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KOLDCAST TV TO SPONSOR CATEGORY AT FIRSTGLANCE FILM FESTS

Friday, July 30th, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

KOLDCAST TV TO SPONSOR CATEGORY AT FIRSTGLANCE FILM FESTS

Winners in web pilot category to premiere on KoldCast TV

Los Angeles, CA – July 29, 2010 – Web television network KoldCast TV will sponsor the webseries pilot category for the 2010-2011 FirstGlance Film Fests, a bicoastal film festival showcasing independent filmmakers from around the world. The winner of this category will receive distribution and marketing of their pilot as well as a meeting with the network.

“We’ve been fans of FirstGlance for some time,” says Marti Resteghini, VP of Programming and Licensing for KoldCast TV.  “With previous FirstGlance alumni like Palisades Pool Party, Life is Just a Game and Fissure already part of the KoldCast family, we felt it was only logical for us to partner with the festival in a more meaningful way. Together we aim to continue to provide opportunities for independent filmmakers worldwide.”

“We are honored to add KoldCast TV as a sponsor to our growing webseries pilot category,” says William Ostroff, Producer/Founder of FirstGlance Film Fests. “Over the past few years, we have realized that webseries now represent an entirely new genre of television which provide a major new opportunity for talented young filmmakers, actors and producers, and we expect the partnership to add accessibility and recognition to well-written and well-produced webseries.”

FirstGlance annually awards over $50,000 in cash, prizes and giveaways, accepting all formats from feature films to music videos. Call for entries for FirstGlance Hollywood open August 2010.  Call for entries for FirstGlance Philadelphia open January 2011.  For more information visit: http://www.firstglancefilms.com/

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About KOLDCAST TV

Launched in 2007, KoldCast TV is an on-demand next-generation television network, distribution and marketing company focused exclusively on high quality episodic, series-based programming created by independent producers.  KoldCast combines the most successful, time-tested strategies of traditional broadcast television with the incremental and exponential capabilities afforded by the internet, to market and introduce its product/service to an international online viewing audience via the KoldCast TV Network site, sister blog, and multitude of third-party distribution platforms.

For additional information, visit www.KoldCast.tv and blog.KoldCast.tv

About FIRSTGLANCE FILM FESTS

FirstGlance Film festivals began in 1996 in the basement of a small theater in Center City Philadelphia. It started as a small theatre company in Philadelphia that wanted to help fellow filmmakers get their projects shown in a public venue for others to enjoy. FirstGlance has produced twenty two festivals, shown over 1100 award winning films to over 30,000 attendees and has grown to 250 seat venues with state of the art projection capabilities. In addition to producing their award winning bi-coastal film festivals, FirstGlance has year round activities that include Feature & Short Screenplay Competitions, On-line Film Competitions, Show Us Your Shorts Screenings, Short Film Productions, and Online Distribution and Theatrical Distribution.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

KOLDCAST TV

Marti Resteghini (310) 820-4028 marti@koldcast.tv

FIRSTGLANCE FILM FESTS

Andrea DiFabio (AD Communications) (610) 604-9604 amdifabio@verizon.net

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Once Fallen- Trailer of the Day!

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

See this award winning feature film at FirstGlance Film Fest Hollywood April 9-11 2010. ) Sometimes the hardest part about moving on…is saying goodbye. Cast:Brian Preseley, Taraji P. Henson, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Peter Weller, Ash Adams, Peter Greene, Sharon Gless, Alison Eastwood and Chad Lindberg.YouTube Preview Image

Buy your tickets for this film Now!

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Charlie Valentine -Trailer of the Day

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Check out this award winning feature film at FirstGlance Film Fest 10 Hollywood

April 9-11 2010 at Raleigh Studios Hollywood!

See this award winning feature film at FirstGlance Film Fest Hollywood 10 April 9-11 2010!Charlie Valentine was a gangster, a gunfighter, a womanizer and a pretty fine chef… He was also the most dangerous, irresponsible scoundrel you ever met. Cast: Raymond J Berry, Michael Weatherly, James Russo, Tom Berenger.

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FirstGlance Hollywood 10 (4 week PR)

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

FirstGlance Film Fest 10 Hollywood Announces its Lineup Features 18 Premieres out of 30 Projects

Hollywood, CA, March 12, 2010 – The 10th annual FirstGlance Film Fest Hollywood opens on Friday,April 9th and runs though Sunday, April 11th, 2010 at Raleigh Studios Chaplin Theater, 5300 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA.  This independent, bi-coastal festival showcases award winning features, short narratives, documentaries and mini-docs, animation, music videos and student shorts from all genres.

With an online shorts contest, FirstGlance also brings indie shorts to audiences at home. Register for the contest in late March and vote online for 6 weeks at www.firstglancefilms.com. The winning short screens at FirstGlance Philadelphia and James Caan will view and review it.

The festival kicks off Friday, April 9th when doors open at 7:30 p.m. for the 8:00 p.m. screening of:

LIZARD – World Premiere

SMALL COLLECTION

THE LIFTER UPPER – World Premiere
2095

ONCE FALLEN – World Premiere starring Taraji P Henson, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, and Peter Weller

The Saturday, April 10th Matinee Screening at 3:30 p.m. features:

THE EXTRAORDINARY MONDAY OF HERMAN BRUMBY – World Premiere PEACEFUL MEASURES – Hollywood Premiere
SHOOTING BEAUTY

The Saturday, April 10th Twilight Screening at 5:30 p.m. features:

LIGHTHEADED
ARTOIS THE GOAT – Hollywood Premiere

The Saturday, April 10th Prime Time Screening at 8:00 p.m. features:

THINK TANK “ARCADIA” – World Premiere
CROSSING THE LINE – Hollywood Premiere starring Anne Ramsay and James Eckhouse
LEFT UNSPOKEN
HECTOR CORP – Hollywood Premiere
METH – World Premiere
IN MY POCKET – World Premiere starring Gregory  Smith,  Brendan Sexton III, Shantel VanSanten, Kaylee DeFer, and Zack Ward

The Sunday, April 11th Matinee Screening at 3:30 p.m. features:

UNDER GOD – World Premiere
HEAD IN THE SAND – World Premiere
AS EVER, STAN
HALF KENNETH
BRUSHES WITH LIFE – World Premiere

The Sunday, April 11th Twilight Screening at 5:30 features:

SKYLIGHT
RUN! – World Premiere
FLAT LOVE – Hollywood Premiere starring Isabella Rossellini
ABUELO – FirstGlance Philadelphia’s Best of the Fest Winner
DREAMS – World Premiere

The Sunday, April 11th Closing Night Screening at 8:00 p.m. features:

THE GOD MOTHER

ALIENATED – World Premiere starring Vincent Pastore

CHARLIE VALENTINE starring Raymond J Berry, Michael Weatherly, James Russo,and Tom Berenger

“Filmmakers and audiences enjoy our festival because FirstGlance brings a number of indie premieres to the screen, audiences vote for the “Best of the Fest” creating a fun, competitive environment at each screening plus instant audience feedback for the filmmakers, and there are after parties ideal for Q & As and networking,” said Bill Ostroff, Festival Director.

Tickets on sale NOW at http://www.firstglancefilms.com/hollywood/schedule.

Matinee Screenings $8.00
First Night and Closing Night Screening $12.00
All Other Screenings $10.00
All Access Pass $50.00

Complete screening schedule available at http://firstglancefilms.com/hollywood/schedule.

Watch trailers for FirstGlance Hollywood 10 films at http://firstglancefilms.com/hollywood/trailers.

FirstGlance Films’ year round activities include: FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia and Hollywood, Feature & Short Screenplay Competitions, On-line Film Competition, Show Us Your Shorts Screenings, OctoberfestPhilly, and Short Film Productions.  In 2007, MOVIEMAKER Magazine named FirstGlance as “One of 40 Most Indie Friendly Businesses” and “One of 20 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee,” and in 2006, TIME Magazine named FirstGlance “One of the Top 10 Festivals for the Rest of Us.”

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Co-sponsored by Sony Software, Baseline Studio Systems, Glidecam, Showbiz Software, Gorilla Software, ReelLogix Software, Final Draft, Twisted Tracks, Moviemaker Magazine, Frame Forge 3D, Movies Unlimited, CMM Productions, ProductionHub, InkTip, Indiepix, Withoutabox, and the Greater Philadelphia Film Office.

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Vince Papale to Appear at Today’s Screening of “The Color Bearers”

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Today’s screenings are going to be very popular so come out early to get your tickets.  Some of the highlights today are:

Vince Papale is scheduled to appear today at the 4:15 screening of the documentary “The Color Bearers,” from local filmmakers John Foley and Steve Newbert. Also appearing at this screening is director and actor Nardeep Khurmi of the Shot in Philly film, “In Search of Aztec Gold.”  Plus, meet the artist Annakin and the music video director Christian Ammann who are in from Switzerland.

Then at the 6:00 screening, meet director Lee Storey whose documentary “Smile ‘Til It Hurts: The Up With People Story” about the singing group that represented an establishment-friendly alternative to the counter-culture plays along with the short film “ABUELO” produced by “Medium” producer  Laurie Seidman who will also be attending.  Skylight, a Canadian animated short, begins this program.

Then at the 8:15 screening, meet director Gorman Bechard from the feature “Friends (With Benefits).” Also during this screening, enjoy a program of short films; Autonomy, Holy Water, True Beauty This Night by Peter Besson and Lady Feet by Christopher Toppino, both local directors.

After the final screening tonight, be sure to stop by The Mission Grill, 1835 Arch Street for a great party.

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FirstGlance Film Fest Philly 12 Announces Winners

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Well what a weekend it was screening more than 30 award winning films!

FirstGlance Film Fest Philly 12 has come to a close and we were so happy that more than half of the directors from the official selections came out to the festival this year.  It was so nice to meet all of them and talk to them about why they made their films and what they hope to accomplish with them.  The venue was spectacular, the projection system amazing and the crowds large and enthusiastic.  Thanks to all of the filmmakers and all who attended!  FirstGlance would not be possible without all of you.

At each screening, FirstGlance announced which award each film received from the festival and here is the list.  In the coming weeks we will announce the BEST OF THE FEST and the highest scoring audience voted films in each category so be sure to check back.

FEATURES

Chasing the White Dragon – Kathilynn Phillips

Best Drama

Friends (with Benefits) – Gorman Bechard

Best Ensemble Cast

How I Got Lost – Joe Leonard

Best Director

Dark Room Theater Double Feature- Benjamin Pollack

Best Comedy

FEATURE DOCS

Smile ‘Til It Hurts – Lee Storey

Best Director

Butterflies- Ester Brym

Best Entertainment Documentary

The Color Bearers – John Foley

Best Historical Documentary

SHORTS

Peter Arthur – James Bartolmeo

Best Director

The Beneficiary – Theodore Melfi

Best Actress-Julie Ann Emory

Death In Charge – Devi Snively

Best Horror

In the Dark- Alex Fazeli

Best Cinematography

Eiko – Christoph Kusching

Best International Short

Peace of Mind – Nathan Crooker

Best Actor –Matt Newton

Ergotism – Stefan Rochfort

Best Comedy

Holy Water – Tatiana Lamela-Rabell

Best Editing

Abuelo – Mary Ann Kellogg

Best Breakthrough Performance- Britt Flatmo

Lady Feet- Christopher Toppino

Best Drama

In Search of Aztec Gold – Nardeep Khurmi

Best Local Short

SHORTS TOO

Crossing the Line – Martha Elcan

Best Drama

True Beauty This Night – Peter Besson

Best Director

Tripping Up – Greg Koorhan

Best Comedy

MINI DOCS

Free The River Park – Tara Nurin and Rob Stuart

Best Director

Friends of Independence – Joe Medeiros

Best Editing

STUDENT SHORTS

Melancholamorbus – Ryan O’ Laughlin

Best Director

Martin – Sean Branigan

Best Drama

ANIMATION

American Terror: Company Man- Joseph Krzemienski

Best Drama

Skylight- David Baas

Best Director

Duke Baa – Shu-Han Yang

Best 3d Animation

Un Duelo- Felipe Esquival

Best International Animation

Autonomy – Brad Regier

Best Comedy

MUSIC VIDEO

Visa “Breakout the Violins” – Tadeh Daschi

Best Production Design

Annakin “Alive” – Christian Ammann

Best Cinematography

One Word Song “Time Stood Still” – Rodrigo Orozco

Best Editing

DelMar “Until the Sun” – Brandon Nguyen

Best Director

Short Online Contest Winner

Growing Up Vegas- Amber Beard

Best Online Short

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FirstGlance Sponsors Film at PAAFF

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Philadelphia Weekly mentioned FirstGlance and some of the other film fests this month in yesterday’s paper.  One of the other fests mentioned was The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival which starts tonight.  Be sure to check it out this weekend, especially the Shorts program Dark sponsored by FirstGlance on Sunday, October 11th at 1:00 PM.

http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/arts-and-culture/The-Calendar-October-7—63633047.html

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FirstGlance Philly 12 Filmmaker in the News

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

FirstGlance Film Fest Philly 12 Official Selections are in the news!

First time writer/director Benjamin Pollack, originally from Philadelphia, and an official selection at this year’s festival, was recently interviewed by NBC in Los Angeles about his film “Dark Room Theater,” FirstGlance’s Opening Night feature.

Pollack wrote a radio theater program called Dark Room Theater which aired on Temple Radio and then recreated those fun programs for the screen in the form of a double feature. Pollack will be attending FirstGlance to screen his project in his hometown on Opening Night, Thursday, October 22nd at 7:45 p.m. so come out to see him!

Check out the interview.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/station/as-seen-on/New_Film_Makers_Festival_in_NYC_and_LA_Los_Angeles.html

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FirstGlance Featured Film of the Day!

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Check out Chasing the White Dragon at FirstGlance Philly on Friday October 23rd! Showing for the first time in Philadelphia, this feature is an amazing drama about teen addiction! You don’t want to miss it!

Tickets are on sale NOW!

Chasing the White Dragon- FirstGlance Philadelphia Premiere

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Countdown to FirstGlance 12 Philly

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

With only about 8 weeks until our 12th annual FirstGlance Philadelphia, we are excited to announce over 30 award winning films from across the globe will be featured at FirstGlance!

Check them out!

We are also only days away from launching our shorts distribution platform that will allow any FirstGlance alumni director to add there short film and profit off every download with amazing profit share potential and a technology second to none!

We look forward to an amazing event this year in Philly and hope to see you October 22-25th!!

Starting Sept 15th, tickets will go on sale through our site!

And on Sept 22nd, Register, Watch and Vote on close to 25 short online, and help one short film win over 2500.00 in prizes and a spot in our closing night screening program!

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