Friday, December 17, 2010
1st Fridays Artwalk February Film Expo Seeks Iowa Short Scripts and Films
1st Friday’s Art Walk announces its second annual short script contest. This year’s theme is “2012 Approaching.” The theme should serve as inspiration but the words themselves need not to be included in the script.
Two winning scripts will be produced during the Festival’s Film Production Workshop by experienced directors on February 6 with volunteer actors, crews and an audience at Hawthorne Direct’s studios. Winners will also receive a free DVD of the finished films. Submission deadline is January 7th, 2011. No entry fee. For more information and submission guidelines go to www.fairfieldfilmfest.org
The Short Script Contest is sponsored by 1st Fridays Artwalk and Hawthorne Direct.
The Film Festival is also looking for short film submissions of up to 12 minutes in any genres. Selected films will be shown during the Film Festival. Films must be made by Iowa artists. Send DVDs to Fairfield Film Expo, PO Box 441, Fairfield, IA, 52556.
Two winning scripts will be produced during the Festival’s Film Production Workshop by experienced directors on February 6 with volunteer actors, crews and an audience at Hawthorne Direct’s studios. Winners will also receive a free DVD of the finished films. Submission deadline is January 7th, 2011. No entry fee. For more information and submission guidelines go to www.fairfieldfilmfest.org
The Short Script Contest is sponsored by 1st Fridays Artwalk and Hawthorne Direct.
The Film Festival is also looking for short film submissions of up to 12 minutes in any genres. Selected films will be shown during the Film Festival. Films must be made by Iowa artists. Send DVDs to Fairfield Film Expo, PO Box 441, Fairfield, IA, 52556.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Des Moines Filmmaker Set to Debut Film at Sundance Film Festival
Bryant Mock, a Des Moines independent filmmaker and IMPA member, has just learned that his feature film, Prairie Love, has been accepted into the legendary Sundance Film Festival. Prairie Love was written and directed by Dusty Bias and produced by Mock, Douglas Mueller, Holly Lynn Ellis, and Ashley Bias. It stars holly Lynn Ellis, Garth Bloomberg, and Chicago-based actor Jeremy Clark.
Prairie Love was selected by the Sundance Film Festival from a record number of over 10,000 submissions from around the world. It will be featured with 7 other films in the NEXT Category, showcasing films that exemplify the spirit of independent film. As Sundance says, “stretching a low budget to create big art.”
Prairie Love is a dark comedy about the search for companionship in a desolate landscape. The plot involves a mysterious Vagrant who patrols the deserted winter plains, living out of his car and off of the land. When he discovers a nearly-frozen local with a pen-pal girlfriend, he seizes the opportunity to change his lonely existence.
The film was shot entirely in North Dakota, with locations in Minot, Burlington, Lignite, Mohall and Glenburn, over one month in January 2009. Though the hours were long and the weather brutal, the filmmakers credit the generosity of North Dakotans for making the production possible. “They just went way beyond what you could hope for and saved us time and time again,” Mueller said. Ellis agreed, “We literally could not have survived without all these people checking in on us.”
For independent filmmakers, “getting into Sundance is the Holy Grail,” says Bias. “We're overwhelmed with joy. We’ve been preparing for this our whole lives and are determined to make the most of this opportunity.”
The Sundance Film Festival will be held in Park City, UT, January 20-30, 2011. 50,000 attendees are expected.
To learn more and view a trailer for the film, visit www.prairielove.com.
Prairie Love was selected by the Sundance Film Festival from a record number of over 10,000 submissions from around the world. It will be featured with 7 other films in the NEXT Category, showcasing films that exemplify the spirit of independent film. As Sundance says, “stretching a low budget to create big art.”
Prairie Love is a dark comedy about the search for companionship in a desolate landscape. The plot involves a mysterious Vagrant who patrols the deserted winter plains, living out of his car and off of the land. When he discovers a nearly-frozen local with a pen-pal girlfriend, he seizes the opportunity to change his lonely existence.
The film was shot entirely in North Dakota, with locations in Minot, Burlington, Lignite, Mohall and Glenburn, over one month in January 2009. Though the hours were long and the weather brutal, the filmmakers credit the generosity of North Dakotans for making the production possible. “They just went way beyond what you could hope for and saved us time and time again,” Mueller said. Ellis agreed, “We literally could not have survived without all these people checking in on us.”
For independent filmmakers, “getting into Sundance is the Holy Grail,” says Bias. “We're overwhelmed with joy. We’ve been preparing for this our whole lives and are determined to make the most of this opportunity.”
The Sundance Film Festival will be held in Park City, UT, January 20-30, 2011. 50,000 attendees are expected.
To learn more and view a trailer for the film, visit www.prairielove.com.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
ISA Stagecraft Workshop - Saturday, Nov. 13
Imagine you've written a script for the stage. The good news, your play was selected for a workshop performance. The bad news, your play was selected for a workshop performance.
What do directors and actors look for in a new play? How does the process work from script to stage? What do you need to make a play script a success?
You need to attend the Iowa Scriptwriters Alliance Workshop Performance of Kay Rhoads's play, “Golden Rings” to find out on Saturday November 13th in the Walsh Room of the Des Moines Botanical Center from 9AM-4PM.
It's like Shooting Scripts for the stage.
Watch and learn as two directors and two sets of actors take a single short script through the workshop process. The writer will make script adjustments based on feedback from the two director/actor teams (and possibly from the audience). We break for a one hour lunch on your own. Then the actors rehearse, and the two versions of the script will be performed.
Cost:
ISA members admitted free
IMPA members $15
General public $25 (which includes an ISA membership)
Questions or to reserve a spot in the workshop, contact ISA Secretary Deb O' Bryan at:
iowawriter@hotmail.com
What do directors and actors look for in a new play? How does the process work from script to stage? What do you need to make a play script a success?
You need to attend the Iowa Scriptwriters Alliance Workshop Performance of Kay Rhoads's play, “Golden Rings” to find out on Saturday November 13th in the Walsh Room of the Des Moines Botanical Center from 9AM-4PM.
It's like Shooting Scripts for the stage.
Watch and learn as two directors and two sets of actors take a single short script through the workshop process. The writer will make script adjustments based on feedback from the two director/actor teams (and possibly from the audience). We break for a one hour lunch on your own. Then the actors rehearse, and the two versions of the script will be performed.
Cost:
ISA members admitted free
IMPA members $15
General public $25 (which includes an ISA membership)
Questions or to reserve a spot in the workshop, contact ISA Secretary Deb O' Bryan at:
iowawriter@hotmail.com
Thursday, October 7, 2010
2010 WILD ROSE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES NEW IOWA FILM SHOWCASE AND SOAP STAR ELLEN DOLAN’S APPEARANCE
AriesWorks Entertainment is excited to announce the innovative extension of the 8th annual international Wild Rose Independent Film Festival (WRIFF), to be held November 4-11 at the popular Fleur Cinema and Café. This year’s Wild Rose will not only screen films from around the globe competing for top awards, it will extend the WRIFF from the usual 4 days to 8 days to include a unique non-competitive screening series Showcase of well-known films shot in Iowa.
The Iowa Showcase films lineup will include the first Des Moines movie theatre screenings of the popular paranormal thriller, "Haunting Villisca," based on the true story of the Villisca Axe Murders of 1912 and the actual haunting of the house where the crime took place. On Sunday Nov. 7 following the first screening, Darwin and Martha Linn (the Villisca Axe Murder House owners who appear in the film) will attend a Q & A about the infamous haunting. The zany comedy feature "Splatter: Love, Honor and Paintball," about a likeable loser who seeks validation playing paintball, will screen at the Wild Rose, as will the intense psychological crime drama, "Ash,' about an abducted child and the effect the crime has on the former police officer who finds him, and an exclusive Des Moines screening of the exciting and touching "RAGBRAI documentary, A Million Spokes," will also be featured.
As a Wild Rose Workshop Presenter, the 2010 WRIFF welcomes from New York well-known daytime drama star, Ellen Dolan, who played “Margo” for 21 years on As the World Turns and who recently shot the quirky indie SAG feature, "Molly’s Girl" (produced by My Town Pictures and AriesWorks Entertainment) here in Iowa.
The WRIFF, features top quality independent features, shorts, documentaries and animated films from around the world and hosts informative filmmaking workshops with industry professionals. These films compete for awards in over 20 categories including: acting, directing, editing, cinematography, original music and others.
For more information please contact WRIFF Director, Kimberly Busbee bobbusbee@aol.com .
The Iowa Showcase films lineup will include the first Des Moines movie theatre screenings of the popular paranormal thriller, "Haunting Villisca," based on the true story of the Villisca Axe Murders of 1912 and the actual haunting of the house where the crime took place. On Sunday Nov. 7 following the first screening, Darwin and Martha Linn (the Villisca Axe Murder House owners who appear in the film) will attend a Q & A about the infamous haunting. The zany comedy feature "Splatter: Love, Honor and Paintball," about a likeable loser who seeks validation playing paintball, will screen at the Wild Rose, as will the intense psychological crime drama, "Ash,' about an abducted child and the effect the crime has on the former police officer who finds him, and an exclusive Des Moines screening of the exciting and touching "RAGBRAI documentary, A Million Spokes," will also be featured.
As a Wild Rose Workshop Presenter, the 2010 WRIFF welcomes from New York well-known daytime drama star, Ellen Dolan, who played “Margo” for 21 years on As the World Turns and who recently shot the quirky indie SAG feature, "Molly’s Girl" (produced by My Town Pictures and AriesWorks Entertainment) here in Iowa.
The WRIFF, features top quality independent features, shorts, documentaries and animated films from around the world and hosts informative filmmaking workshops with industry professionals. These films compete for awards in over 20 categories including: acting, directing, editing, cinematography, original music and others.
For more information please contact WRIFF Director, Kimberly Busbee bobbusbee@aol.com .
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