Focus On: Networking (VFF & Tribe Hollywood Spring Mixer)

VFF's FOCUS this month will be ON networking!

Our friends at Tribe Hollywood have challenged us to a friendly game of Ms. Pac Man at Hollywood Billiards! Little do they know a certain VFF staff member can kick some serious Ms. Pac Man ass!

Come one! Come All! The Happy Hour menu is good until 8pm and we'll be in the courtyard 'til 10pm. Join us!

Since this is a VFF sponsored event, you can submit one short or one feature for FREE to our 2010 festival. Special applications will be available night of mixer. You must bring submission with you. One per filmmaker, please.

Wednesday, April 28 (7-10pm)
Hollywood Billiards
5750 Hollywood Billiards
Hollywood, CA 90028

RSVP on our Facebook group page.

Focus On: March Recap

Audience members squirmed in their seats on March 21 when VFF screened the psychological thriller and VFF09 10 Degrees Hotter feature film, TRUNK! If you missed the screening, you can get it on Netflix!

Our host Aaron Kaiser was joined by TRUNK'S star, Jennifer Day, and producers John Palmer & Troy Palmer-Hughes.

A very special THANK YOU to Rick Shaw and Two Roads Theatre & Gallery. Don't forget to check out their production, It's Just Sex, running through the end of May!

In April our FOCUS will be ON networking! Details to follow! Our screenings resume May 23 with more VFF09 award winning short films.

Focus On: Best of VFF09

FOCUS ON: BEST OF VFF 2009
MARCH 21 @ TWO ROADS THEATRE

Last month, The Valley Film Festival launched its monthly series, Focus On:, with three awesome shorts:

• The Horribly Slow Murderer w/the Highly Inefficient Weapon
• The Last Tenant
• Miracle Fish

This month, we're bringing you a feature that took home our juried "10 Degrees Hotter" award: TRUNK directed by Straw Weisman.

Synopsis: A beautiful young single mother is forced to defend herself against a serial killer rapist in what becomes a fight for her life when she is kidnapped in the trunk of his car.

Shot entirely on RED, this 90-minute, psychological suspense thriller contains explicit language and brief nudity -- please no children under 18.

Admission to the 3/21 Focus On: is free/donation only. RSVP a must as space is limited: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/446954854

Don't forget, you can submit a short or feature to VFF10 for FREE by bringing it with you to a VFF sponsored event. Like this one.

Sunday, March 21 @ 2:30pm
Two Roads Theater & Gallery
4348 Tujunga Avenue
Studio City, CA 91604

Save the Date: April 18 - Focus On: continues at Two Roads Theatre with more 10 Degrees Hotter and Audience Award winning films.

Forbidden Zone: Live in the 6th Dimension

A few years ago, The Valley Film Festival was introduced to a really nice man, Valley resident, and Film Distributor: Jack Murphy!

Jack works tirelessly to make sure that the festival, our filmmakers, and our staff are introduced and represented correctly to the industry. And, if you need a restaurant recommendation in Cannes, he can help you with that too! If you have a question, we'll pass it on. Really!

We're gushing about Jack today because a film he represents, the cult classic FORBIDDEN ZONE is coming to a stage near you!

Forbidden Zone: Live in the 6th Dimension will have its World Premiere at Sacred Fools Theater Co this spring. On April 1st, you can rub elbows with Richard Elfman, who directed the movie, at the gala fundraiser.

Please spread the word and let us know if you're attending! We look forward to meeting you.

Focus On: February Recap

Hosted by the dapper Aaron Kaiser, Focus On: launched with a screening of The Horribly Slow Murderer w/the Highly Inefficient Weapon, The Last Tenant, and Miracle Fish.

A very special THANK YOU to Rick Shaw and Two Roads Theatre & Gallery. Don't forget to check out their production, It's Just Sex, running through the end of May!

Our March and April programs will be announced next week. Stay tuned!