ps- this is getting rerun sometime in December.
Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler have been invited to the Flanders International Film Festival in Ghent, Belgium, to lecture at the digiforum. They will discuss the new world of digital film making and how The Last Broadcast was part of it.*sometime in the near future we'll have an online diary, complete with photos. This festival ROCKED!! We felt like stars and met some excellent people.
DV MAGAZINE will be streaming the trailer and doing a brief write up on it's web site. This will be up by the second week in Oct. The film will also be mentioned in the letters section of the magazine.
WIRED MAGAZINE Cover story Special report!! Hollywood 2.0 baby! "Meet the new players who are reinventing entertainment" . Is this going to our heads? You bet! Nah... just kidding; but it is too cool to be in the same list as Luc Besson and Linwood Dunn.DECEMBER, 1997VIDEOMAKER MAGAZINE will have a feature article about how we made the movie entirely on our desktops.
THE CRAIG WRIGHT SHOW- Our first radio interview. Cool guy. We even had a caller ask us how we could call this a film when in fact most of it was shot on video.
FILM THREAT WEEKLY- Cool article with attitude.
PC GRAPHICS AND VIDEO has commissioned us to write an article about how we made the movie. It will detail the process from building the systems to mastering for DVD.January, 1998CLIPS SHOWCASE- December 18 we will be presenting a section of the film to an audience of producers, agents, development executives, distributors and the media. We are very excited about this as this showcase has been the beginning of quite a few successful films.
BEYOND COMPUTERS - NPR's national radio show about computers "goes to the movies". The interview with Nina Teicholz basically is about how we did it and how this is a liberating thang for independent filmmakers. You can listen to it streamed from their website or listen to it on the radio. Check your local listings for time and date.
ANDY GRAHAM'S COMPUTER BEAT RADIO SHOW- Andy Graham's Computer Beat Radio Show was a fun thing to do. Kansas radio do you hear us? Listen to it in Real Audio.
MOVIEMAKER MAGAZINE - will have an article about how we did it, and what this means to the future of independent film.
CAMCORDER AND COMPUTER VIDEO will be covering the project in a feature article regarding desktop video.
PRIMETIME WEEKEND. March 7th, we will be on ABC affiliate WPVI's Primetime Weekend.
And finally, Let the shows begin...
March 9th through the
14th
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
The movie will be presented via
DIGITAL PROJECTION at the historic art deco County Theater in Doylestown, Bucks
County, Pa.
We are extremely fortunate to be using a state of the art
projection system provided by Digital Projection inc. This is
the same projector used in "Tomorrow Never Dies" and was used for it's London
Premiere. It is also being used in the upcoming Star Wars movie. What
moviegoers will witness here for the first time is a feature film presented to
the public, that has stayed in the digital domain from start to
finish.
March 15th,
1998
THE SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FILM/ MUSIC/ INTERACTIVE
FESTIVAL
Austin, Texas
In conjunction with SXSW Film
Festival and CONDUIT, the movie
will screen at the Ritz Lounge. A Q&A will follow, followed by a series of
cool digital shorts, and a party!!
March 16th,
1998
SXSW FILM FESTIVAL - We will be part of a
panel on Desktop Filmmaking.
March 18th,
1998
Vancouver, BC
VICTORIA INDEPENDENT FILM
FESTIVAL
Once again we will lecture and the movie will screen at the
beautiful Empress Hotel on Victoria Island.
March 28th,
1998
Cleveland, Ohio
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM
FESTIVAL
We will screen the movie again Digitally courtesy of Digital Projection
inc.
The independent Film and
Video Monthly
Moviemaker Magazine
Variety Magazine
August 13,
1998
Chicago, Illinois
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM
FESTIVAL
August 14-15
Los Angeles,
California
at Director's Guild of America Theater
RESFEST
September
24-25
San
Francisco, California
at Palace of Fine Arts
RESFEST
September
Singapore
Chinarunn Pictures Pte Ltd has acquired
the Singaporean Broadband rights and will release The Last Broadcast via
Broadband internet. A first!
NOVEMBER 1998In October, it's coming...
The First Theatrical release of an independent film via satellite.
This is going to be of vital importance for indie film makers.
The Last Broadcast will be opening in :
Philadelphia PA, Providence RI, Orlando FL, Minneapolis MN, Portland ORLet us know if you're interested in helping us set up a screening in your town... if you join the mailing list, you'll find out when and where we'll be.
DECEMBER 1998
Nov 15,
IFC and Wavelength Releasing are proud to present the first ever U.S. Broadband internet release of a theatrical feature film.
story in ForbesJANUARY 1999Dec 15 - Toronto Showing At the Design Arts Center sponsored by CFC
FEBRUARY 1999
Cool story in Raygun by Sarah JacobsonSundance Film Festival - Wavelength Releasing will be heading the Digital Panels with Shootouts, Discussions of new technologies and more
MARCH 1999
Rotterdam International Film Festival- In competition in the Exploding Cinema Section.
APRIL 1999
3/13 NUFF Panel on Digital FilmmakingMARCH 18, 1999
Atlanta, Ga8 pm, AMC Phipps Plaza,
3500 Peachtree Rd. NE3/27,28 Cleveland Film Festival
3/30 AIVF panel on Digital Filmmaking
MAY 1999
Buenos Aires International Film Festival"Mind The Gap" - Amsterdam, Holland
International Electronic Cinema Tour May'99
Theatrical MAY, 1999
May 15The last chance to see The Last Broadcast on the big screen..
New York DGA THEATER
110 w 57th St. For ticket info visit http://www.ammi.org/ (starting May 3rd) or call (718) 784-4520
Co-Presented by the American Museum of the Moving Image & The Independent Film Channel.May 18-20
Cannes, France
Cannes International Film Festival
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL "Mitic Technology Showcase" Miramar Theater located on the Croisette May 18, 19 and 20May 22-23
London, England
LUX CENTER 2-4 Hoxton Square Tel: 44(0)171 684 0101
http://www.lux.org.uk/
Email: info@lux.org.ukMay 27-30
Dublin, Ireland
Darklight Film Festival
http://www.darklight-filmfestival.com/
Email: info@darklight-filmfestival.comMay 28-June 4
Stockholm, Sweden
Popcorn Film Festival
http://www.popcorn.nu/
The Last Broadcast on home video
available at amazon.com for a limited time. (until Aug 24th)
Sept 28 SEPTEMBER 1999
Released exclusively at HOLLYWOOD VIDEO across the country
Sept 24-30th
Special limited engagement return to the COUNTY THEATER in Bucks county Pa. (where it all started)
OCTOBER
Oct 6th
East Coast VSDA convention - Atlantic City.Oct 11th - 16th
Flanders International Film Festival - return to where it all started and a very nice way to finish. The movie and two debates about digital cinema will be seen in Ghent, Belgium and also beamed to Madrid and Amsterdam. This was our first and favorite festival, so we are really excited to go.
NOVEMBER
Nov 30th
General Home video release on VHS and DVD