Shooting Wall Film Festival

Greetings Soldiers and Cinephiles,

Shooting Wall is proud to announce our first proto-film festival. The event will be held on Sunday May 6th at PhilaMoca on 12th and Spring Garden (time and additional details will be provided soon). We have been hard at work talking with the best local filmmakers to produce brand new films for this event. All films will be premieres of new works by the most interesting filmmakers working in Philadelphia. The event will be completely free and open to the public. The event will feature short and medium lengths films. This is Shooting Wall's first steps toward creating an alternative film festival to what many independent filmmakers have been accustomed to. This is a film festival without any corporate sponsors, no costs, and only about good and cutting edge cinema. We want to create a space for filmmakers who don't normally get their films into the cookie cutter, take no chances film festivals that steal your $50 and probably don't even watch your movies. This is a place where filmmakers can take chances and get their films screened. We hope to use this year as a jumping off point for a festival that will continue to grow every year and feature independent films not just from Philadelphia but from all over the country.

In conjunction with this festival, Shooting Wall has also launched an Indiegogo campaign in order to raise funds for the filmmakers participating so they can submit their films to other festivals worldwide to try and get their names out there and their films played. The money earned in this campaign will be split evenly among all the filmmakers whose films are screened on May 6th. Not one cent will go to Shooting Wall or will be used for the cost of putting on this event. This is our way of trying to work around the system. If you have a few bucks to spare or know anyone who does, please contribute. The link to the Indiegog campaign is below. There are incentives at each level of giving. Shooting Wall wants to keep all of our filmmaking and all of our events completely free and completely independent and we would rather ask people for donations than get corporate sponsors.

Continue to check back here and on facebook for more updates concerning the festival. We hope to have the times and a list of films and filmmakers up soon. We hope to see everyone on May 6th for an exciting event!

http://www.indiegogo.com/Shooting-Wall-Film-Festival?show_todos=true#_=

New Shooting Wall Film on Vimeo

Greetings Soldiers and Cinephiles,

Another new Shooting Wall short film is now up on our VIMEO page. The film is A Great Personality by Karl Starkweather. Check it out. We should also have another new film up in the next few days, so stay tuned.

Reminder: Radical Form and Content Discussion Tuesday Feb. 28th at 7pm

Greetings Soldiers and Cinephiles,

This is a reminder that tomorrow evening (Tuesday Feb. 28th) at 7pm, Shooting Wall will be presenting a talk on the history of film theory, form, and radical cinema. This talk will be an overview of the history of film theory with an emphasis on radical form and content. We will also be discussing some of the possibilities for the future of filmmaking, distribution, and criticism. The talk is aimed at those with little or no knowledge of film history, who are interested in learning more, but can also be appreciated by those who already have an understanding. The talk will be punctuated by film clips and we will be providing lists of recommended films for viewing and theorists for reading. This talk is Shooting Wall's attempt to re-open the public discussion about film form and film theory, which we see as virtually non-existent in the mainstream or in the pages of newspapers and magazines. We want to take these discussions out of the academy and place them back into the world of cinema. We hope this talk will lead to further discussion in the city and a growing community of people interested in watching, discussing, and then making great and new cinema. The talk begins at 7pm and will be held at the Wooden Shoe on 704 South Street. Please see the link below for more information. We hope to see everyone there!

http://www.facebook.com/events/117153745073990/

Film Screening Sunday at Wooden Shoe

Greetings Soldiers and Cinephiles,

The Wooden Shoe (704 South Street) will be hosting a night of anarchic short films this Sunday (Feb. 26th) at 7pm. The program will feature Black Panthers by Agnes Varda, The Specimen by Ulrike Ottinger, and Beppie by Johan van der Keuken. As usual, the screening is free and open to the public. This should be a great night of interesting short films.

Also, a reminder of Shooting Wall's talk at the Wooden Shoe this Tuesday (Feb 28th) at 7pm on the history of film theory and criticism, as well as Radical cinema. You can see more information about the event at the below link or you can check out Raymond Simon's brief write-up about the event in this weeks Philadelphia Weekly.

http://www.facebook.com/events/117153745073990/

New Shooting Wall Film on Vimeo

Greetings Soldiers and Cinephiles,

There is a new Shooting Wall short film called The Power Couple by Karl Starkweather up on our VIMEO page. Check it out!