72-Hour Screening at the Rialto
Tomorrow at 7:00 pm, roughly 30 short films will be screened at the Rialto Theater. This is the 4th annual 72 Hour Film Competition, and we can tell you from past years that it’s a pretty fun night.
All the films were all made during a 3 day period last weekend—written, shot, edited and scored in 72 hours.
One of the films has already been released on YouTube after some technical difficulties prevented it from being submitted back to the Grand in time. You can find it on the Tacoma Gnome blog, as it stars the Gnome in his first “talkie” motion picture.
Tickets for tomorrow night’s event are on sale at the Grand now ($9 for members of the Grand, $11 for non-members).
What: 72 Hour Film Competition
When: Friday, May 9, 7:00 pm
Where: Rialto Theater
Filed under: Arts
2 comments
L Lynn May 10, 2008
About a month ago I went to the Georgetown Film Festival where 46 films under five minutes were shown, all using 8mm film and cameras. Almost none of them had enough light so you could barely see most of the films. Also it was held in the Rainier Storage Building where the indoors is the same temperature as the outdoors, and it was so cold we could see our breaths. Of course SOME of the films were good, like the one Peter Requiam made.
Last night’s Grand Cinema event was spectacular. Of 28 films maybe only two or three were ‘slow’. Walking around during the intermission was fun because just about every other face was recognizable from one of the films. The Zombie film was a huge hit, which won the audience’s prize (I don’t remember its name) and I had some favorties that didn’t win prizes: the one showing boxers vs briefs, and the one featuring the blog murders. Both of these were extremely well done. Congratulations Grand Cinema for creating these memorable events. . .
D Droid16 May 10, 2008
I went last night and had a great time. I had the same observation as Lynn. Even in the past few years at Tacoma’s own 72 hour festival, there have been a few difficult to sit through entries, but this year it was an amazing buffet of talent.
In particular some great storytelling and cinematography on display. The two boys moving through the forest in Army of Two and the zombies in Firemans Park are inspirational to those who want to make a movie that looks good with a minimal budget.
A favorite of mine was Lost Path, which won an honorable mention for the story and overall feel.
But what won for me was the Theater District.
During the intermission I walked passed the Pantages which was bustling and full in their lobby. I continued down to Frost Park to check out the entries from the earlier Chalk Challenge and passed several groups out for the evening.
I had people ask me for directions to a coffee shop (other than Tully’s which was hopping just across the street), say hello and wave from across the street and stop to comment on the chalk drawings as I was looking at them.
It was busy and fun and though it was only going on 9PM it was still the kind of nightlife feel that you wnat in your downtown.