DOERS COMMUNITY VIDEO CONTEST SCREENING and AWARDS CEREMONY
February 26, 2010 at 6:30pm
Natasha's Bistro & Bar, Esplanade Alley, Lexington
An evening of ten featured short films celebrating the filmmakers who took the time to create a collection of inspiring and beautiful stories about different people and organizations within their community.
Cash prizes were awarded; half of which were split between the filmmaker and the non-profit organization of their choice. Jurors for the Grand Prize were George Parker of Lexington Film Society, Michael Benton of Bluegrass Film Society, and Renee Jackson of the Downtown Lexington Corporation. There were over 500 total votes for the People's Choice Award.
Juried Grand Prize Winner
A Place to Call Home by Angela Shoemaker
Doer: Volunteers of America
People's Choice Award Winner
Sharing the Vision by Leif Erickson Rigney
Doer: Central Kentucky Radio Eye
Best High School Video
The Unpaid Shoveler by Griffin Fitzgerald Sims
Doer: Walker Miller
All the Do-ers Videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/user/lexfilmleague.
Thank you for support your community and your filmmakers!
FREE and open to the public.
Natasha's Bistro & Bar, Esplanade Alley, Lexington
An evening of ten featured short films celebrating the filmmakers who took the time to create a collection of inspiring and beautiful stories about different people and organizations within their community.
Cash prizes were awarded; half of which were split between the filmmaker and the non-profit organization of their choice. Jurors for the Grand Prize were George Parker of Lexington Film Society, Michael Benton of Bluegrass Film Society, and Renee Jackson of the Downtown Lexington Corporation. There were over 500 total votes for the People's Choice Award.
Juried Grand Prize Winner
A Place to Call Home by Angela Shoemaker
Doer: Volunteers of America
People's Choice Award Winner
Sharing the Vision by Leif Erickson Rigney
Doer: Central Kentucky Radio Eye
Best High School Video
The Unpaid Shoveler by Griffin Fitzgerald Sims
Doer: Walker Miller
All the Do-ers Videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/user/lexfilmleague.
Thank you for support your community and your filmmakers!
FREE and open to the public.
DOERS Contest and Screening was sponsored by
Make Yourself Necessary http://www.makeyourselfnecessary.com
Make Yourself Necessary http://www.makeyourselfnecessary.com
MUSIC VIDEO CONTEST & SCREENING
Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Buster's Backroom & Billiards, Lexington, KY
The Lexington Film League solicited music videos nationally and screened top videos, presented awards, and offered a lineup of live music. With thanks to LexArts, we awarded cash prizes in the following 5 categories. The best overall won a cash prizes and received a a slot at Louisville Film Society's Flyover Film Festival during the weekend of June 11-13, 2010. Jurors were Robbie Henson, Arthur Rouse, and Kakie Urch.
Best Overall
Rocky Borders, director
for Crazy Hand by The Yellow Belts
Best Narrative
Matt Frantz, director
for Aftermath by Paul K and the Weathermen
Best Cinematography
Nick Ewan, director
for When It Comes To You by Jason Lane
Best Props and Costumes
Dustin Marcellino, director
for Blindfold by Halo Stereo
Best Song
Crazy Hand by The Yellow Belts
Best Animation
Eric Zimmerman, director, and Dan Bigelow, director & animator
for You Can Buy Me by Ellee Ven
The live show featured Lucky Pineapple, Englishman, The Fanged Robot, Idiot Glee.
This event was $10 and proceeds were split between Lexington Film League and Jason Noble.
Videos screened at this event can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/user/lexfilmleague
Buster's Backroom & Billiards, Lexington, KY
The Lexington Film League solicited music videos nationally and screened top videos, presented awards, and offered a lineup of live music. With thanks to LexArts, we awarded cash prizes in the following 5 categories. The best overall won a cash prizes and received a a slot at Louisville Film Society's Flyover Film Festival during the weekend of June 11-13, 2010. Jurors were Robbie Henson, Arthur Rouse, and Kakie Urch.
Best Overall
Rocky Borders, director
for Crazy Hand by The Yellow Belts
Best Narrative
Matt Frantz, director
for Aftermath by Paul K and the Weathermen
Best Cinematography
Nick Ewan, director
for When It Comes To You by Jason Lane
Best Props and Costumes
Dustin Marcellino, director
for Blindfold by Halo Stereo
Best Song
Crazy Hand by The Yellow Belts
Best Animation
Eric Zimmerman, director, and Dan Bigelow, director & animator
for You Can Buy Me by Ellee Ven
The live show featured Lucky Pineapple, Englishman, The Fanged Robot, Idiot Glee.
This event was $10 and proceeds were split between Lexington Film League and Jason Noble.
Videos screened at this event can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/user/lexfilmleague
Funding support for the LFL Music Video Contest & Screening is provided by the LexArts Fund For the Arts.
Additional support is provided by Louisville Film Society and Buster's Backroom & Billiards.
Additional support is provided by Louisville Film Society and Buster's Backroom & Billiards.
LEX ONLY MUSIC VIDEO SHOWCASE
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Gumbo Ya Ya, 367 East Main Street, Lexington KY
All Ages, Free
We wished so much that we could have shown all the music videos by Lexington filmmakers, so now... we're going to!
Due to the number of outstanding music video submissions we received from Lexington music video makers, Lexington Film League is putting together a Lex Only screening of the Music Video Showcase. We encourage everyone to come, bring your whole crew (film peeps, friends, and otherwise) and enjoy a really good show.
If you missed the Showcase at Buster's, here's your chance to catch up. If you came to the Showcase at Buster's, there's definitely a lot of videos here you won't want to miss.
The show is Wednesday, June 16th, at Gumbo Ya Ya, 367 E. Main Street, Lexington, KY. The show is open to ALL AGES and is FREE. Gumbo will be available starting at 6p. The show starts at 7p.
Can't wait to see you there!
Gumbo Ya Ya, 367 East Main Street, Lexington KY
All Ages, Free
We wished so much that we could have shown all the music videos by Lexington filmmakers, so now... we're going to!
Due to the number of outstanding music video submissions we received from Lexington music video makers, Lexington Film League is putting together a Lex Only screening of the Music Video Showcase. We encourage everyone to come, bring your whole crew (film peeps, friends, and otherwise) and enjoy a really good show.
If you missed the Showcase at Buster's, here's your chance to catch up. If you came to the Showcase at Buster's, there's definitely a lot of videos here you won't want to miss.
The show is Wednesday, June 16th, at Gumbo Ya Ya, 367 E. Main Street, Lexington, KY. The show is open to ALL AGES and is FREE. Gumbo will be available starting at 6p. The show starts at 7p.
Can't wait to see you there!
THE PARKING LOT SERIES
Friday, September 10, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Buster's Billiards & Backroom, 899 Manchester Street, Lexington KY
Ages 18+, Free
Lexington Film League will screen Heavy Metal Parking Lot, and the rest of the parking lot series, *in* Lexington's own rockin' parkin' lot at Buster's Billiards and Backroom. The screening is part of the citywide music festival, Boomslang: A Celebration of Sound and Art.
Heavy Metal Parking Lot, an underground classic, documents tailgating metal fans in the parking lot outside a Judas Priest concert in Landover, Maryland in 1986. The others in the series, all by D.C. filmmakers John Heyn and Jeff Krulik, are Neil Diamond Parking Lot, Monster Truck Parking Lot, and Harry Potter Parking Lot.
Total running time is less than an hour - we may loop the series if there is interest. Those coming are encouraged to bring chairs or blankets if they need or want them.
The films are not rated, but language would be considered 'R' in Heavy Metal Parking Lot.
Lexington Film League thanks Bullhorn, Buster's and Boomslang, for making this screening possible. We also thank Louis Zoellar Bickett for the use of his photograph in our publicity.
Buster's Billiards & Backroom, 899 Manchester Street, Lexington KY
Ages 18+, Free
Lexington Film League will screen Heavy Metal Parking Lot, and the rest of the parking lot series, *in* Lexington's own rockin' parkin' lot at Buster's Billiards and Backroom. The screening is part of the citywide music festival, Boomslang: A Celebration of Sound and Art.
Heavy Metal Parking Lot, an underground classic, documents tailgating metal fans in the parking lot outside a Judas Priest concert in Landover, Maryland in 1986. The others in the series, all by D.C. filmmakers John Heyn and Jeff Krulik, are Neil Diamond Parking Lot, Monster Truck Parking Lot, and Harry Potter Parking Lot.
Total running time is less than an hour - we may loop the series if there is interest. Those coming are encouraged to bring chairs or blankets if they need or want them.
The films are not rated, but language would be considered 'R' in Heavy Metal Parking Lot.
Lexington Film League thanks Bullhorn, Buster's and Boomslang, for making this screening possible. We also thank Louis Zoellar Bickett for the use of his photograph in our publicity.
TRASH HUMPERS
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at 8:00 pm
The Green Lantern, 497 West Third Street, Lexington KY
Ages 21+, Free
Come see what promises to be one of Lexington's strangest cinematic experiences to date! You've seen "Kids" and "Gummo", but you have no idea the lengths that Harmony Korine is willing to go until you see...TRASH HUMPERS!
Trash Humpers is Korine's latest entry in his much discussed and debated artsploitation oeuvre. It follows the exploits of a perverse group of geriatrics who maraud a Southern urban landscape seeking violence and mayhem. Korine reportedly shot the film on a 1980s camcorder and edited it with two vcr's to achieve the look of a found object--something created by the deviants it depicts and never meant to be seen. The resulting film is loved by some and hated by others--but it invokes impassioned responses either way. Come be a part of the discussion!
Our MC for the evening is Trash Humpers' star Chris Crofton. He will introduce the screening, do stand-up, and answer all of your most pressing Trash Humpers questions. This is not to be missed!
The screening is free, but donations are appreciated. 100% of donations will go to keeping Chris Crofton on the road and spreading this beautiful madness.
The Green Lantern, 497 West Third Street, Lexington KY
Ages 21+, Free
Come see what promises to be one of Lexington's strangest cinematic experiences to date! You've seen "Kids" and "Gummo", but you have no idea the lengths that Harmony Korine is willing to go until you see...TRASH HUMPERS!
Trash Humpers is Korine's latest entry in his much discussed and debated artsploitation oeuvre. It follows the exploits of a perverse group of geriatrics who maraud a Southern urban landscape seeking violence and mayhem. Korine reportedly shot the film on a 1980s camcorder and edited it with two vcr's to achieve the look of a found object--something created by the deviants it depicts and never meant to be seen. The resulting film is loved by some and hated by others--but it invokes impassioned responses either way. Come be a part of the discussion!
Our MC for the evening is Trash Humpers' star Chris Crofton. He will introduce the screening, do stand-up, and answer all of your most pressing Trash Humpers questions. This is not to be missed!
The screening is free, but donations are appreciated. 100% of donations will go to keeping Chris Crofton on the road and spreading this beautiful madness.
