The seventh annual Montreal Underground Film Festival features four nights — and one matinee — of experimental short films from all over the world, plus two feature films. The fun takes place May 17-20 with the opening night event being held at Sala Rossa before the rest of the fest moves to Peut-être Vintage.
The opening batch of short films includes Winnipeg filmmaker Aaron Zeghers‘ The Story of Thomas Edison, plus films by fellow Winnipegger Scott Fitzpatrick, Simon Lacroix, Erin Weisgerber, Charles Fairbanks and many more.
Several other Winnipeggers have films throughout the rest of the fest, including Heidi Phillips‘ The Last Harvest and Noam Gonick’s Hirsch. Representing the U.S. are Neil Ira Needleman‘s Prelude & Erotiloop, Tony Gault‘s Ghost of Yesterday and Ben Popp‘s Lazslo Lassu.
The two feature-length films both screen on the last day of the fest, including Larry Wessel‘s epic documentary on Boyd Rice,...
The opening batch of short films includes Winnipeg filmmaker Aaron Zeghers‘ The Story of Thomas Edison, plus films by fellow Winnipegger Scott Fitzpatrick, Simon Lacroix, Erin Weisgerber, Charles Fairbanks and many more.
Several other Winnipeggers have films throughout the rest of the fest, including Heidi Phillips‘ The Last Harvest and Noam Gonick’s Hirsch. Representing the U.S. are Neil Ira Needleman‘s Prelude & Erotiloop, Tony Gault‘s Ghost of Yesterday and Ben Popp‘s Lazslo Lassu.
The two feature-length films both screen on the last day of the fest, including Larry Wessel‘s epic documentary on Boyd Rice,...
- 5/16/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
This year mark’s the amazing 20th anniversary of $100 Film Festival, making it Calgary’s oldest film fests and one of the last ones devoted solely to film. The cinematic fun will run at the Stanford Perrot Lecture Theater on March 8-10 with three nights of short movies produced on 16mm and 8mm film.
What began as a modest affair simply to promote local filmmaking efforts, the $100 is now an international festival with movies this year from the U.S., Germany, Spain, Japan and, of course, Canada. The fest is also celebrating the work of American filmmaker Robert Todd, who will be on hand to screen some of his movies as well as host a workshop on experimental documentary filmmaking techniques.
Each night of the festival kicks off with a live music and film performance. The first night features the a jam film by local filmmakers Brenda Lieberman, Luke Black,...
What began as a modest affair simply to promote local filmmaking efforts, the $100 is now an international festival with movies this year from the U.S., Germany, Spain, Japan and, of course, Canada. The fest is also celebrating the work of American filmmaker Robert Todd, who will be on hand to screen some of his movies as well as host a workshop on experimental documentary filmmaking techniques.
Each night of the festival kicks off with a live music and film performance. The first night features the a jam film by local filmmakers Brenda Lieberman, Luke Black,...
- 3/5/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 6th annual Montreal Underground Film Festival presents 3 nights of wild and wooly short films from around the world at various venues around the city on May 12-14.
The fest kicks off with a lineup of 8 short films, plus the World Premiere of Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare’s Main Attraction, about a magician and his resident freaks fending off an eviction from their home. DeGiglio-Bellemare is a member of the Montreal media arts collective Volatile Works and features special effects by underground artist Rick Trembles and Andy Mauro. Also in the Opening Night kick-off is the not-to-be-missed hilarious music video Goths! On the Bus by Karen & Jaimz Asmundson.
Then, the fest continues on the 13th and the 14th with several programming blocks of short films hailing from Canada, the U.S., Germany, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Finland, the U.K. and other countries.
Some standouts in the fest include Zachary Epcar‘s...
The fest kicks off with a lineup of 8 short films, plus the World Premiere of Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare’s Main Attraction, about a magician and his resident freaks fending off an eviction from their home. DeGiglio-Bellemare is a member of the Montreal media arts collective Volatile Works and features special effects by underground artist Rick Trembles and Andy Mauro. Also in the Opening Night kick-off is the not-to-be-missed hilarious music video Goths! On the Bus by Karen & Jaimz Asmundson.
Then, the fest continues on the 13th and the 14th with several programming blocks of short films hailing from Canada, the U.S., Germany, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Finland, the U.K. and other countries.
Some standouts in the fest include Zachary Epcar‘s...
- 5/11/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The top coverline on last year’s reissue of Allan Brown’s making-of tale—“How Not to Make a Cult Classic”—is misleading for two reasons. First, it implies that there is a right way to make a cult classic. This is a status that is earned usually when a film fails to connect with the general public upon release but eventually garners a loyal following. The Wicker Man certainly fits that bill. It was barely released in 1973 and nearly buried by its owners but, as screenwriter Anthony Shaffer notes, it refuses to die.
- 3/6/2011
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Jason Tannis)
- Fangoria
The fifth annual Montreal Underground Film Festival will be three nights of outrageous short films running on May 13-15. You got yer horror, your sci-fi, your rebellious youth, your experimental animation, films from Germany, the U.K., the U.S. Israel, France and homegrown filmmakers right in Canada. Yeah, it’s got a little bit of everything.
A couple of films of particular note to look out for are Joseph Christiana’s super scary horror short The Nightmare, about a young boy’s descent into an increasingly maddening world. Plus, the always awesome Leslie Supnet has two of her animated films in the fest: The somewhat narratively inclined Fair Trade and the purely experimental sun moon stars rain.
For info on screening locations, ticket prices and more, please visit the official Muff website. Without further ado, here’s the full lineup:May 13
8:30 p.m.: “F***k You Like a Billionaire”
Peaches – $illionaire,...
A couple of films of particular note to look out for are Joseph Christiana’s super scary horror short The Nightmare, about a young boy’s descent into an increasingly maddening world. Plus, the always awesome Leslie Supnet has two of her animated films in the fest: The somewhat narratively inclined Fair Trade and the purely experimental sun moon stars rain.
For info on screening locations, ticket prices and more, please visit the official Muff website. Without further ado, here’s the full lineup:May 13
8:30 p.m.: “F***k You Like a Billionaire”
Peaches – $illionaire,...
- 5/11/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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