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Amazing fine art, spectacular films and screenplay exhibitions. free of charge fine Godiva chocolates and unlimited servings of white, dark, milk and other varieties of truffles, Ferrero Rocher chocolates, free beverages, red velvet cake and so much more are all part of the dreamy experience at the Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition.
Suzanne Kelman is Greeted on the Red Carpet.
Suzanne Kelman is presented with her trophy by the hostess of the Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition.
Suzanne Kelman answering questions from the audience on a screenwriters panel with other award winning screenwriters at the Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition.
Suzanne Kelman reads her script at the Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition.
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The Fourth Annual International Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition Offers An Alternative To The Usual Film Festival Fare!
Caption: The view of the Santa Monica beaches and the magically illuminated Santa Monica Pier and ferris wheel from the Rooftop Lounge at the Shangri-La Hotel. The Rooftop Lounge at the Shangri-La Hotel is the location of the Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition After-Party on April 14th, 2012.
Caption: Screenwriters panel at Love Unlimited Film Festival in Austin, Texas, Feb 2012 featuring, from left to right, Dana Cowden writer of "Not As Advertised;" Shanisha Mitchell (writer of "Love Moore"); Suzanne Kelman; (co-writer of "Held") and Blue Spruell (writer of "Winged Victory").
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The Fourth Annual International Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition Offers An Alternative To The Usual Film Festival Fare!
Many of today’s film festivals have become crowded, impersonal events that follow the same formulaic routines. If celebrities, directors, or casts from movies are present, interactions are very limited, sometimes staged, and offer little or no opportunity for networking or close contact. Worse, many festivals have become crowded with industry insiders, who muscle out more innovative work to present predictable, commercial fare. This can transform film festivals from potentially one of the most exciting events there is into a dreary, tiring affair.
This makes the Love Unlimited Film & Art Exhibition unique. Through relaxed and friendly chat-backs and Q&A sessions with screenwriters, cast, crew, writers, producers, directors, and more, Love Unlimited offers not only close interactions but also possibilities for networking with actual working professionals in the film and art industries. A couple of award winning guests this year in Venice are Shanisha Mitchell (writer of "Love Moore") and Suzanne Kelman (co-writer of "Held").
The Love Unlimited Film & Art Exhibition doesn’t offer the same predictable program of events found at other festivals, but makes room for groundbreaking, original, and inspiring work by voices often unable to be heard elsewhere. This year we are happy to have Marc Saez, the Screenwriter & Director and Véronique Picciottio, the lead actress, who are traveling from Paris, Franceto attend the screening and give a Q+A afterwards along with his daughter who appeared in the film. We also look forward to Award Winning screenwriters and filmmakers such as Elise Jackson, Mary Krell-Oishi, Rose Woods, Andrew Garrett, ChuckGrieb. and many others making amazing presentations!
Along with an international array of feature films, shorts, documentaries, music videos, and other genres, festival-goers in particular also have the opportunity to hear working directors and writers present script-readings and to participate in Q&A sessions afterward. This is a chance to participate directly with film-makers in their process and to spread the love to everyone at the festival. - Location:
The Beautiful Beyond Baroque Theater,
681 Venice Bl. Venice, CA 90291 - Starts 4pm on April 13th and 14th.
Featuring a Script Reading Exhibition and Panels on April 13th, 2012 and a Gala Red Carpet Awards Ceremony on April 14th, 2012. - Also Featuring the annual Foursquare Day on April 16th!
- Free of charge Admission!
- Located mere blocks away from the beautiful beaches and Pacific Ocean views.
- To see the full schedule visit www.LoveAndDiversity.org and visit the schedule.
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- Meagan Flynn-Mesmer, Seen in the middle with her fellow Emmy award winner producers
Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition Award Winner and EMMY award-winning producer Meagan Flynn-Mesmer appears alongside GEORGE CLOONEY in the Oscar Nominated and Golden Globe nominated film Up In the Air.
A proud member of both SAG and AFTRA, she not only works in front of the camera but also behind producing, directing, and writing. For her diligent work in the Kansas City Film community she was selected as one of Ingram's Magazine's 20 in their 20s in 2010. She also proudly serves on the board of directors for Kansas City's Women In Film and Television.
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Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition Award Winner Elise Plakke, Screenwriter/Director, had her film screened at the Cannes International Film Festival, which is an invitation-only non-public film festival, the President of their Jury was ROBERT DE NIRO. See Interview below.
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NEWS FROM LOS ANGELES! WAKE IS A HIT!!!
Screenwriter/Associate Producer Jessica Marsh attends Love Unlimited Film Festival, Venice Beach, CA where WAKE screened Aril 15, 2011Love Unlimited Film Festival Day 1! I wish everyone in the cast & crew could have been there!!! It was like everyone in the audience was in the same sailboat & every time something exciting or funny or shocking happened, they were all expressing it at the same time (“Ooooo! Aaaaaahhh! WHAT?”)
Let me first just say that I really wish Jeremy Webb could have been there at the beginning when all the filmmakers had to get up and stand in a circle and hold hands and introduce ourselves… I know you like to do that kind of thing, Jeremy. I’m sorry you missed it.
They were SO scared of Aunt Helen (Shelley Thompson)!! When she poked Lawrence (Simon Henderson) on the chest, someone said ‘Oh WOW.’ – and when she approached Lawrence at Marv (Cliff Le Jeune)’s coffin, there was a collective groan & ‘Oh noooooooo!’…
They laughed & laughed at Susan (Stacy Smith) rambling on & on to Lawrence – and when Lawrence snapped Marv’s neck, they YELLED (Someone said ‘WHAT?’) and then burst out laughing. I loved this moment – it was a crazy kind of laughter, like they were so freaked out that they had an opposite reaction and laughed instead of continuing to scream.
When Lawrence walks off with his head held high to the beat of Ian Sherwood’s beautiful song, the audience cheered. We’re a hit in L.A., folks!
Afterward, I went out with some of the filmmakers and they had lots of questions about the production – They asked about our incredible DP Becky Parsons and editor extraordinaire Jeff Fish.
One filmmaker said she thinks Wake is a ‘perfect film’.
No one can believe it’s Jeremy’s first time directing film. Everyone said they love it. Tomorrow I am being interviewed on video & then will do an audience Q & A, possibly with another screening. This experience makes me feel, once again, immensely proud of each person who was part ‘Wake’ – I hope you each feel proud of yourselves, too. But I’m especially grateful to Jeremy – for choosing to work with my story, for bringing us all together and then for directing Wake with such an impressively clear, strong creative vision.
Jessica Marsh,
From Los AngelesWe have now learned that WAKE also won Best of Fest Short Filmat Love Unlimited. What an honour!!
It was entered (in a special 12 minute cut) into the CBC TV show/competition Short Film Face Offand won!
The prize package included cash, in-kind services and equipment from CBC and PS Atlantic and we are excited to be preparing our second film, Bone Deep, from another script by Jessica Marsh for shooting in 2011.
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Austen Brauker, Winner of the 2011 Best of Fest Horror Script Award at the Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition Screenwriter in April 2011, goes on to Win Grand Prize in November 2011 for his script at the Oregon Film Festival. Austen has also recently entered into an agreement with a production company for one of his scripts.
Austen, at the Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition after reading his amazing script and accepting the Love Unlimited Award for Best Horror Script
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FROM AUSTEN BRAUKER:
I am excited to share the following news about a recent overall GRAND PRIZE win (all categories) at the 2011 Oregon Film Festival, and the same week, I found out that I was chosen as a Finalist in the Newport International Film Festival,in Wales.
2011 has been a good year, so far, for getting publications and winning screenplay awards.
In 2011 I have won the following screenplay awards:
Grand Prize Winner, Best Overall Screenplay, (above first, second and third place in all categories) at the Oregon Film Festival
Best Script, Horror category, at the Love Unlimited International Film Festival (Flew out in April, received award, did live reading)
Finalist, at The Hollywood Screenplay Contest (Flying out in Nov. to receive the award)
Finalist, The Newport International Film Festival, Wales.
Semi-Finalist, The PAGE Screenwriting Awards
I have also had two short stories published this year. One in Zharame, where there is a very funny interview published in the paperback release: “THE ZHARAME ANTHOLOGY: Ends of Man”
Zharame
[Full Article found below]
http://www.zharmae.com
I have a poem that was selected for the online publication below:
221B (anthology, selected)
http://221bmagazine.co.uk/?page_id=508
Austen J. Brauker
Peacemaking/Probation Department- Full article from the “THE ZHARAME ANTHOLOGY: Ends of Man”Interview:
Biographical Information
Austen is a tribal member of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians from Manistee, Michigan. He works with stained glass, paint, cut paper, oil pastel, photography, custom guitars and other mediums, including traditional crafts such as leather bags, stone and ceramic pipes, and birch bark containers. Austen is the author of two full length fiction novels (“Homunculus” and “Penny Yarrow”), several theatrical plays, and numerous short stories and poetry. He has recently entered into an agreement with a production company for the screenplay “White Buffalo” to be produced as a feature length film. The screenplay “Homunculus” won best horror category at the Love Unlimited International Film Festival & Art Exhibition in Los Angeles.
If asked, those who know him best would probably say “musician” when describing Austen as an artist. He has played guitar for 30 years and produced several compilations of original music. He plays numerous instruments, including traditional flute and drum. Austen hunts deer, bear, elk, and spear fishes for his family, which is also an expression of sovereign tribal rights. He currently works as a Peacemaker/Probation Officer for the LRBOI Tribal Justice Center. He is married to his beautiful wife, Victoria.
Things We’d All like to Know
We would like to understand what makes you tick…your character, what, why, and how you write. We’d like our readers to get to know you. With that in mind, we’d like you to please answer the following questions as thoroughly, and as humanly, as possible. Go ahead, be yourself!
Why do you write? I am a musician and a painter. Writing is a form of music that can be seen.
What do you write: I like to write screenplays and poetry. They have a right now, in your face, visual essence that flows to the audience and strikes at an immediate perceptive sensory connection, more abstract and yet more direct than narrative, for me, that is. I also like writing, but not producing, theatrical plays. I like to see them come to life as someone else interprets and directs my ideas from the initial blueprint.
Who inspires you? My wife.
Who are your influences? Nature and Native American culture. The state of Michigan.
What are your three most favorite books and why? “Naked Lunch,” “Tales of Power” and “Illusions.” They are all the same book.
The Mechanics
How do you write? Wherever I am, no matter what is going on around me. The more chaotic the better. I like people around me doing things and having inane, or insane, chatter in the background, like crappy talk shows or the farcical news. The distractions force me to focus on the work and allows a certain bit of the at-large energy of the universe to enter the work subconsciously.
Where do you like to write? Anywhere. I like to have coffee and cigarettes when I write, so wherever these things are I can write.
Do you set a goal of so many pages per day, or something else? No. Quantity does not equal quality. I binge and then move on to something else. I might write every day for two or three months and then start recording music for a month or two, then write again or work on a painting. I have no measurable commitment marks other than doing it when I feel it. I can easily stop in the middle of something and have no problem leaving it incomplete, then come back to it years later and finish it, if it calls to me.
What program(s) or tool(s) do you use to write? Word. Final Draft. Tobacco and Espresso.
What do you do when you get stuck on a problem which blocks the writing process? Stop.
Do you envision the entire story at once and just fill in as you go, or do you just see where the writing takes you and troubleshoot as necessary? The characters usually take control. I either reign them in or let them jump off into their own offshoot and then amputate them from the main body. I have no control over them once they get going. Either they want to be a part of the main theme or they don’t. I cannot control them once they get going. Several characters have reinserted themselves into different pieces at different times. Other characters will push them out or even kill them if they have to, in order to keep their own continuity. Survival of the fittest.
What do you have the most fun with during the creative process? I like to make my wife and kids read characters, especially in screenplays where I need a real time sense of dialog and have to hear how it is going to flow as spoken word.
Do you have any special rituals or superstitious behaviors you must follow while writing? That is all my life is, ritual and superstition. Isn’t that what we all do every day? Religion, work, ceremony, dance, personal hygiene?
Human You
What is a cherished memory from your life you’d like to share? When I was married in a traditional ceremony with a big circle of friends and family.
Do you prefer coffee, tea, or something else entirely? Caramel pralines fudge, with a hand rolled cigarette.
What comes first, the chicken or the alien egg? If I knew this I would have my own religious movement. Some questions were meant to be left unanswered. But if you must know, the chicken is not an earth creature, so the question answers itself doesn’t it?
What is your favorite kind of glue? (Your choice) Modge-podge, for making cool collages. I also like Maskoid for water color paintings. I also like to use elmer’s wood glue. Okay, all glue is pretty cool. I would just have to say, glue in general. For truly: The human body is the greatest of all glues, one that holds the spirit as bound in this limited material plane of existence.
This Particular Story
Who do you most identify with in this work? The author. We have the same name.
Why this story? It was better than submitting a series of blank pages.
Who do you think would be most affected by or touched by this work? I hope this work will unite the homeless masses under a flag of peace, finally achieved through violent revolution, sticking it to “the man” and supplanting the dominant superstructure with one equally tyrannical, only with a beard.
What is a profound memory from this title’s writing process? Ask Mary [Shelley], this work is just another version of Frankenstein.
What do you hope the reader will take away from reading this story – is there a theme, or philosophy? That mankind is the true monster on this planet, except for Bigfoot.
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Andrew Garrett is pleased to announce that his animated feature screenplay Local Sugar will receive an award at the upcoming Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition!***The story’s hero Sly Snake, the hard-working but trouble-prone town mechanic, is about to get married. His fiancée, mouse Mary Lou, has just been elected mayor of the little bayou town of Sugarville, and is loved by all the townsfolk for her fierce loyalty and hard work.Those qualities are put to the test when Mary Lou’s sugar mill burns to the ground, the night before the wedding, leaving the town teetering on the edge of financial ruin. Rowley, a frog who owns most of the land in town--and has the power to finish it off--hops forward with an ultimatum for Mary Lou: Marry him or else.Sly Snake leaps in to defend Mary Lou’s honor, but not only does he lose the fight, he finds himself accused of sabotaging the sugar mill. Bruised and battered, all hope seemingly lost, Sly is hauled off by the local sheriff. However, a car crash and a lucky photo in the local paper send Sly scrambling after the evidence he needs to clear his name, save the town, and win back his true love.***Andrew Garrett has written two other animated feature screenplays – Outstanding In The Field (an animal adventure story with a supernatural twist) and A Whisker Past Midnight (a World War II thriller set on an ocean liner). Like Local Sugar, these can be found at his website, http://www.animation-writer.com .Both “Outstanding” and “Whisker” have reached the quarterfinalist rounds of The Writers Network Screenplay and Fiction Competition (http://www.writersnetworkcompetition.com/ ) in separate years; “Whisker” was a finalist in the 2nd Annual ThrillSpy International Thriller and Spy Film Festival (http://www.thrillspy.org/). Andrew is currently writing his first live-action script, based on a true Vietnam War-era debacle that nearly cost a man and his mother their lives.BIOGRAPHY:Andrew grew up in rural and not-so-rural parts of Oklahoma, and is of Irish, English, and Native American descent. A graduate of Booker T. Washington High School (Tulsa) and Oklahoma City University, he beat his head against the brick wall of science for a while before giving in and “coming home” to English.A bout with Ewings’ Sarcoma bone cancer in 1999 made him rethink his priorities; he and his new bride packed up and transplanted themselves to the Greater Los Angeles area. Since then he has mostly worked in the video game industry, but writes nights, and keeps his ear to the ground for any and all things film (and especially animation).
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Documentary by First-Year Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Student Garners Multiple Awards at Documentary Film Festivals
{ Posted under Student Spotlight by Kathleen Beste on November 20, 2011}
The Triangle of Death, a documentary film directed by Folleh Shar Tamba, immerses the viewer into the middle of the war in Iraq and first Iraqi election right after the fall of Saddam Hussein. It's a fast-paced adventure piece, documenting day-to-day combat experiences of the 3rd Platoon of the 2/24th of the United States Marine Corps while deployed in the Sunni Triangle in 2004-2005.
Tamba joined the Marines specifically to get to Iraq, where he shot thousands of hours of footage. On his return to the U.S., he teamed up with filmmaker Juan Montelongo to record interviews with his fellow Marines. They distilled a combination of Iraqi footage and these interviews into ninety-four minutes that features grueling warfare, and places the viewer right at the "tip of the spear:" traveling in the convoys, going house to house, battling from the rooftops, all while real bullets are whizzing by.
The Triangle of Deathhas been screened at over 20 film festivals since 2009, and has received numerous awards including the Founder's Choice Award at the 2009 GI Film Festival; Best Documentary at 2011 Naperville Independent Film Festival; Special Jury award at the 2011 Alaska International Film Award; and Documentary Award Winner at the 2011 Love Unlimited Film Festival and Art Exhibition.
End of article by By the Columbia College Chicago.
Note: The prior story and video regarding the above film that appeared in the Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition is courtesy of the Columbia College Chicago, described as
"an international leader and recognized pioneer in arts and media education. With over 120 years of deep experience teaching creative students to develop authentic voices and meaningful skills, Columbia graduates are fully prepared to launch sustainable careers in the visual, performing, media and communication arts."
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Video: Delco film a festival favorite
"A Turn of the Blinds," a short film comedy shot in Delaware County in May 2010, has been winning a slew of awards. It will be screened June 8 at the Media Theatre, then Aug. 10-14 at the Columbia Gorge International Film festival in Washington State. The film was shown at the Inagural Green Bay, Wisc., film festival on Feb. 25-27 and at the Love, Unlimited Film Festival in Venice, Calif., on April 19 and 20 [2011]. End of article by By Journal Register News.
Note: The prior story and video regarding the above film that appeared in the Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition is courtesy of the Journal Register News Service.
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