The annual celebration of high concept/low budget cinema starts in 10 days with over 40 films from around the world proving that when it comes to making a good movie big imaginations are more important than fat wallets.

The Festival takes place

April 14-16 at the Red Vic
1727 Haight St - SF

April 17 - Parkway Theater
1834 Park Blvd (near Lake Meritt)- Oakland

Info on this year's films, screening info and and tickets at:

http://www.hilofilmfestival.com

Hi-lights of the 2005 hilo film festival:
From over 500+ submissions the hi/lo programmers have put together 3 programs of shorts, a documentary program and a stunning feature on the history of SF graffiti. The line-up includes:

8 Films by San Francisco filmmakers joining films from Florida to Oregon, Belgium to Burbank, London to Texas and a lot of places in between.

Documentaries about: a Berkeley architect who moves his parents into an unlikely creation, an all-girl indie-rock band, the guy pictured at left and the 'art' he makes, the windmills at Altamont, and a look at youth culture through the eyes of skateboarders across the country

Music Videos about electric can openers, girls who fly through space and an interpretation of the Nutcracker suite choreographed with lawn mowers and weedwackers.

Reality Video featuring a dramatic show down between a newspaper pilferer and his surveillance camera equipped neighbor.

And a slew of other low budget films that prove you don't need a lot of money to make a great movie!