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Venues,
Clubs, & Colleges:
We are always looking for new places interested in hosting the Gadabout
Traveling Film Festival. For colleges we are putting together a
program that makes the event more academic. We are willing to come
to classes, or have a time set aside before or after the event for
questions and an open dialogue about indie film. We will also be
bringing along more films that might not have made it into the fest,
and discussing some of the films shown.
HELLO TO ALL. We've finished our Best Of dvd, called "5 Years of Driving Around...And Breaking Down." It's available now, and can be ordered on-line, below.
ANNOUNCING:
THE GADABOUT WORLD TOUR 2009.
So we are heading out on a tour that will take us to 4 continents, and a dozen countries or so. To make this work we are putting out a challenge to filmmakers, and a call for submissions of films that use no words to tell their story. This includes dialogue, writing, etc. There can be some words in the music, but not if it's a part of the story. This does not mean ALL experimental films. We'd like to see filmmakers making narratives, documentaries, dramas, comedies, etc. We still want this to be fun, diverse, and exciting as our usual programs, just without talking.
So, grab your cameras, start writing, shooting, editing! Or if you already have a film/video like this, we have a program for it.
We are accepting submissions of zines for our distro. Each year it gets pretty picked apart, and we'd love to stock it back up with some new items.
FILMMAKERS: SEND US YOUR FILMS!
We are still keeping the livejournal,
so read along as you see the photos.
DVD OUT NOW!
"5 Years of Driving Around...and Breaking Down" dvd is a best of selection from the Gadabout's first 5 years.
Order here:
Coming Soon:
-Reviews and press stuff.
-Online screening room.
-Links to other cool places.
-D.I.Y. filmmaking guide.
The Gadabout is a nationally touring film festival that screens a program of 20+ international short films. Independent in every sense, these films share the same willingness to challenge the conventions set for filmmaking. The Gadabout is a distribution avenue for truly indie filmmakers that distrust Hollywood and the commercial film festival circuit. We are NOT a competition, rather a celebration of what is possible in independent film and video.
Above all, the Gadabout is super cool. We tour in a van, and show
amazing films to our new friends we get to meet while traveling.
We have completed 5 national tours and have screened the works of filmmakers
from all over the country,
and the world (India, Singapore, Australia, Argentina, Isreal, the
U.K., and more). Independent in every sense, these films share the same willingness
to challenge the conventions set for commercial filmmaking.
This is filmmaking as art, entertainment, and fun.
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