HD FEST NEW YORK!
October 8th 2007 00:00
Only a couple of days until HD FEST in New York. This festival is quite awesome. I attended the festival in Sydney Australia a couple of years ago and while some of the films are not always the best stories, the quality is definitely there. Here is part of a press release I recieved. I didnt get to tell you about the London and Seoul dates, so sorry for those who live in the UK and Korea, but if you are in New York, definitely check it out!
HDFEST New York- Focus on International HD Short Films
HDFEST's New York festival screenings will be held October 10th and 11th at the High-Definition Theatre at Sony Wonder Technology Lab. The New York event will be screening a truly diverse selection of HD international short films with most making their US premieres and their HD premieres simultaneously. HDFEST shorts to be screened at the New York event originate from countries around the world including Japan, Seoul, Singapore, Germany, England, Ireland, Canada, and Spain. Highlighted festival screenings also include an HD Comedy, Animation and FX" shorts sequence which will include "Off Beat" written and directed by Will Becher who also was one of the animators on the Wallace and Gromit feature film "Curse of the Were-Rabbit.". "Off Beat" is the first HD short film from Aardman Animations. The New York event will also screen the New York premiere of the award winning feature film "The Rat Thing" written by and directed by Kevin Keresey who will be in attendance to discuss his work. "The Rat Thing" focuses on two men who launch a wild, get-rich-quick scheme in a last ditch effort to solve their problems. The HDFEST New York festival also will present a series of High-Definition documentary films including "Globeriders Silk Road Adventure" a pioneering project about a group of motorcyclists who follow the ancient Silk Road through 8000 miles and 8 countries over a two-month period. Additional documentary screenings will include three documentaries from the American Natural History Museum, all of which focus on environmentally related issues: "Lemurs of Madagascar: Surviving on an Island of Change," "Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Mapping the Universe," and "Melting Ice: Rising Seas." The New York HDFEST schedule can be found at
www.hdfest.com/hdfestnyc.html.
SJC 07-10-07
HDFEST New York- Focus on International HD Short Films
HDFEST's New York festival screenings will be held October 10th and 11th at the High-Definition Theatre at Sony Wonder Technology Lab. The New York event will be screening a truly diverse selection of HD international short films with most making their US premieres and their HD premieres simultaneously. HDFEST shorts to be screened at the New York event originate from countries around the world including Japan, Seoul, Singapore, Germany, England, Ireland, Canada, and Spain. Highlighted festival screenings also include an HD Comedy, Animation and FX" shorts sequence which will include "Off Beat" written and directed by Will Becher who also was one of the animators on the Wallace and Gromit feature film "Curse of the Were-Rabbit.". "Off Beat" is the first HD short film from Aardman Animations. The New York event will also screen the New York premiere of the award winning feature film "The Rat Thing" written by and directed by Kevin Keresey who will be in attendance to discuss his work. "The Rat Thing" focuses on two men who launch a wild, get-rich-quick scheme in a last ditch effort to solve their problems. The HDFEST New York festival also will present a series of High-Definition documentary films including "Globeriders Silk Road Adventure" a pioneering project about a group of motorcyclists who follow the ancient Silk Road through 8000 miles and 8 countries over a two-month period. Additional documentary screenings will include three documentaries from the American Natural History Museum, all of which focus on environmentally related issues: "Lemurs of Madagascar: Surviving on an Island of Change," "Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Mapping the Universe," and "Melting Ice: Rising Seas." The New York HDFEST schedule can be found at
www.hdfest.com/hdfestnyc.html.
SJC 07-10-07
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