August 27, 2009 at 9:18 pm
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Hello Filmmakers and film lovers!
Welcome. We are having brunch at 10:30am. The directions to the location are on the map under ‘locations’ on the website.
Join us at 12:00noon at L’artichaut for a Panel: “Sell Your Film, Not Your Soul ~ An Independent Approach to Marketing and Distribution” ~~ Panel Members: Jeff Orgill (Boppin at the Glue Factory 2009) , Anthony Pedone (The Why 2009), Rocky Palladino (Waiting at the Gate 2008, Britain Isn’t Working 2009)
August 25, 2009 at 8:38 am
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Our volunteer meeting will be held Wednesday, Aug 26th at 6:00 pm at L’artichaut. If you are interested in volunteering for the Strasbourg International Film Festival come meet up with us to get your assignments and hours!
We’ve had a lot of interest from volunteers and it looks like you’ll be in fine company! We’re looking for friendly, easy-going film-lovers to help out full or part-time during the festival in Strasbourg and Kehl. We’d love to have you on our team!
Below is what we will need from you to know where you will be suited to volunteer with us:
Your name.
Languages you speak.
What sort of schedule you are available to work.
Hours per day?
Days per work?
In what area(s) are you interested in volunteering?
Street Marketing?
Hospitality (greeting and aiding filmmakers/filmgoers)?
Projection?
Transportation (you’ll need a car/license)?
Logistics (getting things from one place to another)?
Brunches?
Etc…
What we are looking for…
Friendly, reliable, film-lovers who want to help put on a really cool, casual (yet, very serious) rather bohemian-styled film festival that happens in Strasbourg, France and Kehl, Germany. Our common language is English so if you speak it great! French, German, Spanish and all other languages are useful as well.
If you are a film student or local filmmaker this is a fantastic opportunity for you to meet other filmmakers and watch incredible works from other new and emerging filmmakers. We have panels and discussions and need volunteers to help us run them. If you’re a film buff then this is a wonderful opportunity like no other in this area and we’d love to have you on our team!
Get in the thick of it. Learn. Become part of the process and enrich your own craft and knowledge at the same time.
We look forward to hearing from you, learning about you, and having you on our team!
August 24, 2009 at 6:00 pm
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There is a sort of bohemian, easy-going vibe we talk about in reference to the festival? Well, we’re like that with the tickets and passes as well.
If seating is available anyone can attend a screening for free in Strasbourg. With that in mind, some people might want a little more of a safety net to ensure they get a seat. Those people should buy tickets!
There is also a hierarchal structure to seating. Press and filmmakers have priority seating over the free ticket going audience. Our filmmakers are flying in from all over the world. We want them to know what other filmmakers are doing, so we want them to have easy access to each other’s films. It’s a great way for new and emerging filmmakers to learn about what is happening right now in the film world. Paid tickets and passes have priority over filmmakers (if it’s not their film).
Early day screenings – 2:00pm, 4:00pm & 6:00pm – are less likely to fill up than 8:00pm & 10:00pm screenings. We haven’t screened at midnight yet, so those times could go either way.
Ff you want to try to make sure you get entry into screenings for free try earlier in the day or maybe the late night screenings.
All of our films are worth seeing otherwise they wouldn’t be in the festival in the first place. Our shorts and docs are fantastic. We had a lot to choose from so we were able to be very picky and not able to bring in all that we wanted. As a general rule, shorts and docs screenings are generally not as full as feature film screenings. But quite honestly, the French really like shorts so we tend to get a very nice number in attendance for those screenings.
Even some evening screenings aren’t going to be totally full, so risk it! …or you can buy a ticket if you want to feel the comfort of knowing you will definitely be able to see what you want to see. Our tickets range from cheap to very affordable. A pass for the entire fest – which would guarantee you could see anything whenever you wanted – is only $200 for 10 full days and nights of fantastic films!
Ticket Prices
Individual Movie Pass $5.00
All Day Movie Pass $12.00
Week Long Movie Pass $50.00
10 Day Movie Pass $80.00
Platinum – All Inclusive+Gift $200.00
Tickets help ensure your priority seating but it’s always a good idea to arrive 15 minutes early!
An individual ticket can be used at any screening. So you might want to keep a couple on hand just in case you realize the film you want to see might fill up.
August 16, 2009 at 7:59 pm
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Hi to all the potential volunteers!
We love that you are thinking of us and want to become part of our team. When contacting us please give us a little information about yourself.
Your name.
Languages you speak.
What sort of schedule you are available to work.
Hours per day?
Days per work?
In what area(s) are you interested in volunteering?
Street Marketing?
Hospitality?
Projection?
Transportation?
Logistics?
Brunches?
Etc…
What we are looking for…
Friendly, reliable, film-lovers who want to help put on a really cool, casual (yet, very serious) rather bohemian-styled film festival that happens in Strasbourg, France and Kehl, Germany. Our common language is English so if you speak it great! French, German, Spanish and all other languages are useful as well.
If you are a film student or local filmmaker this is a fantastic opportunity for you to meet other filmmakers and watch incredible works from other new and emerging filmmakers. We have panels and discussions and need volunteers to help us run them. If you’re a film buff then this is a wonderful opportunity like no other in this area and we’d love to have you on our team!
Get in the thick of it. Learn. Become part of the process and enrich your own craft and knowledge at the same time.
We look forward to hearing from you, learning about you, and having you on our team!
August 14, 2009 at 3:52 pm
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The Strasbourg Int’l Film Festival is proud and honored to announce the following filmmakers from both past and present SiFF festivals as 2009 jurors:
Rocky Palladino
Rocky, 1st time UK director and writer of SiFF’s 2008 feature film French Premiere Waiting at the Gate (2007) will bring his new politically thought-provoking short film, Britian Isn’t Working, to our 2009 festival. As an independent filmmaker who has had to fight for his film, Rocky knows what independent filmmakers must endure, struggle through and overcome. His background and experiences in the independent arena will be an insightful addition to our jury.
Ava Lanche
Ava is a short filmmaker coming out of Germany. Her artistically-inclined, political short film, Silence, screened at SiFF 2008 and has since screened like wildfire around the world. Souls just don’t come more independent and free-thinking than Ava. She will be a pillar of her own as a juror.
Jeff Orgill
Jeff premiered his feature film in France at our sister festival, Tregor Film Fest, where we all had a rockin’ good time. Boppin’ at the Glue Factory is Jeff’s first feature film. Jeff is a true lover of film. He wants to learn as much as he can about it so that he can become better at his craft. Case in point, for several years (8, I believe) Jeff volunteered for Sundance in the Print department. This volunteer job allowed him the ability to watch film after film, in effect schooling him. He spent several years making Boppin’ at the Glue Factory which played to a very receptive audience not only at TFF where it won Best Film and Best Director but also has picked up awards at other fests. It is both a joy and an honor to have this filmmaker back with us. Jeff is an editor by trade and will be an attribute as both a juror and filmmaker as Boppin’ at the Glue Factory is one of only four feature films which has already screened in France (two premieres were lost to our own sister fest, TFF).
Meet Jeff
Boppin’ at the Glue Factory Trailer
Dee Wills
Dee’s film, Jane’s Paradise, is her first feature film which we are thrilled will have it’s World Premiere with us. Dee is an artist, the kind of artist that can’t help it. Art runs through her veins and owns her thoughts. It is the eyes she sees with. The air she breathes. Jane’s Paradise is art on film. It is delicious chocolate melting slowly in your mouth as you yearn for nothing more in complete satisfaction. While Dee has categorized her film as a docu-drama due to it’s documentational/dramatic style, I tend to think of it as pure art in the form of an experimental film. Either way, you end up with a juror who will consider your work through the eyes of an artist first and foremost.
Sophie Scott
Sophie’s short films, Obsession and Cannibal Jane had their French Premieres at SiFF 2008 in the Under 18 category. Sophie is in her second year as a Programmer for SiFF, is the Festival Director of our sister festival, Tregor Film Fest, and has translated several films from English-to-French. Sophie represents the voice of the next generation. She is our touch point there. Sophie has a strong and solid background in film which has proven immeasurable during programming. She is my counterbalance. I was watching a film and couldn’t figure out how to describe it. She said, ‘it’s like early John Waters’. I was like, “Yeah, mixed with Nora Ephron” The film, Herbeast Comes to Life, has since been accepted into SiFF. Sophie is a stickler for story, strong acting and production quality. She’s a fighter for films she loves.
