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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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FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia Opens for submissions!

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

FIRSTGLANCE FILM FEST PHILADELPHIA 2010

CALL FOR ENTRIES

OPENS February 13 2010


Early Deadline March 13 2010
Regular Deadline April 13 2010
Late Deadline May 13 2010
WAB Extended Deadline June 1 2010

Event Scheduled for October 14 –17 2010
The Franklin Institute


FirstGlance is Philadelphia’s Independent Film Festival since 1996!


Our 13th annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philly is open to professional, first time, graduate and undergraduate filmmakers from down the street and across the globe. FirstGlance showcases the best indie filmmaking from around the world and celebrates Philadelphia filmmakers with a festival described as, “one of the most entertaining festivals out there” and “Philadelphia’s answer to Sundance”

In our continuing effort to bring additional opportunities and audiences to filmmakers we have partnered with The Franklin Institute to launch the first ever KidFest Philly to our October event. KidFest is open to child and family friendly shorts, animation and feature length narrative and documentaries. The chosen films will be offered special screenings at the museum.

Selected FirstGlance Official Selections will be invited to premiere at the Bram Stoker Film Festival in the UK in 2011. Bram Stoker is one of Europe’s premiere horror, sci-fi, thriller festivals.

All Official Selections are eligible for our revenue share, no-cost, non-exclusive online distribution with iPod compatible and streaming rental downloads. (link to download page).

Named, “one of the best film festival investments” and “One of the top 40 indie film friendly businesses in the world”. FirstGlance continues to champion indie filmmakers from around the world, making FirstGlance Film Fest, the longest running and most notable independent film fest in Philadelphia!!

ALL OFFICIAL SELECTIONS receive an awards package
valued at over $200.00 USD (including All Access Passes)

All GENRES ACCEPTED
Feature Length (over 60 min.)
Feature Documentary (over 60 min.)
Short Narrative (under 30 min.)
Shorts Too (under 10 min)
Mini-Docs (under 30 min.)
Student Shorts (under 20min.)
Graduate Student Shorts (under 20min)
Music Videos (under 5 min)
Animation (under 30 min)
International Shorts (under 30 min)
International Shorts Too (under 10min)
Webisode Pilots (under 10 min)

*NEW Categories*
KidFest Shorts (under 30 min)
KidFest Animation (under 30 min)
KidFest Features (over 60 min)


SHOT IN PHILLY celebrates the best in filmmaking by Philadelphia filmmakers.

FirstGlance awards over 50,000 in cash, prizes and giveaways yearly

In 2010, we continue our sliding scale cash prizes, for every 1000 entries we receive, $5000.00 in USD CASH will be awarded to the Grand Prize BEST OF THE FEST winner and for every category that receives 200 entries or more, $1,000 in Cash will be awarded to the highest rated film in that category!

FirstGlance Sponsors and Prizes

Entry Fee:
Starting at $25.00 for early submissions. Entries must be submitted on NTSC Region 0 or 1 DVD.

Online entry through Withoutabox beginning Feb 13, 2010


In keeping with our GREEN initiative, we ask that you submit electronically and fill out your application online. Please request a paper application, if needed HERE

(Prizes subject to change and festival discretion, not all winners receive all listed prizes. Above information/dates are subject to change)
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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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FirstGlance Film Fest 12 Philadelphia Announces Schedule!

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

We are excited to announce that we will be showing over 30 award winning films at FirstGlance Film Fest 12 Philadelphia on October 22-25th 2009!

Check out the schedule and create your own watchlist so you don’t miss a thing!

Also beginning Sept 22nd, we will offer the opportunity to take part in our 3rd Short Online Contest. You can register, watch and vote for your favorite short film online and help decide which short goes on to win over $2500.00 in prizes and a screening in the closing night program at FirstGlance Philly!

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