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January 2015 Lineup: EFPalooza Film Festival!

The 2015 EFPalooza is a three-day film festival celebrating local independent film as The Emerging Filmmakers Project draws close to screening it’s 100BEST-OF-EFP (1)0th film since it began in 2002. The event will showcase the work of more than 40 local filmmakers, featuring favorites from the last 12 years as well as several EFP premieres.

Filmmakers will be in attendance to take part in a spirited ‘talkback’ with the audience. Hosted by The Emerging Filmmaker’s Project and The Bug Theatre, all proceeds from the event will go towards a great cause – improving the Bug Theatre, an incredible venue and a staple of the Denver independent film community.

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The line up for the 2015 EFPalooza Film Festival includes the following movies:

Thursday – 8:00pm – January 2015 Emerging Filmmakers Project

Trailers for EFPalooza 2015 (04:00)
Being Evel (preview) – Daniel Junge (04:00)
Beyond the Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary (trailer) – Daniel Junge (01:20)
She Dances Free Volume 1 – Jeremiah Zentz (03:41)
A Union Station Symphony – Johnny Morehouse (03:21)
A Game of Numbers – Michael T. Scott (03:24)
Blood – Peter Wigand (11:00)

[intermission]

Monkey – Richard Corso (29:44)

Thursday Facebook Event Invite

Friday – 7:00pm – Friday Night Shorts!

The Denver Actor Project – Brad Stabio (23:49)
Square – Lauryn Guerrieri and Ian Kellett (03:26)
Metamorphosis – Alan Wartes (03:21)
Man Gurgles Mouthwash (and Then Dies) – Leon Welling (1:52)

[intermission]

Faith – Lewis Leslie (02:52)
Cannot Be Defied – John McSween (07:59)
Dink – Jamey Hastings (25:09)

Friday Facebook Event Invite

Friday – 9:00pm – Comedy Block!

Jean Claude Van Damme’s Damn Van (trailer) – Bradley Haag (01:29)
Campus Cops – Alex Brisson (08:16)
Middle Age Women Gone Wild – Nancy Fingerhood (5:45)
Don’t Help Me, Help the Bear – Noah Mittman (05:02)
Social Assassin – Michael T. Scott (04:31)
Guns, Drugs, and Synergy – Matty O’Connor (13:00)
Pitch Perfect 237 – Cook St. Productions (06:47)

[intermission]

A Special Presentation by The Nix Bros

Friday Facebook Event Invite

Saturday – 3:00pm – EFP Premieres!

Endless Taiga – Jose-Luis Fernando Rodriguez (22:38)
Interrogation Room 4 – Bree Katz (03:00)
Family Valued – Nathan Westlake (09:44)
Unredeemable – Luke Ostermiller (12:04)
The Silver Moonlight – Evgueni Mlodik (44:21)

Saturday Facebook Event Invite

Saturday 5:00pm – Blast from the EFP Past!

Clark’s Edible Cupcake Liners – Wendy Duncan (02:00)
The Low Road, Baby – Mark Roeder (04:00)
SwannLove – Condom Style Denver – Swann Christopher (04:33)
Motorcycles & Mayhem – Sean J.S. Jourdan (09:47)
The Other Raul – Raoul Vehill (10:22)
The Man Who Could – Drai Lloyd (03:24)
String Theory – Sophia Rose, Adrianna Veal and David Quakenbush (03:30)

[intermission]

Web of Lies – Kathryn Gould and Nelson Goforth (10:12)
Memphis Psychosis – Kris Hipps (11:00)
Mom Says – Christine McQuillen (09:00)
Breach – Eileen Agosta (04:59)
Aquaphobia – David Quakenbush (03:12)
Served – Patrick Sheridan (04:09)

Saturday Facebook Event Invite

 

Saturday – 7:00pm – Saturday Evening Shorts!

So Dark the Sky – Kendra Fleischman (03:04)
Eggshells – Eileen Agosta (11:37)
Owen – Jon Berndt and Fanci Berndt (06:21)
The Wolves – Kate Lowell (12:30)

[intermission]

Cockroach – Brian McCulley and John Crockett (00:47)
Paper
– Rich Weimer (01:33)
The Character – Michael Bilker (05:05)
Traveler – Ron Hurley (32:57)

Saturday Facebook Event Invite

Saturday – 9:00pm – Closing Night Shorts!

Read Between the Signs – Clayton Garthe (04:36)
Angels of Anbar – Elvis Leon (05:59)
Juice – “Monster” Midian Crosby (04:36)
Mirror, Mirror – Patrick Sheridan (04:35)
Automaton – David Quakenbush (23:00)

[intermission]

Jean Claude Van Damme’s Damn Van – Bradley Haag (40:00)

Saturday Facebook Event Invite

Lineup subject to change!

EFPalooza 2015 takes place January 15th, 16th, and 17th at The Bug Theatre (3654 Navajo Street, Denver, CO 80232), with screenings at 8:00 p.m. on January 15th, at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on January 16th, and at 3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on January 17th.  Tickets are $5 a block or $10 a day, or a full festival pass can be purchased for $15, and are available online or at the door. To learn more visit the EFP website at www.efpdenver.com and The Bug Theatre’s website at www.bugtheatre.org.

The Bug Theatre and EFPalooza 2015 are supported by the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District, The Scen3, Patsy’s Inn Italian Restaurant, Pretty Monkeys Media, FreshFilmNews.com, Plan 9 Studios, Twelve Monkeys Dancing Films, Nebulus Visions Multimedia, Monster Makeup FX, Rocket House, LLC Film Acting Academy of Denver, and cool cats everywhere.

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Meet the Filmmaker: Richard Weimer, “Denver 2014”

IMG_0390Denver 2014 | RichWeimerFilms.com

Q: Why did you become a filmmaker?
RW: Well, I have no other applicable job skills.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
RW: It’s a time-lapse video. I shot a bunch of time-lapses around the city throughout the year. The video has not screened anywhere else but the internet. And nobody on the internet watches my videos so I don’t think that counts. I currently have no plans for the video. When I’m more satisfied with the overall edit/clips, I might submit it to some film festivals.

Q: What else are you working on?
RW: In an attempt to learn narrative film-making, I’ve been AC-ing on some films around town and taking Acting acting classes at the Film Acting Academy of Denver.

If anybody reading this needs help with a film, I am almost always available.

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
RW: Um, I think I’m pretty normal but my movies are a bit off the wall. I guess its how I express my weirdness.

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
RW: RichWeimerFilms.com

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
RW: Yes, EFP is great. It gives you (filmmakers) a chance to get feedback from people who don’t personally care about you. For example, my Mom always loves my work. It also gives amateur filmmakers a reason to keep creating and getting better.

Denver 2014 will screen December 18th at The Emerging Filmmakers Project.

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Meet the Filmmaker: Richard Weimer, “Paper”

Paperwww.RichWeimerFilms.com

Richard WeimerQ: Why did you become a filmmaker?
RW: I watch a lot of movies. I became curious how they were made. It seemed easy enough so I started making my own.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
RW: It’s an off-kilter stop motion video about paper. I have no immediate plans for this video. The EFP seems like a good place to figure them out.

Q: What else are you working on?
RW: I am working on an experimental animation project. It’s called Terror. Its hard to explain but it is about 400 drawings of a terrified man running. The pictures are stenciled and then taped to the wall one at a time. (one picture for one frame) Each new picture overlaps the previous picture leaving a trail of the previous frames in each new frame. A camera and dolly track the trail of pictures around the wall.

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
RW: I’m compulsive. When I have an idea, I just start filming it and see where it takes me. There is not a lot of planning involved. Sometimes it’s a good thing and other times it’s not.

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
RW: RichWeimerFilms.com. I also have a film that is playing in the New Belgium “Clips of Faith” film tour. They’ll be in Boulder this month.

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
RW: I don’t know many filmmakers in Denver. The Emerging Filmmakers Project seems like a good place to meet some.

Paper will screen June 19th at The Emerging Filmmakers Project.