panel I’m moderating, called DIY Filmmaking in an Indie Apocalypse, will bring together a number of filmmakers who have found some success (with critics, with festival juries, or even financially) making personal films outside of the broken indie film stuctures that we’ve all been wringing our hands over for the last couple of years. It’s on Friday, November 21 at 7pm. If you’re going to be in town, do stop by.
Hey Karina,
Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts! You rock. We’re lucky to you talk us up with that fearless style of yours.
Yee haw we’re in Wilmington, NC for the Cucalorus FF. V cool festival - warm folk, big enthusiasm for the festival by the locals, and a panorama view from our hotel room of the battleship USS North Carolina. I won’t forget this one, call me warmonger but it would be a blast to fire off a few rounds from the 16 inch guns on the bow. (blanks would be ok since I can’t think of a good target) We screened last night to a crazy full house complete with local biker legend Blaine, gets to the theater with his bud ‘Wade’ without tics to the show but I crewed them in, would whoop my name during his favorite parts, and then passed out cold during the credits.
Tom and me will be in Denver Tues - Thursday so give us a shout if you have time. paulfilmlike@gmail.com