The Indianapolis International Film Festival (IIFF) kicked off this year’s festivities with a bang! The Melody Inn hosted the IIFF Preview Party, Including two live bands and Bob & Tom’s Donnie Baker doing his stand up show. There were prizes, free drinks, and lots of film enthusiasts…who liked free drinks!

I was there to support two films I worked on. Both are up for the same award at this year’s festival, the Hoosier Lens Award. The award is devoted exclusively to Indiana Filmmakers. Kate Chaplin’s “First they Came For…”, Brian Pearce’s “Illusions of Life”, Dan T Hall’s “America On Wheels: Model T”, and Jon Moisan’s “Free Wall” will compete for this year’s award. I was the sound recorder on both “Illusions of Life” and “First They Came for.’ This gives me a 50% chance of being on the winning ticket! or a 50% chance of loosing twice in the same race… depending on that whole glass is half full or half empty thing.

Kate Chaplin, Brian Pearce and Dan Hall were all at the party enjoying the the fact that anyone of them could win and they would all be happy about it.

The staff of the IIFF put on a great meet up. The Melody Inn is a wonderful mixture of a true rock bar and a quiet beer garden… in case you actually want to talk while the band is rock’n out. The festival starts next Wednesday (July 15th) and runs through July 25th. The Indianapolis Museum of Art is hosting the festival this year.  More info on the festival can be found here…

http://www.indyfilmfest.org

photos by Chad Richards

Checkout  Chad’s blog of this event…

http://www.onlinemediajunkie.com/indy-film-fest-preview-party-at-the-melody-in

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Posted by admin on July 10th, 2009 :: Filed under Film Shoots
Tags :: America On Wheels: Model T, Brian Pearce, Chad Richards, Chuck Budreau, Craig Mince, Dan Hall, Dorothy Henckel, First they Came For, Free Wall, IIFF, Illusions of Life, Indianapolis International Film Festival, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Jon Moisan, Kate Chaplin, Kelli Safford, Melody Inn, Michael Tressler

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There was a great turnout for the premiere of Brian Pearce’s latest film “Illusions of Life”. The premiere was help Saturday Night December 20th, at the Hamilton 16 Theater in Noblesville.  Leading up to the screening were five other short films. Including Pearce’s award winning “The First Date”, Kate Chaplin’s “First They Came For…”, Steve Wright’s “Killing Time”, Philip Paluso’s “Miracle Mile: Don Bowden”, and Mark Searles’ “The Horn Player”. It made for an incredible mix of locally produced films.  “Illusions of Life” is the story of Tobey (Timmy Tzeiranakis), a guy who needs some extra cash so he signs up to be a lab rat. That’s when things start going strange…

The film was shot in over the course of 5 days in August of 2008 at locations across Indiana, Including IUPUI Campus and The Indiana Dunes State Park. Director of Photography Angie Pop flew in from California for the shoot. The premier was the first chance that some of the cast and crew had to meet, since they were not all there for each day of the shoot.

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Posted by admin on December 21st, 2008 :: Filed under Film Premiers,Film Screenings
Tags :: Brian Pearce, Hamilton 16, Illusions of Life

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