Lab technician Virgil Gurdies embarks on an epic quest to create the greatest goat cheese the world has ever known, and reclaim the heart of his beloved Angie. A felonious German baker, a grave-digging hermit, and a tiny white goat color this journey of love, destiny and dairy products. Cast: Mark Scheibmeir, Sydney Andrews, Stephen Taylor Fry. Hollywood Premiere.
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.
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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.
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.
In cooperation with The Franklin Institute, FirstGlance Film Fests, will be launching a “truly indie” film series in Philadelphia. Beginning April 17th with the assistance of the Franklin Theater, a beautiful 260 seat state of the art screening facility in The Franklin Institute, will be offering filmmakers the opportunity to be a part of a visionary new screening program. FirstGlance will be curating a series of “truly indie” films with filmmakers looking for an alternate screening venue in Philadelphia.
What makes this series different from other screening series:
We will book a limited number of films in 2010, as a pilot program.
We are looking for feature films with a large social networking fan base and those that have a Philadelphia following that can help promote the film and boost ticket sales.
The filmmaker will profit from the ticket sales dependent on amount of tickets sold and the revenue share percentage which will be determined by the agreement.
We think this is a great opportunity to be seen in a large venue in the heart of Center City Philadelphia, without having to pay exorbitant fees to rent a theater space.
We look forward to offering features, documentaries and short programs throughout the year.
If you have a film that you would like to screen, please get in touch and we will get back to you with further details.
We are launching the series on April 17-18th with a Pennsylvania area feature documentary, Takedowns and Falls, about the high school wrestling phenomenon in Eastern Pennsylvania. We look forward to a great weekend for the filmmaker, and hope his success will enable us to present more “truly indie” feature films to the community! Support Indie filmmaking and we’ll be able to support you!
After a successful inaugural weekend, we are currently searching for more indie films with strong social network followings and fan base!
We are looking for documentarys and narrative features to program in
June, Sept, October, November, December 2010.
Get your film see at a state of the art 250 seat theater and make money!
Thank you
FirstGlance Film Fests
KidFest will be the first of its kind in Philadelphia this year!
Kid Fest will run throughout October and in conjunction with FirstGlance Film Fest Philly TwentyTen on October 14-17 2010.
Our new relationship with The Franklin Institute and the newly remodeled Franklin Theater, which we had the pleasure of screening in last year, has graciously agreed to a proposed idea to the marketing dept to assist them in getting new audiences into the theater during museum hours.
Since the venue is considered a family museum and people travel from across the US and world to come to The Franklin Institute, our normal festival fare is not always fitting, as those of you that have taken part, either as audience or filmmakers are aware. So we decided to open new categories for kid and family friendly films and animation for the first time in our 13 year history.
The venue has agreed to show the films we choose from the entries during museum hours throughout the month of October and market to there many hundred thousands of members.
We believe this is an amazing opportunity to give filmmakers who create family friendly films, both short and features the visibility from audiences you wouldn’t normally find at FirstGlance Film Fest Philly or at most film festivals around the country!
We are excited about the possibility of becoming a potential curator of truly indie films and locally produced films. With the ability to schedule special screenings and offer opportunities for truly indie filmmakers to screen in a beautiful theater in the heart of Center City Philly. We look forward to creating a go to venue for indies in Philadelphia, without having to fourwall a major theater chain!
FirstGlance Film Fest Philly TwentyTen
We look forward to an amazing year in Philly.
Thank you for your continuing support of truly indie films and FirstGlance Philadelphia’s Independent Film Festival since 1996
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
If you check the Entertainment section of today’s Montgomery News you’ll see an article titled Hollywood comes to Philly’s FirstGlance Festival about East Norriton’s own Kat Phillips and her feature film “Chasing the White Dragon” making its Philadelphia premiere at FirstGlance on Friday October 23rd.
Screening sponsored by Project Twenty 1.
Read all about her project and the history of FirstGlance at:
http://montgomerynews.com/articles/2009/10/21/entertainment/doc4adf3daf99c15828701314.txt
FirstGlance made the Courier Post too a couple weeks ago. The Cinema-Scoop article mentions that it’s festival time in Philadelphia. You can read the entire blog here:
http://blogs.courierpostonline.com/cinemascoop/
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.
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