SPECIAL OFFER FOR FESTIVALS AND MICROCINEMAS Free Programming for Many Qualifying Venues
Join the Exhibition Revolution!¹ Screen Microcinema International¹s INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE Presented by Panasonic Broadcast We wanted to let you all know about some new programming resources available from Independent Exposure that would be great material for festival and local film screenings. We have just released five brand new compilations that have been screening at venues in San Francisco, Seattle and Houston to great audience enthusiasm. Curated from all around the world, the films are edgy, interesting, buzzworthy, and many of them laugh-out-loud funny. They will surely help you build a large and loyal following to your venues. *********************************************************************** Available 2007-2008 Programs NEW! Premiere Compilation Edition: Serious docs. Lush moving art. Comic relief http://www.independentexposure.com/films/program_id,687 'Mind Over Matter' Edition: Perception vs reality. http://www.independentexposure.com/films/program_id,688 Documentary Edition http://www.independentexposure.com/films/program_id,690 Halloweird Edition (Great Show for a Halloween Party!) http://www.independentexposure.com/films/program_id,691 All Animation http://www.independentexposure.com/films/program_id,689 Past Years Programs also Available for Screening http://www.independentexposure.com/films/film_title_starts,a *********************************************************************** Available Pricing: 1) One Screening: $50 2) Three Screenings: $125 3) Five Screenings: $200 4) FREE (or based on percentage of net proceeds) to qualifying screening venues. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. *********************************************************************** NOW IN ITS TWELFTH YEAR...Independent Exposure has gained an enviable reputation as a branded, high-quality showcase for contemporary, progressive, artistic and culturally relevant short films and video art. BURIED TREASURE...Did you know that worldwide some 100,000 independent short films are produced every year? With the explosion of increased access and improved creativity in the moving image arts, it is becoming nearly impossible for venues and festivals to preview all the new and brave material to unearth the real gems. QUALITY CURATION... Independent Exposure has done this work for you. Microcinema International has screened thousands of works to cull through and curate the best of them into traveling shorts programs you can use to attract large and loyal new audiences. AN ADVENTURE in and of itself, Independent Exposure has screened films from over 1600 artists in hundreds of venues in 44 countriesas well as Antarctica and even at the Base Camp of Mt. Everest! The 2007/2008 season is shaping up to be an exciting one full of very strong films and videos from some of the most interesting and overlooked artists on the short film circuit. SEVEN SEPARATE DVD COMPILATIONS...available for communal screening at festivals, cafes, bars, art house theaters and other special events. Each of these DVDs is between 60 and 90 minutes long. Premiere EditionAn Eclectic International Mix. A chronology of the Iraq war as told through hand gestures (L. M. Sabo); Canadian spiders on crack cocaine (Apeman); a lazy Irish farm dog has a crush on a cow (Ken Wardrup); a film about a moose¹s¹ penisor something (Will Hartman); things to do at parties where you don¹t know anyone (Lev Yilmez); and, the joys of cow-tipping¹ (Stock N Wolf.) Mind Over Matter Edition: A French scientist invents a serum that turns people into dogs and a cult arises (John Harden); a Muslim woman describes how her veil makes her feel like a mysterious beauty while an Irishwoman likes her makeup (Ken Wardrup); Him¹ falls in love with You¹ but is haunted by the ghosts of ex-girlfriends (Tom Stern). All Animation Edition: energetic ruminations on sex, identity and social confusion from Signe Baumane, Chel White, Federico Solmi, and Lev Yilmez. A brand new generation of animation artists is growing up! Halloweird. Ever popular annual edition! Throw the best Halloween party you have ever been to with this assorted collection of weird, creepy, gross, odd shorts from all over the world. An abandoned house yields up is painful secrets (Mike Bragg); a woman eats herself (Kelly Pendergrast.) Documentary Edition: Santeria what happens when you cross Catholicism with an Afro-Caribbean voodoo cult that performs ritual animal sacrifice (John Kane); the mysterious, quirky working technique of pioneering animator Norman McClaren ( Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre); a small child on a gang tormented American street craves the security of a flak jacket ( May Lin Au Yong). Mobile Exposure: ³Life in a Global Village.² Now in its third year, this is the oldest touring collection of works that address mobile culture and/or were created using mobile, handheld devices. Hal Hartley¹s Best in Show: the pioneering director of feature length independent films such as Fay Grim, Henry Fool, and The Girl from Monday is our guest judge for 2007-2008. Hartley himself also makes many short films that have been collected onto DVD anthologies. Hartley will select between 10-14 of his favorites from the compilations above. If you would like to show Independent Exposure programs this year, drop us a line and we can discuss booking arrangements. We look forward to hearing from you! ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
