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I have seen the Future
Apr. 26th, 2008 08:29 amLast night I attended a film presentation at Grande Prairie's second Reel Shorts film festival. THis year's festival was much bigger, and very well attended. It's quite a cool endeavour, and was all spearheaded by one local filmmaker, who had the idea to create a film fest in GP after attending the Edmonton International Film Festival.
This festival brought a number of filmmakers to the community, including a team of German brothers from Cologne. Since I'd read the promo material about all the filmmakers and interviewed several of them, I knew what most of them looked like.
Earlier this week, I was driving home when I stopped at a light. I looked to my left, and noticed the 2 German brothers waiting to cross the street. I thought, "Oh there are the filmmakers," and then laughed to myself since I live in a city small enough to allow me to spot German visitors.
I mentioned this to them at the premiere last night and they said, "Oh, we are famous!" It was really cute.
Anyway, the theatre was packed, and the films were excellent. We saw an old NFB film from the 1950s, George Lucas' student film Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138, which is really long and boring, but a good indicator to show people the importance of student films, and an incredibly funny parody about George Lucas writing his Star Wars script called "George Lucas in love."
Of course, there was also D.I.M by the German brothers, which used incredible visual effects, a music video made in Calgary, a horror film made by a former Grande Prairie resident now living in Vancouver and another amateur film by some local people about a barbarian going to work called "Jim the Barbarian."
All in all, I was incredibly impressed by the shows, the audience and the attending filmmakers and am thrilled that this type of event is happening in my little community.
This festival brought a number of filmmakers to the community, including a team of German brothers from Cologne. Since I'd read the promo material about all the filmmakers and interviewed several of them, I knew what most of them looked like.
Earlier this week, I was driving home when I stopped at a light. I looked to my left, and noticed the 2 German brothers waiting to cross the street. I thought, "Oh there are the filmmakers," and then laughed to myself since I live in a city small enough to allow me to spot German visitors.
I mentioned this to them at the premiere last night and they said, "Oh, we are famous!" It was really cute.
Anyway, the theatre was packed, and the films were excellent. We saw an old NFB film from the 1950s, George Lucas' student film Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138, which is really long and boring, but a good indicator to show people the importance of student films, and an incredibly funny parody about George Lucas writing his Star Wars script called "George Lucas in love."
Of course, there was also D.I.M by the German brothers, which used incredible visual effects, a music video made in Calgary, a horror film made by a former Grande Prairie resident now living in Vancouver and another amateur film by some local people about a barbarian going to work called "Jim the Barbarian."
All in all, I was incredibly impressed by the shows, the audience and the attending filmmakers and am thrilled that this type of event is happening in my little community.
