Monday, December 17, 2012

Happy Holidays from the (818)!

Even in winter, the (818) is still a warm place to be.  To all of our friends and families around the Valley and the world, we send some of that warmth, and best wishes for a great holiday season.

Looking ahead, in early January we’ll begin accepting submissions for VFF13.  Stay tuned.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

The Valley Film Festival Concludes Its Twelfth Season, Announces Award Winners


North Hollywood, CA (November 13, 2012) – The Valley Film Festival has completed its twelfth annual season of independent film from around the Valley and the world.  On closing night, the festival presented juried and audience awards.
 
The festival screened over 30 films, including shorts and features, documentaries and fiction.  Nearly half had some direct connection to the San Fernando Valley, such as being a location for filming.  Fifteen films were premieres and eight came from foreign countries.  On closing night, the festival presented the following awards:

JURIED “10 DEGREES HOTTER” AWARDS:
Feature – Tie:  VINYL (Sara Sugarman) and THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X (Paul Bunnell)
Short – LUMINARIS (Juan Pablo Zaramella)

AUDIENCE AWARDS:
“Alumni Showcase” – SITTING BABIES (Cameron Fay)
Comedy Short – INCEST! THE MUSICAL (Grant Reed)
“Girls on Film” – YOU GOT THIS (Simo Manfredi)
“Happy Endings” – HI, LILLIAN (Douglas Wood)

Looking ahead, The Valley Film Festival will begin accepting submissions for VFF13 in January.

About The Valley Film Festival:
Founded in 2000, The Valley Film Festival, a project of Community Partners®, is the first and longest continually running film festival in the San Fernando Valley.  With a mission to join established filmmakers and emerging talent with adventurous audiences in Los Angeles, the VFF has screened a total of nearly 500 shorts, features, documentaries, animated films, and music videos from all over the world.  While emphasizing independent film, the festival also has occasionally shown studio productions, including BOOGIE NIGHTS, CHINATOWN, ENCINO MAN, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, MAGNOLIA, TERMINATOR 2, VALLEY GIRL, and WORLD TRADE CENTER. 

About Our Sponsors and Supporters:
The Valley Film Festival thanks its generous sponsors and supporters including The Art Directors Guild, Big Sugar Bakeshop, Bow & Truss, Cine Gear Expo, Citizen L.A., Creative Handbook, Decor Art Galleries, Footage Firm, The Hollywood Guild, iBlakeStudio.com, Kirin, Pretzel Crisps, ProductionHUB, Valley Relics, and Video Blocks.  And we thank Gregory Laemmle, the managers, and the staff of the Laemmle NoHo 7 who made us feel welcome.  And all our volunteers, alumni judges, and filmmakers who helped make VFF12 a success.

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Friday, November 9, 2012

Screening at VFF12: Closing Night Feature: “A Few Best Men”

Our closing night feature, A Few Best Men, has played internationally and is now coming to the Valley.  It’s hard to top what one reviewer wrote about it:

“A sheep in drag, a runaway floral arrangement and Olivia Newton John as you’ve never seen her before are some of the memorable moments of this riotous comedy in which the humour varies from the outrageous to the ridiculous.  Scripted by Death at a Funeral’s Dean Craig, A Few Best Men cleverly combines its culture clash and buddy themes with a wild tale embracing family secrets, a drug deal gone wrong and a romantic wedding filled with hilarious mishaps.”

“Directed by Stephan Elliott (“The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”) with his indefatigable joie de vivre and wicked sense of humour, the film is a sure fix if you need a laugh. It’s a perfect marriage of British and Australian humour that fuses into its own form. The refined, the raucous and the rip-roaringly rude collide in 97 minutes of sparkling mayhem.”

Co-produced by VFF alum Laurence Malkin, the cast includes Xavier Samuel, Laura Brent, Kris Marshall, Rebel Wilson, and, yes, Olivia Newton-John.

Come for the fun and stay for the awards.  After the 5:00 screening, we’ll relocate to nearby Gallery 800 for our closing night awards announcement and party.  See you there!

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The Valley Film Festival returns to NoHo for its twelfth annual celebration of independent film and local production, Wednesday, November 7 – Sunday, November 11, 2012.

For more on The Valley Film Festival, visit our website or Facebook page.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Screening at VFF12: “Alumni Showcase" Shorts Program

Have some laughs, and a little horror, with us Sunday afternoon as we welcome back some of our previous filmmakers to screen their latest shorts. 

Jeffrey Williams returns with A Day in the Life of Your Cats, a terrific comedy about what cats do all day at home.  What they think of their lives, their owners, each other, and the dog.  And what they do when you’re not looking.  A fun romp with witty dialogue, scene ideas, and acting by Zach Palmer and Ryan Tutton as the hipster housecats.

Check out our sneak-peek clip, with writer and co-producer Dan Greenberger introducing the film.

Cameron Fay wrote and directed his latest short, Sitting Babies, which also sets up an awkward situation and mines it for laughs.  In this case, it’s a beleaguered babysitter’s evening from hell, taking care of a defiant and manipulative young teen boy played by Justin Bright.  Jack Quaid plays the hapless sitter who had no idea what he was in for, and struggles with each new challenge from young Joey.  And then mom comes home….

These are just some of the comedies on tap.  To mix it up a little, we have the horror film Happy Anniversary, about struggling newlyweds who come clean with each other by deciding to kill those they’ve had affairs with.  Thanks to Edward Payson for his latest contribution to the festival. 

Checkout these and the rest of our alumni shorts program on Sunday, November 11, at 3:00.

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The Valley Film Festival returns to NoHo for its twelfth annual celebration of independent film and local production, Wednesday, November 7 – Sunday, November 11, 2012.

For more on The Valley Film Festival, visit our website or Facebook page.

Screening at VFF12: “Luminaris” and “The Ghastly Love of Johnny X”


Saturday night we’re screening two films with playfully creative takes on film and reality itself.   
 
Luminaris is a short comedy about a worker in a light bulb factory who tries to get ahead by cheating, and what goes wrong—and right—when he’s caught.  This gem of a film is beautifully crafted with pixilated animation and a snappy story—told only with visuals and a score, no dialogue—by Argentinian director Juan Pablo Zaramella.  Cinephiles will recognize elements of silent film comedy, day-in-the-life documentaries like The Man with a Movie Camera, and other great works.  And not just films.  As noted on the website ShortOfTheWeek:

“The setting of the film is a classic Buenos Aires, revisited from a fantastic point of view. The film uses a collage of styles, combining art deco, tango, surrealism, and neorealism. This mix of influences is directly linked with the history of Buenos Aires:  the city and its population themselves are a mix of different cultures.”

In addition to numerous other honors, Luminaris was named to the 2011 Academy Award shortlist for Best Animated Short Film.


Our accompanying feature fits our independent sensibility to a T, or an X.  The Ghastly Love of Johnny X is a campy mash-up of 1950s juvenile delinquent films, sci-fi thrillers, musicals, and comedies.  Banished to Earth for intergalactic juvenile delinquency, Johnny X and his gang set off in search of a piece of alien technology that could change the fate of the universe forever—the so-called “resurrection suit.”  They’re soon embroiled in a wacky scheme with characters including a femme fatale, a shifty concert promoter, and a recently deceased musician “who won’t let a little decomposition stop him from rocking.”  Really.

Johnny X also is the last feature shot on Eastman Kodak's discontinued Plus-X 5231 stock, which was used on the likes of Raging Bull and Schindler's List—and will look great at the NoHo 7.  And it has the final screen appearance of Kevin McCarthy, which alone makes it a must see for some of you out there.

Click here to see filmmaker extraordinaire Paul Bunnell introducing the film for us.
 
Screening Saturday evening (11/10) at 9:30.

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The Valley Film Festival returns to NoHo for its twelfth annual celebration of independent film and local production, Wednesday, November 7 – Sunday, November 11, 2012.

For more on The Valley Film Festival, visit our website or Facebook page.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Sneak-Peek Clips from Some of our VFF12 Filmmakers

Check out some of our filmmakers for this year, introducing their films:

Di Koob, Writer, Producer, and Actor in Liking Men, screening Friday, 11/9 @ 7:30 pm

Simo Manfredi, Director of You Got This, screening Friday, 11/9 @ 7:30 pm
We also have an interview with Simo here.
 
Sara Sugarman, Director of VINYL, screening Saturday, 11/10 @ 6:30 pm

Paul Bunnell, Writer, Director, and Co-Producer of The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, screening Saturday, 11/10 @ 9:30 pm.  We also have an interview with Paul here.

Dan Greenberger, Writer and Co-Producer of A Day in the Life of Your Cats, screening Sunday, 11/11 @ 3:00 pm
 
We also have an interview clip with Kai De Mello-Folsom and (Writer and Producer) and Grant Reed (Writer and Director) about Incest! The Musical!, screening Saturday, 11/10, at 1:00 pm

And one with Peter Paul Basler, Director of Chad and the Alien Toupee
 
And with Eric Casaccio, Writer, Producer, and Director of Freak
 
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The Valley Film Festival returns to NoHo for its twelfth annual celebration of independent film and local production, Wednesday, November 7 – Sunday, November 11, 2012.

For more on The Valley Film Festival, visit our website or Facebook page.

 

Screening at VFF12: “The Little Team” and “VINYL”

Saturday at 6:30, we have a pair of entertaining youth-oriented films about underdogs.

The Little Team, or “L'Equip Petit,” is a fun and inspiring documentary short from Spain about a youth soccer team that’s never scored a single goal but keeps going anyway—for the fun of playing the game, to make friends, and learn lessons about life and sports. 

Shot in just a few hours by a small crew, this film is great for kids and the grownups who can learn from them.  As the filmmakers said in an interview, “We are a little film company and we like to win but it can’t be always expect this.  We try to have fun with the process, not just with the final result.”  Fortunately, the final result is a winner!


Our accompanying feature, VINYL, is an underdog comedy about an aging British punk band, Johnny Jones and the Weapons of Happiness, returning to the music scene by creating a younger group to mime their songs.  Sort of Spinal Tap meets School of Rock—as The Santa Barbara Post put it, this is “a heartwarming rock mockumentary.”  A fresh and funny film that “delves into the relationship of rock star dads and their illegitimate children, the misdirection of today's spotlight on the young rather than the talented, and the role of technology in today's music industry.”

Loosely based on the true story of The Alarm and Mike Peters, this film was directed by Sara Sugarman, who has experience in bands herself and as a longtime acquaintance with Peters.  Click here for a sneak-peek clip of Sara introducing her film.

Screening Saturday evening (11/10) at 6:30 pm.

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The Valley Film Festival returns to NoHo for its twelfth annual celebration of independent film and local production, Wednesday, November 7 – Sunday, November 11, 2012.

For more on The Valley Film Festival, visit our website or Facebook page.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Screening at VFF12: “The Human Race”

Saturday afternoon we have some high-adrenaline thrills and chills for you, with The Human Race, a grindhouse-style feature written and directed by VFF alum Paul Hough.  The "race" is to the death, as 80 people plucked randomly from their everyday lives must race through an obstacle course:  “Stay on the path or you will die.  If you are lapped twice, you will die.  Do not touch the grass or you will die.  Race or die.”

If you liked Battle Royale and The Hunger Games, “you will constantly be entertained” here.  Part of what sets this film apart is its large and diverse cast of characters from all walks of life, including young and old, male and (pregnant) female, physically fit and disabled, white-collar and homeless.   

This film has been described as “an extremely effective high concept thriller that belies its budgetary constraints with those all-too-rarely-used secret weapons:  strong characters and fine acting.”  For example, the one-legged Iraq War veteran played by Eddie McGee.  As one reviewer put it, “Eddie is great in the film, showing charisma, acting skill and action-hero chops.  He is faster and more agile on crutches than some people are on two feet.  Trained in Toronto by one of Jackie Chan’s students, Eddie does all his own stunts including a mind-boggling fight sequence.”

Another reviewer writes that, “In a ballsy move, director Hough allows big chunks of the film to unravel solely through subtitled sign language exchanges, but to his credit this actually works quite well, and along with McGee's physical performance, give this a unique vibe that we don't usually [see] in more mainstream fare.  Hough also thoroughly examines the baser part of human nature (hence the doubly appropriate title), with some coming out as noble and heroic, and others turning into blood-crazed lunatics willing to do whatever they have to do in order to survive.  Even people that start out as heroes may turn into monsters by the time the race draws to an end, as there can only be one victor.”

Screening Saturday afternoon (11/10) at 3:00.

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The Valley Film Festival returns to NoHo for its twelfth annual celebration of independent film and local production, Wednesday, November 7 – Sunday, November 11, 2012.

For more on The Valley Film Festival, visit our website or Facebook page.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Screening at VFF12: “108.1 FM Radio” and “End of the Road”

Our Friday evening program is a pair of thrillers, each playing suspensefully with murder and who’s really the villain. 


In 108.1 FM Radio, it’s either a driver, or the hitchhiker he picks up late one night, or neither.  Accompanied by a radio program bringing bad news, tensions rise between them:  is the radio right?  Should somebody get outta there before it’s too late?  Or is it just a false alarm?  Find out in this short film—the third by Italian filmmakers Angelo and Giuseppe Capasso, and a great companion piece to our feature.

 
End of the Road is a feature that ventures to remote Idaho for the filming of a reality show pilot about a haunted house.  As you might expect, tragedy strikes and the cast and crew find themselves struggling to figure out what’s going on, and how to survive.  Some big unexpected plot twists make this more than a typical thriller or horror movie.  Like the characters, we think we know what’s going on, but really don’t.

A terrific movie for fans of the genre, and of the many cast members who are film and TV veterans, including Doug Jones, Michael Dorn, Robert Picardo, Zack Ward, Danielle James, Davina Joy, and Todd Tucker. Directed by first timer J.P. Pierce, from a script by Monte M. Moore, it’s already won awards at several other festivals, and we’re proud to have it here.

Screening Friday evening (11/9) at 9:30.

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The Valley Film Festival returns to NoHo for its twelfth annual celebration of independent film and local production, Wednesday, November 7 – Sunday, November 11, 2012.

For more on The Valley Film Festival, visit our website or Facebook page.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Party Like It’s the Valley: Social Events for VFF12

Mark your calendar.  Here are our parties for next week:

MEET THE FILMMAKERS PARTY
Monday, 11/5, 7:00 pm
12149 Ventura Blvd.
Studio City, CA 91604
Filmmakers and Invited Guests Only

"GIRLS ON FILM" HAPPY HOUR
Friday, 11/9, 4:30 pm
11122 Magnolia Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 91601
The More the Merrier!

CLOSING NIGHT AWARDS AND PARTY
Sunday, 11/11, 7:00 pm
5108 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Ticket Holders and Invited Guests Only

Screening at VFF12: “Girls on Film” Shorts Program

On Friday evening, our annual selection of films by and/or about women is as strong as ever.  Whether you like drama, comedy, or documentary, these films will speak to you about the ups and downs, the complexities, of the female condition. 

As its title suggests, The Oldest Lesbian in the World is a documentary about a woman—Bobbie Staff, a butch lesbian born in 1913—who’s seen a lot in her time.  Accompanied by her longtime friend, Sweet Baby J’ai, Bobbie takes us on a whimsical and revealing trip down a very steamy memory lane, through photographs and vivid memories of many decades living as an out lesbian in New York City and Los Angeles.  This story comes from the filmmaking team of Mary Jo Godges and two-time Emmy-award winning video journalist Renee Sotile.

One of our comedies, Bathing and the Single Girl, is about a single woman in her 30s comically recounting her dismal attempts at a “first trip to cougartown.”  Desperate after a long romantic dry spell, she lowers her standards and reminds us of why she had them in the first place.  A witty monologue written and performed by Christine Elise McCarthy (who also directed and produced)—part of the fun of the film is seeing how it uses cinematic techniques to be more than just a monologue.  Elsewhere in the festival, you can see Christine in Route 30, Too!

You Got This is a drama about two young women, each struggling with their own lives, crossing paths and learning from each other.  Lauren is a troubled teenage musician caught stealing money by a high school security guard, who holds her guitar hostage in order to teach her a lesson; the ransom is that Lauren must train with his charity marathon team. Through this forced interaction with running—and her assigned training partner, Susie—Lauren learns more about life and friendship than she could have ever expected.  This film is an MFA student production by Simo Manfredi, a Directing Fellow at the AFI.  Click here for a sneak-peek clip with Simo introducing her film.  And here for an interview with her.
 
In Liking Men, a woman embarks on a restless odyssey of healing after a traumatic rape.  While receiving the guidance of a wise woman, her journey takes a surprising direction, as she tries to reconnect physically with her husband.  A terrific dramedy—based on a Margaret Atwood short story of the same title—written, produced, and starring Di Koob.  Click here for a sneak-peek clip of Di introducing the film.

Inspired by the book The Green Hat by Michael Arlen, Le Chapeau (The Hat) is a drama about a Los Angeles photographer who recalls his love affair with a French model.  Click here for an interview we did with the film’s writer Sahag Gureghian, producer Rehn Dudukgian, and director Marie Tang.

Check them out Friday evening (11/9) at 7:30.

And come to the “Girls on Film” Happy Hour beforehand:  4:30 pm @ Bow & Truss, 11122 Magnolia Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 91601

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The Valley Film Festival returns to NoHo for its twelfth annual celebration of independent film and local production, Wednesday, November 7 – Sunday, November 11, 2012.

For more on The Valley Film Festival, visit our website or Facebook page.


Thursday, November 1, 2012

Screening at VFF12: “Route 30, Too!”

Our opening night feature is the sequel to John Putch’s comedy Route 30, which we screened back in 2008.  Route 30, Too! is set in the same south-central Pennsylvania area where Putch grew up, along U.S. 30 in Caledonia, Fayetteville, and Chambersburg.  As a native, he knows the local culture, quirks and all, and plays them for more laughs than in the first film.  Picture a sort of unpretentious Northern Exposure where the ensemble includes a choreographer hired to revitalize a failing Gentleman’s club; and a successful real estate agent who gives new meaning to “customer service.”  And a clerk at the local elephant museum and candy store, who suddenly started speaking Spanish five years ago when something strange happened outside the museum.  And then there are the ghosts and space aliens…. 

Robert Romanus returns this time with Jamie Rose (whose TV credits include Falcon Crest) as a husband-and-wife team tracking paranormal activity.  Curtis Armstrong returns as Deer Hunter Bob, living in camouflage and the woods while awaiting deer season, when he’s not drinking beer.  At another festival, Armstrong described this sequel as totally different from the first film:  “The first one is like a chamber piece. This one is like a symphonic piece that's composed by Daffy Duck!  For this kind of low-budget film, it's got a lot of actors and special effects, which is nuts!”

Nuts indeed.  Check out the nuts and flakes in all their glory on opening night, Wednesday, 11/7, at 8:00.

This film has some adult situations, strong language, and simulated sex—so leave the kids at home.

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The Valley Film Festival returns to NoHo for its twelfth annual celebration of independent film and local production, Wednesday, November 7 – Sunday, November 11, 2012.

For more on The Valley Film Festival, visit our website or Facebook page.


 

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Decor Art Galleries to Host VFF12's "Meet the Filmmakers" Party

A special thank-you to Lynne Crandall and everyone at Decor Art Galleries for opening their doors to us and our 2012 filmmakers!  Our “Meet the Filmmakers” party will be the evening of Monday, November 5th, at 12149 Ventura Blvd., in Studio City.  The party starts at 7:00.

This special evening—by invitation only—provides our filmmakers, from around the corner and the globe, an intimate opportunity to meet one another before all our screenings begin.  It also gives them an opportunity to meet people from the press, the film industry, and other invited guests. 

While chatting with fellow filmmakers and guests, VFF12 filmmakers will also be able to browse Decor Art Galleries extensive and exclusive collection of historic b&w photos of Hollywood and the Greater Los Angeles area...including the San Fernando Valley!

Media and industry requests may be sent to media@valleyfilmfest.com

 

Monday, October 22, 2012

Press Release - VFF12 Program Announcement

The Valley Film Festival announces its twelfth annual lineup of cinema so independent it can be found only in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley.  VFF Founder and Director, Tracey Adlai, says she “looks forward to having our festival down the street from Universal Studios, founded by the Laemmle family a century ago, at a great new theater managed by them.”  The festival will run for five days, beginning November 7th, at the Laemmle NoHo 7, located at 5240 Lankershim Blvd., in North Hollywood.  Complete festival information is available at ValleyFilmFest.com.

With over 30 films on its program, including fifteen premieres and eight foreign films, the festival showcases independent cinema from around the Valley and the world.  Adlai says, “the Laemmle slogan is ‘Not Afraid of Subtitles’ – and neither are we this year.  We’ve expanded our foreign film selections to include three features—from the UK, Denmark, and Australia—and five short films—from the UK, Italy, Spain, and Poland.”  The selections include documentaries, fiction, animation, and music videos. 

The VFF continues to promote local independent production, with fifteen films made by San Fernando Valley residents, in the Valley, or about it.  Fourteen films are from people who’ve screened previously with the festival.  The opening night feature, ROUTE 30, TOO!, is having its L.A. premiere and is the sequel to ROUTE 30, which the festival screened in 2008.  This comedy is director John Putch’s second installment in his south central Pennsylvania trilogy, with another ensemble cast including Robert Romanus (“Fast Times at Ridgemont High”) and Curtis Armstrong (“Revenge of the Nerds”).  The Thursday night feature program has the L.A. premiere of MULTIPLE MEANS OF MURDER, a comedy feature from Denmark, and WRITTEN IN INK, a documentary short from Poland.

The “Girls on Film” program of short films includes the U.S. premiere of UNDER A VEST, a noir spoof directed by VFF alum Kal Bonner, and the world premiere of YOU GOT THIS, a drama by AFI Directing Fellow Simo Manfredi.  THE OLDEST LESBIAN IN THE WORLD is a documentary co-directed by two-time Emmy-award winning video journalist Renee Sotile. 

Other programs of short films include “Comedy Shorts,” “Alumni Filmmakers,” and “Happy Endings.”  Other features include the thriller END OF THE ROAD, the horror film THE HUMAN RACE, the comedy VINYL, and THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X—a mix of 1950s juvenile delinquent films, sci-fi thrillers, musicals, and comedies.  The latter film is paired with LUMINARIS, a pixilation-animated short about a worker in a light bulb factory who tries to get ahead by cheating, and what goes wrong—and right—when he’s caught.  A playful film from Argentinian director Juan Pablo Zaramella, LUMINARIS was named to the 2011 Academy Award shortlist for Best Animated Short Film.

The closing night feature is A FEW BEST MEN, a wedding comedy directed by Stephan Elliott (“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”), written by Dean Craig (“Death at a Funeral”), and co-produced by VFF alum Laurence Malkin (“Death at a Funeral”).  The cast includes Rebel Wilson (“Bridesmaids,” “Pitch Perfect”).

Founded in 2000, The Valley Film Festival, a project of Community Partners®, is the first and longest continually running film festival in the San Fernando Valley.  With a mission to join established filmmakers and emerging talent with adventurous audiences in Los Angeles, the VFF has screened a total of over 450 shorts, features, documentaries, animated films, and music videos from all over the world.  While emphasizing independent film, the festival also has occasionally shown studio productions, including BOOGIE NIGHTS, CHINATOWN, ENCINO MAN, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, MAGNOLIA, TERMINATOR 2, VALLEY GIRL, and WORLD TRADE CENTER.  

In addition to screenings, the festival provides educational panels, social mixers, and awards.  The juried "Ten Degrees Hotter" award is for one short and one feature from a competitive section.  Additionally, there is an award for short films, in the non-competitive section, as chosen by the audience.

THE VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL begins its 2012 season on Wednesday, November 7th and continues through Sunday, November 13th, with screenings at the Laemmle NoHo 7, located at 5240 Lankershim Blvd., in North Hollywood.  Tickets are $10-$15.  For more information and tickets, visit ValleyFilmFest.com.

2012 Sponsors: ProductionHUB, Creative Handbook, iBlakeStudio, Footage Firm, Citizen L.A., Decor Art Galleries, Valley Relics, Kirin, The Hollywood Guild, Video Blocks, Cine Gear Expo


THE VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL 2012 PROGRAM

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5th

Evening – Meet the Filmmakers party (for filmmakers, distributors, and media)
 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7th

8:00 pm – Opening Night Feature Program: Route 30, Too!


THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8th

8:00 pm – Feature Program 2:  Multiple Means of Murder with Written in Ink


FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9th

5:00 – 6:30 pm – A Happy Hour to celebrate "Girls on Film" filmmakers, at Bow & Truss in NoHo

7:30 pm – “Girls on Film” Shorts Program:  Bathing and the Single Girl, Le Chapeau (The Hat), Liking Men, The Oldest Lesbian in the World, Under a Vest, You Got This

9:30 pm – Feature Program 3:  End of the Road with 108.1 FM Radio


SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10th

11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Panel TBA (topical to independent filmmaking) at The ARC (The Artist Resource Center, in NoHo)

1:00 pm – Comedy Shorts Program:  Goldenbox, Incest! The Musical, The Red Towel, Untitled

3:00 pm – Feature Program 4:  The Human Race

6:30 pm – Centerpiece Feature: Vinyl with L'equip Petit (The Little Team)

9:30 pm – Feature Program 5:  The Ghastly Love of Johnny X with Luminaris


SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11th

11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Panel TBA (topical to independent filmmaking) at The ARC (The Artist Resource Center, in NoHo)

1:00 pm – "Happy Endings" Shorts Program:  Cross Court, Enchanting Hands, Freak, Hi Lillian

3:00 pm – "Alumni Showcase" Shorts Program: Chad and the Alien Toupee, A Day in the Life of Your Cats, Happy Anniversary, History, Reverse Parthenogenesis, Seymour Sally Rufus, Sitting Babies

5:00 pm – Closing Night Feature Program: A Few Best Men

Evening – Closing Night Party at Gallery 800 (operated by IATSE Local 800, The Art Directors Guild)


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