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HamBINGO Charity Night to Support KC FilmFest
January 31st, 2012 – 11:13 pm | No Comment
HamBINGO Charity Night to Support KC FilmFest

[ March 7th, 2012; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]
Hamburger Mary's restaurant is well known for its HamBINGO charity events, and we are getting in on the act. The Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee will be the beneficiary of the restaurant’s successful charity event on March 7, 2012, from 8:00 – 10:00 pm and you’re invited to be part of the fun.

Bring some friends for [...]

Reel Spirit – Young Filmmakers Reap the Rewards of Industry Experience
January 31st, 2012 – 10:06 pm | No Comment
Reel Spirit – Young Filmmakers Reap the Rewards of Industry Experience

Celebrating local young filmmakers in the Kansas City metropolitan area, Reel Spirit is the youth alliance for AMC Kansas City FilmFest, the region’s largest film festival. Scheduled this year for April 14, there is still time to submit a film for competition. Reel Spirit was founded by local educators Barbara Noble, Becky Palmer, [...]

2011 Work-in-Progress-Screened Film Gets Anchor Bay Deal
January 31st, 2012 – 10:02 pm | No Comment
2011 Work-in-Progress-Screened Film Gets Anchor Bay Deal

Biehn wrote the script and made his directorial debut with this film, a suspense thriller about a ruggedly handsome recluse (Biehn) living in the woods far from civilization, when a single knock on his door throws his solitary life into chaos.
Biehn, the star of The Terminator, Aliens, and Planet Terror, attended the screening with his [...]

2011 FilmFest Shorts Filmmaker Wins Two Screenplay Awards
January 31st, 2012 – 9:48 pm | No Comment
2011 FilmFest Shorts Filmmaker Wins Two Screenplay Awards

Devi Snively, a filmmaker who attended FilmFest last year with her short film Last Seen On Delores Street, has won two screenplay awards in the Park City, Utah’s Table Read My Screenplay competition for her feature Love in the Time of Zombies. The screenplay won a prize for Best Horror category, as well as [...]

The Handlettered Movie Titles of Harold Adler
January 18th, 2012 – 10:42 am | No Comment
The Handlettered Movie Titles of Harold Adler

[ January 28th, 2012; 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. ]

The Handlettered Movie Titles of Harold Adler

A presentation by Jill Bell (an hour of great clips, historical context and anecdotes)

Trying to find out who lettered old movie titles is a challenging, if not impossible task. Here is the chance to hear about and see the work of one of the great Hollywood lettering artists, Harold [...]