The Wild West Film Fest

Summer Winners

Admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:43:19 +0000

We had another successful festival! Thanks to all the local sponsors, teams, friends and family who made it out to the screening last Saturday Night. We raised over $500 dollars for the Lawrence Humane Society in Lawrence.
Here are the winners for the Wild West Film Fest Summer 2010
1st Place: No Mercy for the Evil
2nd/Peoples Choice: Slaptastic
3rd: Allied Soviet Services

If you missed the festival, or didn’t grab one, AstroKitty Comics will be selling DVD’s of the films from Saturday Night for only $10 bucks! We hope to upload the winning films to the wild west youtube page and directly on the website soon. But for starters:

Finally, team captains will be receiving judging notes soon. Keep an eye out for those.

Screening this Saturday Night!

Admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:19:59 +0000

Two weeks ago, we had a record number of teams sign up for the Wild West Film Festival. 48 hours of labor and hard work went in to each film, and it shows.

Starting at 7:00 pm Saturday we will be screening the top 27 at Liberty Hall in Lawrence. Tickets are only $7 for general public and $5 for students. We will also have a costume contests during the festival, so dress for super success! The most heroic hero or vile villain will receive a cash prize and a DVD of the films.

Last night was the Lawrence round of judging. The judges were blown away by the quality of films this year. Along with the typical gang of local judges, we also enjoyed the company of local comic book writer Jai Nitz. He has written several comics for D.C. and Marvel. He is currently working on Hollywood movie comic tie-ins, such as the upcoming Green Hornet.

The judging may be almost over, but remember- every film is up for people’s choice.

Here is the screening list for Saturday night (subject to change).

Allied Soviet Service
Bruso
Jesus Christ: Super Hero
Stuporman
Captain Chivalry vs. The Feminist Foe
1800 Super-Date
Benchland
Evil Gets Whipped
Silent but Deadly
The Protagonists
Chain Male
Slaptastic
Heat Stroke

INTERMISSION

Stroking the Heat
The Revenge of Dr. Sun
Bustin’ Out
Superhero Man
Never Again
Go Ref Yourself
Super Speed Dating
Interrogation
Ball
The Doctor Is In
No Mercy for the Evil
Surf Girl
Match me if you Can
Against the Current

See you at the movies!

Summer’s Secret Criteria

Admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:18:25 +0000

We had a record number of teams signing up last night, way to go! Now teams have 48 hours to write, shoot and edit with the following criteria:

Wild West made news this morning in the Topeka Capital Journal. You can find the article here: http://cjonline.com/news/local/2010-06-26/relax_topeka_its_only_a_movie
May this be a reminder to teams to be safe this weekend.

Calling all Heroes

Admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:37:48 +0000

Entry pick up TONIGHT! Can you feel the excitement in the air? It is finally here. Starting tonight, teams will have 48 hours to make a film to be screened on July 10th at Liberty Hall. Online sign-up has been a hit, with teams signing up from all around KS and even a few from out of state! For those in town, we will be at our pick-up locations tonight between 7-10pm. Entry fee is only $25 per team and includes tickets to the screening. We hope to see teams tonight at our locations:

Astrokitty Comics in Lawrence at 15 E. 7th St. Lawrence, KS 66044
-or-
Hollywood at Home in Overland Park at 9063 Metcalf Avenue.
Tomorrow we will post this summer’s secret criteria for all those interested. As we get closer to the screening, we will continue to update the website frequently .
Good luck tonight teams!

Sign up early

Admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:34:07 +0000

Summer Press Release

Admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:09:43 +0000

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

Three Week Away

Admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:02:40 +0000

Hey teams! We are three weeks away from sign up, and boy-O-boy do we have a lot of stuff planed. We are working on getting a paypal account to help film makers outside of the Lawrence area sign up. Once this account is running, teams will be able to sign up early. Then, Friday June 25, paid teams will receive an email with this years awesome criteria. On top of that, teams can up load their finished film to megaupload.com. Teams should check out this website and become familiar with it before using. This year we’ll be getting teams from L.A., Portland and maybe even France!

If you are in the area, pick up with be Friday June 25 at Astro Kitty Comics in Lawrence and Hollywood at him in KC.

As always email us with any quetsions or comments.

WWFF team

Summer Promo!

Admin — Sat, 15 May 2010 18:07:03 +0000

Summer ’10 Festival Coming Soon!

Admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 23:25:03 +0000

Hey all, sorry we’ve been gone for so long. After last Octobers festival we needed some time off. But now we are charged and ready to go for this summers Wild West Film Festival! Here is your first look at the summers festival. Keep checking out the website for more information as we get close to the date. Updates every Friday!

Check out your youtube page with winners from the last years festivals-http://www.youtube.com/user/wildwestfilmfest

Here is the first poster for this summers festival:

Sunday Night Line up

Admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:04:20 +0000

Here is the line up for the screening Sunday night. The list is by film title, not group name. List still subject to change.

First act:
-Megan Linn
-Breakfast
-Quite Night
-Candy
-Samaritan
-A slash from the past
-Sustenance
-Anna
-See No Evil, Hear No evil, Speak no evil
-I’m so sorry
-Pumpkin Love
-Hell to Pay
-Slow Death

Intermission-Includes onstage costume contest!

Second Act:
-My Unrequited Love
-Glow
-The Watch King
-Brains Anonymous
-Victims Vengeance
-Nothing left to Say
-Harmless
-Marys Lake
-My Heart is Yours
-Lucky Strikes
-Dying to Win

Sunday nigh screening at Liberty Hall. Doors open at 7:00, films start at 7:30. Tickets $5 for students and $7 for general public. All proceeds go to support W.T.C.S.
Don’t forget to dress up for the costume contest during intermission! Also we will have DVD of all the films on sale during the festival.
See you all Sunday!