After we catch up on much needed sleep we will do a better recap but for now here’s a quick run down of the results.

We always start out “winning” notifications this way: we want to of course congratulate all of you that completed a film.  It’s no small feat and we hope that the experience of gathering some crew/friends/family together for a weekend to create something was worth more than any award.  There were many great movies this year, and our winner list is just a fraction of them.

Here are the winners for 72 Film Fest 2010.

Best Use of Fairy Tale Theme (Awarded by Best Selling Novelist ALICE HOFFMAN):

Team Verite for “The Man and his Robot”.

Avant Garde (Awarded by Writer/Director Eduardo Sanchez):

Team Noticeable Grain Productions for: BILLY.

Costume:

Team Bebop for “Beans”

Finalists:Team Verite, Pecos Bill and the Wranglers.

Music:

Team Bebop for Beans

Finalists:
Missing Link, Pecos Bill and the Wranglers.

Editing:

Big Wave Media for Devotion

Finalists: Missing Link, Northward Advance

Cinematography:

Connectivity Group for “Wish”

Finalists: Team Bebop, Big Wave Media, Verite, Missing Link Cinema

Writing:

Connectivity Group Productions for “Wish”

Finalists: Laserstar Entertainment, Verite, Bebop, Missing Link Cinema

Acting

Noticeable Grain Productions for “Billy”

Finalists:  Verite, Connectivity, Hope Machine, Missing Link

Head of the Class (Student):

Home Video Productions for The Dull Pencil

Finalists: Beyond the Pale

Amateur:

StepDad Productions for

Finalists: Hope Machine, Noticeable Grain, Short Fuse

Pro:

Connectivity Group for  ”Wish”

Finalists: Verite, Bebop, Missing Link, Big Wave Media

Best of the Fest:

Connectivity Group for “Wish”

Finalists: StepDad Productions, Home Video Productions, Bebop,  Missing Link Cinema

Audience Choice:

(decided by audience ballot)

Giant Sharks & Dynamite.

Raise The Roof

(decided by audience noise)

Team Bebop

Congratulations to all of 2010′s Finalists!

The Audience Choice for Block One was “Team Willow” and Audience Choice for Block Two was “Team Gross”.  Both films move on to Saturday, and have the opportunity to take the coveted “Audience Choice” award.

Remember – All Finalists receive 2 Free Saturday Tickets. They will be available at the Weinberg Box Office tomorrow afternoon.

Giant Sharks & Dynamite
Pecos Bill & the Wranglers
Noticeable Grain Productions
Missing Link Cinema
Team Bebop
Henlivision Productions
StepDad Productions
Home Video Productions
Hope Machine
Northward Advance
Verite
Connectivity Group
Big Wave Media
Short Fuse Films
Beyond the Pale
Laserstar Entertainment

If you didn’t make it to finalist’s this year, don’t be discouraged.  We hope the experience of sharing your movie with an audience of 400-500 people was worth all the hard work you put into it.

However, we are a competition… Out of 43 movies, only about 16 will be moved on to Saturday Night.

It was our biggest year yet and also our most competitive.  In the end, there were 2 rounds of judging (almost 12 hours total) to watch the entries, establish the finalists, and then assign the awards.  We want to send out a huge thanks to each and every one of our judges.

NOTE:

We will be starting at 6:30 SHARP and 8:30 SHARP.  We have a lot of movies to get through, so please get your tickets early to avoid missing something.  In the past there have been extremely long lines and we have tried to push back the start time, but it’s just not possible anymore with 43 movies to screen so please arrive early or purchase tickets in advance if you can.  Box Office is open Thursday–Friday, 10am–6pm.

Block One 6:30 sharp.

(Alphabetical – not in Playing Order)

Finalists will be announced at the end of the block.

Block Two 8:30 sharp.

Alphabetical, not in playing order.

Finalists to be announced at the end of the block.

FIRST AWARD!

Remember we are announcing our first award at “Reimagining FairyTales: An Evening with Alice Hoffman“, a free event at the Weinberg Center THURSDAY NIGHT October 7th at 7PM.  Alice Hoffman guest judged for the category “Best Use of Fairy Tale”.  It should be a wonderful event and we encourage everyone to come out and enjoy Alice Hoffman’s readings!

Pro

Team: CINEGRAPHIC STUDIOS
Fairy Tale: “The Red Shoes”
Poisoned Apple: Maximum Time Reduced by 30 Seconds

Bio: Silly People Making Silly Films.
Previous Entries: Forbidden Images (2007), Untitled (2008), The Nightmares of Edgar Allan Potato Head (2009 Raise the Roof)

Website: CineGraphicStudios.com

Team: GIANT SHARKS & DYNAMITE
Fairy Tale: The Blue Bird
Poisoned Apple: Must Include a Stolen Kiss

Bio: Giant Sharks & Dynamite is a collection of like-minded filmmakers dedicated to producing quality films. Giant Sharks & Dynamite delivers with style, creativity and elbow grease. We believe in the power of the narrative. We believe in honesty in art. We’re made of both sharks and dynamite… equally… in equal parts.

Previous Entries: Alone Again (2009 Best Amateur, Audience Choice, Best Writing, Best Music)

Team: MISSING LINK CINEMA
Fairy Tale: The Swan Princess
Poisoned Apple: A Clock Must Strike (NO ALARM CLOCKS)

Bio: FADE IN: Now a full-fledge production company, Jason, Charles, and Karen continue to write, produce, and direct with hopes of fulfilling their dreams and making it big.
Previous Entries: Eleanor (2009 Finalist), Falling (2008 Best Writing), Missing 2 (2007 Finalist)

Website: MissingLinkCinema.com

Team: CONNECTIVITY GROUP PRODUCTIONS
Fairy Tale: Tom Thumb
Poisoned Apple: Maximum Time Reduced by 30 Seconds

Bio: FADE IN: After having such a great time, and meeting so many great
filmmakers in 2009 we can’t wait for 2010!!!

Previous Entries: ”A Mouse Eye View” (2009 Winner Best of the Fest, Acting)

Website: www.cgllcproductions.com

Team: BIG WAVE MEDIA
Fairy Tale: “The Snow Queen”
Poisoned Apple:  Must include an overturned chair

Bio: Family, friends, strangers…. in it to win it….

Previous Entries:  Release (2007 Best of the Fest, Acting, Cinematography) , Our Secret (2008 Cinematography), Captive (2009 Cinematography)

Team: LASERSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Fairy Tale: The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg
Poisoned Apple: Must Use “The 9th of October” in Dialogue

Bio: Entering 5th year. Looking for an excuse to make a movie.

Previous Entries:  The Switch (2006), God Pencils (2007 Best Editing, ITS Challenge, Best Music), Daze (2008 Finalist), Witness (2009 Best Editing)

Team: FRAMES PER SECOND
Fairy Tale: “Snow White”
Poisoned Apple: Must End Happily Ever After

Bio: Frames Per Second is a rag-tag group of Deep Space Archaeologists, as tough as they come and not afraid to tell you about it. It’s the last day on the job and there are mouths to feed back home, but if they can’t stop this Space Pterodactyl from reaching Earth, there won’t be a home worth going back to.

This is Frames Per Second’s first entry.

Team: Henlivision Productions
Fairy Tale: “Beauty and the Beast”
Poisoned Apple: Must Include a Stolen Kiss

Bio: Founded by Jason Henley, a broadcast television media professional, and later joined by wife Ashley due to marriage-related obligations, Henlivision is a full service production company currently immersed in the world of documentary filmmaking. Among other contract projects, Henlivision is working on a feature-length documentary titled Skipping Sunday School. Although this is Jason and Ashley’s first crack at the 72 Film Fest, they have participated in 48-hour varieties in the past.

This is Henlivision’s first entry.

Website: www.henlivision.com

Team: PECOS BILL AND THE WRANGLERS
Fairy Tale: “The Emporer’s New Clothes”
Poisoned Apple: Must include Overturned Chair

Bio: Pecos Bill is coming to town and we’re going to turn every frown upside down. When pecos bill comes to town you’ll laugh so hard your pants turn brown.

Past Entries: White Flags (Head of the Class 2007), Hearts, Trees and Cardboard Dreams (Audience Choice/Raise the Roof, Head of the Class 2008), Introduction (2009 Finalist)

Website: pecosbillproductions.com

Team: Verdc Films
Fairy Tale: Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor
Poisoned Apple: Must include Overturned Chair

Bio: We’re a bunch of friends who decided to stop working for a weekend and make a movie.

This is Team Verdc Films first entry.

Team: The Naughty Rascals
Fairy Tale:  ”The Angel”
Poisoned Apple:  A Clock Must Strike (NO ALARM CLOCKS)

Bio: A ragtag bunch of film scoundrels out to rid the world of bad movies.

This is The Naught Rascals’ first entry.

Team: T.A.K. Productions
Fairy Tale: “The Little Match Girl”
Poisoned Apple:  A Clock Must Strike (NO ALARM CLOCKS)

Bio: Just having fun

This is Tak Productions first entry, but members have participated in many other groups over the years.

Team: Verité
Fairy Tale: “The Fisherman and His Wife”
Poisoned Apple: Must Use “The 9th of October” in Dialogue

Bio: Its complicated.

This is Verité’s first entry.

Team: Unlimited Supply
Fairy Tale: “The Tinder Box”
Poisoned Apple: Must include Overturned Chair

Bio:
Previous Entries: Strand (2009)

Team: SonGraft Productions
Fairy Tale: “The Ugly Duckling”
Poisoned Apple: Character must write his/her name down.

Bio: This is our group’s 3rd year participating in the festival. We enjoy small, very low budget productions. Our group consists of a teacher, children’s pastor, artist, student and others.

Previous Entries: My Last Words (2009), (2008)

Team: Bebop
Fairy Tale: “The Old Woman in the Wood”
Poisoned Apple: Character must write his/her name down.

Bio: Consisting of a couple professionals, and an entire platoon of greenhorns. We churn out pieces that are bold and unexpected. DizzyGillespie would be proud.

This is Team Bebop’s first entry.

Amateur

Team: BRIGHT BOY ALERT
Fairy Tale: “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”
Poisoned Apple: Must End Happily Ever After
Turned in Late

Bio: Animation plagued by audio problems. Yep.

Previous Entries: Faith (2007 Finalist), A Self Made Man (2008 Finalist), The Gold Bug Caper (2009 Finalist)

Team: SHORT FUSE FILMS
Fairy Tale: Jack and the Beanstalk
Poisoned Apple: Must Use a Stolen Kiss

Bio: Current film production includes several in-school projects and a few home movies. Some members have been involved in an internship with Howard County Public Television. Another member has enrolled in a college film study course. There is experience with Adobe Premier Pro as well as with Final Cut Pro. Devices used include HD Handheld and Sony BVP 90 CCD broadcast cameras.

2010 is their first year.

Team: POETIC JUSTICE/LIVE OUT LOUD
Fairy Tale: Cinderella
Poisoned Apple: Character must write his/her name down.

Bio: TBA
Previous Years: (2009)

Team: Time Dimension 7
Fairy Tale: “Snow White and Rose-Red”
Poisoned Apple: Character must write his/her name down.

Bio: Two guys, a lot of equipment, and a love of film

Previous Entries: Who Decides (2007), Marcialli’s Lab (2008), He Did it All for You (2009)

Team: GREEN POOL / Insignificant PRODUCTIONS
Fairy Tale: Looking for a Bride
Poisoned Apple: Character must write his/her name down.

Bio: Team Bio: Two brothers and a friend who like movies, with the help of a few others.  Finalist in 2009 Fest with “Fortunato’s Lament”.

Previous Entries: Fortunato’s Lament (2009 Finalist)

Team: NUMANIXON
Fairy Tale: “The Little Mermaid”
Poisoned Apple: Must Include “the 9th of October” in Dialogue
Turned in Late

Bio: Amateurs….just amateurs…..

Previous Entries: One Crazy Coma (2007) Loss of Eden (2008) Take the Horns (2009)

Team: GROSS
Fairy Tale: “Three Billy Goats Gruff”
Poisoned Apple:  Must Use “The 9th of October” in Dialogue
Turned in Late

Bio: We were gross, and now we are not… Clearly.

This is Team Gross’s first entry.

Team: Nas-T Productions
Fairy Tale: “Hansel and Gretel”
Poisoned Apple: Maximum Time Reduced by 30 Seconds

Bio: Returning for year 2, Nas-t productions is here to increase the number of movies with sweet shootouts by one.

Previous Entries: 7 Minutes to Live (2009)

Team: Stepdad Productions
Fairy Tale: “Prunella”
Poisoned Apple: Must Use a Stolen Kiss

Bio: We are young filmmakers who met in our high school film class and have been interested in making films since we were 16-17. We are now 18-19. We still have a passion for producing movies that stimulate the mind, body, and spirit. We aspire to beauty, creating wonderful images that widen the eyes of humanity helping people see new insight into what they once believed. Once in a while, a group sweeps the competition. Alas, that is not us. We are a bunch of teenagers that enjoy film.

Previous Entries: Breakdown (2009)

Team: 1RMC
Fairy Tale: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
Poisoned Apple: Must include an overturned chair

Bio: Havin’ some fun.

Previous Entries

Team: RAVENSHORE ENTERTAINMENT
Fairy Tale: “The Boy who Cried Wolf”
Poisoned Apple: Character must write his/her name down.

Bio: we are a brand new team put together by friends. we have a little experience making things for the internet.

This is Ravenshore’s first entry.

Team: Ready. Set. Go. Films.
Fairy Tale: “The Frog Prince”
Poisoned Apple: Maximum Time Reduced by 30 Seconds

Bio: Ready.Set.Go.Films. was conceived out of the love of film and the desire to create that which we love. The core members consist of Jessica Muth, Stephanie “Zeebs” Gardner and Dex Mantheiy.

This is Ready. Set. Go. Films. first entry.

Team: Open Vision
Fairy Tale:”Jack the Giant Killer”
Poisoned Apple: Must End Happily Ever After

Bio: Coming Soon

This is Open Vision’s first entry.

Team: Northward Advance
Fairy Tale:”Cannetella”
Poisoned Apple: Maximum Time Reduced by 30 Seconds

Bio: Pure, unadulterated intensity.

Previous Entries: “Ch-Ch-Changes” (2007 Finalist), “Impact” (2008 Finalist), Dan Douglass and the Triumph Over Conflict (2009 Finalist)

Team: J.D. Early films
Fairy Tale: Bearskin
Poisoned Apple: Must End Happily Ever After

Bio: A little bit of everything.

This is J.D. Early films first entry.

Team: The Kino-Kids
Fairy Tale: “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King”
Poisoned Apple:  A Clock Must Strike (NO ALARM CLOCKS)

Bio: A group of young artists and musicians who formerly studied Film together at Muhlenberg College. They now work in many different cities in different artistic mediums, but are joining forces again to make a film and comete in the 72 Film Fest.

This is The Kino-Kids first entry.

Team: Green Table Productions
Fairy Tale: “Ali Baba the Forty Thieves”
Poisoned Apple: Must include an overturned chair

Bio: 4 guys…maybe 5…trying to be creative to offset our bleh jobs

This is Green Table Production’s first entry.

Team: Willow
Fairy Tale: Trust John
Poisoned Apple:Must include an overturned chair

Bio: Lydia, Chris and their goddaughter Ella enjoy watching movies and hope to enjoy making one.

This is Team Willow’s first entry.

Website:  www.themartinfamilyband.com

Team:  Noticeable Grain Productions
Fairy Tale: “Doctor Know-all”
Poisoned Apple: Must Use “The 9th of October” in Dialogue

Bio: Where mediocre happens.

Previous Entries: Jeff (2009 Finalist), Love at First Bite (2008)

Team:  Endless Scummer Films
Fairy Tale: “Iron John”
Poisoned Apple: Must End Happily Ever After

Bio: Once the team that brought you comedies such as SQUEEZE and BIGGER THAN ALL OF US, the FredROCK crew returns under a different name to bring you the entertainment you deserve.

Team:  Hope Machine
Fairy Tale: “Sleeping Beauty”
Poisoned Apple:  A Clock Must Strike (NO ALARM CLOCKS)

Student

Team: CINEPLEX
Fairy Tale:”Twelve Dancing Princesses”
Poisoned Apple:  A Clock Must Strike (NO ALARM CLOCKS)

Bio: A group of college students with one aim: to create an entertaining film experience.

Previous Entries: 2007: Running to Consciousness. 2008: The End’s Beginning.  2009: A Long Day

Team: BEYOND THE PALE PRODUCTIONS
Fairy Tale: “The Princess and the Pea”
Poisoned Apple: Must End Happily Ever After

Bio: Frederick High School students who enjoy movies and making short films.

This is Beyond the Pale Productions’ first entry.

Team: Demon/Angel Production
Fairy Tale: “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”
Poisoned Apple: Must include a Stolen Kiss

Bio: College and High school students who love to act, write, and edit our own movies.

This is Demon/Angel Production’s first entry.

Team: DuNoJo
Fairy Tale: “Puss in Boots”
Poisoned Apple: Must Use “The 9th of October” in Dialogue

Bio: We are a progressive, avant-garde team of film afficianados dedicted to progressing the art and science of film.  As high school students we are voracious in our quest for knowledge, experience and feedback to the field of film and look forward to the challenge presented by this competition.

This is DuNoJo’s first entry.

Team: The Albanian Fedora Tribe of Assertive Teams
Fairy Tale: “The Fir Tree”
Poisoned Apple: Maximum Time Reduced by 30 Seconds

Bio: Just your average Albanian teens wearing some stylish fedoras having fun making sentimental videos.

This is their first entry.

Team: Home Video Productions
Fairy Tale: “Peter Pan”
Poisoned Apple: Must Use “The 9th of October” in Dialogue

Bio: A collection of filmmaking machines and talented youth of Shepherd University.

This is Home Video Productions first entry.

Didn’t Turn In:

Team: BlueRing Productions
Fairy Tale: “The Three Little Pigs”
Poisoned Apple: Must Use a Stolen Kiss

Bio: A bunch of people who decided “what the hell” and entered.

This is BlueRing Productions first entry.

Team: Wild Child
Fairy Tale: “Golden Goose”
Poisoned Apple:  A Clock Must Strike (NO ALARM CLOCKS)

Bio: Just your average Albanian teens wearing some stylish fedoras having fun making sentimental videos.

This is their first entry.

Team: Friend Guy Productions
Fairy Tale: “The Nightingale”
Poisoned Apple: Character must write his/her name down.

Bio: None…

This is Friend Guy’s first entry.

Team: UNCLE ANDROSS
Fairy Tale: “The Two Brothers”
Poisoned Apple: Must Use a Stolen Kiss

Bio: We’ve seen the movie Jurassic Park more times than you. Team Members: NickJamison, PatrickMolloy, AshleyOmadevuae, NickPsillas, AaronWold, LewieThomas. Hold on to your butts.

Previous Entries: Spectacle: Short Film about William Bradford Peck  (2009 Best Amateur Finalist )

Team Website: Watch last years entry.

Launch Party and Friday Night

Doug Powell, a ten year veteran of the performing arts, got his start in the underground comedy scene of Washington DC. Doug has worked venues from the DC Improv to the Friars Club in Beverly Hills. Doug’s conversational approach to stand-up has led to his involvement in storyteller organizations such as Washington’s ‘Speakeasy’ collective. Doug has produced several live comedy albums and has been featured on Sirius XM Satellite radio.

Saturday Night Main Event

Mikael Johnson is a writer, director, actor, improviser, and comic residing in Washington, D.C. Growing up in Middletown, Maryland, Johnson spent most of his childhood playing sports, baseball in particular. He started taking acting and improv lessons at the Maryland Ensemble Theater in Frederick, Maryland. It eventually led to him landing roles on stage and in front of the camera locally. For the past 5 years, he has called Washington DC his home, working in the comedy scene and primarily with Washington Improv Theater while also branching out to perform in shows and festivals all over the country. Most recently, his 2-person show, ShawnMikaels, took home the title of “Best Improv Troupe” at the Harrisburg Comedy Festival that showcased groups from all over the east coast. In the past couple years, he has turned his focus to writing and producing. Last year saw the debut of Johnson’s ,”The Hill“, a pardoy he wrote and directed, set in DC  that spoofed young professional life in the nation’s capital. He also co-starred in “Parabnormal” the same year which was produced by Aesteros Filmworks. In 2008 he spent the summer and fall writing and producing web segments, as the sports reporter character “Majic”, for Nike 6.0 during the Mountain Dew Action Sports Tour. When he is not working on his own projects, Johnson is often coaching, teaching and or directing other individuals and groups with their own performance pieces.

There were costumes galore: CHECK OUT PICTURES.

Team Page has been updated to include each team’s Fairy Tale and Poisoned Apple.  Please check the page. If there is a mistake, let us know to correct it asap. We need all bios/pics by the time you turn your movies in.

Some details for teams.

THEME: FAIRY TALES REINVENTED

2010 is our “2nd Year of Influence”.  For 2009, we asked filmmakers to be influenced by an image to create a new work.  We examined the way that artists can be influenced by the world around them.

For 2010, we want to examine the way that society and artists can influence and REINVENT pre-existing works.  Fairy Tales in the social consciousness of today bear little resemblance to their original form.  Every few generations, societal, political and market influence have altered the stories. Our current idea of many Fairy Tales comes from Disney.

Your job is to reinvent your chosen Fairy Tale again.

Do NOT simply ADAPT a previous version.
Do NOT simply REFER to a character within a Fairy Tale.
Do NOT simply SLAP a can a paint on it and call it new.

LESS LITERAL = MORE.

REINVENT the Fairy Tale, through the prism of your generation.

For 2010 There were 2 pieces of criteria:  A FAIRY TALE and a POISONED APPLE.

Our Host Doug Powell gave each team a Fairy Tale based off a number they drew from a Castle doorway.  Teams also chose a POISONED APPLE that had a number that corresponded to one of these REQUIRED ELEMENTS:

POISONED APPLES

1. Must End Happily Ever After
2. A Clock Must Strike (NO ALARM CLOCKS!)
3. Must Include an Overturned Chair
4. Must Use “The Ninth of October” in Dialogue
5. Must Include a Stolen Kiss
6. Maximum Time Reduced by 30 Seconds
7. Character must write his/her name down.

TIME LIMITS

Pro: 6 Minutes Maximum
Amateur: 5 Minutes 30 Seconds Maximum
Student: 5 Minutes Maximum

CHALLENGE

Teams are encouraged to incorporate costumes into the reinvention of their Fairy Tale. The Challenge is optional, but all teams are eligible to win the Best Costume Award.

Do the costumes need to be representative of the original work (For instance- Same Time Period as original work?)- No. You are “Reinventing” your Fairy Tale so feel free to take liberties over time/place/costumes. A Costume is A Costume.

HELP!

A few of you have spoke up about the Fairy Tale you have chosen.  ”How can I do THAT”.  While some teams “lucked out” getting Fairy Tales we have all heard of, we admit there are some doozies mixed in.    This is why we have stated “LESS LITERAL=MORE”.  Figure out a way to boil down the essence of the story.  Whether you picked Little Red Riding Hood which is easy to adapt or an obscure 16th Century Fairy Tale that you can barely pronounce, we don’t want LITERAL adaptations.  There just isn’t enough TIME to literally adapt any of these.  Dig and find the essence.  It’s in there somewhere.

The truth is- We’re not sure yet how a reinvention of a well known Fairy Tale will play out. For instance, will the audience and judges expectations of a  common Fairy Tale guide their opinion?   Will the audience say “Why did they do THAT?”  While it would seem to be more fun to adapt a more common tale, could the obscure ones end up having an advantage?

That’s just one of the aspects of this year’s contest that will be interesting to watch unfold.

So why did we announce the Theme early?

There are 6 reasons, but we will share 3 4 right now. (See Below)*

1. We encourage teams to right now (this minute!) start thinking of COSTUMES. We realize many of you may not have a seamstress, designer or wardrobe in your team.  You may want to find one. Use our Facebook page if you need to.
2. The Launch Party is a COSTUME PARTY to celebrate our 5th Year. Come out. Dress up. Bring friends, family, loved ones, strangers you meet on the street.  It’s gonna be fun.  It’s open to anyone and everyone. And it’s free. We are going to have a Best Costume for individual or couple at the Launch Party. Be original. Remember the theme.
3. It looks cool on the poster. More people in the seats means more people to watch your awesome movies and that’s what this thing is all about right?
4. “Reimagining Fairy Tales: An Evening with Alice Hoffman”. In conjunction with 72 Film Fest, the C. Burr Artz Trust and Frederick Reads will host bestselling author Alice Hoffman at the Weinberg on Thursday, October 7. Many of Hoffman’s novels are critically acclaimed as reinventions of the fairy-tale genre, and several have been adapted for the big screen.  Following her presentation and question & answer session, Hoffman will reveal her pick from the 72 Film Fest finalists to receive “Best Use of the Fairy Tale Theme,” the first award to be presented.

Costumes?! Are you F-ing kidding me?

Uh, Let’s not get hostile here. Costumes will be the optional CHALLENGE. It’s the biggest reason we announced it early but don’t let it be a deal breaker. Many filmmakers have moved on to the finals without partaking in the annual Challenge. Last year’s Optional Challenge was incorporating Edgar Allan Poe. Previous Years have been “Make a Difference” or shoot a scene during “In the Street”. How do the judges take the Challenges into consideration?  We could give you a long winded Excel spreadsheet formula answer but essentially if there’s a tie in any of the top categories, then the one that nails the Challenge will most likely get the award.

If you are totally without the means for costumes- Use our Facebook Page to meet people!

So what does the theme “Fairy Tales and Fables Reinvented” mean exactly?

Each team will still pick their individual criteria that will in some way incorporate said theme. How? Come on now, you don’t think we’re gonna give ya everything now do ya?   If you really want SOMEthing to whet your appetite: There will be more than one piece of criteria this year

Does that mean I have a month to adapt my favorite Fairy Tale and pretend to pass it off by retroactively sneaking in whatever criteria I get?

No. For one that’s unethical you sly bastard. It takes away the fun of it all. Two, it probably won’t work. This year more than any other. We can’t won’t tell you why but word of advice: Spend your time assembling your team and figuring out how to handle the added logistics a fairy tale may bring.  If you have a pixie in your movie when your criteria didn’t ask for it, or say little red riding hood makes a pointless cameo, the judges are gonna kinda know.

*This is below. We have a very special announcement this year regarding one (or two) of our JUDGES.  We’ll send out an email soon.

Got a team but need some cast or crew members?  Use the Contact form below. We’ll post them here.

TALENT SEEKING TEAM

Don’t have a team but want to participate?  Email us.

Jim Cigno writes:

I have been involved in Three 48-Film Projects. In two of them, “Here, There, and Everywhere” (2009) and “The Misadventures of Matilda Mensch” (2010), I created the title art and the end credits. Those were for the Baltimore 48. For the DC 48 in 2010, I was an actor for “Never Trust a Pretty Face”. I studied film and video at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) And have a BFA in digital art from UMBC. I can be reached at jim at jimno.net

LOCAL FILMMAKING NEWS:

“POSSESSION”, directed by Eduardo Sanchez is seeking Production Assistants for upcoming production in October 2010!  http://www.haxan.com/forum/

Members of Open Bar: Lost World Media are producing feature film: “THE FEED”

Members of Series6Flix are producing feature film: “She’s in the Details”

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CHANNEL 72.

Shorts from 72 Film Fest and the previous Frederick Film Festival 72 Hour Contest.

If you’ve entered a film into 72 Film Fest, email us the link and we’ll include it on our channel.

The Giving. a 72 Fest short.

Starring Mikael Johnson.

72 Film Fest will have a short block during the upcoming Frederick Film Festival.

Saturday 2pm Cultural Arts Center.

From FrederickFilmFest.com:

CinemArts and The Weinberg Center for the Arts are proud to present the 2010 Frederick Film Festival—The F3.

The Festival promises to be a memorable event taking place at the Weinberg Center, an early 20th Century movie palace which opened 1926 as the Tivoli Theater, and the Cultural Arts Center, in the heart of beautiful Downtown Frederick, Maryland.

Schedule of Films:

BEST EDITING Winner: Laserstar Entertainment for Witness

HEAD OF THE CLASS Winner: The Falcons for Rough Draft

Finalist: Missing Link Cinema for Eleanor

BEST AMATEUR, WRITING, MUSIC Winner: Giant Sharks & Dynamite for Alone Again

BEST PROFESSIONALWinner: Open Bar for The Gold Bug

CINEMATOGRAPHY Winner: Big Wave Media for Captive

Finalist: Sparkly Fresh Pictures for Nevermore

POE CHALLENGE Winner: CineGraphic Studios for The Nightmares of Edgar Allan Poe

Finalist Bright Boy Alert for The Gold Bug Caper

BEST OF THE FEST, BEST ACTING WINNER: Connectivity Group Productions for A Mouse Eye View