Fact: the Return of Li'l Film Fest

Live from Memphis' Li'l Film Fest is back.

Live From Memphis announces the re-launch of the LI'L FILM FEST with its 9th edition: Memphis - Fact or Fiction? That's right, it's back and it's gonna be better that ever thanks to our new partnership with the Memphis Tourism Foundation and collaboration with Indie Memphis!

Besides the "Memphis - Fact or Fiction?" theme, the films must contain an extra, surprise ingredient.

This "surprise ingredient" will be revealed at our Li'l Film Fest Kick-off Party! Wednesday, January 28, 6-8pm at the LFM Studio - 1 S. Main St. 38103.

Entries are due by February 27, 2009. The Fest takes place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 21st at the Brooks Museum in Overton Park. All the details can be found at the Li'l Film Fest site.

I will miss the funky First Congo location (what has become of that space?), but the Brooks is a fine replacement. I do hope the august surroundings don't diminish the fun, DIY spirit of the previous incarnations.

Great news for the New Year.

Quote of the Week: Always

When introducing new ideas and new creative thoughts, I so often heard the words, "No, we can't do that."

That is the most frustrating thing to creative people.

Because there is always a way to do something, there is always a way to figure it out.

Chris Reyes
Founder, NinjaCat and Live from Memphis
at Memphis' Creative Conversation

Setbacks for A Creative Memphis

Got 2 pieces of heartbreaking news at last Saturday's Li'l Film Fest.

1. This was the last Li'l Film Fest, at least as run by Live From Memphis. Sarah Fleming, part of the diynamic duo that runs the great and creative LFM, announced that she had to get a job that paid health benefits. How this affects their other work, beside the Fest, I'm not sure. Information Bureau (the juried winner of the LFF 8) reports that there is talk to keep the Fest going. He also provides a good description of the spirit of the LFF.


2. The Media Co-Op is moving out of its space at the First Congo after January. The mixture of Cooper-Young, the cool and cavernous First Congo and the Co-Op made this one of my favorite places in Memphis. At this point, they don't have a new home. The future sounds, maybe looks, very uncertain for the Co-Op.

Tagging these 2 institutions: creativity, DIY, digital, place, fun.

Resolution

Live From Memphis is holding its 8th Li'l Film Fest, Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 2pm at the MeDiA co-op (1000 S. Cooper).

The theme of Li'l Film Fest 8 is RESOLUTIONS, you know, the New Year's kind. I know, I know, you will cut back on the partying and staying out so late, you will exercise more and loose weight, you will remember to call your mother on her birthday, you will stop watching so much television, you will eat more veggies, and of course you'll spend more time with the dog. But surely you can manage to squeeze in a few hours to make a film, right...?

Regarding resolutions, I made a movie, but didn't finish it in time for the LFF. I was rendering it through and past the deadline for the Fest entries.

It's another draft of my Zippin Pippin movie. I haven't posted it to YouTube yet 'cause I want to add sound, but here are some frames.

Going up the 1st Hill

Rounding the curve at the top of the 1st Hill.

Turning back around on the Last Hill.

It's fun doing this. As I think of things to add and figure out how to do them, I will make improvements. Besides adding the lights of a nearby carnival, I'd like to add the beautiful Fairview School.