SHOW US YOUR SHORTS 2013 – Spring Edition

 

EFF’s 72-hour film competition is back for Spring 2013!

Kickoff: Friday, May 3, 5pm

Deadline: Monday, May 6, 5pm

Awards Ceremony: Wednesday, May 8, 7pm

Here’s how to enter:

Step 1:

ENTER!

Come to May 3rd the kickoff at Gallery One for directions and key elements for your short film.

➙ There is a $20 fee for each film.

Payments will be accepted at kickoff, or with final submitted materials in cash or check.

Step 2:

FILM!

72 hours to script, film, and edit.

Step 3:

SUBMIT!

Drop off your final DVD no later than 5PM on May 6th in the EFF Office, which is upstairs in Gallery One, the second door around the corner from the elevator.

Step 4:

SCREEN!

Short films will be screened at Gallery One, 408 N Pearl, downtown Ellensburg.

Awards will be given for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography.

Flame-throwers, explosions, and a car that serves whiskey

By Josh Perrault

Rolling Stone called it “halucinatory.” MSN called it “a weird mix of John Hughes and Mad Max.”Hammer To Nail called it “an explosive, outrageous, and dynamic first film.” Bellflower is a film following two friends as they venture out into the world to begin their adult lives. All their free time is spent building flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruction in hopes that a global apocalypse will occur and clear the runway for their imaginary gang, “Mother Medusa.” A film about betrayal, love, hate, infidelity and extreme violence, Bellflower is the perfect example of indie filmmaking that breaks through conventional style and sets the bar for the future of filmmaking.

The first feature film of writer/director/actor, Evan Glodell, Bellflower premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was immediately thrown into the festival buzz due to the film’s distinctive look. With a one-of-a-kind camera designed by Glodell, combining vintage camera parts, and Russian lenses around a Silicon Imaging SI-2K Mini digital camera, with cinematographer Joel Hodge’s shooting style gave Bellflower an extremely rare and distinct look. Bellflower is the first feature production from Glodell’s ‘Coatwolf Productions,’ a production company he created in his early 20s after moving to California with a group of close friends to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker. For Glodell, Bellflower was an personal story that included many real life events. In order to create Bellflower, Glodell had to nearly sacrifice almost everything, including his personal belongings and living in the abandoned wing of an office building in order to fund the film. It is truly a work of labor for Glodell and should be a good enough entrance into becoming a known filmmaker.

The film was picked up by Oscilloscope Laboratories shortly after its premier at the Sundance Film Festival, as it continued to hit the festival stops and was shown at this year’s South By Southwest Festival. The film hit theaters on August 5th, 2011 and has been recently added to the 2011 Ellensburg Film Festival lineup. The film will be shown Saturday October, 8th so make sure to get your tickets, this is a film you wont want to miss.