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TILT: An Independent Thriller From Brainerd, MN

Check out TILT an independent thriller that I was glad to come on board as a backer. Set in the town of Brainerd, Minnesota, the story is about “revenge & forgiveness, betrayal & redemption, and second chances…small town style.” Filmmakers/screenwriters Julie Keck and Jessica King (also known as King is a Fink) has put together a video to explain what the film is about using the ever so popular Kickstarter where you can also contribute to help get this project up and running. So many of my filmmaker friends use Kickstarter and I can’t recommend it enough. I am all about helping locals and this is my latest discovery that I’m sharing with you :)

 

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Drift: In Production

I was fortunate to find out about this new film project from Jim Vendiola of Kinosaur Films called Drift. The lovely ladies over at King is Fink love his work and looking at the teaser I may be on the bandwagon with them. It looks very intriguing and I’m looking forward to seeing more. Help out with donations and let’s get this local filmmaker up and running.

Remember to support your locals and show some Chicago love :)

DRIFT: Donation Teaser from Jim Vendiola on Vimeo.

A New Film by Jim Vendiola. Now in Pre-production!

CAMERAS ROLL MARCH 2010!
BUDGET DONATIONS NEEDED!! SPREAD THE WORD!!!

Visit http://www.driftfilm.com for details.

And Join the DRIFT Facebook page! http://bit.ly/aOk62X

Music: “Send My Lovers to Mars” performed by Calibrated Crematorium (Seth Bohn, Kevin Kujawa of Mannequin Men, and additional backup vocals by Scott Masson.) http://www.myspace.com/calibratedcrematorium

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Funny: Lady Parts

Lady Parts is a Chicago based sketch comedy troupe that I’ve recently stumbled upon. Though there doesn’t seem to be much about the show on the website itself , you can find out about the troupe and who they are. I would say sign up as a fan on Facebook and you’ll get a lot more information. So far they’ve gotten me to laugh so I thought I’d share it with you :)

Here’s their latest video Happy Valentine’s Day

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COMANCHE Webisodes

Check out this new webisode by MustacheMeetFace Productions called COMANCHE. It’s quite hilarious and there are already 2 webisodes up. A college classmate Josh Gibson from Gibson Adventure is the DP and it was shot here in Chicago. Got to support the locals :)

“We’re not in Mexico anymore”

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Congrats to PAPi CHULO

A friend and classmate from Columbia College Chicago, Jonny Diaz and his friend JR Strickland, was successful in getting their film PAPi CHULO accepted into 3 film festivals.

1.) 2009 Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival!
http://www.projectchicago.com/

The festival will take place Thursday Sept 10th – Sun Sept 13th
in downtown Chicago, IL (Film Row Cinema – South Loop area)

2.) 2009 Illinois International Film Festival
http://www.illinoisinternationalfilmfestival.com/

The 2009 Festival will take place October 23rd – 25th at the Arcada Theater in St. Charles, IL

3.) 2009 Orlando Hispanic Film Festival
http://www.ohfilmfestival.com/

The festival takes place September 16-20, 2009 at

Plaza Cinema Cafe
Downtown Orlando
155 S. Orange Ave
Orlando, FL 32801

Be sure to go check out their website to keep up with the updates and to befriend them on Facebook so you can see more PAPi CHULO trailers. I’ve seen clips of this film and it’s hilarious. Great job guys!