TAMPA FILM ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRESS RELEASES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: MOTION
Film Festival
Contact Person: Bobby Triplett
Phone: 813-620-3770
Email Address: bobbytriplett@gmail.com
Web Address: www.motion813.com
Tampa, Florida – 2010:
MOTION Film Festival is NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS via www.withoutabox.com,
festival ID 7367.
MOTION Film Festival is to be held in Tampa, FL on November 5th and 6th
and will spotlight short films from artists across the country. Special
prizes will be available to local artists. Submissions must be less than
25 minutes and fall into 1 of 3 categories: dramatic short, animated short,
or documentary short. Submission deadline is August 15th, with a late
deadline of September 15th. Applicants will be notified by October 5th
if their film is selected for screening. See http://www.withoutabox.com
for submission guidelines and details (ID 7367).
DATES:
August 15th - Regular Deadline - cost is $15 per submission, $10 for students
September 15th - Late Deadline - cost is $20, $15 for students
October 5th - Applicants notified of acceptance
November 5th and 6th - MOTION FILM FESTIVAL
MOTION Mission Statement:
MOTION is a movement of investment into a community of inspiration.
The history of the MOTION
Film Festival began with the idea of CANVAS, an Art Premier. Over its
last five installments CANVAS has been recognized as “one of the
biggest and best known independent Art series in Central Florida (Scott
Harrell, REAX).
With the success of CANVAS and its open-armed welcome into the art community
of Tampa, we began our plans of investment into the medium of film making
by launching MOTION. Our idea was born out of a desire to provide a springboard
for both the artist and the craft. It is our hope that the art community
of the greater Tampa area will continue to prosper from these efforts.
Together we set in MOTION our dreams, inspirations and creativity so that
you might set in MOTION yours.
SUMMER FILM FAIR 2010
POSTED 03/13/10
IT’S TIME
TO MOVE!
ART BY CHANCE is the brand new “Ultra Short Film Festival”
that will be aired in May 2010 all around the world. Films will meet with
us unexpected, non-theatrical venues around the world on digital advertising
screens located inside metros, busses, railways, public transport.
ART BY CHANCE present urban dwellers with stimulating content thus colouring
the time slices that are usually considered dead.
UNIQUE SHORT FILM FORM AS WELL
AS THE SCREENING
ART BY CHANCE opens to movies of all kinds; fiction, animation, documentary
and video art with the exception of training and advertising films. Enthusiastic
and creative international film makers will be preparing 30 seconds long,
films*, on “Time”. Participants also submit online from www.artbychance.org
IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT BY A SHORT FILM
Last year festival aired May-June-July 2009 in 13 countries and in over
70 cities around the world for the first time and was viewed by more than
1 billion people worldwide.
ALL THE WORLD’S WAITING
TO SEE YOUR SHORT FILM!
ART BY CHANCE is currently partnering with many digital advertising network
operators throughout the world. With these partnerships ART BY CHANCE
realize a revolutionary event allowing art to meet millions of people
around the world. The best festival entries will be selected by an international
jury and will be screened. ART BY CHANCE films took place on 7907 screens
in 20 different networks.
LARGEST AUDIENCE EVER REACHED
BY A PUBLIC ART EVENT
ART BY CHANCE is going to allow film makers to share their work with a
large audience. Viewers around the world will have the opportunity to
watch the best festival movies free of charge and within the course of
their daily routine. This is the largest audience ever reached by a short
film festival. Reaching so many people can only be possible by taking
the screenings outside the theatres where the urban people can see it
without an effort.
www.artbychance.org
PRESS RELEASES 12/04/09
Calling All Muggles:
BAY- AREA BLOCKBUSTER DVD RELEASE PARTY FOR “HARRY POTTER AND THE
HBP”
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 10:42 PM
From:
"Robin Fischer"
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To:
"tampafilmblog" <tampafilmblog@yahoo.com>
Greetings,
I would like to alert you to
the Harry Potter and The Half-Blood
Prince Blockbuster celebration that I have listed below. Please do not
hesitate if you have any questions. Thank you for your time.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUSAN HAMBURG
407-696-7825
SHamburgpr@aol.com
CALLING ALL MUGGLES:
BAY- AREA BLOCKBUSTER TO HOST MIDNIGHT DVD RELEASE PARTY FOR
“HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE”
Monday, Dec. 7th Event to Feature
Prizes, Magician and Games
WHAT: The magic of Harry Potter will descend on the BLOCKBUSTER
location at 2133 Collier Pkwy. in Land O’ Lakes on Monday, Dec.
7 as
the store hosts a midnight DVD release party for “Harry Potter and
the
Half-Blood Prince.” In addition to being the next chapter in the
highly popular series of films based on J.K. Rowling’s “Harry
Potter”
novels, the movie is the highest grossing film of 2009 and is among
the top 10 highest grossing films of all time.
Activities at the event include:
The opportunity for loyal Harry
Potter fans to be among the first to
rent or purchase the movie on DVD or Blu-ray, while supplies last.
Those who can’t stay until the midnight release are invited to reserve
a copy for purchase with $5 down.
The chance to win Harry Potter prizes
Special appearance by radio station WFLZ 93.3 FM and WXTB 98-Rock,
magician, games and contests.
Register to win a Samsung Blu-ray player and Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince Blu-ray DVD and lots of other prizes.
WHEN: Monday, Dec. 7
8 pm: Event begins
Midnight: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” DVD and
Blu-ray
available for rent or purchase while supplies last. (Those who can’t
stay until midnight can reserve a copy for purchase with $5 down.)
WHERE: BLOCKBUSTER, 2133 Collier Pkwy., Land O’ Lakes, FL
HOW: Admission is free and open to the public.
OFFERING: “Harry Potter
and the Half-Blood Prince” will be available
for purchase or rent while supplies last at participating BLOCKBUSTER
stores and online at www.blockbuster.com on the movie’s nationwide
release date of Tuesday, Dec. 8. Fans can reserve their copy in
advance by putting $5 down at any participating store.
In addition to the single-disc
DVD, BLOCKBUSTER will be offering
several special editions: a two-disc DVD version and a
Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy Combo Pack. Also available at BLOCKBUSTER
stores starting on Dec. 8 will be a Harry Potter Years 1-6 Giftset,
featuring all six of the Harry Potter movies, on DVD or Blu-ray.
--
Robin Fischer - Senior Event Coordinator
www.prchicago.com // 309.299.1781
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FREE Event: This Saturday: GIFF Children's Festival at CineBistro Hyde
Park
Thursday, December 3, 2009 6:47 PM
From:
"Bobby Triplett"
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To:
"MOTION MAILING LIST"
Gasparilla Int'l Film Festival Press Release
Don't miss GIFF's fourth annual
Children's Festival on December 5, 2009 at the brand new CineBistro Hyde
Park theaters!
Featuring the Tampa Bay Real Ghostbusters, who will zap a few ghosts and
entertain the children before the screening of the Ghostbusters movie.
The festival will also screen The Muppet Movie and 2006 Best Animated
Film - Happy Feet - for the younger kids earlier in the morning and will
have filmmaker demonstrations and games for kids of all ages!
When: Saturday, December 5, 2009, 10 am to 3 pm
Where: CineBistro Hyde Park, 1609 West Swann Avenue, Tampa
What: The Real Ghostbusters
make their dramatic appearance at 12:15, followed by the film at 1 pm.
The Muppet Movie and Happy Feet will start at 10 am. There will also be
filmmaker "hands on" demonstrations throughout the day, a presentation
by a children's film and television casting director, and face painting
by a movie special effects director.
Admission: Free! (donations welcome) TICKETS ARE LIMITED! So pick up your
free tickets now at CineBistro Hyde Park.
ABOUT THE GASPARILLA INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL
The Gasparilla International Film Festival, one of Florida 's largest
independent film festivals, is operated by the Tampa Film Institute, a
full-time 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to advancing film education
and community involvement in film in the Tampa Bay area. The 2009 Festival,
completed this past March, more than tripled attendance year-over-year,
and attracted over 10,000 moviegoers during its 9 days. To become a member,
please visit GasparillaFilmFestival.com. We rely heavily upon the support
of our sponsors and members and we cannot thank each of them enough! Please
check out the full list of sponsors on our website and support them like
they support us!
AND DON'T WAIT TO CHECK OUT CINEBISTRO HYDE PARK, WHICH ALONG WITH TAMPA
THEATRE WILL BE HOSTING GIFF 2010!
PRESS RELEASES 11/16/09
FROM THE TAMPA FILM NETWORK
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Rodrick Colbert
Tel: 813-789-2663
E-mail: Rcolbert@mail.usf.edu
3 Award-winning student filmmakers to present films at USF film festival
Tampa, FL – The University Film & Video Association@USF, the USF student film club will showcase films by 3 award-winning student filmmakers at its student film festival on Nov. 21.
The event takes place at 6 p.m. on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at the USF Marshall Student Center Oval Theatre. The event is free to USF students but a $10 donation is requested of non-students. This will go to the film to go attend the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010.
USF student, Ryan Justice will premiere his latest film’s “One Night Stand”. Justice received the award for “Best Actor” in the southern region for the national student film festival, Campus Movie Fest.
Jean-Rene Rinvil, who was an undergraduate at USF and received his MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago will present his film, “Enslaved Shadows”.
USF Student, Sara Wilson, who has received national attention for her awarding-winning “Rhapsody”, the national winner of the campus Movie Fest will show this work and some recent work.
There will also be other film presentations, live entertainment and free food.
To learn more about the event, Rodrick can be reached at: 813-789-2663.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Russell Hess
Tel: 323-515-4881
E-mail: russ.hess@yahoo.com
East Meets West to Create Psychological
Thriller
With Corbin Bernsen
Tampa, FL - (Friday, November 13, 2009) – Florida Filmmaker, Russell
Hess heads to Arizona to collaborate with Tempe filmmaker Lanny Rethaber
to produce their next film with actor, Corbin Bernsen.
Rethaber and Hess have pulled-out quite a few stops to make their latest creation, tentatively titled “Closets,” a psychological thriller set in the sunny, East Valley of Phoenix. Both Rethaber and Hess are also actors and have pursued film production in order to make great independent films as well as continue their careers as performers.
“Closets” revolves around a middle-aged father/paranormal investigator, “Jonas” (played by Rethaber) who is tracking an unexplained entity that took his wife and son. Seven years later, the same entity returns for more carnage and “Jonas” is back in the paranormal investigation business. “Jonas’” path leads him to a distraught family who has suffered a similar experience when their own child turns-up missing. Corbin Bernsen will play “Grant,” the father of the boy “Jonas” tries to help recover.
“This is our most ambitious film yet. We’ve got aerial shots of various parts of the valley, mind-numbing special effects and film and television star, Corbin Bernsen” says Rethaber. “We’re so grateful to have him. He’s a phenomenal performer and he will be fantastic in the role of “Grant.”
Corbin Bernsen has starred in over 70 films and has been nominated twice for both Emmy’s and Golden Globe Awards for his role as “Arnie Becker” on the hit TV drama, “L.A. Law.” Some memorable films include: Major League I, II, & Back to the Minors,” “Disorganized Crime,” “Shattered” and “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.” He can also be seen on the USA series “Psych” and the long-running daytime drama, “The Young and the Restless” as “Father Todd Williams.”
Hess, also an actor, has produced a handful of “indies” and
teamed-up with Rethaber after he procured a distribution deal for Rethaber’s
first feature film, “The 11th Aggression” which is due to
be released on satellite and cable in early 2010 by several providers.
“Lanny’s got a knack for making high quality ‘studio
alternative’ movies and I’ve wanted to work with him for quite
some time,” says Hess. “’Closets’ is going to
fantastic! Be prepared for a good old-fashioned, creepy movie. The only
thing missing was a movie star and we got a great one! I’ve been
a fan of Mr. Bernsen for a long time and I consider myself lucky and blessed
to get to work with him.”
”Closets” will be shot almost entirely in the Eastern part
of Phoenix and Bernsen’s portions of the film will be done in Tempe.
Such spectacular stunts and effects and stunts are not generally achieved
in independent productions and landing a star is even more unusual. This
film will be a fine example of creative filmmaking at its best no matter
what part of the country you’re from.
To learn more about the film, Russell Hess can be reached at: 323-515-4881.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EXPERIMENT 7 gets UK theatrical release
Pop Gun Pictures with Grown Production in Association with South Paw Productions are please to announce the signing of UK and Ireland distribution with Yellow Fever Distribution out of Ireland, for the release of “EXPERIMENT 7”, release date to be set for March 2010 in both countries. ...with a limited cinema release in some parts of the UK and Ireland. Check out http://yfpondvd.webs.com/ for release dates and listed theaters.
This is the first in a long line of distribution deals being negotiated for “EXPERIMENT 7” and it's world wide distribution campaign.
EXPERIMENT 7 is a fast paced action horror film set in the post apocalyptic world.
SYNOPSIS
Dr. Felix Copper (Rod Grant) is a man of science in a world that has been destroyed by nuclear war. After losing his colleague, Dr. Armstrong (Jack Amos), Felix must get himself and his wife Maria (Cheryl Kalada) to the underground lab safely, and find a way to purify water before it’s too late. If he can reach the lab and upload the date sending to Melanie Philips (Alan Rowe Kelly) and Holy Croft (Raine Brown) scientists in another lab in New York, together they may find a solution.
Along the way he meets Sam (Joe Davison) and William (Dwight Cenac), two very heroic adventures who just happen to want to help him reach his goal and stay alive. All is fine until they meet Alyson Conrad or as she’s known to many ACO (Candice Rojas), the super model turned weapons expert. She too has been surviving in the wasteland and is ready to find some decent shelter.
They make their way across the deserted landscapes to finally reach their destination. Now, it’s up to Felix to keep working his research while Sam, William, and Aco find food and weapons to keep them all alive.
After losing his wife Felix starts to garner feelings for the beautiful Aco causing a much unneeded drama. Felix is having trouble excepting the fact that he just might be going insane and that Aco isn’t into him. Taking off in heated frustration it is up to the gang to get him before he becomes mutant lunch.
Aco, does what she does best and builds a huge secret weapon, but it isn’t she finds a hidden cache of weapons that they fully feel that they can take out the mutants in big way. Loaded up with gear they make their way back into the hazardous wasteland to retrieve Felix.
The onslaught of mutants is almost over whelming until Aco unveils her
secret weapon, sending a rocket into flight blowing most of them sky high.
Managing to get Felix back to the lab they are once again forced to fight
an onslaught of mutants, but at this point it’s too late for any
of them. Felix has just enough time to send the data to New York and possibly
save the world.
The casts includes Rod Grant, Candice Rojas and horror sensations Alan
Rowe Kelly, Raine Brown, and Joe Davison; who also wrote and directed
the film.
The majority of the film was shot in and around the Tampa Bay area with several segments shot in New Jersey, where Alan Rowe Kelly picked up the directors hat and was a guest director. The film was produced by Davison, along with Dwight Cenac, who also stars in the film, Alan Rowe Kelly, and Jon Sims. With Chris Rish at the helm of the lens as Director of Photography.
For more information please visit www.experiment7themovie.com or www.popgunpictures.com
or Contact:
Karaly Mounce (Production Manager)
Badfairyproductions@gmail.com
Office: 1-727-239-7049
From: Bobby Triplett
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:16:47 -0400
Conversation: CANVAS 5 Friday October 16th
Subject: CANVAS 5 Friday October 16th
Hey guys, Just a reminder that CANVAS 5 is Friday October 16th at 8pm here at the warehouse in Tampa. (2702 causeway center dr.) We are so excited about this years roster of artists, and of course the great bands and killer coffee!
Even in these tough economic
times, we still want the light of inspiration to shine brightly for our
city and its artist... So come out, help us spread the word, and help
us celebrate Tampa’s community of Artists!
Bobby Triplett Director | CANVAS
http://www.canvas813.com 727.204.9580 cell
POSTED 10/07/09
UPDATED 09/02/10
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