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Brainwash 2010 Animation

Among this year’s movies, we have a great raft of animation, as in years past. Voltaire’s Demiurge Emesis was also shown at the IndieFest and written up in ASIFA, the Int’l Animation Society newsletter, by Karl Cohen. Demiurge is narrated by Danny Elfman, better known for his fantastic work as the founder of the band Oingo [...]

A little about Opening Night: August 7th!

Just two weeks until opening night! (Buy your tickets and RSVP on Facebook just for fun.)

We’re screening a full-length feature called “Dynamite Swine” (facebook) by Mark Poisella, a rollicking action movie/buddy flick/poker movie that defies description but just works. This is the second year in a row we’ve opened with a feature film, and you [...]

Announcing the 16th Annual Brainwash Movie Festival!

Read the entry to see which movies and moviemakers will be in the 2010 festival.

The winners!

How could we have waited so long to finally announce this? My apologies to the moviemakers who have been waiting to point to this very website to prove that they weren’t just making it up.
1st Prize: “MXD MSG” by Jeffrey Durkin
2nd GRAND Prize: “Mister Coffey” by Mark Thimijan
3rd Prize: “EXIT:ALLEY” by Robin Smyth
4th Prize: “The [...]

Announcing the 2009 Brainwash Movie Festival Lineup!

We are proud to announce a terrific line-up of short independent movies at this year’s 15th Annual Brainwash Drive-in Bike-in Walk-in Movie Festival, to be held in Oakland on Friday, July 31st and Saturday, August 1st, 2009. [Buy advance tickets on TicketWeb.]
Congratulations to our moviemakers and a sincere thanks to all who submitted their movies! [...]

Some movies we like

Here are trailers for a couple movies that are going to appear in the festival:
MXD MSG: Watch the trailer for MXD MSG on the Breadtruck Films website
Gypsy Crepes: Watch the trailer for Gypsy Crepes on Facebook
We liked these movies a lot! Watch for more links to some of the movies from this year’s upcoming festival.