Another art opening event at MTS in which the MVP music coop booked live music.
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The MTS Gallery newsletter for this Friday Aug 20th. The MVP music coop is providing live music for this art opening event.
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Music Coop Showing 72 Musicians at Outnorth this Sat May22 6pm
Music Coop Showing 72 Musicians at Outnorth this Sat May22 6pm
| Date: | Saturday, May 22, 2010 |
| Time: | 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
| Location: | Out North Theater |
| Street: | 3800 DeBarr Road Anchorage, AK 99508 |
| City/Town: | Anchorage, AK |
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Anchorage International Film Festival
Forgive me Internet... for it has been many a month since my last confession. My penance shall be to write a painfully long and detailed account of the trivial pursuits that pertain to my life.
The darling of the fest was a local star in the form of Dear Lemon Lima. Her real name is Savana Wiltfong and she's just as darling in person as she was in the film. Her family were all in attendance at a filled theater at the Beartooth and cheered for her on screen. This film won an audience favorite award. It also just played this morning (Feb. 6th) at the Indigenous Film Festival at the Native Heritage Center in east Anchorage.
Another surprise for me was screening a doc about Aleut culture filmed based in St. Paul called People of the Seal. It turns out I know a few people who know people in the film.
I never did make time to write about my experience with the Anchorage International Film Fest. It's been much too long to remember most of the details so I'll spare you those and mention the highlights.
I volunteered upon the Founder's recommendation as a projectionist because they were having trouble filling those roles. I also volunteered for the Hospitality suite because it was at the Inlet Towers which is close to my house and thought it would be fun to talk to any filmmakers who might pop in.
I met a really cool dedicated dude named Don from the Bay Area who was in charge of hospitality and transportation. Because I lived so close and I had a car I offered my services as a back up driver. More often than not, I actually was using the extra van that they had rented so I didn't have to worry about gas in my vehicle.
It was really cool being the projectionist for the films of the filmmakers that I was meeting. I met a dynamic filmmaker named Robyn Bliley who owns a production company with her husband in LA. She was here to screen her documentary about a traveling family circus called "Circus Rosaire". Also in attendance was the matriarch of the Rosaire family Kay, the filmmakers mother, and a Rosaire family friend. I had the unique opportunity to take them on a tour of Anchorage including the famous city mascot Star the Reindeer located on 10th & I st and various other landmarks such as the Oscar Anderson House. They were all a pleasure to meet and I had a great time getting to know them. It was convenient because their B&B was located a block away from my house. I screened the film as projectionist at the Anchorage Museum. The movie was great, aside from the Museum double booking us with a Christmas party in the lobby who had hired a very loud band. Robyn also co-taught a Documentary Filmmaking 101 workship with Stu Maddox director of "Gen Silent" which is about elderly geriatric patients going 'back in the closet'. His film won an award for best short doc.
Here's the google links for the Circus Rosaire film:
and Stu's Gen Silent film link:
The first film I screened as a projectionist was at the museum and it was about my favorite thing... coffee. It was called the Perfect Cappuccino directed by Amy Ferraris. Upon her visit to Italy to research her heritage, she falls in love with the Cappuccino and when she returns to America, she finds it nearly impossible to find even a reasonable facsimile. This turns into an all-out obsession as she tries to define exactly what a perfect cappuccino is. Topics include anti-corporatism (ie starbucks), and artisan crafts.
Another film I really enjoyed was a story of a local Alaskan dealing with sanity, self-image, and ultimately the importance of compassion and family. It's called About Face and chronicles a girl name Gwen on her adventure of finding her mother who in a psychotic break placed her in a fire as a toddler. I ran cross country with Gwen my freshmen year of HS.
The one movie I really wanted to see was called 72 Musicians. It was a doc about being a broke musician. My favorite quote was, "If you want to be in a band, be prepared to eat crackers and pickle relish for dinner".
I hope to contact the filmmaker and screen it as part of an event for my music coop idea called the Musician Venue Partnership (M.V.P.). Every aspiring musician should watch this movie. More on that later.
Birthday. An Australian film directed by James Harkness starring Natalie Eleftheriadis. AIFF was their first festival screening. It was a fictional story about the life of a prostitute. James was a wealth of social commentary and Natalie was delightfully chipper and pixie-esque.
Victor: A Life in Color directed by Jennifer Burns is a doc about a man who dances in bright suits on bridges in his local Chicago. Every town has a guy like this that entertains passersby. I didn't get to see it, but I met the star Vincent and the director Jennifer. Jennifer had quite the Karaoke voice!
The darling of the fest was a local star in the form of Dear Lemon Lima. Her real name is Savana Wiltfong and she's just as darling in person as she was in the film. Her family were all in attendance at a filled theater at the Beartooth and cheered for her on screen. This film won an audience favorite award. It also just played this morning (Feb. 6th) at the Indigenous Film Festival at the Native Heritage Center in east Anchorage.
Another surprise for me was screening a doc about Aleut culture filmed based in St. Paul called People of the Seal. It turns out I know a few people who know people in the film.
Overall, it was great experience and I enjoyed meeting the filmmakers. Many of them are my facebook friends and I plan on keeping in touch as best as I can. Filmmakers... there just like you and I. They just talk more!
Thanks for reading.
~Lonny
Thanks for reading.
~Lonny
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