Well, we’ve got a handful of screenings coming up in the next month… THE HAPPY POET is finding his way out there, for sure. If you would, please forward this on to anyone you might know in these different cities… we’re covering a lot of ground in less than a month’s time, so we need all the help we can get in drumming up interest for the Poet!
Traverse City, MI — Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 12:00PM Traverse City Film Festival – Programmed by Michael Moore
July 27th-August 1st, 2010
tickets and more info HERE
Flagstaff, AZ — Opening Night Film, Monday, August 14th, 2010 Flagstaff Film Festival
August 9th-16th, 2010
tickets and more info HERE
Salt Lake City, UT — (our screening time is still TBD) Salt Lake City Film Festival
August 12th-15th, 2010
tickets and more info HERE
On Friday, July 30th, THE HAPPY POET will be playing as part of the 2010 Traverse City Film Festival. The film plays at the Lars Hockstad Auditorium at 301 W. Seventh Street in Traverse City, Michigan on Friday, 7/30 at 12:00PM. Both the writer/director/lead actor Paul Gordon and producer David Hartstein will be in attendance.
To visit the festival’s box office, follow this link.
About Traverse City:
The Traverse City Film Festival is a charitable and educational non-profit organization that holds an annual event in one of the most beautiful areas of the country — Traverse City, Michigan. The festival is committed to showing “Just Great Movies” and helping to save one of America’s few indigenous art forms — the cinema. The sixth annual Traverse City Film Festival will be held July 27 through August 1, 2010.
LOVERS OF HATE will be a part of the 2010 Maryland Film Festival in Baltimore, Maryland (the festival runs from May 6th-9th). The film screens on May 8th at 10:00pm — and if you have a chance to see the film in any one place, make it the wonderful Maryland Film Festival.
I attended in 2009 with a bunch of the guys from our film, The Overbrook Brothers, and Maryland was one of the best stops on the festival circuit. The staff is wonderful, and the screenings are intimate and well-attended. I highly recommend seeing LOVERS OF HATE in Baltimore, if you’re in the area.
Paul Gordon’s new film has an upcoming Narratives-in-Progress on January 27th. (sadly, I won’t be in Austin to attend). Register at austinfilm.org to check it out. Attendance is free, but seating is limited.
The details (from the AFS website)
Wednesday, Jan 27 @ 7 PM
Austin Studios Screening Room (1901 E. 51st St.)
About the film:
THE HAPPY POET follows a one-time poet’s attempt to run a successful vegetarian foodstand despite pressure to sell something easier—hot dogs. Complications with the foodstand jeopardize budding friendships as well as Bill’s sense of self-worth and faith in humanity.
About the Narratives-in-Progress series
Filmmakers screen their “rough cuts” (or “near-fine-cuts”) for a filmmaker-member audience, and receive constructive comments and feedback. The meetings are moderated by experienced Austin film professionals. Participants will be expected to agree to confidentiality regarding the film and the comments received, as the films to be screened have not been finalized. Read more here>>
There are 5 chances to see LOVERS OF HATE at Sundance in January, with one of the screenings at the enormous (1000-plus capacity) Eccles Theater on January 28th.
Sunday, January 24th, 5:15 p.m. – Racquet Club, Park City
Tuesday, January 26th, 2:30 p.m. – Library Center Theatre, Park City
Wednesday, January 27th, 10:30 p.m. – Broadway Centre Cinemas IV, Salt Lake City
Thursday, January 28th, 12:15 p.m. – Eccles Theatre, Park City
Saturday, January 30th, 8:30 a.m. – Library Center Theatre, Park City
This is another of my previous short works that I am finally making available online. This is one of my stranger short films, but it also happens to be one of the most well seen. The film, CLOCK PAINT EYEBALL screened at numerous places around the world (including some microcinema screenings in Seattle, San Francisco, Paris and Houston). Mike Nicholson did some great design work on the look and feel of the piece – and I cut it along with my longtime collaborator Aaron Vega. Check it out.
Last week in Bend, Oregon, THE OVERBROOK BROTHERS had a huge weekend, winning 3 different awards at the 2009 BendFilm Festival. They include:
Best Actor – (Mark Reeb) The Overbrook Brothers
Best Screenplay – (John Bryant & Jason Foxworth) The Overbrook Brothers
Best of Show – The Overbrook Brothers
The Overbrook Brothers (Directed by John Bryant) This movie swept up three completely deserved awards: Best of Show, Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Mark Reeb). A hilarious and realistic comedy, it features the road trip of two brothers on a mission to discover their heritage and their escalating rivalry. Reeb delivers a performance that is a cross between Josh Brolin and John Malkovich.
The Overbrook Brothers will be screening in Philadelphia as part of the 18 1/2 Philadelphia Film Festival: 5 Days of World Class Cinema. We’re not sure that anyone from Team Overbrook can be there, but please, if you’re in Philadelphia, come out and see the film!
Philadelphia Film Festival – October 15th thru October 19th, 2009 Screening Date/Time: Friday, October 16th at 9:45 pm – Ritz Bourse A Screening Date/Time: Saturday, October 17th at 2:45 pm – Ritz Bourse C
The Overbrook Brothers will be screening in Bend, Oregon as part of the 6th Annual BendFilm: A Celebration of Independent Cinema.
BendFilm – October 8th thru October 11th, 2009 Screening Date/Time: Friday, October 9th at 8:00 pm – Regal 5 Screening Date/Time: Saturday, October 10th at 10:00 am – Sisters Movie House Screening Date/Time: Saturday, October 10th at 8:00 pm – McMenamins 1
And on a very different note – a blog/information free-for-all/website that I’ve found absolutely wonderful and thought provoking in these tumultuous indie film times is Truly Free Film – written by producer Ted Hope. It’s not as much a call to action as it a bevy of ideas, information and solutions to nurturing and expanding our film culture. In my opinion, it’s a must read if you’re a media-maker.
The Overbrook Brothers will be screening in London, England as part of the 17th Raindance Film Festival. The lineup is a great one, including Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience, Ry Russo-Young’s You Won’t Miss Me – and many, many more. If you happen to be in London on Monday, October 5th – please come out and support the film! It’s one that I am incredibly proud of and it’s great to see in an audience setting (because it’s damn funny).
17th Annual Raindance Film Festival (London) – September 30th thru October 11th, 2009 Screening Date/Time: Monday, October 5th at 7:30PM – Apollo Cinema
My short film, EXPECTING (2007, 17 mins), will screen in NYC on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th, as part of ROOFTOP FILMS 2009 SUMMER SERIES. The event will take place on the amazing roof at Open Road Rooftop, at Grand and Essex on the Lower East Side. Doors open at 8:00 PM, live music at 8:30, and films start at 9:00 PM. There’s an open bar after-party after the film’s screening.
About THE ROOFTOP FILMS 2009 SUMMER SERIES:
The festival started May 15th and runs until September 20th, in a variety of outdoor venues (mostly rooftops, but also parks and piers) throughout New York City.
This summer, Rooftop Films is partnering with Cinereach, New York Magazine, IndieWire, IndiePix and others, and is expecting 25,000 people in attendance overall.
