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Performing live, Friday Jan. 13 at our Friday Night Afterparty at the Oriental Theater, we present Wire Faces! No doubt they are one of the hottest bands in Denver right now, and we are very excited to have them as a part of Festivus.
We are so excited to announce we’re going to have our biggest crop of attending filmmakers ever! They are traveling from all over the globe, including Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Australia, and England. Attending filmmakers participate in Q&A’s after their screenings. “What was your budget?” “Where did you get your inspiration?” “Where did you find your cast?”…anything you are dying to know, but never have the chance to find out when you go to see a film. You’ll also find them relaxing in our Filmmaker Lounge (get your VIP Festival pass for access) and mingling at our nightly afterparties. Just look for the “FILMMAKER” tag on their passes!
This year we have 13 WORLD PREMIERES! Several of which are Narrative Features (“Lilith” screening Sat. Jan. 14 @ 4:00pm, and “Blockhouse Blues and the Elmore Beast” screening Sun. Jan. 15 @ 5:00pm). Not only that, but the vast majority of the rest of the program are Colorado Premieres. Be the first to see the best new films on the indie circuit!
The VIP Festival Pass is the BEST way to experience Festivus Film Festival! It includes entrance to all screenings and afterparties, as well as access to our Filmmaker Lounge, where you can mingle with the filmmakers, relax between blocks, and have a few drinks on us. In
addition, passholders are granted access to exclusive content including extended film trailers, .mp3s from our performing bands, merchandise coupons, and much more. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE YOURS TODAY. Discounted passes available at Englewood Camera from Dec. 26-30. Pass price slightly higher at door.
Purchase the Festivus Festival Pass and reap the benefits. Not only do you get in to every screening and party, but you can also take advantage of the VIP Lounge between film blocks. Complimentary drinks are provided and you can enjoy the company of other indie film fans and mingle with the filmmakers themselves.
Celebrate with the filmmakers that take home the coveted FFF Skully at the Awards Party Blowout, presented by Buffalo Trace Bourbon. We have afterparties every night, but Saturday January 14, 10:00pm @ Blake St. Tavern is the big one. Get your pictures taken with the winners and party it up with indie film fans from around the world. Enjoy some signature Buffalo Trace drinks. $5 cover includes 1 drink, with passholders getting even more! Don’t miss this party. Who will take home the Skullys in 2012?
We’ve made a minor adjustment in the schedule and the WORLD PREMIERE 
of Lilith will now start 15 minutes earlier, beginning at 3:45 (Saturday, Jan 14 @ The Oriental). We’ve made this minor change to give actress Julia Voth a bit more time for Q&A. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Don’t forget to purchase your tickets early to guarantee yourself a seat! Get tix by clicking HERE.
We’re really excited to announce that our schedule has been posted!
To access it, simply click the Schedule/Tix tab.
You can print or email yourself the schedule, or use the Festival Genius.
What is the Festival Genius? It’s like a GPS for the festival. It helps you navigate through the films and pick which ones you want to see. You can add movies to your calendar and keep it as a handy reference guide. About the only thing it won’t do for you is give you directions in an English accent.
Keep checking back for updated info on all our selections.
We are very excited about this and hope you are too!!!
This past Sunday, Denver was host to filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt and the local premiere of his new short, It’s Such a Beautiful Day, which completes his Bill trilogy.
You may have seen the first two installments, Everything Will Be OK and I Am So Proud Of You.
They follow a man named Bill, whose health rapidly deteriorates and life around him begins to make less and less sense. I won’t spoil how the trilogy ends, but I think it turns Bill into one of the most iconic animated characters ever created.
The mix of humor and philosophy is great. The animation looks deceptively simple. While there aren’t a lot of moving parts, Hertzfeldt said that makes each movement even more critical. Placement of the eye just one millimeter over and an expression changes completely. As audiences we’re not conscious of those decisions, but it’s revealing to hear about them. It makes you appreciate the delicacy and elegance behind these animations, which have influenced filmmakers ever since Rejected (2000)
Is Don Hertzfeldt the Walt Disney of our generation with such evocative, 2-D drawings? I think his Bill trilogy makes a compelling case for it.
He is currently touring around the country with the trilogy. Don’t miss it if you have a chance!
What goes well with movies? Sausages!
During Festivus we encourage you to come hungry! The Über Sausage truck will be around to satisfy your hunger for delicious keilbasas, chicago style hotdogs, brats and more.
We’ll make sure to have cold beer, too.
Sausages. Beer. Movies.
Check!
The notifications went out and we have our 2012 selections! Below is a title list. We’ll have a complete interactive schedule including trailers, synopses, and more going live on Dec. 6.
Neon Lights
Take A Seat Egypt
The Particles – Taken Away
House
I Can’t Find You
CIgarettes & Death
‘Medic’
Lilith
Searching for Sonny
Dream Come True
I Wasn’t Surprised
Balls
Halbschlaf
Deadbox
The Science of Death
Blockhouse Blues and the Elmore Beast
WIGGAH
Good News, Oklahoma!
16-Bit Sunrise
PUSH – The short film
AGENT MX-Z3RO
Night Wore On
Spoiler
TimeZero: The Last Year of Polaroid Film
Children of the Air
Serene Valley
GoldenBox
999.999.999
100 Monkeys – Modern Times
The Back Tenant
Source
The Forgotten Fruit
Chapel Song
The Great Hamburger Challenge
Breach
Pepper
Love Hitch
Showdown
A Finger, Two Dots Then Me
Heaven Strewn
blunderkind
The Summer Home
Self-Sabotage
Ghost Of Old Highways
Remake
The Record
Bunker’d
Flood Streets
Facets
White Knight
Hollywood and Hammer
Kama Sutra King
Dias De Los Muertos
The Barking Horse
Just a reminder to all you filmmakers out there, our notification date is November 28. You can expect an email from us before end of day. Thanks for your submissions! We’ve been having a blast watching your work, and are extremely excited to announce our selections. Stay tuned!
No doubt DSLR has really made an impact on the indie filmmaking community. Add in a hand-made 3-axis motion control rig, and you’re really onto something. That’s what Mr. Louvigny did in this absolutely incredible series of timelapses. Oh and then he made the music too. What did YOU do today?!
Hdr skies from Tanguy Louvigny on Vimeo.
Check out this interesting commentary from Gregory Bayne over at Filmmaker Magazine. It’s a bit of an introspective about trying to see your own work objectively. As artists, this is something we can all benefit from!
