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With a vital array of movies from all over the world for the cinematically adventurous...
The Brainwash 2017 Festival Continues!
The Brainwash 2016 22nd Annual Movie Festival Winners!
Announcing The 22nd Annual Brainwash Drive/In-Bike-In/Walk-In Movie Festival Winners:
The First Prize Award winner: Dance of the Neurons – Jody Oberfelder
2nd Grand Prize: High Signs – Damien Patrik
Third Prize Award: Head – Stav Levi
Fourth Prize: Clyde’s Game – William Howard
Fifth: “Ahavot Be’kitsur/Short Love – Yaron Yarkoni
The Audience Choice AND Best Feature Film Awards: Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs – Justin Gaar/Carlos de los Rios
First Ever OAKLAND SHORT, SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Montclair Village Hosts “Oakland’s Short, Short Film Festival”
presented by Red Oak Realty and Crown Wine & Spirits
Friday, September 9, 2016
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Red Oak Realty Parking Lot
6450 Moraga Ave. Oakland
Red Oak Realty Outdoor Cinema is expanding the summer movie series with the first ever OAKLAND SHORT, SHORT FILM FESTIVAL. These 10 short films are focused on life in Oakland. Filmmakers will be in attendance as the shorts are shown outdoors on a fifty foot screen. The film fest is FREE to the public and is family-friendly.
Sponsored by The Montclair Village Association, Red Oak Realty and Crown Wine & Spirits, the film festival will focus on social insights relevant to a changing Oakland and highlighting the work of local filmmakers. The festival features an array of genres from documentary to art, animation, and fiction.
Highlights of THE OAKLAND SHORT, SHORT FILM FESTIVAL include:
Documentaries from Oakland’s Camp Reel Stories. A non-profit, Camp Reel empowers 13-18 year old young women with the skills to create their own media, view current media critically and thoughtfully and aspire to leadership in their field. And they deliver great storytelling, too.
Film veteran, Pixar and Disney alumnus, and Academy Award nominee Jim Capobianco will show his independent film and animated short Leonardo. Jim was a writer on The Lion King and Ratatouille, and is currently completing production of the full-length version of his short with Disney.
The festival will also feature curated selections from the 2016 Brainwash Movie Festival including Reid Hemsing’s The Morning Ride, Jody Oberfelder’s art expose, Dance of Neurons, and Phil D’Asaro’s Death of Del Paso, the turn-around story of a not too distant city.
“There is so much great filmmaking talent in the area. Thanks to the support of Crown Wine & Spirits and Red Oak Realty, we were able to put together a fun and thought-provoking collection of short films,” said Daniel Swafford, Executive Director of the Montclair Village Association.
Some of the filmmakers and producers will be in attendance for a brief Q&A. The OAKLAND SHORT, SHORT FILM FESTIVAL will showcase 10 short movies projected outdoors beginning at dark. Bring your chair and a blanket, enjoy the Montclair Village community of restaurants and make it a night out!
Posted on September 1, 2016 at 1:39 am by Shelby Toland,
filed under Top of Brain
The 22nd Annual Brainwash
Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie Festival
Adm.: $12ea. per show, deep discounts for GROUPON members, multi show discounts @
Friday July 22, 2016 9: 00PM
Head – Stav Levi
The Postmodern Pioneer Plaque – Boris Kozlov
Dance of the Neurons – Jody Oberfelder
Honk! Honk! – Lars Fuchs
“Ahavot” Be’Kitsur / Short Love – Yaron Yarkoni
River – Stephanie Maxwell
The Morning Ride – Reid Hemsing
High Signs – Damien Patrik
Yo Soy Pedro – Inconstant Jordan
Saturday July 23, 2016 9: 00PM
The Panty Symphonic – Zach Strum
Little Red Riding Hood – Stephane Guenin
Death of Del Paso – Phil D’Asaro
An Ape Walk Into a Bar: A True Story – Eric Maierson
The Red Card – Dana Brawer
Dark Queen – Dave Reda
Filament, Filament, Filament – Brandon Doherty
Bubble – Alexander Moss
Clyde’s Game – William Howard
Friday July 29, 2016 9: 00PM
Lilly Gets a Pet – Xstine Cook
Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs – Justin Gaar
Saturday July 30, 2016 9: 00PM
Chénmò de péngyǒu / Silent Friends – Rachel Meyers
This is Not a Love Song – Ursula Ellis
The Devil’s Argument – Peter VanOosting
Twinsburg – Joe Garrity
We’ll Get It – Michael Nardelli
The Ride – Waylon Bacon
Artemis – Heather Freeman
Blotch Murder – Serge Goldwicht
Escape – Rachel Meyers
Thanks
to our judges – Kamala Stuart, Neil Kaplan & Dave Krzysik,
our sponsors – Ink Tip, East Bay Express & Jungle Software
The 21st Brainwash Festival Winners:
The First Prize Award winner: Predatory Lender – Jim Meyer
2nd Grand Prize: Advanced Doodling – Mike Cantor
Third Prize Award: Dirdy Birdy – John Dillworth
Fourth Prize: Helio – Teddy Cecil
Fifth: Coppersmith – Taylor Mosley
The Audience Choice Award: Directors On Directing – Damien Patrik
More to come online in our Awards Presentation show on the Brainwash Movies’ Big Weird Time broadcast series, so stay tuned!
Land Action Movie festival!
At the Omni Oakland Commons, 4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland, California. Sunday, May 15th, 6:00pm.
Liberated Lens in collaboration with the Land Action 4 hosts 2 days of films, workshops and fun!! Bay Area social justice, activist organizations will be sharing their knowledge and experience throughout the festival and holding hands on activities in between the films.
Our selection of films connects the dots between local land/housing movements and global land struggle. The histories of these other campaigns illuminate the successes and setbacks we’re experiencing now in our own city. Globally, massive popular movements have taken principled action in pursuit of fundamental human rights and have thereby forced their governments to compromise. We make the case that direct action is still productive and relevant, and that we should fight to ensure that direct action remains legal in the Bay Area.
After each screening, there will be a Q&A with the directors, activists, and folx involved with the film.
SCHEDULE
6 pm – Dinner and Drinks, BYOB
6:15 – “Homefulness: The Struggle,The Vision, The Poor-People Led Revolution”
6:30 – Homefulness Q&A with Tiny Gray-Garcia of POOR magazine
6:45 – “Shelter: A Squatumentary”
7:30 – Shelter Q&A with members of Hellarity House
7:45 – stretch and mingle, + Homes Not Jails workshop (hands-on!!)
8:00 – “The Story of the MST: Parts I-III”
8:30 – MST-Landless Workers Movement Q&A with Friends of the MST Gustavo Oliveira
8:45 – stretch and mingle, Homes Not Jails workshop (you got it!! hands on)
9:00 – “Table Bed Chair: a documentary about the squatter scene of Amsterdam”
9:30 – Closing with Land Action 4
Attending Organizations:
Northern California People’s Housing Union
East Bay Homes Not Jails
Land Action
Friends of the MST
Permaculture Action Tour
POOR Magazine
Occupy the Farm
Tiny House Builders Contingent
-Marcus Owens of CAMO Projects
The Film Fest is a BYOB, Bar is TBD
Suggested donation for movies, free popcorn, workshops and shenanigans: $5-$25, NOTAFLOF!
Dinner provided by our favorite catering collective, Dos Manos! It’s gonna be delish! Price and menu pending (:
This is another fundraiser for the legal defense of the Land Action 4. We are currently about $500 away from paying back Patrick Xu’s bail and we will keep fundraising for future court fees.
Our first hearing is May 20th: https://www.facebook.com/
SF BayView interview with Patrick Xu:
http://sfbayview.com/2016/
Posted on May 14, 2016 at 12:15 am by Shelby Toland,
filed under Top of Brain
Special Brainwash Retro show @ Nimby!
A special free movie night in the Nimby gallery Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 at 7:00pm.
A quick look back at our July 19th, 2013 show of selected shorts:
American Ubiquity – David Sutera
We Bought a Ghost – R. & M Etheridge
When I Met Dottie – The Bum Family
Consignment – Justin Hannah
Bob Hope – Careen Ingle
Car Alarm-B-Gone – Bill Ross
Day of the Spectre – Chris Peters
A Stroll Through the Park: An Asbury Symphony – Sage Seb
Space Out – Aidan Fraser
Kayip – Mete Sozer
Nimby is located at 8410 Amelia Street in Oakland, CA, off of 85th Avenue.
All are welcome!
Brainwash Movies:
Always with a vital array of movies from all over the world for the cinematically adventuroUS!
Posted on February 28, 2016 at 10:58 pm by Shelby Toland,
filed under Top of Brain
The 21st Brainwash Movie Festival Program!
A plethora of weird, unusual and just plain great short and feature movies, this year again promises to be worthy of the culmination of 21 years of fine movies for audience enjoyment and edification from Brainwash. Witness, also, the settings: Nimby, the original DIY industrial art space in Oakland, and the Palace, one of the grand old theaters from the Golden Ages of Cinema.
Friday, July 24th, 2015 @ Nimby:
Cine Drive-In – Cinema Sob o Céu – Claudio Moraes
Ein Mercedes für Sierra Leone – Robert Fuhrmann
Arcadia – Rick Fisher
Directors on Directing – Damien Patrik
Eclissi – Tygh Runyan
M-Theory – TL Westgate
N’kisi Concorde – Nikki Sass
Saturday, July 25th, 2015 @ Nimby:
aWake – Chris Harper
Coppersmith – Taylor Mosley
Alcachofas piraña del abismo prehistoric – Javier Lozano Sánchez
September Sketch Book – Ronnie Cramer
Helio – Teddy Cecil
Sweet Nothings – Valerian Zamel
Advanced Doodling – Mike Cantor
On my way to NYC! – Mélanie Duault
Tete Noise, an interview in Tbilisi / Georgia – Virginie Thérèse Colombe
Corto – Alexis de Vigan
Oak and Scott: Pausing at High Speed – Sinem Yilanci
Ocean – Stephanie Maxwell
Fri., July 31st @ the Palace Theater:
The Dirdy Birdy – Redux – John Dillworth
Being Dennis – Trish Sie
Dennis Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – Michael Nardelli
I Was a Teenage Girl, Apparently – Lyn Elliot
Lilly’s Big Day – Xstine Cook/The Bum Family
Seventy Percent – Scott Campbell
Predatory Lender – Jim Meyer
Sat., Aug. 1st @ the Palace Theater:
The Bag – Phil Snyder
In the Course of Human Events (excerpt from City Symphony II) – Dominic Angerame
Advanced Doodling – Mike Cantor
G – Johnathan Ritter
Persistence of Vision – Scott Campbell
Atlantic Right Side Up – Katarzyna Kochany
And It Was Good – Graham Waterston
Cable Movie Classics Presents Fair Shake – Johnathan Ritter
Ballot Trailers
Awards Ceremony
Posted on July 21, 2015 at 8:53 pm by Shelby Toland,
filed under Top of Brain
The 20th Annual Brainwash Movie Festival Award Winners!
The First Prize Award winner: A Farewell To Arm – Phil and Robert M. Snyder
2nd Grand Prize: November – Eric Esser
Third Prize Award: Do What You Love – Katarzyna Kochany
Fourth Prize: The Spinster – Kristin Tieche
Fifth: Frogs, Phrogs, Frawgs – Bret Rogstad
The Audience Choice Award: Highway 15 – Rachel L. Meyers
Honorable Mention: EXpatZ – Jimmie Wing
More to come online in our Awards Presentation show on the Brainwash Movies’ Big Weird Time broadcast series, so stay tuned!
“Tell this to everybody, wherever they are. Watch the skies, everywhere, keep looking. Keep watching the skies.” The Thing (From Another World) (1951).
Posted on August 17, 2014 at 2:35 am by Shelby Toland,
filed under Top of Brain
Here it is, folks, the lineup for this year’s Festival!
The 20th Annual Brainwash Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie festival
will be at Nimby, 8410 Amelia St., at 85th Ave., Oakland, CA, USA,
Friday, July 18th, Saturday July 19th, Fri., July 25th, and Sat., the 26th, 2014.
All shows at 9:00pm, with a virtual plethora of weird, unusual and just plain great movies for audience enjoyment and edification.
The New York Times says it “pirat[es] a piece of that old Hollywood magic and challeng[es] conventions on the role of public space in the process”.
“We project movies onto a tarp in West Oakland,” counters festival director Shelby Toland.
Admission is $12ea. per show, with discounts to City Car Share members: 2 for the price of one if “you flash your fob” and ALL occupants for free in a City Car Share Car!
or… get the Festival Pass – $35.00 for ALL shows! Get Tickets >>
Fri., July 18th
Super Camilla - Vitor Torao Akeda
The Man In White – Kyra Gardner
Candice is Currently Online - Patrick Schechter
Friendship - Xstine Cook
Traveler - Ron Hurley
Dearly Departed - Ashley Sinn
Love Stuck - Sierra Fein
A Farewell To Arm - Philip Snyder/Robert M. Snyder
Sat., July 19th- Special “Double Feature” show with Academy Award nominated Saint Dracula – a Bollywood classic!
Independent Film Maker - Andreas Goldfuss
Lullaby - Dana Brawer
F#*k Off - Berin Tuzlic
Highway 15 - Rachael L. Meyers
Bleach Formula - Heejin Jang
Dresden - Tahnee Gehm
Game Companion - Brian Morelan
Pop Psychology - Paul Fletcher
Warsaw January 2011 - Juliet Palmer
Cough - Jason Kempnich
Frogs Phrogs Frawgs - Brett Rogstad
Saint Dracula - Rupesh Paul/All Lights
Fri., July 25th
Bulimia: The Musical - Joe DiSanto
The Cabining - Mike Kopera
Sat., July 26th
Can We Be Happy Now? – Tahnee Gehm
Boome & Slade - Eric Jaffe
Kyrie Eleison / Transforming Gods - Volker Schlecht
Expatz - Jimmie Wing
Frenzbook - Paul Fontaine
The Spinster - Kristin Tieche
November - Eric Esser
Do What You Love - Katarzyna Kochany
Awards Presentation
Posted on June 22, 2014 at 6:33 am by Shelby Toland,
filed under Top of Brain
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Brainwash thanks our generous sponsors!
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And many thanks to the following contributors — past, present, and future:
Founders: Shelby Toland, Dave Krzysik, Barbara Traub & Scott Arford
Exec. Producer: Duncan Maddux
2016 judges: Neil Kaplan, Dave Krzysik, Kamala Stuart and Shelby Toland
Special Thanks to:
Mike Snook and Nimby, Amy Stabler, Dionne Stevens, Jason Gohlke, (General Partner Emeritus), Ron Baker, Simon Lang, Michael Mohr, Jalal Elhayek, Steve Mobia, Bekah Barnett, Ben the awesome fiddle and banjo player, Doug Campbell, Mark McGothigan, Gary Nakamoto, Dave Reda, Emmanuel Jonas, Steven DeCaprio, Sarah Fisher, Yvette Hochberg, Andy Kirk, D.J. Neel N. Kizmiaz, Lillian Phaeton, Bev Reiser, The Rhythmic Revolution, Hal Robins, Betty Tweedy, Jonathan Logan, Jesse Block, Ed Holmes, Vikki Vaden, Mark States, John Law, The SF Cacophony Society, (we're on pgs. 230-231), Scott Beale, Rob Schmidt, J.D. Boggmann, Mr. Mystic, M2, Burning Man, Phil Shuey, Kathy Vaquilar, Annie Coulter, Mike Dingle, SomArts, Jabari Herbert, Monsa, Phil Snyder, Mark Thimijian, ALL of our moviemakers! and, in memoriam to Michael Hawk and Les Blank, whose movies live on.
Theme Music for the Festival and Big Weird Time Webisodes: Traffic Man, written by Dave Krzysik & Ed Bullins.
Performed by:
Hot Tub Man: Benny Lewis, Joe Shelby, Gaylord Birch, Nik Phelps, Joe McKinley, & Dave Krzysik.
Not To Mention The Doggie Diner Dogheads:
The Brainwash 2017 Festival Continues!
The Brainwash 2016 22nd Annual Movie Festival Winners!
Announcing The 22nd Annual Brainwash Drive/In-Bike-In/Walk-In Movie Festival Winners:
The First Prize Award winner: Dance of the Neurons – Jody Oberfelder
2nd Grand Prize: High Signs – Damien Patrik
Third Prize Award: Head – Stav Levi
Fourth Prize: Clyde’s Game – William Howard
Fifth: “Ahavot Be’kitsur/Short Love – Yaron Yarkoni
The Audience Choice AND Best Feature Film Awards: Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs – Justin Gaar/Carlos de los Rios
First Ever OAKLAND SHORT, SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Montclair Village Hosts “Oakland’s Short, Short Film Festival”
presented by Red Oak Realty and Crown Wine & Spirits
Friday, September 9, 2016
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Red Oak Realty Parking Lot
6450 Moraga Ave. Oakland
Red Oak Realty Outdoor Cinema is expanding the summer movie series with the first ever OAKLAND SHORT, SHORT FILM FESTIVAL. These 10 short films are focused on life in Oakland. Filmmakers will be in attendance as the shorts are shown outdoors on a fifty foot screen. The film fest is FREE to the public and is family-friendly.
Sponsored by The Montclair Village Association, Red Oak Realty and Crown Wine & Spirits, the film festival will focus on social insights relevant to a changing Oakland and highlighting the work of local filmmakers. The festival features an array of genres from documentary to art, animation, and fiction.
Highlights of THE OAKLAND SHORT, SHORT FILM FESTIVAL include:
Documentaries from Oakland’s Camp Reel Stories. A non-profit, Camp Reel empowers 13-18 year old young women with the skills to create their own media, view current media critically and thoughtfully and aspire to leadership in their field. And they deliver great storytelling, too.
Film veteran, Pixar and Disney alumnus, and Academy Award nominee Jim Capobianco will show his independent film and animated short Leonardo. Jim was a writer on The Lion King and Ratatouille, and is currently completing production of the full-length version of his short with Disney.
The festival will also feature curated selections from the 2016 Brainwash Movie Festival including Reid Hemsing’s The Morning Ride, Jody Oberfelder’s art expose, Dance of Neurons, and Phil D’Asaro’s Death of Del Paso, the turn-around story of a not too distant city.
“There is so much great filmmaking talent in the area. Thanks to the support of Crown Wine & Spirits and Red Oak Realty, we were able to put together a fun and thought-provoking collection of short films,” said Daniel Swafford, Executive Director of the Montclair Village Association.
Some of the filmmakers and producers will be in attendance for a brief Q&A. The OAKLAND SHORT, SHORT FILM FESTIVAL will showcase 10 short movies projected outdoors beginning at dark. Bring your chair and a blanket, enjoy the Montclair Village community of restaurants and make it a night out!
Posted on September 1, 2016 at 1:39 am by Shelby Toland,
filed under Top of Brain
The 22nd Annual Brainwash
Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie Festival
Adm.: $12ea. per show, deep discounts for GROUPON members, multi show discounts @
Friday July 22, 2016 9: 00PM
Head – Stav Levi
The Postmodern Pioneer Plaque – Boris Kozlov
Dance of the Neurons – Jody Oberfelder
Honk! Honk! – Lars Fuchs
“Ahavot” Be’Kitsur / Short Love – Yaron Yarkoni
River – Stephanie Maxwell
The Morning Ride – Reid Hemsing
High Signs – Damien Patrik
Yo Soy Pedro – Inconstant Jordan
Saturday July 23, 2016 9: 00PM
The Panty Symphonic – Zach Strum
Little Red Riding Hood – Stephane Guenin
Death of Del Paso – Phil D’Asaro
An Ape Walk Into a Bar: A True Story – Eric Maierson
The Red Card – Dana Brawer
Dark Queen – Dave Reda
Filament, Filament, Filament – Brandon Doherty
Bubble – Alexander Moss
Clyde’s Game – William Howard
Friday July 29, 2016 9: 00PM
Lilly Gets a Pet – Xstine Cook
Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs – Justin Gaar
Saturday July 30, 2016 9: 00PM
Chénmò de péngyǒu / Silent Friends – Rachel Meyers
This is Not a Love Song – Ursula Ellis
The Devil’s Argument – Peter VanOosting
Twinsburg – Joe Garrity
We’ll Get It – Michael Nardelli
The Ride – Waylon Bacon
Artemis – Heather Freeman
Blotch Murder – Serge Goldwicht
Escape – Rachel Meyers
Thanks
to our judges – Kamala Stuart, Neil Kaplan & Dave Krzysik,
our sponsors – Ink Tip, East Bay Express & Jungle Software
The 21st Brainwash Festival Winners:
The First Prize Award winner: Predatory Lender – Jim Meyer
2nd Grand Prize: Advanced Doodling – Mike Cantor
Third Prize Award: Dirdy Birdy – John Dillworth
Fourth Prize: Helio – Teddy Cecil
Fifth: Coppersmith – Taylor Mosley
The Audience Choice Award: Directors On Directing – Damien Patrik
More to come online in our Awards Presentation show on the Brainwash Movies’ Big Weird Time broadcast series, so stay tuned!
Land Action Movie festival!
At the Omni Oakland Commons, 4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland, California. Sunday, May 15th, 6:00pm.
Liberated Lens in collaboration with the Land Action 4 hosts 2 days of films, workshops and fun!! Bay Area social justice, activist organizations will be sharing their knowledge and experience throughout the festival and holding hands on activities in between the films.
Our selection of films connects the dots between local land/housing movements and global land struggle. The histories of these other campaigns illuminate the successes and setbacks we’re experiencing now in our own city. Globally, massive popular movements have taken principled action in pursuit of fundamental human rights and have thereby forced their governments to compromise. We make the case that direct action is still productive and relevant, and that we should fight to ensure that direct action remains legal in the Bay Area.
After each screening, there will be a Q&A with the directors, activists, and folx involved with the film.
SCHEDULE
6 pm – Dinner and Drinks, BYOB
6:15 – “Homefulness: The Struggle,The Vision, The Poor-People Led Revolution”
6:30 – Homefulness Q&A with Tiny Gray-Garcia of POOR magazine
6:45 – “Shelter: A Squatumentary”
7:30 – Shelter Q&A with members of Hellarity House
7:45 – stretch and mingle, + Homes Not Jails workshop (hands-on!!)
8:00 – “The Story of the MST: Parts I-III”
8:30 – MST-Landless Workers Movement Q&A with Friends of the MST Gustavo Oliveira
8:45 – stretch and mingle, Homes Not Jails workshop (you got it!! hands on)
9:00 – “Table Bed Chair: a documentary about the squatter scene of Amsterdam”
9:30 – Closing with Land Action 4
Attending Organizations:
Northern California People’s Housing Union
East Bay Homes Not Jails
Land Action
Friends of the MST
Permaculture Action Tour
POOR Magazine
Occupy the Farm
Tiny House Builders Contingent
-Marcus Owens of CAMO Projects
The Film Fest is a BYOB, Bar is TBD
Suggested donation for movies, free popcorn, workshops and shenanigans: $5-$25, NOTAFLOF!
Dinner provided by our favorite catering collective, Dos Manos! It’s gonna be delish! Price and menu pending (:
This is another fundraiser for the legal defense of the Land Action 4. We are currently about $500 away from paying back Patrick Xu’s bail and we will keep fundraising for future court fees.
Our first hearing is May 20th: https://www.facebook.com/
SF BayView interview with Patrick Xu:
http://sfbayview.com/2016/
Posted on May 14, 2016 at 12:15 am by Shelby Toland,
filed under Top of Brain
Special Brainwash Retro show @ Nimby!
A special free movie night in the Nimby gallery Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 at 7:00pm.
A quick look back at our July 19th, 2013 show of selected shorts:
American Ubiquity – David Sutera
We Bought a Ghost – R. & M Etheridge
When I Met Dottie – The Bum Family
Consignment – Justin Hannah
Bob Hope – Careen Ingle
Car Alarm-B-Gone – Bill Ross
Day of the Spectre – Chris Peters
A Stroll Through the Park: An Asbury Symphony – Sage Seb
Space Out – Aidan Fraser
Kayip – Mete Sozer
Nimby is located at 8410 Amelia Street in Oakland, CA, off of 85th Avenue.
All are welcome!
Brainwash Movies:
Always with a vital array of movies from all over the world for the cinematically adventuroUS!
Posted on February 28, 2016 at 10:58 pm by Shelby Toland,
filed under Top of Brain
The 21st Brainwash Movie Festival Program!
A plethora of weird, unusual and just plain great short and feature movies, this year again promises to be worthy of the culmination of 21 years of fine movies for audience enjoyment and edification from Brainwash. Witness, also, the settings: Nimby, the original DIY industrial art space in Oakland, and the Palace, one of the grand old theaters from the Golden Ages of Cinema.
Friday, July 24th, 2015 @ Nimby:
Cine Drive-In – Cinema Sob o Céu – Claudio Moraes
Ein Mercedes für Sierra Leone – Robert Fuhrmann
Arcadia – Rick Fisher
Directors on Directing – Damien Patrik
Eclissi – Tygh Runyan
M-Theory – TL Westgate
N’kisi Concorde – Nikki Sass
Saturday, July 25th, 2015 @ Nimby:
aWake – Chris Harper
Coppersmith – Taylor Mosley
Alcachofas piraña del abismo prehistoric – Javier Lozano Sánchez
September Sketch Book – Ronnie Cramer
Helio – Teddy Cecil
Sweet Nothings – Valerian Zamel
Advanced Doodling – Mike Cantor
On my way to NYC! – Mélanie Duault
Tete Noise, an interview in Tbilisi / Georgia – Virginie Thérèse Colombe
Corto – Alexis de Vigan
Oak and Scott: Pausing at High Speed – Sinem Yilanci
Ocean – Stephanie Maxwell
Fri., July 31st @ the Palace Theater:
The Dirdy Birdy – Redux – John Dillworth
Being Dennis – Trish Sie
Dennis Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – Michael Nardelli
I Was a Teenage Girl, Apparently – Lyn Elliot
Lilly’s Big Day – Xstine Cook/The Bum Family
Seventy Percent – Scott Campbell
Predatory Lender – Jim Meyer
Sat., Aug. 1st @ the Palace Theater:
The Bag – Phil Snyder
In the Course of Human Events (excerpt from City Symphony II) – Dominic Angerame
Advanced Doodling – Mike Cantor
G – Johnathan Ritter
Persistence of Vision – Scott Campbell
Atlantic Right Side Up – Katarzyna Kochany
And It Was Good – Graham Waterston
Cable Movie Classics Presents Fair Shake – Johnathan Ritter
Ballot Trailers
Awards Ceremony
Posted on July 21, 2015 at 8:53 pm by Shelby Toland,
filed under Top of Brain
The 20th Annual Brainwash Movie Festival Award Winners!
The First Prize Award winner: A Farewell To Arm – Phil and Robert M. Snyder
2nd Grand Prize: November – Eric Esser
Third Prize Award: Do What You Love – Katarzyna Kochany
Fourth Prize: The Spinster – Kristin Tieche
Fifth: Frogs, Phrogs, Frawgs – Bret Rogstad
The Audience Choice Award: Highway 15 – Rachel L. Meyers
Honorable Mention: EXpatZ – Jimmie Wing
More to come online in our Awards Presentation show on the Brainwash Movies’ Big Weird Time broadcast series, so stay tuned!
“Tell this to everybody, wherever they are. Watch the skies, everywhere, keep looking. Keep watching the skies.” The Thing (From Another World) (1951).
Posted on August 17, 2014 at 2:35 am by Shelby Toland,
filed under Top of Brain
Here it is, folks, the lineup for this year’s Festival!
The 20th Annual Brainwash Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie festival
will be at Nimby, 8410 Amelia St., at 85th Ave., Oakland, CA, USA,
Friday, July 18th, Saturday July 19th, Fri., July 25th, and Sat., the 26th, 2014.
All shows at 9:00pm, with a virtual plethora of weird, unusual and just plain great movies for audience enjoyment and edification.
The New York Times says it “pirat[es] a piece of that old Hollywood magic and challeng[es] conventions on the role of public space in the process”.
“We project movies onto a tarp in West Oakland,” counters festival director Shelby Toland.
Admission is $12ea. per show, with discounts to City Car Share members: 2 for the price of one if “you flash your fob” and ALL occupants for free in a City Car Share Car!
or… get the Festival Pass – $35.00 for ALL shows! Get Tickets >>
Fri., July 18th
Super Camilla - Vitor Torao Akeda
The Man In White – Kyra Gardner
Candice is Currently Online - Patrick Schechter
Friendship - Xstine Cook
Traveler - Ron Hurley
Dearly Departed - Ashley Sinn
Love Stuck - Sierra Fein
A Farewell To Arm - Philip Snyder/Robert M. Snyder
Sat., July 19th- Special “Double Feature” show with Academy Award nominated Saint Dracula – a Bollywood classic!
Independent Film Maker - Andreas Goldfuss
Lullaby - Dana Brawer
F#*k Off - Berin Tuzlic
Highway 15 - Rachael L. Meyers
Bleach Formula - Heejin Jang
Dresden - Tahnee Gehm
Game Companion - Brian Morelan
Pop Psychology - Paul Fletcher
Warsaw January 2011 - Juliet Palmer
Cough - Jason Kempnich
Frogs Phrogs Frawgs - Brett Rogstad
Saint Dracula - Rupesh Paul/All Lights
Fri., July 25th
Bulimia: The Musical - Joe DiSanto
The Cabining - Mike Kopera
Sat., July 26th
Can We Be Happy Now? – Tahnee Gehm
Boome & Slade - Eric Jaffe
Kyrie Eleison / Transforming Gods - Volker Schlecht
Expatz - Jimmie Wing
Frenzbook - Paul Fontaine
The Spinster - Kristin Tieche
November - Eric Esser
Do What You Love - Katarzyna Kochany
Awards Presentation
Posted on June 22, 2014 at 6:33 am by Shelby Toland,
filed under Top of Brain
Groupon
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OTX West: Dedicated to eliminating the digital divide in Oakland
And many thanks to the following contributors — past, present, and future:
Founders: Shelby Toland, Dave Krzysik, Barbara Traub & Scott Arford
Exec. Producer: Duncan Maddux
2016 judges: Neil Kaplan, Dave Krzysik, Kamala Stuart and Shelby Toland
Special Thanks to:
Mike Snook and Nimby, Amy Stabler, Dionne Stevens, Jason Gohlke, (General Partner Emeritus), Ron Baker, Simon Lang, Michael Mohr, Jalal Elhayek, Steve Mobia, Bekah Barnett, Ben the awesome fiddle and banjo player, Doug Campbell, Mark McGothigan, Gary Nakamoto, Dave Reda, Emmanuel Jonas, Steven DeCaprio, Sarah Fisher, Yvette Hochberg, Andy Kirk, D.J. Neel N. Kizmiaz, Lillian Phaeton, Bev Reiser, The Rhythmic Revolution, Hal Robins, Betty Tweedy, Jonathan Logan, Jesse Block, Ed Holmes, Vikki Vaden, Mark States, John Law, The SF Cacophony Society, (we're on pgs. 230-231), Scott Beale, Rob Schmidt, J.D. Boggmann, Mr. Mystic, M2, Burning Man, Phil Shuey, Kathy Vaquilar, Annie Coulter, Mike Dingle, SomArts, Jabari Herbert, Monsa, Phil Snyder, Mark Thimijian, ALL of our moviemakers! and, in memoriam to Michael Hawk and Les Blank, whose movies live on.
Theme Music for the Festival and Big Weird Time Webisodes: Traffic Man, written by Dave Krzysik & Ed Bullins.
Performed by:
Hot Tub Man: Benny Lewis, Joe Shelby, Gaylord Birch, Nik Phelps, Joe McKinley, & Dave Krzysik.
Not To Mention The Doggie Diner Dogheads:
The Brainwash 2016 22nd Annual Movie Festival Winners!
Announcing The 22nd Annual Brainwash Drive/In-Bike-In/Walk-In Movie Festival Winners:
The First Prize Award winner: Dance of the Neurons – Jody Oberfelder
2nd Grand Prize: High Signs – Damien Patrik
Third Prize Award: Head – Stav Levi
Fourth Prize: Clyde’s Game – William Howard
Fifth: “Ahavot Be’kitsur/Short Love – Yaron Yarkoni
The Audience Choice AND Best Feature Film Awards: Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs – Justin Gaar/Carlos de los Rios
First Ever OAKLAND SHORT, SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Montclair Village Hosts “Oakland’s Short, Short Film Festival”
presented by Red Oak Realty and Crown Wine & Spirits
Friday, September 9, 2016
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Red Oak Realty Parking Lot
6450 Moraga Ave. Oakland
Red Oak Realty Outdoor Cinema is expanding the summer movie series with the first ever OAKLAND SHORT, SHORT FILM FESTIVAL. These 10 short films are focused on life in Oakland. Filmmakers will be in attendance as the shorts are shown outdoors on a fifty foot screen. The film fest is FREE to the public and is family-friendly.
Sponsored by The Montclair Village Association, Red Oak Realty and Crown Wine & Spirits, the film festival will focus on social insights relevant to a changing Oakland and highlighting the work of local filmmakers. The festival features an array of genres from documentary to art, animation, and fiction.
Highlights of THE OAKLAND SHORT, SHORT FILM FESTIVAL include:
Documentaries from Oakland’s Camp Reel Stories. A non-profit, Camp Reel empowers 13-18 year old young women with the skills to create their own media, view current media critically and thoughtfully and aspire to leadership in their field. And they deliver great storytelling, too.
Film veteran, Pixar and Disney alumnus, and Academy Award nominee Jim Capobianco will show his independent film and animated short Leonardo. Jim was a writer on The Lion King and Ratatouille, and is currently completing production of the full-length version of his short with Disney.
The festival will also feature curated selections from the 2016 Brainwash Movie Festival including Reid Hemsing’s The Morning Ride, Jody Oberfelder’s art expose, Dance of Neurons, and Phil D’Asaro’s Death of Del Paso, the turn-around story of a not too distant city.
“There is so much great filmmaking talent in the area. Thanks to the support of Crown Wine & Spirits and Red Oak Realty, we were able to put together a fun and thought-provoking collection of short films,” said Daniel Swafford, Executive Director of the Montclair Village Association.
Some of the filmmakers and producers will be in attendance for a brief Q&A. The OAKLAND SHORT, SHORT FILM FESTIVAL will showcase 10 short movies projected outdoors beginning at dark. Bring your chair and a blanket, enjoy the Montclair Village community of restaurants and make it a night out!
Posted on September 1, 2016 at 1:39 am by Shelby Toland,
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The 22nd Annual Brainwash
Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie Festival
Adm.: $12ea. per show, deep discounts for GROUPON members, multi show discounts @
Friday July 22, 2016 9: 00PM
Head – Stav Levi
The Postmodern Pioneer Plaque – Boris Kozlov
Dance of the Neurons – Jody Oberfelder
Honk! Honk! – Lars Fuchs
“Ahavot” Be’Kitsur / Short Love – Yaron Yarkoni
River – Stephanie Maxwell
The Morning Ride – Reid Hemsing
High Signs – Damien Patrik
Yo Soy Pedro – Inconstant Jordan
Saturday July 23, 2016 9: 00PM
The Panty Symphonic – Zach Strum
Little Red Riding Hood – Stephane Guenin
Death of Del Paso – Phil D’Asaro
An Ape Walk Into a Bar: A True Story – Eric Maierson
The Red Card – Dana Brawer
Dark Queen – Dave Reda
Filament, Filament, Filament – Brandon Doherty
Bubble – Alexander Moss
Clyde’s Game – William Howard
Friday July 29, 2016 9: 00PM
Lilly Gets a Pet – Xstine Cook
Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs – Justin Gaar
Saturday July 30, 2016 9: 00PM
Chénmò de péngyǒu / Silent Friends – Rachel Meyers
This is Not a Love Song – Ursula Ellis
The Devil’s Argument – Peter VanOosting
Twinsburg – Joe Garrity
We’ll Get It – Michael Nardelli
The Ride – Waylon Bacon
Artemis – Heather Freeman
Blotch Murder – Serge Goldwicht
Escape – Rachel Meyers
Thanks
to our judges – Kamala Stuart, Neil Kaplan & Dave Krzysik,
our sponsors – Ink Tip, East Bay Express & Jungle Software
The 21st Brainwash Festival Winners:
The First Prize Award winner: Predatory Lender – Jim Meyer
2nd Grand Prize: Advanced Doodling – Mike Cantor
Third Prize Award: Dirdy Birdy – John Dillworth
Fourth Prize: Helio – Teddy Cecil
Fifth: Coppersmith – Taylor Mosley
The Audience Choice Award: Directors On Directing – Damien Patrik
More to come online in our Awards Presentation show on the Brainwash Movies’ Big Weird Time broadcast series, so stay tuned!
Land Action Movie festival!
At the Omni Oakland Commons, 4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland, California. Sunday, May 15th, 6:00pm.
Liberated Lens in collaboration with the Land Action 4 hosts 2 days of films, workshops and fun!! Bay Area social justice, activist organizations will be sharing their knowledge and experience throughout the festival and holding hands on activities in between the films.
Our selection of films connects the dots between local land/housing movements and global land struggle. The histories of these other campaigns illuminate the successes and setbacks we’re experiencing now in our own city. Globally, massive popular movements have taken principled action in pursuit of fundamental human rights and have thereby forced their governments to compromise. We make the case that direct action is still productive and relevant, and that we should fight to ensure that direct action remains legal in the Bay Area.
After each screening, there will be a Q&A with the directors, activists, and folx involved with the film.
SCHEDULE
6 pm – Dinner and Drinks, BYOB
6:15 – “Homefulness: The Struggle,The Vision, The Poor-People Led Revolution”
6:30 – Homefulness Q&A with Tiny Gray-Garcia of POOR magazine
6:45 – “Shelter: A Squatumentary”
7:30 – Shelter Q&A with members of Hellarity House
7:45 – stretch and mingle, + Homes Not Jails workshop (hands-on!!)
8:00 – “The Story of the MST: Parts I-III”
8:30 – MST-Landless Workers Movement Q&A with Friends of the MST Gustavo Oliveira
8:45 – stretch and mingle, Homes Not Jails workshop (you got it!! hands on)
9:00 – “Table Bed Chair: a documentary about the squatter scene of Amsterdam”
9:30 – Closing with Land Action 4
Attending Organizations:
Northern California People’s Housing Union
East Bay Homes Not Jails
Land Action
Friends of the MST
Permaculture Action Tour
POOR Magazine
Occupy the Farm
Tiny House Builders Contingent
-Marcus Owens of CAMO Projects
The Film Fest is a BYOB, Bar is TBD
Suggested donation for movies, free popcorn, workshops and shenanigans: $5-$25, NOTAFLOF!
Dinner provided by our favorite catering collective, Dos Manos! It’s gonna be delish! Price and menu pending (:
This is another fundraiser for the legal defense of the Land Action 4. We are currently about $500 away from paying back Patrick Xu’s bail and we will keep fundraising for future court fees.
Our first hearing is May 20th: https://www.facebook.com/
SF BayView interview with Patrick Xu:
http://sfbayview.com/2016/
Posted on May 14, 2016 at 12:15 am by Shelby Toland,
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Special Brainwash Retro show @ Nimby!
A special free movie night in the Nimby gallery Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 at 7:00pm.
A quick look back at our July 19th, 2013 show of selected shorts:
American Ubiquity – David Sutera
We Bought a Ghost – R. & M Etheridge
When I Met Dottie – The Bum Family
Consignment – Justin Hannah
Bob Hope – Careen Ingle
Car Alarm-B-Gone – Bill Ross
Day of the Spectre – Chris Peters
A Stroll Through the Park: An Asbury Symphony – Sage Seb
Space Out – Aidan Fraser
Kayip – Mete Sozer
Nimby is located at 8410 Amelia Street in Oakland, CA, off of 85th Avenue.
All are welcome!
Brainwash Movies:
Always with a vital array of movies from all over the world for the cinematically adventuroUS!
Posted on February 28, 2016 at 10:58 pm by Shelby Toland,
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The 21st Brainwash Movie Festival Program!
A plethora of weird, unusual and just plain great short and feature movies, this year again promises to be worthy of the culmination of 21 years of fine movies for audience enjoyment and edification from Brainwash. Witness, also, the settings: Nimby, the original DIY industrial art space in Oakland, and the Palace, one of the grand old theaters from the Golden Ages of Cinema.
Friday, July 24th, 2015 @ Nimby:
Cine Drive-In – Cinema Sob o Céu – Claudio Moraes
Ein Mercedes für Sierra Leone – Robert Fuhrmann
Arcadia – Rick Fisher
Directors on Directing – Damien Patrik
Eclissi – Tygh Runyan
M-Theory – TL Westgate
N’kisi Concorde – Nikki Sass
Saturday, July 25th, 2015 @ Nimby:
aWake – Chris Harper
Coppersmith – Taylor Mosley
Alcachofas piraña del abismo prehistoric – Javier Lozano Sánchez
September Sketch Book – Ronnie Cramer
Helio – Teddy Cecil
Sweet Nothings – Valerian Zamel
Advanced Doodling – Mike Cantor
On my way to NYC! – Mélanie Duault
Tete Noise, an interview in Tbilisi / Georgia – Virginie Thérèse Colombe
Corto – Alexis de Vigan
Oak and Scott: Pausing at High Speed – Sinem Yilanci
Ocean – Stephanie Maxwell
Fri., July 31st @ the Palace Theater:
The Dirdy Birdy – Redux – John Dillworth
Being Dennis – Trish Sie
Dennis Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – Michael Nardelli
I Was a Teenage Girl, Apparently – Lyn Elliot
Lilly’s Big Day – Xstine Cook/The Bum Family
Seventy Percent – Scott Campbell
Predatory Lender – Jim Meyer
Sat., Aug. 1st @ the Palace Theater:
The Bag – Phil Snyder
In the Course of Human Events (excerpt from City Symphony II) – Dominic Angerame
Advanced Doodling – Mike Cantor
G – Johnathan Ritter
Persistence of Vision – Scott Campbell
Atlantic Right Side Up – Katarzyna Kochany
And It Was Good – Graham Waterston
Cable Movie Classics Presents Fair Shake – Johnathan Ritter
Ballot Trailers
Awards Ceremony
Posted on July 21, 2015 at 8:53 pm by Shelby Toland,
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The 20th Annual Brainwash Movie Festival Award Winners!
The First Prize Award winner: A Farewell To Arm – Phil and Robert M. Snyder
2nd Grand Prize: November – Eric Esser
Third Prize Award: Do What You Love – Katarzyna Kochany
Fourth Prize: The Spinster – Kristin Tieche
Fifth: Frogs, Phrogs, Frawgs – Bret Rogstad
The Audience Choice Award: Highway 15 – Rachel L. Meyers
Honorable Mention: EXpatZ – Jimmie Wing
More to come online in our Awards Presentation show on the Brainwash Movies’ Big Weird Time broadcast series, so stay tuned!
“Tell this to everybody, wherever they are. Watch the skies, everywhere, keep looking. Keep watching the skies.” The Thing (From Another World) (1951).
Posted on August 17, 2014 at 2:35 am by Shelby Toland,
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Here it is, folks, the lineup for this year’s Festival!
The 20th Annual Brainwash Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie festival
will be at Nimby, 8410 Amelia St., at 85th Ave., Oakland, CA, USA,
Friday, July 18th, Saturday July 19th, Fri., July 25th, and Sat., the 26th, 2014.
All shows at 9:00pm, with a virtual plethora of weird, unusual and just plain great movies for audience enjoyment and edification.
The New York Times says it “pirat[es] a piece of that old Hollywood magic and challeng[es] conventions on the role of public space in the process”.
“We project movies onto a tarp in West Oakland,” counters festival director Shelby Toland.
Admission is $12ea. per show, with discounts to City Car Share members: 2 for the price of one if “you flash your fob” and ALL occupants for free in a City Car Share Car!
or… get the Festival Pass – $35.00 for ALL shows! Get Tickets >>
Fri., July 18th
Super Camilla - Vitor Torao Akeda
The Man In White – Kyra Gardner
Candice is Currently Online - Patrick Schechter
Friendship - Xstine Cook
Traveler - Ron Hurley
Dearly Departed - Ashley Sinn
Love Stuck - Sierra Fein
A Farewell To Arm - Philip Snyder/Robert M. Snyder
Sat., July 19th- Special “Double Feature” show with Academy Award nominated Saint Dracula – a Bollywood classic!
Independent Film Maker - Andreas Goldfuss
Lullaby - Dana Brawer
F#*k Off - Berin Tuzlic
Highway 15 - Rachael L. Meyers
Bleach Formula - Heejin Jang
Dresden - Tahnee Gehm
Game Companion - Brian Morelan
Pop Psychology - Paul Fletcher
Warsaw January 2011 - Juliet Palmer
Cough - Jason Kempnich
Frogs Phrogs Frawgs - Brett Rogstad
Saint Dracula - Rupesh Paul/All Lights
Fri., July 25th
Bulimia: The Musical - Joe DiSanto
The Cabining - Mike Kopera
Sat., July 26th
Can We Be Happy Now? – Tahnee Gehm
Boome & Slade - Eric Jaffe
Kyrie Eleison / Transforming Gods - Volker Schlecht
Expatz - Jimmie Wing
Frenzbook - Paul Fontaine
The Spinster - Kristin Tieche
November - Eric Esser
Do What You Love - Katarzyna Kochany
Awards Presentation
Posted on June 22, 2014 at 6:33 am by Shelby Toland,
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Brainwash thanks our generous sponsors!
OTX West: Dedicated to eliminating the digital divide in Oakland
And many thanks to the following contributors — past, present, and future:
Brainwash thanks our generous sponsors!
OTX West: Dedicated to eliminating the digital divide in Oakland
Founders: Shelby Toland, Dave Krzysik, Barbara Traub & Scott Arford
Exec. Producer: Duncan Maddux
2016 judges: Neil Kaplan, Dave Krzysik, Kamala Stuart and Shelby Toland
Special Thanks to:
Mike Snook and Nimby, Amy Stabler, Dionne Stevens, Jason Gohlke, (General Partner Emeritus), Ron Baker, Simon Lang, Michael Mohr, Jalal Elhayek, Steve Mobia, Bekah Barnett, Ben the awesome fiddle and banjo player, Doug Campbell, Mark McGothigan, Gary Nakamoto, Dave Reda, Emmanuel Jonas, Steven DeCaprio, Sarah Fisher, Yvette Hochberg, Andy Kirk, D.J. Neel N. Kizmiaz, Lillian Phaeton, Bev Reiser, The Rhythmic Revolution, Hal Robins, Betty Tweedy, Jonathan Logan, Jesse Block, Ed Holmes, Vikki Vaden, Mark States, John Law, The SF Cacophony Society, (we're on pgs. 230-231), Scott Beale, Rob Schmidt, J.D. Boggmann, Mr. Mystic, M2, Burning Man, Phil Shuey, Kathy Vaquilar, Annie Coulter, Mike Dingle, SomArts, Jabari Herbert, Monsa, Phil Snyder, Mark Thimijian, ALL of our moviemakers! and, in memoriam to Michael Hawk and Les Blank, whose movies live on.
Theme Music for the Festival and Big Weird Time Webisodes: Traffic Man, written by Dave Krzysik & Ed Bullins.
Performed by:
Hot Tub Man: Benny Lewis, Joe Shelby, Gaylord Birch, Nik Phelps, Joe McKinley, & Dave Krzysik.
Not To Mention The Doggie Diner Dogheads:
