Summer Press Release
Happy Friday! Within the week we should have Pal Pay up and running. Once on the website, teams can start signing up early. Here is a copy of the press release we’ve been sending around lately. Only two weeks away guys. Do you have your teams ready?
The Wild West Film Festival is coming back to Lawrence this summer in a super return. The Wild West Film Festival is an annual festival that pushes groups to write, shoot, and edit a five minute film with in 48 hours. In light of recent hollywood success, the festival has turned towards a super hero/villain theme for this summers festival. Groups can pick up an entry form and secret criteria Friday June 25,
between 7pm-10pm at two locations (Astory Kitty Comics 7th Mass in Lawrence, KS or Hollywood at Home 95th Metcalf in Overland Park, KS ). From the pick up on, teams have only 48 hours to make a five minute hero/villain themed film. Films are due NO LATER than 10p.m. and can be drop off at Liberty Hall in Lawrence or Hollywood at Home in KC Sunday June 27th.
The screening for the top 25 entries will be July 10th 7pm at Liberty Hall. A panel of judges will pick the top three films to be awarded great prizes, including gift certificates and cash! This years judges include KU Alum Chris Martin (who won an Emmy for his special effects work on NBC’s show Heros) along with other local comic writes and artist.
In the past, the festival has raised over one-thousand dollars for The Willow Domestic Violence Center Early this year, the festival was awarded the 2010 Loren Dolezal Community Service Award from the KU Department of Film and Media Studies for outstanding work within the film and local community.
This festival is open to anybody with a camera and a love of filmmaking.
wildwestfilmfest09@gmail.com or look us up on the web: www.wildwestfilmfest.com
“What a great opportunity for young filmmakers to show their craft for good causes. Everybody wins!”
“The Wild West Film Fest has been bringing it to the Lawrence film scene. It is one of the best examples of what filmmakers are looking for in a festival.”
“The Wild West Film Fest puts filmmaking back into the hands of the people. It’s indy film in it’s purest, grittiest form. A great opportunity for local filmmakers to get their work seen by audiences.”