In lieu of a panel this month, we’ll be doing a special networking only event ate the festival office! Bring your ugliest Christmas sweaters and your business cards and meet some of the valley’s most talented filmmakers!
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Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 from 7pm- 9pm
Monthly Movie Meeting takes place on the first Wednesday of the month, per usual. As always, there are two ways to participate:
- Sign up to screen a short film or part of a feature
- Attend the meeting and offer peer feedback to the filmmakers screening their works
Hello everyone!
Unfortunately, there will be no Filmmaker Fusion tonight. We will be back in December with our holiday party. We are terribly sorry about the inconsistency of this event lately and we promise we will be back in full force!
On October 12th, 2019 we held our Break Out Film Challenge screening at Harkins Arrowhead Fountains 18 as a part of the Peoria Film Fest. It was a great night for local filmmakers and we watched some amazing films. Here is the full list of winners from the event:
1st Place – “SHK” by Muddled Mess Films
Audience Favorite – “SHK” by Muddled Mess Films
2nd Place – “Office Hours and Hours and Hours” by JP and Beyond
3rd Place – “Everything You Asked For” by The New Real Fake Team
Best Director – Bill Wetherill for “SHK”
Best Actress – Sara Woods for “Office Hours and Hours and Hours”
Best Actor – Josh Maynard for “Everything You asked For”
Best Screenplay – Jonason Pauley and Jesse Perrotta for “Office Hours and Hours and Hours”
Best Editing – Jesse Perrotta for “Office Hours and Hours and Hours”
Best Cinematography – Jay Williams for “SHK”
Best Original Music – Elaine Palmer for “SHK”
Best Sound – Kira Ramirez for “Office Hours and Hours and Hours”
Best Production Design – “Everything You Asked For”
Best Use of Prop – Hockey Stick for “SHK”
Best Use of Line – “We’re almost there.” for SHK
Best Poster – “Withdrawal” – Passion Project
Best Trailer – “Everything You Asked For” by The New Real Fake Team
Best VFX (Special Award) – “A Void Perception” by Adolpho Navarro
Congrats to all the winners and we’ll see you all in the Summer for the Beat the Clock Challenge 2020!
Saturday, November 16th from 10am to 4pm
Looking to up your directing game? IFP presents a directing workshop designed for filmmakers who have directing experience, but are looking to take their skills to the next level. Learn how to go beyond your first instincts, mine more more out of your material, and add new skills to your directors toolkit.
Read moreWednesday, October 2nd, 2019 from 7pm- 9pm
Monthly Movie Meeting takes place on the first Wednesday of the month, per usual. As always, there are two ways to participate:
- Sign up to screen a short film or part of a feature
- Attend the meeting and offer peer feedback to the filmmakers screening their works
We’ll be starting off our new format with a topic we recently touched on, Visual Effects! But this time we’re going to roll up the sleeves and get some serious how-to’s from our panelists.
Read moreWednesday, September 4th, 2019 from 7pm- 9pm
Monthly Movie Meeting takes place on the first Wednesday of the month, per usual. As always, there are two ways to participate:
- Sign up to screen a short film or part of a feature
- Attend the meeting and offer peer feedback to the filmmakers screening their works
**Due to some unexpected events, tonight’s Filmmaker Fusion event has been canceled. We are working on rescheduling it, and will be posting a new event as soon as we do. Our apologies for the late notice.**
Wednesday, August 7th, 2019 from 7pm- 9pm
Monthly Movie Meeting takes place on the first Wednesday of the month, per usual. As always, there are two ways to participate:
- Sign up to screen a short film or part of a feature
- Attend the meeting and offer peer feedback to the filmmakers screening their works