WHAT?
A bunch of filmmaking/artist types come to Vegas, for 3 days, to mingle, eat, drink and share knowledge.
WHEN?
Memorial Day weekend - May 28th-30th. (This is the 6th year)
WHERE?
Mike and Sheila Conway's house, in N/W Las Vegas. (PM me for the address.)
COST?
No charge, but bring $5 for pizza, during Saturday demos. There will be food at all times!
Contact:
vegasindiemeet?aol.com
Words can't do the IndieMeet justice. To see what these are like, watch this video:
?url? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2femfFH_3I?/url?
Basically - kick back, bring your best short movie and/or do a presentation, preferably 15 minutes or less.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
FRIDAY, May 28th
6pm - Hors D' Oeuvres, meet and greet.
8:00pm - Shorts by FEWDIO (presented by David Schneider and Paul Hungerford)
9:00pm Guest shorts/comedians
10:00pm Feature movie ONE LONG DAY (premiere by Keith Mosher, cast and crew)
11:30 - 2am (approx.) - Short films
SATURDAY, May 29th
1:30pm to 7:30pm - presentations, demos....and pizza!
8:00pm - More FEWDIO shorts (presented by David Schneider and Paul Hungerford)
8:40pm - Feature movie, BIO-SLIME (premiere by John Lechago)
10:00pm - Guest shorts
10:30 - Feature movie, THE BACK ROOM (A premiere, presented by Tim Stover, cast and crew)
12:00pm to 2am (approx.) - Short films
SUNDAY, May 30th
1:30pm (approx.) - Several of us will go see PRINCE OF PERSIA.
5pm to 9pm - Barbecue/pool party at Sheila's mom's house (nearby).
10pm to 2am (approx.) Back at main house, for Short films & fire.
Other short movies include:
ADAM FUNN (by Bradley Wilson)
SHUTTING DOWN (by Clarke M. Smith)
ESCAPE FROM DEATH PLANET (by James Cadden)
CHECKING IN (by Steve Gelder)
RAVEN: RAMPAGE (by Kelly Johnston)
WHO GOES THERE (by Jonathan Aldebot)
SPACE BUGS (by Jesse Blanchard)
Guest shorts and more...
Lodging:
You are welcome to bring a sleeping bag or stay at these nearby hotels.
?url? http://www.santafestationlasvegas.com/?/url? (Santa Fe Station)
?url? http://www.texasstation.com/?/url? (Texas Station)
?url? http://www.fiestarancholasvegas.com/?/url? (Fiesta Rancho)
All 3 are on Rancho Drive. (All within 4 to 5 miles.) Additionally:
?url? http://www.a2zlasvegas.com/hotels/other/cannery.html?/url? (Cannery Hotel - 7 miles, but a straight shot down Craig Rd)
Check out the pics from past meets, at:
?url? http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=159673&id=1452157702&saved#/profile.php?id=1452157702&ref=profile?/url? (VegasIndieMeet on Facebook)
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If you watched the video (above), you can see that we've had some great guests, who you have probably heard of - Barry Green (Panasonic HVX/DVX guru), Sonnyboo (HORRORS OF WAR), Christian Viel (RECON 2020 series, DEADEN, EVIL BREED).
This year is no different. David Schneider is the writer director of STARK RAVING MAD (starring Seann William Scott and Lou Diamond Phillips). Both he and Paul Hungerford will be there representing Fewdio. Garo Setian (producer of SPACE PIRATES) has been an editor at Lionsgate studios for several years. Jeff Palmer wrote/directed ON THE FRINGE and will be pimping THE SLEEPING DEEP. Chad Clinton Freeman, also known as PollyStaffle.com will be there. Trevor Anderson is the creator of DV Shade software and runs MovieMavericks.com, plans on being there.
I host the event and am a 30 year indie filmmaker vet with several distributed features, including EXILE, which premiered at the 09' Meet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv5MkHWEK4c
Though it sounds kind of stupid - "at someone's house," that is in fact the charm of it, and has this going into the 6th year. We don't pay guests to come, rather they hear how cool these are and are gracious enough to participate. We have a half acre lot and movies are usually projected outside, with a fire and marshmallows. Several people pitch tents and sleep over. It's basically a 3 day slumber party, where you get to sponge on movies and demos.
This year's lineup slants heavily in the direction of horror, sci-fi and action, in that order. I'm very wary of keeping the audience's attention, so we've got some excellent shorts lined up. I have not seen the features, yet. They are all brand spanking new and not in release, yet.
Some pictures, if you are interested.
Getting started:
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Well, it's over.... The Las Vegas IndieMeet 2010 went over very well. It was a nice intersection of People working in the industry and indie flimmakers. Patty Fantasia covers it in a two part article!
Part 1
http://www.filmmakersnotebook.com/?p=2161
Part 2
http://www.filmmakersnotebook.com/?p=2168
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