Hey friends!

My film "...To Skin a Cat" won "Best Short" at Memphis International Film Festival.

PRESS RELEASE

The Memphis International Film Festival wrapped on March 29th. This was the 5th MIFF, and the first year they presented awards. Awards were as follows:

Best Short - "...To Skin a Cat" by Dan O'Berry

Best Animation - "Day Off The Dead" by Lee Lanier & Jeffery Dates

Best Documentary - "Resisting Paradise" by Barbara Hammer

Now that the Memphis International Film Festival has wrapped up its 5th year, organizers are seeking official sanctioning from the Academy Awards, a distinction that could have a positive impact on the local economy and elevate Memphis' reputation in the film industry.

UPDATE

...To Skin a Cat will be at 2 festivals in the first part of July:


Pocono Mountains Film Festival (http://poconomountainsfilmfestival.com/submitfilm.php)
Pocono Mountains, PA
July 7-11
(Not sure of screening date yet)
PA Premiere


Long Island International Film Expo (http://longislandfilm.com/schedule.cfm)
Bellmore Movies
Bellmore, NY
July 11, 7 pm
NY Premiere

Any IndieTalk members in these areas?

:-)

Nice going, Indie! :D

Thats great! Congratulations. :D

Rock! Keep up the good work indie!

Congratulations!!! Keep up the good work.

Scott

Damn, I accidentally bought tickets to the Poke-a-no fest. I can't refund them so I have to go.

Note to self: Next time spell check!

Poke

Congratulations Indie!

congrats to our Founder!

Thanks gang!

I might actually BE on Long Island during this. If I am I'll give ya a ringy dingy.

well done Indie.....

I might actually BE on Long Island during this. If I am I'll give ya a ringy dingy.

Please do! It's playing this Sunday at 7 pm.

Directions (http://longislandfilm.com/bellmore.htm)

UPDATE - CHICAGO SCREENINGS

...To Skin a Cat is screening at the 2004 Indiefest Chicago www.indiefestchicago.com.

3 SCREENINGS

AUGUST 1ST, 5 AND 9 PM
THE SCREENING ROOM AT
LE MERIDIEN
521 N. RUSH ST.
CHICAGO IL, 60611

AUGUST 7TH, 12 PM
BIOGRAPH THEATER
2433 NORTH LINCOLN
CHICAGO IL, 60614

UPDATE - COLORADO SCREENING

...To Skin a Cat just got accepted to Crested Butte Reel Fest 2004, in Colorado.

Screens August 14th, 3 pm.

CLICK FOR SCHEDULE (http://www.crestedbuttereelfest.com/schedule.htm)

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Sah!

Requesting pah-mission to make fun of word..

BUTTE

Sah!

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In seriousness... good going, Indie! :D

London Screening

UK Members:

Catch ...To Skin a Cat at:

The Portobello Film Festival
Tuesday, August 10th
Session: "An Evening of Films on Life in the 21st Century"
Time: 7-11 pm (2nd film to play in session, if they are screening in listed order)
Admission: FREE
Location: The Paradise
19 Kilburn Lane
London W10

Click Here For More Info (http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com/2004/paradise10.html)

Indie.. I hope this isnt considered rude for asking but can you post your film on a link so we can view it?


And Congrats.

Thanks KG .. it's not viewable online.

LA!

:yes:

I'm very excited about this ... was just accepted to the LA Int'l Short Film Festival (http://www.lashortsfest.com), aka LA Shorts Fest, the largest short film festival in the world, and Academy Awards sanctioned. I know there's lots of LA peeps here, maybe we can hang out :-)

September 7 - 13th

I've also updated my site: ...To Skin a Cat (http://www.toskinacat.com)

Hey, good luck Indie! In like ten years I'll be telling my grandkids (I'll feed my kids growth hormones when they're born, so by ten years I will have grandkids) that I knew that famous director when he started a board then got famous and shut it down.

Thanks for ruing my life Indie.

Poke

I know there's lots of LA peeps here, maybe we can hang out

I'm down for that 8)

FLORIDA PREMIERE

Just got accepted to the 19th Annual Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival (http://www.fliff.com)

My student film won here a few years back. It will be great to return this year - it's a great fest! I know a lot of people in Florida and am very excited about this one!

Long Island Film Festival

If you are in the New York, or Long Island area, ...To Skin a Cat is the opening film of the Long Island Film Festival tomorrow (August 11th) at 8 pm.

LI Schedule (http://www.lifilm.org/schedule.html)

I can put unlimited people on the guest list if you want to go. PM me.

Cheers!

man this film must be damn good ur getting in all these fest's are u gonna make copys n sell em.and are u coming by detroit?

UPDATE

...To Skin a Cat will screen at the Temecula Valley International Film and Music Festival (http://www.tviff.com) in CA, September 8-12.

Wow. Congratulations for the success with your short.

Scott

Thanks everyone!

NJ Premiere!

Adding RBIFF to the list.

...To Skin a Cat will be screened as a part of the Red Bank International Film Festival in Red Bank, NJ October 8-10 2004.

http://www.rbiff.org/

:woohoo: I don't have to travel far! :cool:

I'm driving to see the Temecula one next weekend. Rar! :pop:

so, how are you sending this to all the festivals? you have it digitized? on the computer? Or a lot of copies of the film? Get a screening in the midwest near cinci, or send me copy!

Nice job!Can I see this short somewere? :yes:

Nice job on your success. That's awesome. I wanne see, too! Although I'm guessing you'll wait until AFTER it does the festival rounds...right?

:clap:

You're making us all look bad here. Good luck. LA International comin' up!

Poke

Thanks Poke. Yes, LA Friday, and Temecula starting today. Dates are on the calendar.

Also announcing the North Carolina premiere.

Asheville Film Festival
November 4-7
www.ashevillefilmfestival.com

Temecula Film Fest website ( http://www.tviff.com/ ) is down.

Happen to know what time the show is on Sunday, Indie? :mad:

I suppose I could always call and find out from the theater itself (already Googled the location of the actual cinema, as opposed to festival site)... but I'd lose a chance to stealthily bump this thread for OC/SD peeps. http://www.stevenrichards.com/images/smiley_ninja.gif

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Edit:

Saw it! I'm now in the special club! :woohoo:

That was pretty good, IT. A real comedy of errors, and being in the wrong places at the wrong times.

They didn't show it on real film, though... although their digital projector was pretty good.

"Pinky" was awesome. Must be hard to make a character (with his profession) to come across as likeable. :cool:

Thanks Zen :)

Announcing the Ohio Premiere. :cool:

Ohio Independent Film Festival (http://www.ohiofilms.com)!

I heard this is a great fest.

November 7-14, 2004

And finally, a New York City Premiere! :woohoo:

Big Apple Film Festival (http://www.lippfilms.com/Apple_frame.htm) at the Anthology Film Archives, December 18 and 19.

more info to come...

Just received Best of Festival - Comedy award at the Berkeley Video and Film Festival 2004 (http://berkeleyvideofilmfest.org/). Festival has not happened yet, they announce award winners beforehand, and have an awards night as an opening ceremony.

:woohoo:

Award count: 2

Official Selection - Delta Film Festival

Manteca, California

Nov 5, 6

http://visitmanteca.org/filmfest/

Also, DVD available.

See sig. :yes:

You're making the rest of us look bad! Stop making great movies! http://www.stevenrichards.com/images/smiley_pac.gif

Just kidding... nice to see the work put in getting some fine (and deserved) recogition http://www.stevenrichards.com/images/smiley_fatcat.gif

Thanks Zen.

S.N.O.B Film Festival Official Selection

http://snobfilmfestival.org

Nov. 14, 2004

PLUS

...To Skin a Cat is in the Highlights section of the homepage for the Big Apple Film Festival.

http://lippfilms.com/Apple_frame.htm

Well Done, Indie...Keep up the kick-ass work!!

Damnitjim!
This is totally awesome!
:clap:


I only hope that I will have such success some day! :director:

Congratulations!

What about distribution deals? :deal:

I thought my festival run had ended.... surprise :)

Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that you film, To Skin A Cat,
was chosen for the 12th Annual Texas Film Festival. We received many high
caliber films this year, and felt your film exhibited the quality we were
looking for. As a reminder the dates for the 2005 festival are set for March
28-April 2.

Cool.