July 04, 2006
Let's Film Festival-Part One:The Movie Is Online
A Grand Review
The first ever “Let’s Film Festival” happened Sunday,
June 25. Considered a “great success” by at least one
of the attendees, the evening’s guests were not daunted by the
monsoon-style rains or the fact that the film count shrunk to a mere
four from the originally promised 12. In all, about 50 people with
varying levels of English took in the film fest from a makeshift theatre
in Fukuyama’s fashionable West End district.
(Rice paddies are still fashionable, right?)
As part of the competition, each film had to contain three elements.
These were:
1. Prop: A rubber ducky
2. Location: A castle
3. Line: “Not hung well enough, I’m afraid.”
Not only did the two of us organize the event, we also produced one
of the films. You can watch our little slice of cinematic genius,
“Black to Basics: A Ninja Story,”below.
This link has a word file you can read. Also, here's the google video link, it's bigger, but possibly just as difficult to read. Please follow the links below to
the other contributors who put their films online.
Josh Zimmerman’s blog plays
host to “Pocky.” Not only the name of a tasty pretzel
snack, “Pocky” is a Japanese-influenced spoof of Sylvester
Stallone’s triumph-of-the-will classic. One word of caution,
though: this movie may contain a montage.
Helen Truax and life-commitment-partner Jessie produced the short,
sweet, yet sometimes disturbing “Philip Goes to Europe.”
In this film, the title character (a rubber ducky finger puppet) sets
out on a seemingly harmless tour of the Louvre. However, conflict
arises when Philip finds himself experiencing an unrequited attraction
to Venus de Milo.
The night’s winner was Jackie Hoffart (incidentally, a former
Edmontonian) who wooed the audience with her film “Just Not
Enough, I’m afraid.” A wind-up robot named Galaxy stars
in this semi-animated short. Turns out the poor little thing has a
lot of trouble with public transport and the same-system dating scene.
Fortunately, the evening’s big think piece prompted more than
enough votes for Jackie to take home the coveted Golden Ducky Award.
See the movie on her blog.
Again, thanks to everyone who helped out and everyone who came to watch the films. A special thanks to Yoko and Rob who were super helpful in getting the space lined up.
Finally, here is the link to Liz's photos of the event. She came and shot some really nice black and whites and they're great so check them out.
Stay tuned for details about the next Let’s Film Festival which
may or may not be held in Onomichi and may or may not contain subliminal
messages urging viewers to drink tea.
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