Attention DC/MD/VA Area: Local Film Festival!

Jun 14, 2008

Opening Weekend, June 14-15

June 14 at Noon
FAVS Documentary Short Subjects
A selection of documentary shorts created by students in GMU's Film and Video Studies program, (FAVS) including senior projects from the 2008 graduating class.
Mason Film & Video Studies Program: http://www.gmu.edu/cvpa/favs/

June 14 at 4:30 pm
"Familiar Strangers"
A funny and heartfelt story of a family negotiating the changing relationships between parents and children, especially as those children grow into adults. Filmed in Virginia and produced by Charlottesville-based Cavalier Films.
Cavalier Films: http://cavalierfilms.com/

June 15 at 4:30 pm
"Winesburg, Ohio" and "Lost in Winesburg"
"Winesburg, Ohio" is an experimental narrative, freely adapted from the classic novel by Sherwood Anderson. "Lost in Winesburg" is a documentary that examines both the enduring legacy of Anderson's book and the attempt to adapt Winesburg, Ohio for the screen.
Filmmaker and FAVS professor Tommy Britt: http://www.gmu.edu/cvpa/favs/content/faculty.htm


quarterlife Weekend, June 20-22

June 20 at 7:30 pm
“quarterlife”
Distinguished Hollywood writer, director, and producer Marshall Herskovitz visits Mason for an interview on GMU-TV's Studio A and, at 7:30 pm, a special free screening of quarterlife, the ongoing web series about a group of twenty-something artists coming of age in the digital generation. The Friday screening is free; email tfa@gmu.edu for reservations.
quarterlife: http://www.quarterlife.com GMU-TV: http://www.gmutv.gmu.edu/


June 21 at Noon
Experimental Short Films
A selection of experimental short videos created by students in the Department of Art and Visual Technology (AVT) classes at George Mason University.
Mason Art & Video Technology Department: http://www.avt.gmu.edu/

June 21 at 4:30 pm
“quarterlife” encore
An encore screening of “quarterlife” (see June 20) followed by a broadcast of the “Studio A” interview with creator Marshall Hershkovitz.
quarterlife: http://www.quarterlife.com/ GMU-TV: http://www.gmutv.gmu.edu/

June 22 at 4:30 pm
“Best of Video Fairfax”
Finalists in the “Video Fairfax” competition from K-12 students in Fairfax County Public Schools.
Video Fairfax: http://www.artsfairfax.org/index.php?/programs/video/

Finale Weekend, June 28-29

June 28: Presenting Winners of the Virginia Film Competition
June 28 at Noon
“Freedom”
Winner of the Virginia Film Competition in the feature category, “Freedom” is a Civil War drama by Rick McVey of Bristol, VA. In a war to define political freedom, two men struggle with the truths of individual freedom and the courage that it takes to face what it really means to be free.
Virginia Film Office: http://www.film.virginia.org/ Freedom: http://www.freedomthefilm.com/

June 28 at 4:30 pm
“Lustig” and “The Person Most Real”
Winners of the Virginia Film Competition in the short and documentary categories, including “Lustig,” a Holocaust drama by John Francis Black II of Gainesville, VA and “The Person Most Real” by Olivia Dodson of Amherst, VA a personal and tragic reflection on the men in her life.
Virginia Film Office: http://www.film.virginia.org/
Lustig: http://www.lustigthemovie.com/

June 29 at 4:30 pm
“Dracula's Mother” and “Summer Scars”
“Dracula's Mother” by Reston's Paul Award, is a comic look at what happens when Dracula brings his fiance home to meet his overbearing mother. In “Summer Scars” by Julian Richards, six teenagers skip school to play in the woods, but some hot-rodding on a stolen moped changes the fate of their day.
Summer Scars: http://www.jingafilms.com/film_details.asp?film_id=7
Filmmaker Julian Richards: http://www.prolificfilms.freeserve.co.uk/JulianRichards.htm
“Dracular’s Mother”: http://www.dieselfilms.net/projects.html

June 29 at 7 pm
“Badass: The Documentary” and “Join Us”
In “Badass,” filmmaker John Kelly discovers that the path to becoming badass is often paved with good intentions. This charmingly frank introspective documentary follows Kelly's search for identity as he's transformed from detached suburban adolescent to aspiring hot rod junkie.
“Join Us” explores the experience of members of just one of the thousands of cults in America. Filmmakers Ondi Timoner, Vasco Lucas Nunes, and Tim Rush infiltrate the cult and its leaders to create an emotional and human portrait, exploring why America is the number one breeding ground for cults in the world, and how mind control can happen to just about anyone.
Join Us: www.joinusthemovie.com