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Peter Barnett
Ewfilm Inc.
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peter@ewfilm.com
EDWOOD FILMFEST TO MATCH CAPITAL REGION TALENT WITH WINNING MICROSODE SCRIPTS AS THEY PREPARE FOR HOLLYWOOD.
FUTURE FILM STARS MAY BE DISCOVERED AS
HUNDRED’S OF CAPITAL REGION PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED-UP TO GIVE IT A SHOT.
Albany, NY, April 17, 2007 –
Who: This year’s participants in the Edwood FilmFest.
Professional film-makers and inspired amateurs. Producers, actors, writers, cinematographers, make-up artists, costume designers, set-designers and merchandisers all participating from a public sign-up.
What: A kick-off to production of the winning Edwood FilmFest Microsode scripts, a total of (16) original five-minute serial stories starring locals, filmed by locals, with music by local musicians, set-design and make-up by locals, with costumes and merchandise by locals and… you get the picture.
Where & When: Thursday, April 26th 6pm-9pm at the Albany Public Library for an open casting call - the first set of screen tests for these original Microsode films.
Saturday, April 28th 8-11am at the Spectrum8 Theatres. Actors will screen test with the rest of the cast on their Microsode team.
Sunday April 29th 8-11 am at the Spectum8 Theatres. The Microsodes’ producers team up with their new crew at the Spectrum.
Cinematographers, writers, set-designers, costume designers, make-up artists, musicians and merchandisers meet to work out the production process for the Microsodes.
Why: To provide a new kind of film festival to the Capital Region, one that brings together professionals and enthusiasts to promote the art of film-making in the city of Albany, and take it to Hollywood.
The Edwood FilmFest is the Capital Region’s best-known independent film festival. Movie fans and film buffs travel from all about the Hudson Valley, the Berkshires and Southern Vermont to Albany to view the latest efforts by local and national short film producers. Since its inception in 2000, the festival has grown steadily, graduating from back rooms at local taverns to the 2005 & 2006 shows at WAMC’s Linda Norris Theatre. This year’s festival, takes place on September 28th and 29th at the Spectrum8 Movie Theatre, renown as a showcase for independent national and international films.
The festival this year has two distinct short film programs. The Short Film Contest will showcase films of 15 minutes or less.
The second program will feature 16 Microsodes - original 5 minute short films - produced from selected scripts submitted by the general public. Nearly the entire production of these selected scripts will come from the public’s participation as actors, set designers, make-up and costumers, musicians, merchandisers, cinematographers, and producers transforming a huge Spectrum 8 Theatre parking lot into a Hollywood style production studio back lot this summer.
All footage, scoring and editorial notes will be sent across the country to Hollywood where professional editors of such films as Analyze This, Polar Express, Apocalypto, Thank You For Smoking and Cast Away will do all of the post-production work to ready the microsodes for their world-premiers at the Spectrum 8 Theatre in September.
The Edwood Filmfest, the People’s Film Festival.
For more details visit
www.ewfilm.com.
This is not a RIFC Production.