LIVE FROM MEMPHIS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb 2, 2009
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Live From Memphis is pleased to announce a Call for Entries for the next Li’l Film Fest.  Deadline for entries is March 5, 2010.

Gooooood evening! It is time to celebrate and pay homage to Memphis' Monster of Ceremonies, Sivad! In carnivorous conjunction with the Sivads of March Festival, we give you Li'l Film Fest 13: BEWARE! The Sivads of March.

From 1962 to 1972, Sivad worked his ghoulish charm on Memphis as the vivacious vampiric host of WHBQ-TV's "Fantastic Features." The show showcased the best in the B-movie boudoir of  sci-fi, horror and fantasy, such as the creepy classics "The Blob," "Attack of the Mushroom People," "Attack of the Puppet People", "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (a.k.a. Rebel Without A Cause, but with Paws).

Your task, if you dare accept it, is to create your best short in the vein of Sivad and his repertoire of campy creeptacular collection of movies. Three tasks are required of you (1) include a minimum of 8 instances of ambitious alliteration - verbal, visual, anywhere, anyhow, (2) make use of the secret ingredient: smoke or fog and last but not least, (3) include a minimum of one likeness of Sivad in your film. The rest is up to you. You can do whatever you want, as long as you keep it under 5 minutes.

You are also required to submit notations (please attach to your entry form) of your film's fulfillment of the three requirements. Your notations will only be seen by Live From Memphis staff and the judges. This is for the sake of saving time and assuring that your film will not be disqualified.

The Short & Sweet:
Theme: BEWARE! The Sivads of March! (Must adhere to the 3 tasks listed above)
Secret Ingredient: Smoke or Fog
Duration: 5 minutes or less?
Entry Deadline: Postmarked Friday March 5, 2010 (in hand by Monday, March 8th)
Entry Fee: $10.00
Festival Date: March 27, 2010, 2 pm
Location: Brooks Museum
Prizes: Grand Jury Award ($500); Audience Choice Award (door$$)

GET THE ENTRY FORM HERE!!

For more information, please visit: http://www.livefrommemphis.com/lilfilmfest

Additional filmmaker resources:
The beginning of the ‘Fantastic Features’ program, with intro by Sivad:
http://www.livefrommemphis.com/component/jomtube/video/931
Chronological listing of every movie shown by Sivad:
http://myweb.wvnet.edu/e-gor/tvhorrorhosts/sivadsho.html
Sivad bio (scroll down, listed alphabetically):
http://myweb.wvnet.edu/e-gor/tvhorrorhosts/hostss.html

About the Awards
Our “Grand Jury Award” will be accompanied by a customized, thematic trophy and $500 in cash prizes presented by The Memphis & Shelby Co. Film & Television Commission.  The “Audience Choice Award” will come with a trophy and the prize money is $cash$ from the door, so the more people that come to the festival the bigger the pot!

About Li'l Film Fest
Li’l Film Fest is a quarterly, theme-based film festival, focusing on highlighting our local talent while showcasing interesting happenings around town. Our goal is to encourage and inspire Memphis filmmakers while engaging a local audience in order to strengthen our artistic community.

“How does Li’l Film Fest work?”  It’s pretty easy. Basically, we here at LFM will pick a theme, then we’ll announce that theme to you, and then you get to go out and make a short video (or film if you want to be fancy) using that theme – the rest of the content is up to you.

“Why is it a ‘li’l’ fest?”  Two reasons: One, we have one every quarter – that’s FOUR festivals a year. How fun is that?  And two, when we say “li'l” we mean it - your film must be 5 minutes or less.

“Is there anything else I should know?”  Geez, you ask a lot of questions, but the answer is “Yes.”  There are 2 awards given at each festival, the “Audience Choice Award” and the “Jury Award” both of which receive a trophy and a CASH prize!!  And if that’s not enough incentive for you each winner has a guaranteed spot in the next Indie Memphis Film Festival!  So keep that in mind when you’re rolling those cameras.

About Our Sponsors
The Memphis and Shelby County Film and Television Commission
The Memphis and Shelby County Film and Television Commission is committed to making every facet of your film project go smoothly.  They posses a solid track record in the industry and have been widely recognized and honored for their efforts.
The Brooks Museum of Art
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is the oldest fine arts museum in the state of Tennessee, located at the heart of Memphis in historic Overton Park.  In association with Emerging Pictures, a New York-based film company, the Brooks screens award-winning independent films every month in the Dorothy K. Hohenberg Auditorium.
Indie Memphis
Now in its 12th year, Indie Memphis utilizes Memphis’ rich cultureal history to serve as a connecting point for regional filmmakers from all corners of the country – and provides a showcase for films celebrating Southern stories and storytelling.
AudioGraphics Masterworks
AudioGraphics Masterworks is the source in Memphis for all of your CD and DVD manufacturing, mastering, design, and printing needs.