Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the short film lineup for the seventh edition of Fantastic Fest, happening September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. Fantastic Fest loves its short films – they provide a fertile ground for new and exciting filmmaking talent to show off their genre goods in an unrestrained format. Here is the lineup for Fantastic Fest 2011:
ALL MEN ARE CALLED ROBERT (2011)
U.S. Premiere
Director: Marc-Henri Boulier, France, 6 minutes
A naked, terribly bruised man is runn...
An Interview
with Richard Gale
Though he majored in English literature at UCLA, Richard Gale has become a
highly accomplished and versatile filmmaker. He writes, directs, produces,
shoots, and edits his films. And he’s worked in several different
modes—fiction, documentary, drama, comedy, shorts, features, cable TV. He’s won
three L.A. Area Emmys and screened at many festivals around the world, including
our own Valley Film Festival (Criticized
in 2007 and ...
Focus On: A New Monthly Series from VFF
FOCUS ON: BEST OF VFF 2009 - FEBRUARY 21 @ TWO ROADS THEATRE
If you missed the award-winning films at VFF09, here's your chance to see them! We're launching our monthly series, Focus On, on February 21 with three awesome films:
"10 DEGREES HOTTER" SHORT FILM AWARD
THE HORRIBLY SLOW MURDERER WITH THE EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT WEAPON
Directed & Produced by Richard Gale (10 minutes)
AUDIENCE AWARD
"Made in the (818)&...
The Dead Channels 2008 Audience Awards have been tallied - and the winners are.... Best Feature Film: Tomas Alfredson's LET THE RIGHT ONE INwww.deadchannels.com/2008/let_the_right_one_in.php Best Short Film:Richard Gale's THE HORRIBLY SLOW MURDERER WITH THE EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT WEAPONwww.deadchannels.com/2008/fantastic_shorts.php...
Screenplay Finalists: (Features)"Ghost Office" Written by Cory Marciel (CA)"Resurrection Mary" Written by Cory Marciel (CA)"Beneath the Realm" Written by Douglas Jackson (CA)"The Lost Girl" Written by Michael Mongillo (CT)"Midnight Prayers" Written by Larissa and Alex Olick and Lisa Rose (NY)"Soul Catcher" Written by Eric Diekhans and Diane Berz (IL)"Druid's Guide to the Northeast" Written by Phil Clarke Jr. (NY)"Midnight Screaming" Written by Joel Schwartzberg (NJ)"Tom, You're Supposed to be De...
On Friday night I was treated to one of the strongest selections of twisted short films I have ever seen, Cinequest's Mindbenders. Not only were these films disturbing and extremely well produced, but the three directors I met personify everything that is great about independent filmmakers.This game is all about self-promotion, innovation and risk-taking, and Arthur, Ehran and Richard have these qualities in spades.Let's start with Arthur. Here's a fantastic example of self promotion...
