▌SCREENINGS ▌Get Earthy and Jazzy Around the DMV Tonight

April is Jazz Appreciation Month (whoo hoo!) and it brings us the fast approaching Earth Day. Celebrate both tonight and all week with these festivities y mas going down about and around the DMV.

Monday, April 19
Busboys and Poets

6:00P

Free and open to the Public

With Earth Day approaching, Busboys and Poets at 14th and V streets is offering a screening of the award-winning documentary Tapped, a look into the unregulated and environmentally harmful bottled-water industry from the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car? [I {HEART} THEM!] and I.O.U.S.A. The event begins at 6.

Monday, April 19

Library of Congress

Mary Pickford Theater

7:00P

Free and open to the public

Dexter Gordon's film 'Round Midnight will be shown for free at the Library of Congress. Last Friday Gordon's mishc and films became a collection of the Library of Congress. Gordon's wife will be in attendance for Q&A following the screening.

Thursday, April 22

Pure Lounge

DMV International Film Festival Presents: The Greenhouse Effect Music Showcase

8:00P - 2:00A

$10 before midnight

$15 after

Celebrate Earth Day, quench your thirst for DMV music, and get excited for the upcoming First Annual DMV International Film Festival all at once this Thursday at Pure Lounge. Support international cinema coming to the DMV!

NO GIRLS ALLOWED? : Cannes Lineup Announced

Here's an interesting point as you peruse the Cannes features: No lady directors to speak of. I guess there's color at least, right...?

{super sadface}

Read the full article aqui via THR.




In Competition
"Another Year," Mike Leigh (U.K.)
"Biutiful," Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Spain, Mexico)
"Burnt by the Sun 2," Nikita Mikhalkov (Germany, France, Russia)
"Certified Copy," Abbas Kiarostami (France, Italy, Iran)
"Fair Game," Doug Liman (U.S.)
"Hors-la-loi," Rachid Bouchareb (France, Belgium, Algeria)
"The Housemaid," Im Sang-soo (South Korea)
"La nostra vita," Daniele Luchetti (Italy, France)
"La Princesse de Montpensier," Bertrand Tavernier (France)
"Of Gods and Men," Xavier Beauvois (France)
"Outrage," Takeshi Kitano (Japan)
"Poetry," Lee Chang-dong (South Korea)
"A Screaming Man," Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (France, Belgium, Chad)
"Tournee," Mathieu Amalric (France)
"Uncle Boonmee who can Recall his Past Lives," Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Spain, Thailand, Germany, U.K.-France)
"You, My Joy," Sergey Loznitsa (Ukraine, Germany)

Un Certain Regard
"Adrienn Pal," Agnes Kocsis (Hungary, Netherlands, France, Austria)
"Aurora," Cristi Puiu (Romania)
"Blue Valentine," Derek Cianfrance (U.S.)
"Chatroom," Hideo Nakata (U.K.)
"Chongqing Blues," Wang Xiaoshuai (China)
"The City Below," Christoph Hochhausler (Germany, France)
"Film Socialisme," Jean-Luc Godard (Switzerland, France)
"Ha Ha Ha," Hong Sang-soo (South Korea)
"Les Amours imaginaires," Xavier Dolan (Canada)
"Life Above All," Oliver Schmitz (France)
"Los labios," Ivan Fund, Santiago Loza (Argentina)
"Octubre," Daniel Vega (Peru)
"Qu'est-il Arrive a Simon Werner?" Fabrice Gobert (France)
"Rebecca H.," Lodge Kerrigan (France)
"R U There," David Verbeek (Taiwan)
"The Strange Case of Angelica," Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal)
"Tuesday, After Christmas," Radu Muntean (Romania)
"Udaan," Vikramaditya Motwane (India)

Out of Competition
"Robin Hood," Ridley Scott (U.S., U.K.)
"Tamara Drewe," Stephen Frears (U.K.)
"Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps," Oliver Stone (U.S.)
"You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger," Woody Allen (U.K., Spain)

Midnight Screenings
"Kaboom," Gregg Araki (U.S., France)
"L'autre mMonde," Gilles Marchand (France)

Special screenings
"Abel," Diego Luna (Mexico)
"Chantrapas," Otar Iosseliani (France)
"Draquila -- L'Italia Che Trema," Sabina Guzzanti (Italy)
"Inside Job," Charles Ferguson (U.S.)
"Nostalgia de la Luz," Patricio Guzman (France)
"Over Your Cities Grass will Grow," Sophie Fiennes (Netherlands)

Competition jury

Tim Burton, president

Alberto Barbera

Kate Beckinsale

Emmanuel Carre

Benicio Del Toro

Victor Erice

Shekhar Kapur

Giovanna Mezzogiorno

▌ROUNDtheWAYroundUP ▌DMV Fest Goodness

It's the most wonderful time of the year--for DMV filmmakers and screenwriters! Here are three reasons why you need to get up off that script and MOVE!

1) 2010 Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest 

The first Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest took place on Sat. July 26, 2008 in Washington DC's Marvin Gaye Park and has become an annual tradition in the community. The event features artists from the Washington DC metro area and beyond. The Fest is looking for performers and vendors NOW! Selected acts will be notified in May. LiberatedMuse members get a $50 vending fee. Send all inquiries and artist EPKs to CapitalHipHopSoulFest@gmail.com, and join the Fest's social networking arm via CapitalHipHopSoulFest.ning.com. Follow @CapHipHopSoul on Twitter!

2) DMV International Film Fest (DMVIFF)

The First Annual DMVIFF 2010 is June 25th-30th!
DMVIFF selects 25-50 Feature Films and 15-30 Short films to play in one of 5 Festival programs. "We strive to keep our selection process as fair and democratic as possible, all films are viewed in their entirety. Films that are selected to be in one of our five competition programs are eligible for Jury Prizes in their respective categories. Eligibility requirements for each competition program vary." Learn more about Fest Founder, Tanecia Britt, and the First Annual DMV International Film Fest at www.DMVIFF.com, and become an active member of the Fest's social networking community at www.DMVFilmFest.ning.com to stay up to date about upcoming events in advance of the summer fest. Check out this event from DMVIFF coming April 22, 2010 (the day before SOMEone's born-day...)

DMV International Film Festival presents "The Greenhouse Effect" Music Showcase 

Pure Lounge

April 22, 2010 

8P - 2A 

$10 before Midnight

18+ to enter

Hosted by MINDSTREAM RADIO's Adam Butler

Learn more at http://www.dmvfilmfest.ning.com/, and Follow @DMVIFF on Twitter!

DMVIFF Teaser from Tanecia Britt on Vimeo.

3) DC Shorts Film Festival & Screenplay Competition 2010

The DC Shorts Film Festival (September 9-16, 2010) turns the spotlight on truly independent short films, created by new and established filmmakers in an era when the art of filmmaking is opening to all. We select films of every genre and niche for our competition screenings — with a special focus on films created by metropolitan Washington, DC-based directors and writers. The DC Shorts Screenplay Competition (October 2010) is a very different kind of screenwriting competition. A panel of judges consisting of filmmakers, screenwriters and critics will review and provide coverage (feedback) for scripts of 15 pages or less. 5 - 7 finalists will be featured during ScriptDC — a weekend of screenwriting events for DC regional writer and filmmakers, where their scripts will be read in front of a live audience — and one will walk away with $2,000 to shoot their project! FINAL DEADLINE: MAY 15TH for FILMS, and MAY 31ST for SCRIPTS! Follow @DCShorts on Twitter!Learn more at www.DCShorts.com.

touchyINTRODUCTIONS: B.U.R.N.S. >> DMV @ ABFF 2010 *smiles*

Meet Kenny Burns.

(image from thekennyburnsshow.com)

1. Say the phrase out loud facing the mirror.

2. Read this.

3. Now go listen to #TKBS over at beehivefm.com when the clock strikes 2:00P.

4. Watch and discuss the local addition to the 2010 American Black Film Festival lineup.

B.U.R.N.S. Documentary Trailer from KENNY BURNS on Vimeo.

SinceYouMissedIt: Street Queenz The Movement >> Women in the Industry & DMV!FF, 3/11

:::Via N Brown Ink:::

Check out this Sis, Tanecia Britt, the creator of the DMV International Film Festival, chatting with the listeners over at Street Queenz The Movement on Blog Talk Radio. POW! Hear what you missed here.

The DMV International Film Festival is bridging the gap between the "DMV" and the world

Get excited: the next event in preparation for the summer festival (June 25-30th) requires you find yourself at the Moca Gallery for DMVIFF preview: The Coalition Film Showcase this Saturday 3/20. Address: 1054 31st St., NW

Stay up to date about DMVIFF  by joining the community at http://dmvfilmfest.ning.com/.

Tribeca's 2010 Lineup Announced

The Tribeca Film Festival is apparently treated like a tester for Cannes, which comes after and across the water. The Fest is in its ninth year, having been founded in 2001 by Robert DeNiro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in an effort to revitalize lower Manhattan post-9/11.

The fest opens with the 3D world premiere of 'Shrek Forever After.' (Yes. A fourth one. And in 3D--but, I ain't gon' lie, I like this franchise.) 

I'm moved by the following, so far--no surprises--they're mostly docs with lots of getWOKE! specials in betwixt and between:

:::read more:::

FESTIVAL: SXSW Showcases Film Trailers via YouTube

Here's my personal heads up from SXSW 2010's Accepted Films:

For Once In My Life AND ONE.



Haynesville is going to make you rethink any offers to move. GET WOKE SPESH!



A Different Path: the opening words to this trailer have me SOLD! GET WOKE SPESH!

getWOKE! Festival Throwbacks 2: PAFF 2010

The Pan African Film & Arts Festival celebrated its 18th year in Los Angeles last week (February 10-17th). You should definitely check out the full playlist over at PAFF.org, but I have to let you know

getWOKE! Festival Throwbacks 1: Sundance 2010

It's not because of any hype coming from a major studio. It's not because of any insider information I possess. Not any connection I have to folks related to these flicks. It's not even because I've seen these films. But there are a few trailers and director interviews that have me 'syced' to keep up with the following motion pictures.

I told you at New Year's beck and call: 2010 is the year to get literate in pictures and sounds. It's the year to GET 'WOKE and STAY 'WOKE--and that is my hope for this online space. In that spirit, the following films have me a bit energized about their potential to keep your eyelids way strong.



Sundance 2010
While I didn't hear any comparisons to the Park City Blackout of 2009, there were two pieces in particular that get me giddy. (No. 'Waiting for Superman' is not one of them. I am hating on that movie.) Funny enough, both come from rookies. The first is from Rookie Director Eyad Zahra.

The Taqwacores
Eyad Zahra
LOGLINE
based on the novel by Michael Muhammad Knight
getWOKE APPEAL
problematizing--and altogether screwing--assumptions about religious and cultural identification, and performance of the same
LEARN MORE
www.punkislam.com




Now here's the trailer:



So, besides the fact that The Roots (!) have done the score for this film...
Besides the fact that Anthony Mackie stars...
Besides the fact that he's reuniting with my homie-ette, Kerry Washington...
This film, though fictional, centers around two individuals who can't do bourgeois romance after being Black Panthers. Meet Tanya Hamilton (!)(I know! Black woman director! WHOO!!) and read up on first-time producer, Ron Simon.

Night Catches Us
Tanya Hamilton
LOGLINE
In 1976, complex political and emotional forces are set in motion when a young man returns to the race-torn Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age during the Black Power movement.
getWOKE APPEAL
with the dearth of 'Black loooooove' flicks, I'm sometimes tempted to want something light and fluffy like 'romance'; i want to see if we can really view a Black man and Black woman engaged in the business of revolutionary love , particularly at a time when our movement-building is being pre-empted by marriage statistics
LEARN MORE
www.nightcatchesus.com







Next Up: Pan African Film Festival 2010 (and all the Black love you can stand)

Iranian Film Festival 2010 >> Run right through Freer

Going on right now (as in this weekend and next week) you should def check out this happenstance. Happenstance for me, cuz I was just watching 'Amanpour.' on CNN via iPod and thinking, Hmmmm...I wonder if there are any good Moussavi docs or narrative interpretations?

And then I found out Iranian Film Festival 2010 is happening in DC! Yay! Not sure I'm gonnna find a Moussavi pic, BUT there are definitely some titles that are in high demand. The screenings are free, and tickets are available an hour before each showing. Still, prepare to stake your claim early as seats are expected to fill up fast.

Learn more about each film over at the Smithsonian's site. Dates, times and location are also available.

Yours truly is particularly intrigued by the doc titled Consulting God Estekhareh, by Mohammad Sadegh Jafari. Abbas Kiarostami will be live and in full effect all festival long. Peep the fest descriptor below.

The Freer Gallery of Art is located at Jefferson Drive and 12th St., SW, Wash., DC. Metro map it.

In Freer's own words:

The Freer’s fourteenth annual festival of Iranian films presents five new films
and a video installation by Abbas Kiarostami. This series is organized by Carter
Long of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and with the support of ILEX
Foundation: Olga M. Davidson and Niloofar Fotouhi.

Headliner, Abbas Kiarostami (with the stunna shades on) discussing his directorial style.

Sundance & Reggae Film Fest 2010!!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!!

Not only are we in Awards season (which, actually...makes me want to croak...) BUT come the end of January (21-31st to be exact) you--and I--will both be wishing we could hightail it to Salt Lake City, Utah for the frou-frou-chic-chic festival of film festivals: Sundance!

But wait--there's more! For the low, low price of $4.99--for those of us raiding the festivals on a budget (sike!)--you can get the Sundance iPhone application fit for your iPhone or iPod Touch! Eh? Ehhhh? (I am too through with them. An app? Really?)

You could just, like...watch the channel for free, tho...

We're closing in on Reggae Film Fest 2010, as well. Brought to you by Jamaica Film Academy, the Fest is going down February 25-27th in New Kingston Hilton in Jamaica. Check out the playlist over at Jamaica Film Academy's site, but this is the festival's third year in full effect. Not sure you're gonna find any shortcuts around this festival--you'd kinda have to go to get the goods...but I would luhh luhh luhh to see 'Reggae in the Ruff'--a doc by Don McConnell, and 'Coping With Babylon' (2007) by Oliver Hill. They couldn't've chosen a more enticing title. Lotta Rasta themes in dere...

But that is all! If you're feeling indie, go sign up for Sundance alerts to receive a short download link. :-) Niiiiiiice.

Check the 'Reggae in the Ruff' promo below: