Author: Todd Wallinger
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IFSOC to show Canadian coming-of-age comedy ‘1981’ on Wednesday
This cheeky, coming-of-age comedy tells the story of 11-year-old Ricardo (based not so loosely on the director Ricardo Trogi) who, in 1981, struggles to fit in at his new school. With a flare for inventiveness and a desperate desire to impress his classmates, Ricardo weaves a web of untruths, which he must carefully maintain to…
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Colorado Short Circuit film festival returns Sept. 23
The wildly popular short film mini-festival known as Colorado Short Circuit is back. And although organizers Chris Loud and Pete Schuermann won’t be releasing the lineup until a couple of days before the screening, they have given fans a taste of what they’ll be offering. One of the films that will be shown is “Spin”…
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Indie Spirit Film Fest earlybird deadline is Friday
The Indie Spirit Film Festival may be seven months away, but it takes the three directors–Chris Loud, Jim Turner and Matthew Stevens–a long time to view all of the feature films and shorts submitted (and they do view all of them). That’s why they give a price break to those entering early. And the early…
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An interview with HBO Films intern and UCCS film student Sarah Lotfi
What did you do over summer vacation? If you’re Sarah Lotfi, UCCS film student and 2010 Student Academy Award nominee, you did what you do best. You made a film–or at least helped to, as an intern with HBO Films. As previously reported here, the film Lotfi worked on was Cinema Verite, a documentary about…
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Telluride Film Festival announces this weekend’s slate
The organizers of the film festival that first brought you Juno, Slumdog Millionaire and Up in the Air have always played their cards close to their vest, refusing to reveal their slate of films until the day before the festival opens. This year is no different. The Labor Day Weekend festival opens tomorrow and festival…
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Local film director wants you… to help make his movie
You’ve seen the trailer. You follow the blog. Now it’s time to get involved with the biggest film to be made in Colorado Springs in years. The movie is Creep!, Pete Schuermann’s documentary about the making of the REAL worst movie of all time, The Creeping Terror. He and producer Nancy Theken have already snagged…
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Video of local 3-year-old singing could win family a bundle
London Praytor has never had a piano lesson. But his mother, Bridget Praytor of Colorado Springs, hopes a video of the 3-year-old playing the Veggie Tales song “God is Bigger than the Boogeyman” will lead to getting their mortgage paid for a year. “Out of nowhere, he just sat down and started playing the song,”…
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Local director raises chunk of change for ‘Creep!’
Local director Pete Schuermann is well on his way to making his next film a reality. Graced with the cleverly catchy title Creep!, the documentary promises to be a wild, fun-loving take on the making of one of the worst films of all time, The Creeping Terror. According to the film’s production blog, Schuermann has…
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IFSOC announces expanded fall lineup
In a sign of their continued growth, the Independent Film Society of Colorado has announced a greatly expanded offering of films for this fall. This includes the Halloween-inspired Nights of Horror and not one but TWO of their wildly popular Short Circuit mini-festivals. JaffaThursday, September 16, 6:00pmAn Israeli drama about a Jewish couple facing their…
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Colorado Short Circuit #3 accepting film submissions
You’ve enjoyed the Colorado Short Circuit films at the Lon Chaney Theatre. Now it’s time to take the plunge and submit your own short film. No deadline has been set, but with Colorado Short Circuit #3 right around the proverbial corner on September 23, you’d best get yours submitted soon. To be considered, send your…