2008 Seattle True Independent Film Festival recap
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We had a great time at the 2008 Seattle True Independent Film Festival! Along with screening In The Event Of A ZOMBIE ATTACK, we had a chance to see some other shorts and features, meet a few filmmakers, interact with the festival staff (everyone was friendly and helpful) and watch films in all 3 venues in use for the festival.
Some of the films we enjoyed:
- Clean Freak – a mockumentary about OCD
- PK-Granny – an animated short involving a Granny trained in the art of Parkour
- Under An Influence – a mockumentary about “bringing back the instructional film”
The film that really capped it for us was Hope Springs Eternal. An animated short about Mort, a broken-hearted sad sack who decides to end it all. But he’s such a loser, he can’t even kill himself without screwing that up too. If you get a chance to see this short, we highly recommend it, in fact if/when it ever becomes available on DVD, we’ll be buying a copy ourselves!
Friday the 13th proved to be a bit unlucky for our screening. The bulb in the projector was on its last legs during the screening of In The Event Of A ZOMBIE ATTACK and finally died about a minute and half into the Vampire Diaries (the feature that followed us). That along with the left speaker not working and the black-out curtains that allowed too much light in took a little away from the screening, but everyone there seemed to enjoy it anyway.
In terms of venues, the Central Cinema was our favorite. While the location is a little less than desirable, the venue and the staff were fantastic. Seating on the floor is booth-style with a table for your food and drinks, the screen nice and big, the sound was great and not a bad seat in the house.
Even with our misfortunes on Friday the 13th it was a great festival to be a part of and kudos go out to Clint Berquist (Festival Director), Brian Shelley (Program Director) and the rest of the hardworking staff for putting on a very memorable event!
