Sue Vicory’s latest documentary will enjoy a private screening at BB’s Lawnside BBQ tonight at 7 pm with a Q&A at 8 pm after the film. It’s free and open to the public. And, don’t miss BB’s famous BBQ!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WcSadM5MI0
10 Years of Films – The Kansas International Film Festival celebrates ten years of bringing the world of premier international and independent film to the Heartland. KIFF opens this Friday, October 1st at the Glenwood Arts Theater At 95th and Metcalf and runs through October 7th.
CinemaKC suggests you add the following films to your schedule:
PLEASE REMOVE YOUR SHOES which is a revealing documentary about broken government process. It is also an empathetic story about a half dozen public servants who try to fix it. And it is a familiar topic to all of us who have flown in the last fifteen years: the security routine at the airport, first the FAA and now the TSA.
PLEASE REMOVE YOUR SHOES is playing Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 3:15pm.
MY RUN - The Terry Hitchcock Story Narrated By Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton premieres at KIFF on October 2nd at 3 pm.
MY RUN: After tragically losing his wife to breast cancer and struggling to raise three young children on his own, Terry Hitchcock seized on an idea. He wanted to accomplish the impossible: run 75 consecutive marathons in 75 consecutive days to bring attention to the incredibly difficult lives of single-parent families. He ran in spite of freezing rain, unbearable heat, chest pains and bone fractures that wracked his 56-year-old body. He just kept running – each day, every day – strengthening an unbreakable bond between father and son— not stopping until he arrived in time for the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta.
And, HARVEST starring Academy Award nominees Robert Loggia and Barbara Barrie (with performances that sit at the top of their long careers), newcomer Jack Carpenter, established character actor Arye Gross, and Tony Winner Victoria Clark, among others. Grammy & Tony Winner Duncan Sheik composed the original music for the film.
HARVEST is a poignant story that is ultimately uplifting, with moments of humor anchoring this realistic portrait of a family hanging on to what was, what is, and to each other. It screens Sunday, October 3rd.
Writer/Director Marc Meyers is attending the festival, and will be there after the screening for a Q&A.
Visit www.raisingHARVEST.com – the trailer is under the video tab.
For the full schedule and times for films at KIFF 2010, check out http://www.kansasfilm.com/festival/guide.php
KCTalk.com, The Talk of Kansas City: PLAYING THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AT CROWN CENTER SCREENLAND!!! LAST BREATH is an award winning feature that has been called “A movie that has created a new genre of film” ROBERT BUTLER -main critic for the KANSAS CITY STAR described it this way in his review “Imagine ‘SAW’ with a higher purpose and you get an idea of what filmmaker TY JONES attempts with this thoroughly professional and astonishly sadistic feature” Get ready to be emotionally moved by a film that has been called “horrific and at the same time heartmoving”
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The new organization CinemaKC will hold its second meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Screenland Crown Center. The evening showcases the KC Filmmakers Coalition; admission is $10.
The centerpiece is a double feature of two locally lensed films: Stephen Pruitt’s “Works in Progress” (about two young artists’ immersion in the local art scene) and Ty Jones’ “Last Breath” (a mysterious figure imprisons a married couple in a booby-trapped warehouse).
“Last Breath” recently was named best feature at the Estes Park (Colo.) Film Festival.
The movies will be preceded by a mixer at 6 p.m.
To read Bob’s reviews of “The Social Network” and “Metropolis” and more check out: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/25/2245773/in-the-social-network-actor-finds.html#ixzz10hO2nMZM
CinemaKC will salute the Independent Filmmakers Coalition of Kansas City, Thursday, September 30 at the Screenland Crown Center beginning at 7:00 p.m., with a screening of “Works In Progress” from director Stephen Pruitt and continuing with a 9:00 p.m. screening of “Last Breath,” from director Ty Jones.
The showcase will be preceded by an informal mixer at 6:00 p.m.
Each film will conclude with a Q&A from the filmmakers who will be in attendance. Admission requested for one – or both – films is $10.00 for general public and $5 for students and IFC members with ID.
“We at CinemaKC are looking forward to continuing the momentum from our phenomenal premiere two weeks ago,” says founder John Shipp. “That event brought so many great people together, and proved that the film industry is on the upswing in our region. An amazing amount of information was shared and I think many collaborations began that evening. It is exactly what we’re hoping for as CinemaKC continues to reach out to our community through great filmmaking.”
Beginning in 1994 with fewer than 10 members, the IFC-KC membership now numbers in the hundreds. Today’s representation incorporates a near-equal number of male and female members encompassing a wide ethnic mix. Videographers, screenwriters, producers, directors, actors, musicians, editors, lighting technicians, make-up artists, and set designers sink in to the theater chairs to network, laugh and learn at the Westport Coffee House every Wednesday night.
“The IFC is a non-profit organization promoting regional independent film, video and media production,” says President Brian Boye. “We provide a setting for education, artistic expression, networking, and cooperative sharing of resources to anyone with an interest in filmmaking.” Since the time of their humble beginnings, IFC members have made nearly 2,400 short films and over 25 feature films, which have screened at the coffee house space, as well as at regional, national, and international film festivals. Several IFC films have won awards and been accepted into prestigious festivals and screenings.
IFC member Stephen Pruitt’s “Works In Progress,” a relationship drama, has played several film fests around the country, including this spring’s Kansas City FilmFest, where it sold out two screenings. Robert Butler of the Kansas City Star called the independent film “a marvel” and wrote “it may be one of the best-looking $100,000 first films ever.” The film plays at 7:00 PM, followed by a Q&A with Pruitt and other filmmakers in attendance.
IFC long-time member Ty Jones has made numerous shorts through the organization, and now brings his horror thriller “Last Breath” for the first screening in the area since a sold-out event at Kansas City FilmFest. Last Breath has won or placed in the first three national festivals it has played, with an audience award for Best Feature at the Omaha Film Festival, an Honorable Mention at the Dances With Films Festival in Los Angeles, and most recently won the jury prize for Best Feature at the Estes Park Film Festival in Colorado.
As well as the periodic showcases at Screenland Crown Center, CinemaKC will encourage alliances between area filmmakers at its website, cinemakc.org. The organization will be heavily reliant on social networking to connect the various film and related associations by hosting space on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and LinkedIn. Future showcase screenings will include other strategic partners of CinemaKC (see box for a current list). The list is expected to grow as more organizations get involved. CinemaKC is an initiative of the Film Society of Greater Kansas City, connecting with movie lovers since 1991.
For more information contact John Shipp at 816-718-4337 or email john@filmrow.com.
