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 The Menu
for Success in Table at Luigi's
by Alex A. Kecskes
A romantic comedy produced by the Feature Filmmaking class at the University of
Central Arkansas, Table at Luigi's is a modern-day fairy tale about a
chef who creates a small, safe world for customers inside his restaurant. A
recent Indie Fest Best of Show winner, the superbly crafted film does an
admirable job on a limited student budget and painfully short time frame. Like
The Big Night, Luigi's is deliciously entertaining to watch. The fine
cast, expert direction and accomplished crew add just the right seasoning of
humor, drama and romance.
Written and Directed by Joe Dull, a faculty member at the University of Central
Arkansas' Digital Filmmaking program, Luigi's unites the talents of...
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 Dramatic
documentary,
Vancouver Vagabond,
is first in a planned trilogy
By Wendy Helfenbaum
What can you do with hundreds of hours of old video, piles of vintage
photographs and endless resourcefulness to succeed as an independent artist and
animator? As it turns out, plenty.
Vancouver, British Columbia-based Heath Tait managed to combine his own deeply
personal journey on the road to independent filmmaking against a backdrop of
unfolding...
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 Welcome
to the madhouse: The Magnet
By Tim Hayes
"I am a magnet for crazy people," says Angeliki Coconi, and she's serious: "It's
true. Actually truer than I can handle." Well, maybe she’s not entirely serious.
Like The Magnet, the 30-minute documentary-style comedy investigating her
mysterious appeal to life's less well-balanced elements, Angeliki's
self-examination arrives wrapped in plenty of self-deprecation. "When I was a
little girl my dad told me I have 'the magnet': that I attract all kinds of
psychos," she says. "As long as I can remember I've always heard 'this could
only happen to you' from all my friends, about incidents I witnessed or things
that happened. When the craziness started getting too much for me to handle, I
decided to turn it around and make a funny documentary about it, to make fun of
the madness around me. This madness brought on...
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 Interview
with Chris Kazmier,
Director/Producer of Ashley's Ashes
by Alex A. Kecskes
Few films capture the soul of one's internal struggle with life. And fewer still
reveal the subtle complexities of human contact, specifically how people reach
out and connect with those they love, when they are with us and, more
importantly, after they have gone.
Ashley's Ashes is an open-hearted, bittersweet film that frankly
confronts human isolation and the courage it takes to overcome it. Produced and
directed by the creative team of Christopher Hutson and Chris Kazmier,
Ashley's Ashes recently won Indie Fest’s Best of Show award for best feature
film. It's not hard to see why.
The leading actor, Googy Gress as Bob, makes his way through a...
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 Skylight
By Laurie Smith
The scratchy, flickering film noisily displays the frozen tundra of the
Antarctic as the dry drone of a sleep-inducing narrator describes the behavior
of the penguin and the harsh habitat in which they live. The audience has no
idea what they are about to see, when one of the googly-eyed birds breaks away
from the colony, innocently waddling toward an odd beam of sunlight breaking
through the gloomy Antarctic sky. A loud boom jolts viewers into an upright
position as the penguin explodes into a roast turkey. What?
Animation short film Skylight recently won Indie Fest awards and screened at...
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