BIRTHMARK will be screening in the shorts program as part of VisionFest 08 at the DGA Theater on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 at 7:00pm.
What is VisionFest?
VisionFest is the annual event from Filmmakers Alliance, the Los Angeles-based filmmaking collective.
What is Filmmakers Alliance?
Filmmakers Alliance is a community of film artists dedicated ro realizing the full creative potential of cinema and to the advancement of true independent film through community action. Please join them in honoring their filmmaking heroes and celebrating the work of a new generation of emerging filmmakers.
Kevin Smith will be receiving the Vision Award.
The event includes the presentation of the Vision Award to filmmaker Kevin Smith and the Nilsson Award to the award’s namesake, filmmaker Rob Nillson. Those awards will be preceded by a special Community Vision Award to LA Film Forum and the endowment of the Los Angeles Short Filmmaking Grant. Then comes the screening of the best short films producer through Filmmakers Alliance in the past year and finishes with a celebration catered by some of Los Angeles’s best restaurants.
Way back in 2005, I had the good fortune of having the first public screening of SECOND THOUGHTS at the DGA Theater as part of VisionFest 05. It was amazing to screen the film before an overflow crowds in each of the theaters and one of the filmmakers whose work led me to want to become a filmmaker, David O. Russell (the recipient of that year’s Vision Award) was in the audience.
Me and my brother at VisionFest 05
Tickets are available for only $20 for the whole evening (and $15 for those who use “friend” as discount code) by going here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/39693
For more information on the event, go here: http://www.filmmakersalliance.org/VisionFest.html
