#Film festivals

[artsekey]

My thesis film has gotten into three festivals back-to-back!

[leotanaka]

if anyone is interested...

the japanese film festival (online) starts on june 5th, lasts for a month and is completely free; and

the spanish film festival starts in australia and goes from june to july.

[jdboy2000]

Be a part of the making of the future of horror!

@macabrethemovie is an exciting new horror/slasher project and is currently funding on Kickstarter until September 5th, 2024. No funds will be withdrawn from the backers of the project until then.

In this clip, co-writer/director Zack Cherry gives a deeper explanation of the concept behind "Macabre" (@macabrethemovie) and offers insights into both the short film and his plans with co-writer/director Erik Champney along with their cast and crew to enter the film into film festivals and use the buzz around the short film to eventually make a feature length film. The short film stands alone, but it also serves as the opening to the feature film.

If you are interested in pledging to the Kickstarter campaign, you can find it here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/randyborruso/macabre-a-horror-short-by-zack-cherry-and-erik-champney

If you would like updates on the progress of the campaign and the production of "Macabre," head over to

http://www.macabreshortfilm.com

Even if you can't contribute to "Macabre" monetarily, sharing the links and helping to spread the word about the project is also extremely helpful.

This project is only possible thanks to people like you.

[yournoeliafan]

[foxsoulcourt]

Queer is the Spotlight Gala film @ NYFF62

Written in the early 1950s yet not published until 1985, William S. Burroughs’s Queer has come to be considered a canonical work in the career of the Beat Generation author and a cornerstone of transgressive gay literature. In his wildly ambitious adaptation, Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name, NYFF55) expertly evokes the book’s post–World War II time period and cinematically translates Burroughs’s iconoclasm with panache.

In a transformative role, Daniel Craig immerses himself into Burroughs’s alter ego William Lee, a habitual heroin user luxuriating in freedom and desiccation among a disconnected group of gay American expatriates in Mexico City in the late 1940s. When enigmatic, preppy ex-military kid Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey) catches Lee’s eye, he swoons into a headlong love affair, commencing an odyssey that will take them all the way to the Ecuadorian jungle in pursuit of the ultimate high.

Buoyed by go-for-broke performances from Craig and Starkey, and rollicking, unexpected supporting turns from Lesley Manville and Jason Schwartzman, Queer is a dazzling showcase for many in Guadagnino’s stable of collaborators, including Challengers screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes, cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, and music composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. 

It’s a film that finds Guadagnino in his most formidable, gutsiest mode yet, a universal love story featuring expressionistic flights of fancy, gratifying moments of psychedelic surrealism, and surprising tenderness. 

[shipwreckedcomedy]

In terms of festival news, we've saved the best for last - Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story is an official selection of the Austin Film Fest and we could NOT be more excited!! Not only that, one of our screenings is on Halloween!! 🎃 Join us in Austin for our screenings on October 28th and 31st - some of our team will definitely be there. We've had our eyes on this fest for many years and we are so ecstatic to be included in this year's lineup. Break out the ribs!!

[therogerclarkfanclub]

More stills from Roger's upcoming horror short film, Damn Handy.

Roger mentioned it was supposed to come out this month, I will keep you updated when a release date is announced.

[scopophilic1997]

scopOphilic artist Bruce Morrow presents a short video:

Celebrating "in dreams begin…" and being in 10 Film Festivals! 2023

Design: Rodd Vano

[penelope-all-that-mads]

Mads Mikkelsen attends the 76th Cannes Film Festival [X]

[thecosmiccircus]

Grand Theft Hamlet Review

If anyone ever complains to you that there’s nothing new under the sun in the world of cinema, please kindly point them to the documentary Grand Theft Hamlet. This experiment from British co-directors (and romantic partners) Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane covers the gamut of human emotion, from triumph to tragedy, in its 89 minutes of infectious fun. The story behind Grand Theft Hamlet We begin in…

[davidhudson]

It’s on.

[filmcourage]

If You Submit To 30 Film Festivals, How Many Will Actually Watch Your Movie? - Andrés Taboada

Watch the video interview on Youtube here.

[leotanaka]

if anyone in australia is interested, the scandinavian film festival (https://scandinavianfilmfestival.com/) goes from the 17th of july to the 14th of august.

[literarysiren]

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched has a hefty runtime, but you won't even feel it slipping by with as much knowledge packed into this sprawling documentary on folk horror. You can find it on Shudder!

[yournoeliafan]

[shipwreckedcomedy]

This is a reminder that Headless episode 1 is playing at THREE different film fests next weekend! Come out and support if there's one near you:

🗡️ Friday, August 25th - Pictures Up Film Fest here in Los Angeles - as a part of the "Monsters" block at 9 pm

🗡️ Saturday, August 26th - Sidewalk Film Fest in Birmingham, Alabama - as a part of the Episodic shorts block at 10 am

🗡️ Saturday, August 26th - Cinequest in San Jose, CA - playing at 7 pm as a part of the Shorts Program 12 - some of the team are planning on being in attendance!

Hope you can come out and support if one of these fests is convenient for you! Bonus points if you hit all three. 💀