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Red Rock Film Festival Announces Market Screenings Selections

noreply@blogger.com (Red Rock Film Festival) — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:44:00 +0000

The 5th Annual Red Rock Film Festival announced today the films that are part of the festival's market screenings plus a few more surprises. This year's festival will include several Market Screenings, adding 65 films to the 55 films that are official selections in the festival's competition. The festival also announced another five short films as part of their "Easter Eggs" dispersed throughout the festival which runs November 10-14 in Southern Utah.

Festival director Matt Marxteyn said "The Easter Eggs are similar to those on a DVD — they are surprise little short films that will screen unannounced before various film programs. The Market Screenings are either films that didn't enter the competition, films that already made it through the festival circuit, or films our programmers felt were worth watching for the industry, filmmakers and other patrons of the arts that visit the festival."

Of the 65 films selected for the Red Rock Film Market Screenings, films from 13 countries were granted screenings that were produced in 21 countries with the USA and Canada leading the pack. Films from Utah that were accepted into Red Rock's curated market screenings include Michael Shumway's "The Edison Effect", Jonathan Martin's "An Evening With My Comatose Mother", Michael Zaccaria's "The Pail", and Clayton Olsen's "Polly" — all dramatic shorts, the most popular type of submission at the festival this year.

The 5th Annual Red Rock Film Festival opens this year in Springdale on November 10, with the remainder of the films scheduled in St. George November 11 and 12, and ending in Ivins on November 13 and 14. The Festival has already begun selling tickets online at http://redrockfilmfestival.eventbrite.com. Patrons interested in seeing the Market Screenings will need to register on the festival's website. The list of official selections and Market Screenings can be found at www.redrockfilmfestival.com.

2011 Red Rock Film Festival Market Screenings

Feature Films
"7 Years Underground: A 60's Tale" directed by Jason M. Solomon
"21:21" directed by Gisli Snaer Erlingsson
"The After Party (The Last Party 3)" directed by Michael Schiller
"Atomic Mom" directed by M.T. Silvia
"Bush League" directed by Cy Kuckenbaker
"Fambul Tok" directed by Sara Terry
"Flood Streets" directed by Joseph Meissner
"The Forest Prince and the Pig Man" directed by Craig Constantine
"Heart of a Dragon" directed by Michael French
"Kopfkino" directed by Serdar Dogan
"M*U*S*H" directed by Alex Stein
"Month to Month" directed by Wesley Hopper
"One Revolution" directed by Amanda Stoddard
"Question One" directed by James Nubile, Joe Fox
"Strong Bodies Fight" directed by William Donaruma
"These Magnificent Miles: On The Long Road With Red Wanting Blue" directed by Ken Davenport
"The Triangle Of Death" directed by Folleh Tamba
"Trouble in Zion" directed by Kenny Ballentine

Featurette Films
"European Son" directed by Tyler Zelinsky
"An Evening With My Comatose Mother" directed by Jonathan Martin
"Jeremy" directed by Brian Faye
"The Key" directed by Jim Blumetti
"Mother Nature's Child: Growing Outdoors in the Media Age" directed by Camilla Rockwell
"Soup’s On" directed by Misty Talley

Short Films
"27" directed by Neil Forbes
"Among Giants" directed by Chris Cresci
"Apricots (Mish Mush)" directed by Amar Chebib
"Away From the Ranch" directed by Alethea Avramis
"Beneath" directed by Christopher Fernandez
"Cankered and Cursed" directed by Todd DeJong, Karina Gazizova
"Challenging Impossibility" directed by Natabara Mark Rollosson, Sanjay Rawal
"Chill Pill" directed by Michael Bernstein
"The Death of Toys" directed by Lisa Gold
"The Dinner Meeting" directed by Antony Webb
"Distilled Love" directed by Joe Kicak
"The Edison Effect" directed by Michael Shumway
"Felix and Malou (Félix et Malou)" directed by Sophie Dupuis
"The Forest" directed by Steven Summers
"The Game" directed by Jon Cohen
"The Haymaker" directed by Daniel D'Alimonte
"I Just Love to Paddle" directed by Marta Czajkowska
"King Eternal" directed by Ori Guendelman
"The Last Man Standing" directed by Parker Howell
"Last Time Around (La Dernière Rondelle)" directed by David Tomassini
"The Line (La Chaîne)" directed by Martin Saulnier
"The Line Of Departure" directed by Folleh Tamba
"Lost & Found" directed by Kiah S. Jones, Jonathan Formica, Alexander Gaeta, Rob McClelland, Malica Chehrzad, Lauren Hulsey
"Marilyn's Dress" directed by Tanya Savard
"Miscellaneous (Faits divers)" directed by Patrick Goyette
"The Oblique Sector" directed by Jason M. Reulet, Art Hennessey
"Only Sound Remains" directed by Arash Ashtiani
"The Pail" directed by Michael Zaccaria
"The Pauses - Hands Up" directed by John Deeb
"Picking Up America" directed by Michael Burke, Marie Wicht
"Polly" directed by Clayton Olsen
"The Real Deal" directed by Taylor Sella
"Ricochet" directed by Basel Owies
"A Salton Soul" directed by Greg Balkin
"Scarf" directed by Karina Gazizova
"Shudder House" directed by Joey Dello Russo
"The Singer" directed by Josh Hope
"Small Letters (Letras Pequeñas)" directed by Jaime Puerta
"Things To Do" directed by Dan Jameison, Ana Maria Belo
"Time and Love" directed by Bo Price
"Training Session" directed by Christian Lalumière

Easter Eggs Films
"Mealtime with Mia: Noodles" directed by Christopher Pavsek
"Mealtime with Mia: Omelet" directed by Christopher Pavsek
"Mealtime with Mia: Waffle" directed by Christopher Pavsek
"Mealtime with Mia: Wontons" directed by Christopher Pavsek
"Twisted Proverbs: Candle" directed by Heather Scobie

Red Rock Film Festival Announces Competition Official Selections

noreply@blogger.com (Red Rock Film Festival) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:14:00 +0000

The 5th Annual Red Rock Film Festival announced the official selections of its films in competition on September 12, 2011. This year's festival will have nine categories of competition, including Documentary and Fiction categories of Feature, Featurette, and Short plus Animated Short, Experimental Short, and Short-Short. The Special Screenings and Market Screenings will be announced on a later date. The 2011 Red Rock Film Festival runs November 10-14 in Springdale, Ivins and St. George, Utah.

The most popular categories included Documentary Feature and Fiction Short. Festival Director Matt Marxteyn said, "We received so many doc features and fiction shorts and several still coming in, we could have run a festival on those two categories alone. When the 19 on our preview committee watch film, they're not just looking for what they like – it's all about where to place a film. Each programmer spends weeks and some even months comparing and contrasting the films on how the film can be placed, asking is this good for a community event, good for television, good for the theaters or good for a gala premiere? It is this passion for detail that reserves only the best films in the festival with a keen eye open for placement of the other films."

Before his film was even selected, Franco Sacchi, director of "A Tiny Spark," was so impressed by Red Rock's democratic process, he wrote "I want to thank you for the outstanding organization and feedback you provide about your selection process. I am simply blown away. Your model is truly the future and you should become an example for all the other film festival out there."

Screenwriter and former Southern Utah resident Robert Herrick, wrote "Red Rock Film Festival made sure that our religious-themed film wasn't overlooked. Everyone involved at RRFF was wonderful, they kept us informed of where our film was in the selection process and gave it every chance to succeed."

Of the 55 films selected for the Red Rock competition alone, 11 countries are in the competition and they were produced in 33 countries with the USA and Spain leading the pack. Spanish speaking fans of the Red Rock Film Festival have been growing ever since the festival had the US premiere of "Sultans of the South," and today outnumber the english speaking fans. Nine of the officially selected films are first time filmmakers, and five genre-bending films are in multiple categories. Not on the list this year are Utah filmmakers, which typically do quite well. Marxteyn said "This was a surprise, since the Utah films have had a high acceptance rate, 33% last year. Each year is different – you never know what you are going to get. The good news is that there was not one film deemed unacceptable out of all the Utah films submitted this year."

The Red Rock Film Festival has received great support this year from its sponsors the St. George Convention and Tourism Office, Canon, Xerox, Optoma, The Hollywood Edge Sound FX, Cherry Creek Radio and several hotels such as Lexington Hotel and The Inn at Entrada, and several other partners. Support that helps take out the huge expenses associated with the annual festival. The festival is needing much more support. Marxteyn says, "I absolutely love how our sponsors have come in, especially our hotel partners that all pitch in and help. Even so, it's funny how people have this common misconception that film festivals make money. When you work the entire year on one event and show as many premieres and quality films as we do, our ticket sales pay for only a portion of our shipping costs – that's if the shows sell out."

The festival is continuing taking sponsors by sending requests to redinfo@redrockfilmfestival.com, and supporters of the arts can help the festival by becoming a RRFF member with several benefits at: http://redrockfilmfestival-memberships.eventbrite.com. The list of official selections can be found at http://www.redrockfilmfestival.com.

2011 Red Rock Film Festival Competition Official Selections

Documentary Feature Competition
"Addiction Incorporated" directed by Charles Jr. Evans
"California Forever" directed by David Vassar
"Cultures of Resistance" directed by Iara Lee
"A Fighting Chance" directed by Alex Shofner, Takashi Doscher
"Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians" directed by Bryan Storkel
"The Power Of Two" directed by Marc Smolowitz

Fiction Feature Competition
"October Baby" directed by Erwin Brothers
"Odd One Out (Nie Ten Człowiek)" directed by Pawel Wendorff
"Peach Plum Pear" directed by Alana Morshead
"Thaw (Tauwetter)" directed by Philipp Hönig

Documentary Featurette Competition
"Beatboxing – The Fifth Element of Hip Hop" directed by Klaus Schneyder
"Ciao Cirella" directed by Berthaud Christophe
"Common Ground" directed by Phil Buccellato
"The Prophet" directed by Alastair Lee
"Taking the Hill: A Warrior’s Journey Home" directed by Lawrence Reid
"With My Own Two Wheels" directed by Jacob Seigel-Boettner, Isaac Seigel-Boettner

Fiction Featurette Competition
"Forced Perspective" directed by Basel Owies
"Itawari" directed by Mark Charles Adams
"A Jazzman’s Jazzman: The Gerry Carruthers Story" directed by Ben Harris, Paul Maupoux

Animated Short Competition
"Barko" directed by Allison Craig
"Cockroach" directed by Luke Eve
"Of Frogs and Gods" directed by Brad Pattullo
"Pop" directed by Rachel Moore

Experimental Short Competition
"Cinema for the Blind (Cinéma des Aveugles)" directed by Daniel Canty
"Land of Blossom (Frutos de Tierra)" directed by Jaime Fidalgo
"A Palindrome Love Story (Se Verlas al Reves)" directed by Pablo Arreba
"The Pauses - Go North" directed by John Deeb
"Pop" directed by Rachel Moore
"Red Haired/Black (Rött Här/Svart)" directed by Luis Ángel Pérez, Alfonso Díaz
"Together: Dancing with Spinner Dolphins" directed by Chisa Hidaka
"Water (Ur)" directed by Galder Arriaga Magunazelaya

Documentary Short Competition
"Aglow" directed by Howard Libov
"Below New York" directed by Matt Finlin
"The Kings of Flint" directed by Geri Zeldes, Troy Hale
"Positive to Positive" directed by Matt Diamond, James M. Parker, Vivi Thomasi Paiva, Amber Hurley, Trisha Vo
"A Tiny Spark" directed by Franco Sacchi
"We Come From Jambiani" directed by MJ LAT, Bobby Moser
"You Have the Right to an Attorney" directed by Matthew Bockelman

Fiction Short Competition
"The Absence" directed by Alex DeMille
"Cinema for the Blind (Cinéma des Aveugles)" directed by Daniel Canty
"Cockroach" directed by Luke Eve
"Dead in the Room" directed by Adam Pertofsky
"Dolores" directed by Manuela Moreno
"The Field Of Vision" directed by Siri Rodnes
"Fresh Skweezed" directed by Ryan Parker, GB Shannon
"Impossible" directed by Vanya Rose
"Invasion from Planet Schrump (Invasion vom Planeten Schrump)" directed by Nadine Keil
"A Letter to Julia (Carta a Julia)" directed by David González Rúdiez
"Powder (Poudre)" directed by Ky Nam Le Duc

Short-Short Competition
"15 Summers Later" directed by Pedro Collantes
"A Palindrome Love Story (Se Verlas al Reves)" directed by Pablo Arreba
"Pop" directed by Rachel Moore
"Red Haired/Black (Rött Här/Svart)" directed by Luis Ángel Pérez, Alfonso Díaz
"Together: Dancing with Spinner Dolphins" directed by Chisa Hidaka
"Water (Ur)" directed by Galder Arriaga Magunazelaya

Young Filmmaker Competition
"Barnball: A Slice of Americana" directed by Max Fedore
"Blank Canvas" directed by Hannah Sullivan
"Break A Leg" directed by Mia Lalanne
"Everything That Dies" directed by Russell Carter
"How Could She?" directed by Kevin Rieg
"Marco" directed by Kevin Choi
"Me, Myself and Yolette" directed by Sushana Dubriel
"Poetic Justice Project 12" directed by Matthew J. Evans

Red Rock Film Festival 2011 – Animation

noreply@blogger.com (Red Rock Film Festival) — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:55:00 +0000

The Shorts Animation category of films have been selected for the 2011 Red Rock Film Festival!