Forwarded by Jeremy Butler, for more information contact [log in to unmask] >Date: Thu, 22 May 97 14:55:23 PDT >Subject: film festival >From: <[log in to unmask]> > >The second annual lo-con.com festival of shorts is seeking submissions. The >films will be shown in Los Angeles at five competition screenings over >three days, Sept. 26-28, 1997. Please check out our web site at >http://lo-con.com or call 310/888-3522 for details. > >Here's our press release: > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: TAMMY GLOVER > 310/888-3522 > >SECOND ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF SHORT FILMS SEEKS SUBMISSIONS > >Addressing an area of cinema that has been long overlooked, the second >annual lo-con.com Festival of Short Films by independent filmmakers will >take place in Los Angeles from September 26-28, 1997. > >The organizers of the event will select animated and digital shorts, as >well as video and film shorts for the festival. The two hour program will >consist of shorter shorts (under 15 minutes) and shorts (under 30 minutes). > Category winners will be selected by the attendees of the Festival. > >The Festival was created by Castle Rock Entertainment#s Senior Vice >President of Production, Jeffrey Stott; post supervisor/film editor Alan >Bell; and Producer of New Media, Tammy Glover. > >+Last year#s festival confirmed that this kind of event is >necessary-especially in Los Angeles. We#re the center of the film >community and it seems a shame not to have a forum dedicated to short films, >- Tammy Glover said. +There is a lot of talent out there.- > >Hughes-JVC are supplying BETA equipment to show the films. Film Finance >and Cast and Crew are also official sponsors of the event. > >Stott, serving as Executive Producer on Rob Reiner#s Films Ghosts of >Mississippi, The American President, A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally, >Misery, and The Princess Bride, has worked on all of Reiner#s films >beginning with This is Spinal Tap. > >Bell joined Castle Rock in 1991 and his editing credits include I Am Your >Child and associate credits include The American President and Ghosts of >Mississippi. He has produced and directed two shorts of his own, the most >recent being The Honeymoon, which has been shown at various Festivals >around the country. > >As Producer of New Media, Glover created three upcoming interactive titles >for the company: The Interactive Guide to Othello, a title based on Hamlet >and another centered on the Civil Rights Movement. She was the associate >producer on Rob Reiner's I Am Your Child and is the associate producer of >Puppies for Sale, a short film starring Jack Lemmon. > ---- Jeremy Butler [log in to unmask] ScreenSite http://www.sa.ua.edu/ScreenSite Telecommunication & Film/University of Alabama/Tuscaloosa ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.