BFF News
2008.05.15 2nd Annual 28-Eighty Film Shootout Competition Seeks Entries
The 2nd Annual 28-Eighty Film Shootout Competition, where filmmaking teams have 2,880 minutes (48 hours) to write, shoot and edit their films, will take place from August 8th through the 10th as part of the 2008 Bangor Film Festival.
Click Here to view the films from last year's competition
The competition begins on August 8th at 7:00p.m. when all participating teams will be given a prompt. The results will be screened and judged on the evening of Saturday, August 16th at the Bangor Opera House. The following awards and prizes will be determined by a combination of judges' scores and audience votes:
* Best Overall Film
* Best Interpretation of the Prompt
* Best Actor
* Best Actress
The awards will be determined by a combination of the scores from a panel of guest judges and audience votes. All entries will also be posted on the festival website at the conclusion of the festival. We are actively looking for teams wishing to participate. Interested filmmakers can register or find the competition rules at www.bangorfilmfest.com/2880_shootout.html. You do not have to be in Bangor to participate in the competition.
Last year we had teams competing from all over New England, so get your team together and show off your filmmaking talent! Interested teams must register and pay the $20 team fee before the competition period begins. For more info regarding the festival schedule or questions on the 28-Eighty Film Competition, email info2008@bangorfilmfest.com.
2008.05.06 BFF Launches Festival Blog
Get an insider's perspective of our festival through the official festival blog, Inside the BFF. Each week leading up to the festival, different guests will be asked to contribute to this blog and report on different topics relating to the festival. During the week of the festival, guest writers will post reports from each event that they attend.
Check out Inside the BFF at www.bangorfilm.blogspot.com.
2008.05.05 NESCOM Sponsors 2008 BFF
The 2008 Bangor Film Festival is pleased to announce that the New England School of Communications (NESCOM) has joined as a presenting sponsor for our 2nd annual festival. NESCOM is located on the campus of Husson College in Bangor and offers concentrations in Video Production, Audio Engineering, Broadcast Journalism, WebMedia and more. The school offers a hands-on, technical oriented approach to education, providing students with the opportunity to become proficient in the latest in digital technology and to develop the professional skills required in the exciting, fascinating and ever changing media industry.
To learn more about NESCOM please visit www.nescom.edu.
2008.01.20 BFF Featured on NewEnglandFilm.com
The 2007 Bangor Film Festival was recently featured in a blog on NewEnglandFilm.com by Cameron Bonsey, who participated in the BFF as a panelist and judge.
Click here to view the full article.
2007.12.30 Personae wins First Annual 28-Eighty Film Shootout Competition
The 2007 Bangor Film Festival served as home for the first annual 28-Eighty Film Shootout where filmmaking teams had 48 hours (2,880 minutes) to write, shoot and edit their film submissions. The films were viewed and scored by a combination of audience vote and our panel of guest judges. Bromine Productions of Bangor emerged victorious on the evening winning the award for Best Overall Film for their entry “Personae” (click to watch the film). Other awards given out went to Mr. Cody Productions’ film “Cold” for Best Interpretation of the Prompt, the award for Best Actor went to Ian Bagley for his role in “Personae” and the Best Actress award was a dually awarded to Jana Savage in “Cold” and Alison Chaub for “Going Places”. Special acknowledgement went to team Happy Lanes, who faced possible incarceration for their entry “Dental Damn”.
A packed audience watched the ten film entries with great enthusiasm as this years entries covered everything from comedic mocumentary, to crime caper and even dueling guitar gods. Each film team was challenged to create their film submission based on a musical prompt. Each film was required to use the same piece of music in any way that they wished. The only stipulation was that the the music had to exist in the world of their film and at least one character had to acknowledge that they could hear the music (You can listen to the prompt and view the completed films here). The caliber of entries in the inaugural competition had the judges, audience and festival organizers very excited to see what filmmakers in next years competition will do to raise the bar.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL THE ENTRIES FROM 2007
