The AFFT Knoxville Chapter Presents:
TOPIC: Getting Focused
A visioning event to build and maintain a viable TV/Film Culture in Knoxville
DATE:Thursday, March 11, 2010
TIME: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
PLACE:Bandit Lites, 2233 Sycamore Drive, Knoxville, TN 37921
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER:Michael Strickland, owner of Bandit Lites and newly elected President of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce Board. Mr. Strickland will be sharing his vision for our industry in Knoxville. For more information please visit
http://m.knoxnews.com/news/2009/Jun/15/bandit-lites-ceo-thinks/ "Bandit Lites CEO thinks Knoxville can play a starring role"...the article focuses on how Knoxville can attract new business in any industry, but it also connects the idea and strength of the entertainment industry as well...
This will be a "members only" working meeting. We are needing your input as to what you think our region needs to maintain, support and grow our industry here in Knoxville. The State Board has been meeting with legislators expressing concerns for the future of production in the state and we need your insight to continue that work. Please attend this important meeting and share your thoughts with us. The time for action is NOW!!
Of course if you are reading this and you are not a member in good standing, you can join by going to the website at www.affttennessee.org or you can join at the door for $25, but you must be a member to attend. Get connected with the production community. Let your voice be heard and join the fight to protect our industry in Tennessee.
From the new album "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky" available at http://www.okgo.net/store
Directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. Produced by Shirley Moyers. The official video for the recorded version of "This Too Shall Pass" off of the album "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky". The video was filmed in a two story warehouse, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The "machine" was designed and built by the band, along with members of Syyn Labs ( http://syynlabs.com/ ) over the course of several months.
"That Evening Sun" Executive Producer, Larsen Jay, is issuing a challenge to all Tennessee filmmakers, cast and crew:
Contribute to the AFFT-PAC during the week that the film debuts in Chattanooga: March 5 - March 11.
Larsen will match all contributions during that time up to $500!!
Mark that week on your calendar!! Plan to contribute! Come to the first screening on Friday, March 5 in Chattanooga for a special evening with Larsen Jay hosted by the AFFT Chattanooga Chapter!
One-minute trailer for Seed of Doubt, a short film starring Natalie Canerday (October Sky, Sling Blade) and David Dwyer (The Blind Side, We Are Marshall). Written and directed by Mitch Moore, produced by Secret City Films. Currently accepted as an official selection of Gatlinburg Screenfest and Nashville Film Festival.
**AFFT MEETING POSTPONED** (rescheduled: Thursday, March 11th 6pm Bandit Lites) Please mark your calendars! Postponed due to snow falling rapidly and schools, etc. closing)
The second annual Screenfest Film Festival in Gatlinburg is approaching, and many Tennessee films and actors are nominated for awards. Screenfest, Sevier County’s only film festival, ha
s expanded their pool of prizes by including actors, actresses, supporting actors, and supporting actresses. The festival will add the performance awards alongside the Grand Prize, Second Place, Third Place, and Viewer’s Choice Awards. Overall fifteen films and fourteen actors are nominated, with the majority being from the East Tennessee area. The performance nominees range from theater students at area high schools and universities to some well-known faces in the film industry.
Screenfest activities begin on Friday, March 26 at 6:30 with an Opening Night mixer, a party designed to introduce the filmmakers and actors among themselves and to area business owners, festival patrons, and fans. Admission to the mixer is free, but attendees are encouraged to bring business cards, calling cards, or fliers to exchange with others. Screenings begin Friday evening and will run throughout the weekend with multiple theaters and showings of each film. In addition to the fifteen competing films being screened, the 2009 winners will be shown in a free screening on Saturday with donations encouraged to benefit the American Red Cross. Another free event is a workshop presented by Talent Trek Agency to inform guests about what talent agencies look for and how to work in film and television in the Southeast. The entire festival will include Sunday evening with an Awards Ceremony cocktail party.
Festival director Jessee Black says that his biggest challenge in the event’s sophomore year is educating the public on what his festival really is. "Essentially it’s a night at the movies with a competition undercurrent. Screenfest serves popcorn and soda, and we sit around to watch movies that are made to entertain the audience alongside the filmmakers and actors who made them." The nominees this year run the gamut from drama to documentary, and from comedy to horror. "There is definitely something for everyone" Black says.
