San Diego’s Comic-Con International is the biggest event in the world devoted to genre pop culture. While the big Hollywood movies get the most mainstream press, there’s also a large, lesser known and promoted Independent Film Festival devoted to genre short films tucked away within the overall convention.
The Cci-iff, as it’s acronymed, runs completely concurrently with the convention with programming running from morning to night that includes films devoted to comic book-inspired movies, horror movies, sci-fi flicks, comedies and documentaries. There are also several panels on filmmaking sandwiched in between the on-screen entertainment.
The fest also gives out awards. This year’s juror panel includes filmmakers Steven-Charles Jaffee and Kyle Newman, plus entertainment journalist Borys Kit.
Programming blocks are broken up by genre and the full film lineup below gives the exact starting time of each short film. There’s also one feature film screening this year,...
The Cci-iff, as it’s acronymed, runs completely concurrently with the convention with programming running from morning to night that includes films devoted to comic book-inspired movies, horror movies, sci-fi flicks, comedies and documentaries. There are also several panels on filmmaking sandwiched in between the on-screen entertainment.
The fest also gives out awards. This year’s juror panel includes filmmakers Steven-Charles Jaffee and Kyle Newman, plus entertainment journalist Borys Kit.
Programming blocks are broken up by genre and the full film lineup below gives the exact starting time of each short film. There’s also one feature film screening this year,...
- 7/10/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
We already told you about the horror/suspense and sci-fi/fantasy films screening during this year's Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (Cci-iff), but a couple of zombedies slipped under the radar due to being included in the humor category. We have that info for you now.
All screenings and panels for the Cci-iff will be held in the Marriott Marquis and Marina, right next door to the Convention Center (next to the Hall A end). The Film Festival will screen in Marriott Hall 2, which is at the far (north) end of the Marriott lobby, outside of the building (follow the signage to get to Marriott Hall 2).
Summer of the Zombies - Friday, July 13th, 3:50-4:15
A charming and clever look at the zombie apocalypse through the eyes of a vegetarian zombie named Summer, whose veggie-loving tendencies are so deep-rooted they stick with her even as she wanders the...
All screenings and panels for the Cci-iff will be held in the Marriott Marquis and Marina, right next door to the Convention Center (next to the Hall A end). The Film Festival will screen in Marriott Hall 2, which is at the far (north) end of the Marriott lobby, outside of the building (follow the signage to get to Marriott Hall 2).
Summer of the Zombies - Friday, July 13th, 3:50-4:15
A charming and clever look at the zombie apocalypse through the eyes of a vegetarian zombie named Summer, whose veggie-loving tendencies are so deep-rooted they stick with her even as she wanders the...
- 7/2/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Rigamortis A Zombie Love Story Dave Dewes is the the co-director behind Rigamortis: A Zombie Love Story, one of the year's most entertaining genre offerings. Rigamortis seamlessly managed to blend a story about love, zombies and musical dance numbers all into one cohesive film! I never thought in my lifetime I would see a musical zombie love story. Lisa Musser, who plays one half of the zombie couple, turned in a breakthrough performance. Boston Stergis channeled his inner Bruce Campbell with the film's elements of parody, but yet also brought a human side to a character who amounts to being the antagonist. And Maxwell Glick, did the appealing aww shucks thing well. Sure Rigamortis has creativity to spare, the premise alone is going to draw people in and the three leads are terrific, but in my opinion what makes Rigamortis so successful is that in the midst of it all,...
- 7/9/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
2011 - 37 mins. - Not Rated
D: Ted Campbell, Dave Dewes
C: Maxwell Glick, Lisa Musser, Boston Stergis
The last two remaining zombies on Earth fall in love with one another while trying to resist their urge for living human brains and having to escape a mob that wants to kill them.
Tremendously entertaining combination of yes; you read right, zombie film, love story and musical! Rigamortis: A Love Story cleverly takes the pains of being a zombie and relates them to universal themes involving the human condition in order to bring to life its two brain munching members of the undead. Rigamortis features situations that are both thoughtful & engaging and songs that resonate when token out of the zombie context. Maxwell Glick & Lisa Musser turn in bright, appealing performances as the zombies in love with one another with Boston Stergis managing to avoid turning his character into a one note...
D: Ted Campbell, Dave Dewes
C: Maxwell Glick, Lisa Musser, Boston Stergis
The last two remaining zombies on Earth fall in love with one another while trying to resist their urge for living human brains and having to escape a mob that wants to kill them.
Tremendously entertaining combination of yes; you read right, zombie film, love story and musical! Rigamortis: A Love Story cleverly takes the pains of being a zombie and relates them to universal themes involving the human condition in order to bring to life its two brain munching members of the undead. Rigamortis features situations that are both thoughtful & engaging and songs that resonate when token out of the zombie context. Maxwell Glick & Lisa Musser turn in bright, appealing performances as the zombies in love with one another with Boston Stergis managing to avoid turning his character into a one note...
- 5/28/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Zombies have been done. A lot. So have online musicals. But to our knowledge, no one has combined the two until now. Yesterday Rigamortis launched on YouTube with a three-parter almost tailor made for Dr. Horrible Sing-Along Blog fans. (Which, incidentally is still holding strong on iTunes.) It’s a pure indie project, without of course Dr. H’s star power or Whedonverse, but there are some seriously ample musical chops here. Maxwell Glick stars opposite Lisa Musser as two of the last remaining zombies after a failed zombiepocalypse. Their nemesis is a spot-on Nathan Fillion type, Boston Stergis, who is essentially humanity’s hotdogging hero zombie killer, belting his greatness in a walk-and-sing that would make Captain Hammer proud. Creators Jenny Stolte and Dave Dewes, both from the Chicago area, are taking their first stab at an original web series with Rigamortis, which they shot up in Wisconsin last November.
- 5/27/2011
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
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