Time to Vote – DC’s Shorts Film Festival
It’s voting season – but I’m not talking about the presidential election. It’s time to vote for your favorite “short”, short film, that is.
The 102 short films presented at the 5th annual DC Shorts Festival in Washington, DC run from just one minute to over 20 minutes, and include a wide ranges of genres – dramas and documentaries, comedies and science-fiction, animation and creative, and of course, a few experimental shorts. Six screenplays will also be performed live.
Besides the films, there will be two free seminars for budding filmmakers on Friday, September 12th at Flashpoint (916 G Street, NW, Washington, DC). At 1:00 p.m., join the Making the Extremely Low Budget Feature workshop. Guerilla Marketing and Self Distribution will be held at 3:00 p.m.
There are also several FREE screening, many during the lunch hour, as well as a family night, and the Best of the Fest showcase on Thursday, Sept. 18th at noon, 4:00, 7:00 and 9:30 p.m.
So check the schedule and pick the theme of shorts or night of screenings that you might enjoy.
Voting for your favorite is by text messaging done in the theater, after each screening, by text messaging your vote from your cell phone.
DC Shorts Festival
Landmark’s E Street Cinema
555 11th Street, NW
Washington, DC (map it)
Dates and Times – September 11-18, 2008. Screening times vary
Tickets – $12.00 per screening (plus $1.00 surcharge) and are available online or at the box office of each theater.
Nearest Metro Subway Station – Metro Center – Blue, Orange and Red lines, then a 1-block walk.
Parking – Metered street and reduced rate garage parking (with validation) is available adjacent to the theater, Monday-Friday after 6:00 p.m. and all day on weekends.
Image – Flickr ___________________________________________________
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