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As if the closing down of Gen Art wasn't enough bad news for one week, we learned today that The Valley Film Festival's official photographer, Beth Dubber, suffered a tremendous loss last month. While shooting the Ms. Wheelchair CA pageant at the L.A. Convention Center, equipment worth $4,600 was stolen from her.
To raise funds, Beth is selling selected work from her series, Photo of the Week.
For $125 each print (plus tax & shipping) you get: one 11x14 lightjet, archival print, numbered & signed by the artist.
Please help support an artist who helps support so many other artists. We've picked out two of our favorite pictures from the series, one from VFF09, and the other of our friend, La Coacha, but there are many more to choose from.
For more information, email Beth directly at: info@bethdubber.com
At 1:30pm this afternoon, we received "An Important Announcement from Gen Art" and are still in a state of shock that our friends, our inspiration, and our aspiration, Gen Art, has closed its doors after 16 amazing years.
We were first introduced to this organization in 1995 at an art exhibit hosted by Gen Art. We learned of their film festival, then in its infancy, and quickly got involved. It is through our involvement with the Gen Art Film Festival that The Valley Film Festival was born.
Truly a unique company, Gen Art crossed many platforms (visual art, independent film, fashion, etc.) and served many cities. And whether you attended a screening in L.A., a fashion show in NYC, or a house party in Park City, you were greeted as a member of their family. Of course, this is after you got past the person guarding the guest list.
Gen Art staff & volunteers have always made themselves available to assist The Valley Film Festival with answers and helping hands. For that we will be forever grateful. We also sincerely believe that staff & volunteers will continue to make themselves available because that's just the kind of people they are!
Since we wrote about fostering a creative community just yesterday, we wanted to be sure to pay our respects to the organization that, in our opinion, started it all.
We're not going to lie. The VFF/Tribe Hollywood mixer last week had a small turnout. Our joint mixers usually attract between 40-100+ filmmakers, fans, and industry folk. This last week, we had 20 join us for Ms. Pac Man & merriment. 
VFF & TH admins quickly realized that the attendees were just the people we wanted to meet: long- standing members of Tribe Hollywood attending their very first event, VFF alumni from previous years, and even filmmakers from out of state!
A mission that VFF & TH share is to foster a creative community. Last week's 
mixer proved that we're doing something right. We're reaching beyond the monthly newsletters, random blog postings, daily tweets, and Facebook postings, to move people from their cocooned online worlds to the mean streets of Hollywood. (And, The Valley!)
And, P.S., Tracey DOES rock Ms. Pac Man. Consider yourself warned.
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.
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.
As if the closing down of Gen Art wasn't enough bad news for one week, we learned today that The Valley Film Festival's official photographer, Beth Dubber, suffered a tremendous loss last month. While shooting the Ms. Wheelchair CA pageant at the L.A. Convention Center, equipment worth $4,600 was stolen from her.
