HPLFF-2011-Portland
Just a quick update from the ground! This is all on the schedule, but here's an overview of what's going on today:
4 - 6pm
Meet and Greet with filmmakers and guests
@Magnolia's Corner (across from theater)
6pm
Doors open at Hollywood Theater
Time to shop with our vendors and get settled
7pm
Shorts block 1
8:30pm
Break to check out vendors and rejuvenate
9pm
The Whisperer in Darkness
Feature film by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, followed by Q&A with Sean Branney
11pm
After party at Tony Starlight's (21 and up, please)
The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, OR, starts tomorrow (Friday). If you're on Facebook and you're coming to the festival, please join our event at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116971561737983
There's still time to get discounted advance weekend tickets for only $20 at: http://goo.gl/hR1if (or get 'em at the door for $25). When you buy on-line, you print your ticket and bring it with you to the theater... it's faster (and cheaper)! Read more
Shorts Block B screens Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 7 PM with the following films:
- Window Into Time
- Haselwurm
- Black Goat
- Island
- Static Aeons
- Shadow of the Unnamable
Following the screening will be Q&A with Thomas Nicol (Window Into Time).
Shorts Block A screens Friday, September 30, 2011 at 7 PM with the following films:
- Call of Nature
- Flush with Fear
- Doppelganger
- Ritual
- Idol Worship
- Dirty Silverware
- Ethereal Chrysalis
- Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven'
- Apartment Eleven
Following the screening will be Q&A with Rick Tillman (Call of Nature) and Syl Disjonk (Ethereal Chrysalis).
Born in Sacramento, California in 1966, Rick moved to Washington State with his family in 1976. He studied as the University of Washington, and graduated in 1989. He has been involved with many local Seattle bands, notably Ventilator and Dinsdale. His first acting and directing work was on Pickman's Model (2003). Call of Nature is the fourth film he's produced and the third he's written and directed.
Huan Vu is a director, producer, screenwriter, compositing editor and matte artist. His films include Damnatus, Joey ist dabei, and Mu. His most recent effort is Die Farbe, an adaptation of Lovecraft's The Color Our of Space.
Thomas Nicol is a software developer by profession, which finances his filmmaking passion. He developed the script for The Window Into Time with his long-time filmmaking cohort and friend, Ryan Collins. He lives in Champaign-Urbana, IL, where he currently heads up the local filmmaking community organization Champaign Movie Makers.
Syl Disjonk lives in an hypercube in the Montreal Interzone. He owns a Certification of Insanity from Arkham Asylum for his sleep terror disorder. He has been attacked by dark ones in his dreams since his childhood. He still goes through an art therapy to keep his mind in place.
He has made much progress in recent years and now manage to survive by using his skills in the field of graphic design and visual effects. Many of his personal artworks recall the universe of H.P. Lovecraft.
His latest short film Ethereal Chrysalis is based on his nightmares and his memories of the future. Read more
Jenna M. Pitman is a writer of speculative fiction from the Seattle area where she attends many different conventions, festivals, and events. Some of which she helps organize. She has had a variety of stories and articles featured in numerous publications, both anthologies and magazines including Revenant Magazine, Planet Lovecraft, and Strange Aeons. She is the co-founder of Vaginomicon, the Seattle contribution to Women in Horror Recognition Month, and the programming assistant for GeekGirlCon. She's had more day jobs than she's had years on this earth and specialized in animal care before making the move to writing. Currently she lives with two dogs and two cats and would gladly add to that list if only she had the room. And the time. Read more
The schedule for the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival - Portland 2011 is now available on the schedule page.
Friday and Saturday activities start at 4pm with author readings and a chance to socialize with guests and attendees at Magnolia's Corner. Theatre doors open at 6 or 6:30 giving you a chance to shop at our wonderful vendors' tables. Things really kick off at 7 with introductions and shorts blocks, followed by Q&A with short film directors. At 9 is a feature film and Q&A with its director. Finally, unwind and socialize and celebrate at Tony Starlight's starting each evening at 11.
It should be a wonderful time and we look forward to seeing you there! Read more
