Tucson and Phoenix: Prepare to be rocked, shocked and defiled. Blasting its way into its third — and biggest — year on Sept. 18-25, the Arizona Underground Film Festival is a cacophonous concoction of angry transsexuals, bumbling hit men, slacker superheroes, living dolls, aliens, dead hookers, adventure-seeking blondes and other crazies.
This year the fest is screening 30 feature films, some of which are making their U.S. and even world debuts. The opening night film is the U.S. premiere of the German hit man comedy Snowman’s Land, directed by Tomasz Thomson,while closing the fest is the controversial and violent A Serbian Film by Srdjan Spasojevic, which you have to be over-18 to get into.
Don’t worry, there’s plenty of homebrewed films as well, such as Dead Hooker in a Trunk by Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska; Nude Nuns With Big Guns by Joseph Guzman; 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the...
This year the fest is screening 30 feature films, some of which are making their U.S. and even world debuts. The opening night film is the U.S. premiere of the German hit man comedy Snowman’s Land, directed by Tomasz Thomson,while closing the fest is the controversial and violent A Serbian Film by Srdjan Spasojevic, which you have to be over-18 to get into.
Don’t worry, there’s plenty of homebrewed films as well, such as Dead Hooker in a Trunk by Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska; Nude Nuns With Big Guns by Joseph Guzman; 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the...
- 9/13/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Mubi and Cisco, maker of the Flip Video Camcorder, have teamed up to encourage Short Film Corner directors who've come to Cannes not only to watch films but also to make films with the Cannes à la Flip contest. Having fanned out into the real world, over 300 competitors returned with submissions and yesterday Mubi CEO Efe Cakarel and the jury announced the winners.
First Place: Kiteling by Eva Pervolovici, who receives €3,000 and a meeting with Hengameh Panahi, President of Celluloid Dreams. Second Place: One Night Avec La Mer by Colin L. Racicot (€1,000) and Third Place: Youth by Ayse Altinok (€500). Watch these budding talents and many more right here.
First Place: Kiteling by Eva Pervolovici, who receives €3,000 and a meeting with Hengameh Panahi, President of Celluloid Dreams. Second Place: One Night Avec La Mer by Colin L. Racicot (€1,000) and Third Place: Youth by Ayse Altinok (€500). Watch these budding talents and many more right here.
- 5/22/2010
- MUBI
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