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THE BONEBAT SHOW announces Official Selections for the 2010 “COMEDY OF HORRORS” FILM FEST

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Redmond, WA. August 2nd, 2010 – THE BONEBAT SHOW’S “COMEDY OF HORRORS” FILM FEST is proud to announce their Official Selections for their first ever evening of movies, shorts and live music, to take place in Redmond on September 2, 2010.
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The Official Selections are:

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“Death In Charge”, Deviant Films.                                                                              Devi Snively, Director
“Eelgirl”, Chameleon Pictures                                                                                    Paul Campion, Director
The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon”, Critical Pictures     Richard Gale, Director
“How My Dad Killed Dracula”, TellTale Productions                                                   Sky Soleil, Director
“Jones’ Cheap Ass Prepaid Legal and Daycare Academy”, Big Dog Eat Child                Matthew Witkus, Director
“Land of the Heads”, National Film Board of Canada                                                  Cedric Louis/Claude Barras, Director
“Pixels”, One More Production                                                                                 Patrick Jean, Director
“Murder Baby”, Grumpy Panda                                                                               Peter Podgursky, Director
“Santa: The Fascist Years”, Plymptoons                                                                      Bill Plympton, Director
“Spider”, Blue Tongue Films                                                                                       Nash Edgerton, Director
“Treevenge”, Yer Dead Productions, Inc.                                                                    Jason Eisener , Director

In addition to the above shorts, the evenings viewing will be highlighted by the Seattle premiere of DOGHOUSE, the 2009 UK zombie feature from director Jake West and IFC Films!

Also screening at the fest will be the winner of the BoneBat Online Competition hosted by IndieFlix, a second feature to be named mid-August, and a few incredible surprises!

The “Comedy of Horrors” Film Fest, to be hosted by Steve and Gord of THE BONEBAT SHOW podcast, will take place Thursday, September 2, 2010 from 6:00 pm to midnight at the Big Picture Theater in Redmond, WA. The Film Fest will include two feature films, two blocks of short films, prizes galore, and a 30 minute set of live music from the Seattle progressive metal act BAREFOOT BARNACLE.

The Big Picture Theater is a beautiful, intimate, state of the art venue with a full bar, so attendees must be 21 and over. Tickets are on sale now at www.bonehand.com <http://www.bonehand.com> .

THE BONEBAT FILM FEST is sponsored by Mac and Jack’s Brewery, Flying Saucer Pizza, Scarecrow Video, Comic Stop, Games and Gizmos, Stocker Farms Field of Screams, GT Printing Equipment, and IndieFlix.
THE BONEBAT SHOW is a tri-weekly comedy and pop culture podcast which features independent music. The show is hosted by Steve Holetz and cartoonist G J Caulkins of www.mightywombat.com <http://www.mightywombat.com> , and has been airing every three weeks since September 2007, and has just released their 50th episode. The 2009 Podcast award nominee can be found at www.bonehand.com/bonebat.html <http://www.bonehand.com/bonebat.html> .

For additional information about the festival, or to buy tickets, please visit http://www.bonehand.com/bonebatff.html
Interviews are available. Please direct publicity inquiries and interview requests to steve@bonehand.com or (425)753-3828.

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Pure, Unadulterated Washington Film at Grand Illusion

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

The Grand Illusion Cinema in Seattle’s University District launched it’s first Washington Grown Film Festival – celebrating the best of Northwest film with exciting opportunities for fans to meet the filmmakers and see uniquely Washingtonian films – all were written, directed and produced in state.

Festival coordinator Benny Trevett recommended that audiences check out “Geek Like Me,” the story of a meat-eating Seattle man with a vegan girlfriend. The sketch comedy “Black Daisy” and animated shorts “Paste Dogg Video Comix” are also not to be missed.

Here’s a map to the Cinema. If you haven’t been there yet, the Grand Illusion is Seattle’s oldest running cinema. Go check it out!

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Hot Rod Monsters Film Festival Seattle, WA July 18-19 Check It Out!

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

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Have you ever felt like there aren’t enough pinups, hotrods, zombies and beer at film festivals? Then maybe you should check out the Hot Rod and Monster Film Festival this weekend, July 18th and 19th at the 911 Media Arts Center in downtown Seattle.

The event is sponsored by Go-Kustom Rekords, Ol Skool Rodz, Car Kulture Deluxe, The Pin-Up Angels and The Rat Bastards Car Club. It’s their first film festival and is described as “a working class film celebration of grease, ink and iron.”

The beautiful Pin-Up Angels will be hosting the event and acting as official usherettes, selling beer and concessions during the festival. The Pin-Up Angels are a non-profit group that sends care packages to US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. All donations will go to their cause.

Event Registrar D.A. Sebasstian says the festival will have “car-show feel” and hopes to bring people together who love iconic kustom kulture – for the non-greaser that means anything ‘50s. For a bit of spice, zombies were thrown in the mix. And who doesn’t love zombies?

“During the selection process local films went to the top of the list, I was surprised at the high number of submissions we had – considering it’s our first festival,” Sebasstian. “We also tried to make an interesting mixture of films. One block might be zombie shorts with a hot rod documentary; another might be a chopper film with Rockabilly music videos. The last block on Sunday night is all zombies!”

Among the 8 features screening at the festival are the Seattle premieres of “Hot Rod Girls Save The World,” “Choppertown: The Sinners, Hot Rod Havoc” and “The Road To.” Also playing is the lo-fi zombie extravaganza RetarDEAD, directed by Rick Popko and Dan West, featuring Dead Kennedy’s singer Jello Biafra as the Mayor of San Francisco.

The festival is laid out in six two hour blocks over two days with each block containing a mixture of feature films, shorts and music videos. The cost for a 2 hour block is $10 per person. Local radio station KGRG will be on hand to keep the party going.

The 911 Media Arts Center is located at 402 9th Ave. North, Seattle WA 98109, on the corner of 9th and Republican, in the same building as SIFF headquarters.

To learn more about the festival, please visit the 2009 Hot Rod Monsters Film Festival Official Website at www.hotrodmonstersfilmfest.com. It’s sure to be an absolute blast and we can’t wait to hear how it goes! If you’re out this weekend at the Bite of Seattle or just enjoying the nice weather, please come and support your local filmmakers!

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Intensive Spring Session Approaching at TheFilmSchool Seattle!

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

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Hello everyone,

Our friends over at TheFilmSchool in Seattle have their spring 3-week intensive program rapidly approaching! Read below for more details everyone. Thanks! Christopher McQuarrie (the writer of “Valkyrie” and “The Usual Suspects”) called TheFilmSchool ‘probably the best place to learn story.”

One thing you might mention is that the Spring Session of the 3-week intensive is approaching, the session runs from April 4 – April 25, and the deadline for submissions is March 27.  There are a limited number of scholarships available.  Our website is www.thefilmschool.com — this 3-week-session is the school’s most unique program, kind of a screenwriting bootcamp.

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