DC Shorts Film Festival

Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.

By Taylor on February 8, 2008 11:29 AM | Comments (5) | TrackBacks (0)

Everyday that I come here is like a new adventure. I meet a new celebrity or seven, I'm discovered, I'm adored by all, same old same old. Frankly, it's quite tiring. Actually, the days so far have been pretty quiet, but fun. I come in, exchange some witty repartee with Jon, the DCFA founder and DCSFF coordinator, and the other interns, and check in films for the festival.

Checking in films? Lots of fun. There'll be a stack of envelopes just waiting for me by the computer, like presents on a Christmas morn. I rip them open mercilessly, and inside will be a little DVD with a code on it. I type in the code, the end. Your film is now submitted for the festival! But there are some films that come with a little more than a DVD. A few have entire press kits. It's absolutely fabulous that your film was screened at the Windsor Street Shake 'n Bake (a joint Dance-a-Thon and Pie Bake-Off), but I don't have room on my shelf for all that information. I have to say, though, the pictures are pretty. I can't wait to watch these movies. It's really early yet, and Jon said things should pick up in a few months when we get closer to the festival, which is in September.

Another thing that I get to do is gather all of the press for the film festival and for our event tonight, the Best of the Fest. Mostly this is just organizing all of the amazing and sophisticated publicity we get from the web, newspapers, and even magazines! Wow! We make this gigantic press packet, and, unless I misheard, there's scrapbooking involved!

Sweet mustache! I forgot to mention this earlier. The Best of the Fest is tonight. It's a special screening of the best films from last year's DCSFF, and I'm way excited. It's my first real event, and I can't wait to see these shorts. It's at the Goethe-Institut in Chinatown, which I have never been to before, so that's even more exciting. We're almost completely sold out, so get the last few tickets while you can! The Best of the Fest will be a great way to preview what this year's festival might be like, for all you newcomers like me. I'll be at the ticket booth, the precocious one in the DC Shorts tee!

Ooh, ooh! There's some more exciting things going on here today. Jon and Hayley, another intern, are working on producing a weekly newscast about all of the film-related events going on in the DC area. It's amazing, because when you think of big film towns, you think of New York and LA. Well, DC's got a bunch going on as well. There's always some new screening or lecture, and about a million different festivals. Jon's trying to get the information about all of these things so that everyone knows just how amazing a film town DC really is. Go us!

Nobody answered my screen cap quiz from last week, which isn't much of a surprise because I don't think there's a link up yet. Oops! So instead of giving you the answer now, I'll wait a bit for some actually guesses. But I'll still give you a new one, and it's from my favorite movie of all time.

I feel like every image from this film is an iconic one, so this is probably way easy. Too bad, I have to do it. It's my favorite movie and it's my blog! I have the power!