Sorry for the delay, folks — we have been shooting footage for the long-awaited Brainwash Movies-produced TV series the last couple weeks (stay tuned for more info). Add that on top of a day job, and my perfectly honorable intent to call and congratulate the winner simply has not been realized.
So, without further ado or delay, I’m happy to announce that the 2010 Brainwash Drive-in Bike-in Walk-in Movie Festival Audience Choice Award goes to — among several very strong contenders — “Morgue: A Love Story With Guts,” directed by Donald McQuade and written by Anthony Pizzo! Both of them came up from Southern California to see the 21 shorts we showed at the final weekend of the festival. Our congratulations, and thanks to them for submitting their movie and for coming up!
Speaking of which, we were really glad to get a chance to meet and talk to the moviemakers who came to the festival: Mark Poisella, writer and director of the feature “Dynamite Swine”; Jason Rose (director) and Leslie Rose (producer) of “Viola Concerto”; Matthew McKenna, who directed “Signatures”; Josh Self and Orlando Rivera, co-directors and writers of “Goodnight Harvey”; and Karl Schweitzer and Tony Turino, cast and crew of “Horror of Our Love”. (Apologies if I missed anyone I didn’t get a chance to talk to.)
Congratulations again to all of our moviemakers and award winners! See you next year, if not sooner!
Thank you to all of our audience members and the moviemakers (those who could make it and those who couldn’t) who made the 2009 festival a success! We really enjoyed ourselves and hope you did too. Special thanks to the folks at the American Steel building for hosting the festival and making everyone feel welcome.
We are proud to announce the 2009 winning movies, and the Audience Choice Survey! Take it if you came to the show…
July 31st and August 1st will be the 15th Annual Brainwash Bike-in Walk-in Movie Festival [no cars allowed; bring a chair].
For the festival proper on July 31st and August 1st (check out the program), our new venue is the really cool American Steel building on 18th and Mandela in Oakland.
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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! We plan to “hold over” certain other movies submitted this year, including a couple of Very Brainwash FeaturesTM, for further shows, so stay tuned!
In other words, if your movie did not make the main festival, it may still screen later in the year.
And now the program:
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This Saturday, July 18th, at 1357 5th Street in Oakland, the Brainwash Movie Festival kicks off the 2009 season with Brainwash Zombie Night!
Featuring:
Buy tickets either online or at the gate… and RSVP on Facebook. $9, 9 pm! Fun will be had by all.
If you buy a Brainwash Movie Festival Three Day Pass in advance on TicketWeb, two people can attend the 7/18, 7/31, & 8/1 shows for a total of $30 (that’s almost half off).
Breaking news: Filmmaker Bryan Ortiz will be at the Premiere Party tonight to say a few words about his movie — it’ll be a great opportunity to meet an up and coming young moviemaker!
Brainwash Movies is now on Facebook.
So, if you’re on Facebook, become a fan! It’ll be worth your while. We’ll offer Facebook fans exclusive first access to discounts and announcements about the festival. (It might barely be first, but it’ll still be first.)
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.
Dateline: Oakland
Brainwash Executive Producer Duncan Maddux has agreed to a series of 6 5 second “flash frames” appearances with the iconic Brainwash icon Shelby Toland. Toland could not be reached for comment, but Maddux was sure he would be “awash with glee”.
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Sorry for the delay, folks — we have been shooting footage for the long-awaited Brainwash Movies-produced TV series the last couple weeks (stay tuned for more info). Add that on top of a day job, and my perfectly honorable intent to call and congratulate the winner simply has not been realized.
