Archive for the ‘Film’ Category

This will be an action packed Wednesday at LaGrange in Deep Ellum with THREE fantastic events:

6p: Fearless Film Festival whose goal is to enthuse, confuse, stir, and inspire its audiences through the exposure to underground and innovative short films that are rarely seen. **SEE DETAILS BELOW**

8p: Calais Winery Wine Tasting. Sample some of the wonderful selections from this great Deep Ellum business. (takes place during the 8p film screening).

8p: The Goonies. A group of kids embark on a wild adventure after finding a pirate treasure map! Starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, and Corey Feldman in this classic film. LaGrange provides this *complimentary* screening! There will be popcorn, movie snacks, cheese plates and 1/2 price wine.

***There will be a drawing for a voucher good for 4 FREE tickets to a Texas Rangers baseball game!***

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Fearless Film Festival
FREE SCREENING at LA GRANGE in Deep Ellum WEDNESDAY MARCH 3 at 6PM.

Come enjoy a sample selection of last year’s 2009 winning films followed by a short Q&A with festival organizers and filmmakers.

FEATURED FILMS:
Best Documentary - Icky Twerp: The Electronic Baby Sitter
(20:00) Documentary
Richard Kent, director (Dallas TX)
Synopsis:
A look at the life and times of Bill… Camfield, a.k.a. Icky Twerp, irreverent host of “Slam Bang Theater”.

Best in Show & Panavision Award - Pleasant Dreams
(18:54) Narrative Sci-fi
Lam Chui, director (Fort Worth TX)
Synopsis:
A young man goes looking for his estranged brother only to find he has entered an alternate reality facility.

Best Foreign Film - Tropezones
(6:00) Narrative
David Macian & Eduardo Molinari, directors (Madrid, Spain)
Synopsis:
He’s crazy about food; she’ll do anything to please him. A perfect romance… as long as something is left in the fridge.

Best Student Film - Gillface
(12:17) Narrative Musical Comedy
David McGinnis, director (Arlington TX)
Synopsis
A girl from a small town moves to the big city only to fall in love with someone who is not quite human.

Best Music Video - Voice Rock for President
(3:42) Music Video
Teddy Cool, director (Dallas TX)
Synopsis:
Hip Hop artist Mc VoiceRock runs his own “presidential” hip hop campaign.

LaGrange has got an action packed 2010 planned for their weekly film nights and each month is going to have a theme. Kicking things off for February, the theme is “Valentine’s Day”.

The first film on the calendar is “Sixteen Candles” starring Molly Ringwald, John Cusack, and Anthony Michael Hall in this John Hughes classic.

Molly stars as Samantha Baker who is having her 16th birthday…but nobody remembers!

Come join the fun as LaGrange provides this *complimentary* screening!

There will be popcorn, movie snacks, cheese plates and 1/2 price wine.

LaGrange
2704 Elm Street
Dallas 75226
www.lagrangedallas.com

LaGrange has got an action packed 2010 planned for their weekly film nights and each month is going to have a theme. Kicking things off for February, the theme is “Valentine’s Day“.

The first film on the calendar is “Sixteen Candles” starring Molly Ringwald, Jon Cusack, and Anthony Michael Hall in this John Hughes classic.

Molly stars as Samantha Baker who is having her 16th birthday…but nobody remembers!

Come join the fun as LaGrange provides this *complimentary* screening!

There will be popcorn, movie snacks, cheese plates and 1/2 price wine.

Details:
- LaGrange (2704 Elm Street, Dallas, 75226)
- Price: Free
- Time: 8:00p

The Angelika Film Center is holding their annual Hitchcocktober with a FREE screening tonight of “Rear Window” starring Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelley.

The film will screen on the pavilion at Mockingbird Station (rain or shine)!

Films start at 8:00pm. Some seating provided, but chairs, blankets and picnic baskets are encouraged! And remember, it’s easy to get to the Angelika because it is sitting adjacent to the DART Red & Blue lines at Mockingbird Station.

Angelika hosts free screening of Rear Window.

The Dallas Film Society presents STAR WARS In Concert at Cowboys Stadium on October 23. Special offer for fans of the DALLAS Film Society on the world’s largest indoor screen!

Get the full experience with a live symphony orchestra, gigantic high definition screen, and original movie props and costumes.

Purchase tickets before 18 October 09 using the promotional code LUCAS6 and receive $5 off tickets priced $35-$65.

Purcahse a $75 ticket and receive a private VIP tour of the Art and Craft of STAR WARS exhibit (doors open at 4p; stadium entry K).

Tickets available through Ticketmaster.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to wrangle some of your friends, get some camera gear and decide to embark on a 48-hour wild ride.

Beginning at 6:30p tonite, registered teams of the 48 Hour Film Project will send their fearless leader up to draw a genre out of the hat which could be comedy, drama, sci-fi, who knows?! Then, beginning at 6:52p, the elements wills start being announced which include a prop, a character, and a line of dialogue.

Then promptly at 7p, the teams hit the door running WITH their 2 cases of Rockstar Energy Drink to fuel their efforts and see who can write, shoot and edit the best film in 48 hours.

The finished projects will be shown on Thursday, 2 July 09 at Studio Movie Grill - Dallas. Tickets are $10 per screening and can be bought at the door.

DALLAS FILM SOCIETY, Producer of the AFI DALLAS International Film Festival and the Dallas Museum of Art have partnered this summer to bring High School and Middle School students an intensive look at specific professions in the film industry. Camps will take place at the Center for Creative Connections located inside the DMA.

Camp Session Information (please check the box of the camp you would like to attend)

Student to bring lunch M-Th, Lunch will be provided on Friday (No refrigeration available)

June 22nd – 26th 10AM-4PM Daily – High School Students (Grades 9-12) Cost: $450
Topics to be covered:
• Monday: Directing and Casting
• Tuesday: Acting
• Wednesday: Special Effects and Animation
• Thursday: Costuming and Makeup
• Friday: Producing

July 20th – 24th 10AM-4PM Daily – Middle School Students (Grades 5-8) Cost: $450
Topics to be covered:
• Monday: Acting
• Tuesday: Claymation and Special Effects
• Wednesday: Costuming and Makeup
• Thursday: Music and Sound
• Friday: Storyboarding and Storytelling

For more information or to obtain he registration form, please contact Lisa Stabler at lstabler@afidallas.com