For immediate release
July 23, 2010
Contacts: Jason Gohlke, 510-684-6100; Dave Krzysik, 415-273-1545
Brainwash Movie Festival to show 22 Shorts and a Feature
16th Annual Festival on 8/7, 8/13, 8/14 in Oakland features unique, independent movies from around the world
The New York Times says the Brainwash Movie Festival “pirat[es] a piece of that old Hollywood magic and challeng[es] conventions on the role of public space in the process.” (”Now Playing, a Digital Brigadoon,” 7/29/04, Chris Thompson)
“We project movies onto a tarp in West Oakland,” counters festival director Shelby Toland.
The sometimes thought-provoking, occasionally wacky, but always original Brainwash Movie Festival returns in the summer of 2010 for its 16th incarnation. “I’ll say it for real this year: this could be the best Brainwash Movie Festival ever,” claims festival judge and general partner Jason Gohlke.
The 16th Annual Brainwash Drive-in Bike-in Walk-in Movie Festival will be held Saturday, August 7, Friday, August 13th, and Saturday, August 14th at 9:00 p.m. at the Mandela Village Arts Center, which is located at 1357 5th St in Oakland. The fully juried festival will screen 23 original movies (22 shorts and a feature) spanning three nights (see http://www.brainwashm.com/festival/2010-festival/ for more info).
Admission is just $10 per person per night OR $40 for a Festival Pass, which gets two people into all three nights of the festival (three nights for the price of two). Buy tickets at http://www.ticketweb.com/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=16986 OR at the gate.
“We have a great mix of original (and frequently dark) humor, experimental art movies, earnest lyrical movies, and some real surprises, including some truly cathartic scenes,” Gohlke notes. “The moviemakers are unique and skillful storytellers. You don’t want to miss Brainwash this year.”
This year the festival returns full-time to 1357 5th St (Mandela Village Arts Center), which means intrepid moviegoers can drive in, bike in, walk in, or BART into the festival. The movies will be projected on an outdoor screen, and the soundtrack will be available through your FM stereo (as well as played on amplifiers). “It’s a lot of fun, or my name isn’t Shelby Toland,” claims Toland.
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