A reminder: The Grand Film Festival is Sunday, March 13

If they have a cash bar, be sure to ask for local beer.

FILM FESTIVAL INFORMATION
SUNDAY MARCH 13th, 2016 - Film Festival at The Grand in New Albany.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

12:30 – 2:15: UNDER THE BRIDGE: The Criminalization of Homelessness (75 minutes)
Don Sawyer – Director, Guest Lecturer and Panelist
Barbara Anderson: Guest Lecturer and Advocate
Lecture/ Panel: Social Activism and Justice in Film

2:15 – 3:15: GREENHORN (30 min)
Tom Whitus – Director, Guest Lecturer and Panelist
Lecture/ panel: Film as it Shapes in Social Justice and Memory.

3:15 – 4:00: THE LEWIS & CLARK EXPERIENCE: Falls Of Ohio Interpretive Center (13 minutes)
Bryan Miller- Solid Light Media Exhibit Producer, Guest Lecturer and Panelist
Lecture/Panel: Film in the Context of Interactive and Interpretive Exhibits.

4:00 – 5:15: KORA (75 mins)
Beau Kaelin – Director, Guest Lecturer, Panelist

5:15 – 5:20: CRUISIN' THE HEARTLAND: Elizabethtown Tourism (3 minutes)
Kenny Rambo – Couch Picture Productions Media Specialist, Guest Lecturer and Panelist
Lecture/ Panel: Cinematography vs. Special Effects—Aesthetics & Technology

5:30 – 6:00: ALL FILM MAKER PANEL DISCUSSION on aesthetics & technology - includes Drone Cinematography In Promotional Film Making, Community and Economic Development

The Grand Film Festival is March 12-13, 2016.

Dates and submission information are here.

The Grand Film Festival is an annual event presented by the Arts Council of Southern Indiana and receives great support from the New Albany Indiana community and the Kentuckiana region at large.

The Grand Film Festival is February 15th, all day long.

As luck would have it ... something remotely edgy, and I'm in Lexington all weekend for the craft writing symposium.

Straight from DNA's agitprop feed, here's the Grand Film Festival synopsis. In the eventuality of a cash bar, we'll try to plant better beer.

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This February the Arts Council of Southern Indiana moves into film with the Grand Film Festival. The festival highlights the native filmmakers and the educational programs offered by local colleges and universities.

Kohdy Woods, former ACSI intern and a filmmaker from Bellarmine University, will offer “The Julias Story” about the journey of an African immigrant as well as “The Search for Barney Bright” about the famous Louisville sculptor. A shining example from the Purdue College of Technology comes the animated short “I M Possible.” Filmmakers Prasad Kamalakar Narse, Muunuu Nainaa headed a visual effects team that included Brandon Clements. They utilized sophisticated computers in Savannah, Georgia to process their images and achieved Disney quality effects. Other student films are from Indiana University Southeast, Ivy Tech, and Hanover College.

The festival also offers professional work, including music videos. Local singers and songwriters: the Louisville Crashers, Meadow Ryan, Jacob Resch and James Strong. All of these artists were recently featured on Deck the Falls, a CD of new original music produced by the Arts Council. Ryan received multiple awards in Chattanooga for the song “Come Home” featured on the CD. Brent Humes and Solid Light offer films about successful immigrants and their struggles and triumphs. Filmmaker ‘Point’ and Timothy Hall document the disappearing Rap music scene in Louisville’s West End in the Film Overlooked. Filmmakers Phillip Collins and Daniel Frank premiered New Albany: City by the River last December to a crowd of over 300 people. The documentary is a history of New Albany and its revitalization over the last decade.

The Grand Film Festival will be held at the Historic Grand Theater located at 138 E. Market Street in New Albany. The Festival begins at 1:00pm and will end at 11:00pm. An all day Film Festival pass is $5 per person. For additional information visit www.artscouncilsi.org