The 2007 TucsonFilm.com ShortFest schedule is set for Saturday, April 14 at the University of Arizona's Gallagher Theater (in the Student Union building). Thousands of dollars of prizes for filmgoers and filmmakers, the 2007 short film Oscar winner, a professional film seminar, and Star Trek's Andre Bormanis augment the hours of the most exciting short films from Arizona and around the globe.
Tickets for the entire event are only $10, available at the UA Gallagher box office starting at noon on the day of the event. Seating is limited, and filmgoers are encouraged to arrive early. Free parking is available at the Second Street garage, directly North of the Student Union building. (Take Speedway Blvd. to Mountain Ave., drive South to Second Street, turn left to the garage entrance. Walk South to the Student Union ground floor.)
Prizes will be awarded to filmgoers throughout the event. Filmmakers are especially encouraged to attend the 4PM professional film seminar, where a free 16mm motion picture film stock, processing and digital transfer package from Burbank's Pro 8mm will be given away. Other free film packages and prizes will also be awarded before the film screenings, and throughout the event.
April 14 TucsonFilm.com ShortFest schedule of events:
Noon: Gallagher Box office opens, Student Union ground floor
3 PM: Participating filmmakers sign-in begins
4 PM: Pro 8mm owner Phil Vigeant conducts 16mm & Super-8 film workshop
6 PM: Keynote presentation with Star Trek writer-producer Andre Bormanis
7 PM: Festival short film screenings begin
9 PM: Screening of UA alum Ari Sandel's 2007 Oscar winning short, "West Bank Story"
9:30 PM: Presentation of filmmaker awards, including the "Audience Choice"
Complete details, and hours of free streaming films from last year's festival, are at www.TucsonFilm.com
Presenting sponsors for the 2007 TucsonFilm.com ShortFest include The Hanson Film Institute and The Arizona Daily Star, and supporting sponsors include Avid Technologies, Inc., The Gallagher Theater, The Tucson Film Office and the Tucson Pima Arts Council.
TucsonFilm.com ShortFest PSA (2007)
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For the past six weeks, we've showcased a selection of films shown at last year's festival at aznightbuzz.com. Readers who wrote the best movie blurb each week received a pair of tickets to the TucsonFilm.com ShortFest.
Click here to watch all six films and read the winning blurbs.
Contact: TucsonFilm.com ShortFest director Timothy Gassen at tgassen@purple-cactus.tv or (520) 319-9848.
For more information on the festival and to see films from last year go to www.purple-cactus.tv/dramatic-film/tucsonfilm2007.
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