Due to scheduling issues, we are postponing the FAVES Tuesday night panel for the month of February, and will meet this tuesday night for a social gathering only, Those interested are welcome to catch a film together at the Magic Lantern at around 7 o’clock, where we can either watch A Single Man, or the presentation of the oscar nominated Live Action shorts. Also, be sure to catch the Oscar nominated Animated Shorts being presented this week as well at the Magic Lantern. You can learn more about these showings by visiting
The Magic Lantern Spokane’s web site. We will start up our series of panels on Tuesday March 16th.
We hope you all had a great Holiday season and look forward to seeing you this Tuesday for the Social hour and a show, and next month at the panel.
As a side not, the FAVES writers group met for the first time yesterday at Simply Dance Studio. We had a great turn out and more are welcome to Join us. You can join our Google Group to share your thoughts, work, and collaborate with others for questions and assistance on your work. We will be meeting every 2 weeks for the foreseeable future on Sunday nights from 6-8 PM at Simply Dance Studio, and welcome you to join us to provide local artists feedback on their work. To join the google group, go here
http://groups.google.com/group/faves-writers and either sign in to your current Google groups log in to join, or click on the “Sign in and apply for membership” link on that page.
Category Criticism, Film, Short, Showing, Special Interest |
Attention all filmmakers with shorts to show!
We have two calls for submissions for short works, one local and one from across the state.
UNO:
In Spokane, CMTV14 is looking for 15-30 segments showcasing local art and music:
Here’s a copy of the submission form, also available on CMTV14′s website at http://www.community-mindedtv.org/ (click on “Artist Showcase Submissions”):
DOS:
In Seattle, Tall Beers and Short Shorts, an organization dedicated to putting on quarterly film screenings of works made in the Pacific Northwest, wants some East side representation.
Here’s part of an email we received from filmmaker and video producer Morgan Dusatko (thelastquest.org):
We are looking for short films, maximum 20 minutes (most of our movies are in the 5 – 12 minute range), that are any combination of: fun, interesting, challenging, daring, weird, funny, and heartfelt. We screen a good mix of narrative, experimental, documentary, and music video.
Our mission to is highlight short films made in the Northwest, provide filmmakers another opportunity to get their work seen, and to provide our audience an accessible venue for watching short films. Our last screening was awesome with a great turnout, but we are sorely lacking from films made in Eastern Washington, or made by people that live in Eastern Washington. We are trying to make an active effort to include films from your area, not only because we are curious at the what the artists in the inland Northwest are up to, but also to help all of us build our regional networks, and to share our audiences.
Find out more information about the screenings and/or to submit your work, go to: tallbeersandshortshorts.com.
Good luck!!!
Category Film, Short, Showing |
Attention writers! FAVES is starting up a Writers’ Group for motivating and providing constructive criticism for screenwriters and aspiring screenwriters. This group is for everyone, whether you’ve had an idea you’ve wanted to write for years and never gotten around to it or sold 7 screenplays.
If you’re interested in being part of the magic, email
[email protected] with the following info:
1) Your name
2) Your writing level (amateur, semi-professional, professional)
3) What you want out of a writers’ group
4) Your availability (how many times a month? what day of the week?)
Once we’ve got an email list compiled, we’ll send out an email announcing the first meeting.
Don’t toil alone; join FAVES’ Writers’ Group!
Category Criticism, Film, Special Interest, Student, Theory, Writing |
Stay Cool — By Attending These Events:
FAVES social meeting next week on Tuesday, January 26th at 5:30pm at Isabella’s (21 W. Main Ave)! Stop by for a drink, discuss your latest projects and spend some quality time with other FAVES members.
Spokane International Film Festival (SpIFF) kicks off Thursday, January 28th at 7pm at AMC theatres with “Soundtrack for a Revolution,” which is currently one of 15 films in the running for the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award, and preceding short, “The Mouse that Soared.”
An Opening Party with food, wine, music and chit-chat at River Park Square will follow. The director of “The Mouse that Soared,” Kyle Bell, will attend.
SpIFF runs until February 7th, with films showing at AMC, the Garland and the Magic Lantern. SpIFF will feature films from across the globe, from South Korea to Argentina to Norway.
Fans of blood and gore will appreciate SpIFF’s teaming up with Horror Fest IV, with “ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction” showing at the Garland Theatre and other heart-stoppers screening at the Magic Lantern.
Those you of who’ve always wanted to question a director after viewing one of their films are in luck! With SpIFF, FAVES will be hosting two Filmmaker Forums at the Magic Lantern on Saturday, January 30th at 2pm and Sunday, February 7th at 2pm.
The Forums will be attended by directors with films in the festival. Admission to the Forms is the stub from a ticket to one of the attending directors’ films. Forum 1 will feature: animator Kyle Bell (“Mouse that Soared”), fiction director Kevin Hamedani (“Zombies of Mass Destruction”), and documentary directors Michel O. Scott (“The Horse Boy”), Denise Bennett (“Pups”) and Jeremy Seifert (“DIVE!”). Forum 2 will feature: documentary directors Kimberly Reed (“Prodigal Sons”) and Jessica Oreck (“Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo”), fiction directors Ben Chace, Sam Fleischner, and Sean Bones (“Wah Do Dem”) and local director’s Jason McKee (“Lady Luck”) and Lonny Waddle (“The Bothe Story”).
Tickets to individual films are $10 and $5 for Horror Fest IV; five-film passes are available for $45. The Opening Film & Party is $25 for the film and party; $15 for the party only.
Showtimes and info, tickets and passes are available at www.spokanefilmfestival.org
Stay Posted:
FAVES Documentary Filmmakers Panel is still airing on Community-Minded Television Channel 14 (CMTV14), but our September Screenwriter’s Panel will soon replace it. (Yes! You can relive the magic!) Visit CMTV14′s website (http://www.community-mindedtv.org/) for more info. We’ll probably let you know on the blog, too.
Also, keep your 4th Tuesday open in February because FAVES is returning to its normal schedule with a Film Critics Panel on February 23rd! Check back at favesblog for more info in a week or two.
Category Criticism, Documentaries, Film, Short, Showing, Special Interest, SpIFF, Theory |
Need something to do before New Years? Or maybe you just want to impress a date with your knowledge of artsy hangouts in Spokane? Catch some of the movies showing at the Magic Lantern now until December 31st.
ME AND ORSON WELLES
Zac Efron of “High School Musical” and “17 Again” fame takes a break from teenybopper fare with this film about Richard, a young stage actor under the direction of the great Orson Welles (Christian McKay). Set in 1937 New York at Welles’ Mercury Theatre, “Me and Orson Welles” charts Richard’s introduction to the acting world as Welles’ prepares a revolutionary production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” Claire Danes also starts as the object of both men’s affection. http://www.meandorsonwellesthemovie.com
RED CLIFF
Director John Woo (“Face/Off”, “Mission Impossible: II”) presents an epic war story based on the Battle of Red Cliffs 208 A.D. China. The film, starring Tony Leung, chronicles the struggle between an ambitious Prime Minister and his army and a few rebellious war lords. A huge hit in Asia, “Red Cliff” is described by film critics as a war movie on the largest scale.
www.redclifffilm.com
DEAD SNOW
Anyone who wasn’t lucky enough to catch “Dead Snow” when SpIFF screened it at midnight at the Garland Theatre a few months ago is in luck – the film’s now at the Lantern. This Norwegian comedy/horror film begins stereotypically, with a group of college students heading into the mountains for a week alone in secluded cabin. It’s no surprise when zombies attack and gruesomely – but these are no typical zombies. The remains of a zombi-fied Nazi army, they are physically and ideologically detestable. Watching the college kids and the Nazi zombies battle it out is a disgustingly awesome night out at the movies. www.deadsnow.com
Still Showing: “Boondock Saints II.”
The Magic Lantern is located at 25 W. Main in downtown Spokane, WA. Tickets are $5. Visit www.magiclanternspokane.com for showtimes.
Category Film, Showing, Special Interest |
