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Thank you for celebrating the Art of Film with the Phoenix Film Festival
Thanks to everyone who came out to support this special event that raised funds for the educational programs of the Phoenix Film Festival. A special thank you to Cox and Tommy Bahama for their support of this event. We hope to make this an annual event and we're looking forward to the 2013 Phoenix Film Festival.
The Art of Film presented by Cox
Wednesday, November 14th - 6pm to 8pm
Tommy Bahama Restaurant and Bar
15205 N Kierland Blvd
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Join the Phoenix Film Festival for a celebration of The Art of Film at Tommy Bahama at the Kierland Commons. The evening will feature food and drink, music, a raffle, silent auction, networking and the reveal of the 2013 Phoenix Film Festival posters.
Tickets are just $20 per person and just $15 for members of the Phoenix Film Society and IFP-Phoenix. All proceeds benefit the student education programs of the Phoenix Film Foundation.
Your ticket price includes:
- A welcome beverage
- Appetizers
- Entertainment from Micah Beverly
- A complimentary raffle ticket
- An exclusive first look at the 2013 Phoenix Film Festival posters
- An opportunity to purchase Phoenix Film Festival passes at a 30% discount
Click here for tickets
We're looking for volunteers to join the leadership of our marketing team
Join the PFF Team!
The Phoenix Film Festival and IFP-Phoenix are looking for several people to join our Marketing Team in leadership roles. As part of our marketing staff, you'll be essential in spreading word about the Phoenix Film Festival, IFP-Phoenix and other events. We have several opportunities for you to get involved. Please see below for more information on the various opportunities.
Event Managers
Represent the Phoenix Film Festival at all promotional events and assist with promotion planning. Friendliness, enthusiasm, flexibility, and reliability are critical. You'll also be coordinating volunteers and interns. 40 hour commitment prior to festival, 32 of which will be on-site at events.
Outreach Manager
Research potential co-marketing partnerships with non-sponsor local businesses. Candidates should be able to identify opportunities with maximum outreach potential. Comfortable cold calling. Good "people" skills.
Online Content Manager
Assist in managing all online communication platforms (blog, social media, newsletter, etc.). Copywriting and social media experience is huge for this one.
Distribution Manager
Coordinate dropping of flyers/postcards/etc. at local businesses. Help build 2013 business distribution list. You'll be managing volunteers and interns in this position. Must have transportation.
If any of these positions interest you, please contact Jason Carney at 602-955-6444 or via email at Jason@phxfilm.com
PFF award winner "Ingenious" opens this weekend
Ingenious
Back in 2009, the film Lightbulb, starring Jeremy Renner and Dallas Roberts, picked up the Best Picture Award at the Phoenix Film Festival. Since then, it's gone on a remarkable journey to it's new title of, Ingenious, and its release this weekend at Harkins Shea 14.
Ingenious is about Matt, a small-time inventor, keeps coming up with clever but impractical products. Sam, Matt's longtime friend and business partner, is a born salesman. Just ask him, he'll tell you. Gina, Matt's wife, is a flight attendant dealing with the flying public's bizarre behavior. Gina is picking up extra trips to help sustain Matt's struggling business. One day, out of the blue, Matt get the Big Idea. The one he's been waiting on to save his business and marriage. Wild money-raising schemes ensue to finance the American Dream product.
Just like in the movie, the filmmakers have gone through many twists and turns to get their product out there. The film was produced in 2008 and was shot in Tucson. The shoot used the majority of their budget leaving them with precious little money for post production. Although the film was in fifteen big name festivals, opened two (Cleveland and Jerusalem), closed one (Santa Barbara) and won Best Picture (Phoenix), it wasn't technically (sound and music) as good as they would have liked.
They received some offers from major distributors but those were primarily LA and New York short runs followed by or in conjunction with a VOD release. After a period of scrimping and scraping they came up with the money to finish the film (a new edit with more Jeremy Renner screen time), transfer to HD, and integrated score by Tucson musician How Gelb and Dolby certified surround sound. Then, at the Cannes marketplace, they sold eighteen territories, including Canada, France, Scandinavia and all of Latin America.
In addition to having essentially a new better movie, the renewed interest was coming from Jeremy Renner's increasing name recognition and popularity. The response to their self-distribution to theaters has been very positive. They have booked fourteen theaters, for one week minimums, in the past three weeks including the Harkins Shea in Phoenix and expect to have over 100 booked by the end of November. So, ironically, just like the theme of INGENIOUS, persistence pays off.
Give the film a look this week exclusively at Harkins Shea 14
Desperado LGBT Film Festival to present films for LGBT history month
LGBTQA weekend at Phoenix College presents socially relevant films celebrating LGBT History Month
(Phoenix, Arizona) - Equality Maricopa, the Maricopa County Community College District's LGBT employee constituency group, has partnered with the Phoenix College Office of Student Life, MCCCD's Center for Civic Participation and the Desperado LGBT Film Festival to present a variety of timely and socially relevant films to foster awareness and understanding of our key issues in the LGBTQA (Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Ally) community. The Friday and Saturday screenings are October 19 and 20, 2012, in the Bulpitt Auditorium at Phoenix College in Central Phoenix.
Full weekend admission is only $5 for students and $10 for non-students. The films are recommended for ages 18 and up. Tickets will be available in advance of the screenings. For more information and detailed descriptions of the films being shown, visit: www.desperadofilmfestival.com.
PHX Film News for August 3rd
Pic of the week
Ruby Sparks
The Phoenix Film Critics Society Pic of the Week is the new film "Ruby Sparks" and we would have to agree with them.
The film comes from directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. It stars Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening and Steve Coogan.
Synopsis: Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing - as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
See it this week at Harkins Camelview
A sci-fi remake, a family film and plenty of other interesting stuff
The new Total Recall makes its debut this week. We'll see if it can capture any of the success of the original film.
The new family film release is a sequel, Diary of a Wimpy Kid:Dog Days.
Also opening this week are the subtitled films, Farewell My Queen and Caras A Elena and the films Red Lights, Klown and Soldiers of Fortune.
Plus those of you on the west side can now see The Intouchables over at Harkins Arrowhead Theatre.
IFP-Phoenix Beat the Clock 48 Hour Film Challenge Screening and Awards
Join us for an evening of short films, food, music and awards.
This year 19 teams kicked off during the weekend of July 20-22. They
were given a genre, a line and a prop then were given 48 hours to
make a five minute film. Here's your chance to see all of the films
that were completed. In fact, we'll be screening all of the films
twice.
Visit here for details and to purchase tickets to this screening event
This Friday night at the Phoenix Art Museum is DR. DIABOLIC'S TRAVELING ROADSHOW & FUN-TIME VARIETY HOUR
Dr. Diabolic, Phoenix's newest horror host will present the August edition of his Traveling Roadshow & Fun-Time Variety Hour on August 3 at 7pm, during First Friday in Phoenix Art Museum's Whiteman Hall. The show will feature live sketch comedy, burlesque, Michael Jackson Thriller dancers and brain eating contests. Museum admission is complimentary; tickets to the variety show are $15 and will be available at the entrance to Whiteman Hall. The event is open to those 16 and over.
Get your Dr. Diabolic tickets here!
In the news
Ruby Sparks directors interviewed by PFF
Our very own Lisa Minzey sat down with directors Jonathan Dayton and Valeire Faris to discuss their upcoming release Ruby Sparks. This is their follow up to their film Little Miss Sunshine.
This Week in Phoenix Film News!
Neil Young Journeys The Phoenix Film Critics Society Pic of the Week is the new documentary "Neil Young Journeys" directed by Jonathan Demme. The film takes a look at Neil Young's 2011 solo tour to Toronto's Massey Hall, an iconic venue in the city of his birth. At sixty-five, Young retains a youthful vitality and musical curiosity. Concert footage of the Massey Hall performances is interspersed with scenes from a road trip through Ontario. Driving a 1956 Ford Crown Victoria, Young visits the rural town of Omemee, where he spent a key part of his formative years, and reminisces about his former neighbors.
You can see it starting Friday at Harkins Camelview.
More docs and a couple of new wide releases
It's a big week for documentaries. Also being released this week are a couple of docs that have received some good reviews; Paul Williams: Still Alive and Pink Ribbons.
The two big wide releases this week include The Watch and Step Up: Revolution. Expect Dark Knight Rises to have a big weekend.
IFP-Phoenix Beat the Clock 48 Hour Film Challenge Screening and Awards
Join us for an evening of short films, food, music and awards.
This year 19 teams kicked off during the weekend of July 20-22. They were given a genre, a line and a prop then were given 48 hours to make a five minute film. Here's your chance to see all of the films that were completed. In fact, we'll be screening all of the films twice.
Visit here for details and to purchase tickets
Ruby Sparks directors interviewed by PFF
Our very own Lisa Minzey sat down with directors Jonathan Dayton and Valeire Faris to discuss their upcoming release Ruby Sparks. This is their follow up to their film Little Miss Sunshine.
Friday Night Party – 5pm to 1am
Friday is Industry Night
If you are in the film industry in any capacity, please come by and meet yourfellow filmmakers! You do NOT have to be a member of the IFP/PHX to attend. Network to win big prizes!! Cash bar will be available! Mingle with the Who's Who of the Arizona film community. If you are a part of the Arizona Film and Television Industry, you need to be at the INDUSTRY NIGHT during the Annual Phoenix Film Festival. Be sure to bring your business cards!
Entertainment
5pm – 9pm Micah Beverly
2009 Winner of Alice Cooper's "Proof is in the Pudding" contest in Phoenix • 2nd place in the 2010 "BOSS Loop Station National Championships" in Hollywood • "Great guitar playing" - Andy Summers (The Police) • This solo Pop/Rock artist records and layers all his parts live using only an acoustic guitar and his voice to create the sound of a full electric band. Find out more at www.micahbeverly.com
9pm – 1am Karaoke Provided by Karaoke Now
Come belt out your favorite songs and be the life of the Friday Night Party! Join our host Ric Reyes for a rockin’ night. KaraokeNow is the total Karaoke source for over 25000 CDs, CDG, DVD, and VCD, of karaoke music. Largest inventory of systems, machines, mixers, players and software that makes us the most comprehensive retailer of karaoke to SAVE on ALL songs, karaoke, and complete systems for a thrilling karaoke event.
