Two award-winning short films, snacks, live music from The Daguerreotypes and a no-host bar – come see Tom McIntire’s award-winning political satire “two julias”, plus be a part of the first super secret preview screening of his latest, the sci-fi thriller “Greenspoke”.
two julias: Much to the delight of his kinky girlfriend, a counter-terrorism agent abuses his authority by spying on single women just for fun. A young woman looking for love online and a lecherous married salesman get entangled in their games. A darkly comedic political satire. Break a heart in seven languages! Winner honorable mention and director’s pick 2008 ReelHeART International Film Festival and recently nominated for Best USA Film under 25 Minutes at International Film Festival Ireland.
Greenspoke: A beautiful Japanese translator and a world-weary vehicle emissions technician awaken profoundly changed by the work of a brilliant scientist who believes he has found the solution to climate change. Winner of the Accolade Award of Merit: Short Film and nominated for Best International Film under 50 Munutes at International Film Festival Ireland.
The Daguerreotypes: Their quirky music is featured in both films – come hear this great band live!
Net proceeds benefit Smiling Z Studios, the nonprofit film studio dedicated to providing paid cast and crew positions in quality Seattle film productions
NOTE: No one under 21 years old will be admitted.
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I hope you can make it!
two julias and Greenspoke have both been nominated for awards
Greenspoke won an Award of Merit for Short Film
two julias won an honorable mention and a director's pick
If you’re like me on Withoutabox, you crank in several festival entries, print out the instructions and mail off one or two DVDs to the festivals of your choice. Easy peasy. But read the instructions! Usually I just check to see how many DVDs they want, burn ‘em, label ‘em and stuff them in hopefully the right envelope before cycling off to the post office. I noticed that Sundance had lots more instructobabble than the others. I see my chances of getting into Sundance on a par with winning the lottery but you can’t win if you don’t play. The worst thing to do when entering any festival (or submitting your work to an agent, grant agency, production company or management team) is to give them an excuse to toss your entry in the trash. They are getting swamped with entries – your musical version of Citizen Kane may be the next big thing but it won’t be if you don’t follow their instructions. No one will see it except the guys at the landfill. I wound up tearing open my entry and redoing it to meet their standards. Now at least I know that I didn’t just toss that entry fee into the fire.
I’m not going to tell you how Sundance is different because you should read the most up-to-date instructions when you submit your project. What I will say is they use received dates rather than postmark dates AND it is much cheaper to enter now than later – but there’s more that you need to watch. Spend your entry fee money wisely.
Two of my short films have been nominated!
My political satire two julias has been nominated for “Best USA Film under 25 minutes” and environmentally themed sci-fi thriller Greenspoke has been nominated for “Best Film International under 50 minutes” at the International Film Festival Ireland. How fun is that? The festival takes place between Sept 6 and Sept 12 in Clonmel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The awards ceremony occurs on Sept 12.
Greenspoke is now available on IndieFlix:
http://www.indieflix.com/Films/Greenspoke
Congratulations to everyone involved in these productions and a big thank you to all of you who have shown your support!