BoomFest 2011 Festival Program Guide

1 official festival program

4TH ANNUAL BOOMTOWN FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL February 25-26, 2011 WWW.BOOMTOWNFESTIVAL.COM

WELCOME! Welcome to the fourth annual Boomtown Film and Music Festival! We’re in a different month and some new venues this year, but still offering a great lineup of movies and music that’ll knock your socks off. You can use the information in this program to see everything that’s happening over our two-day event, such as the Friday night reception at the Dishman Art Gallery or the panel discussions on filmmaking at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas on Saturday.

I would also like to take this opportunity to express my personal thanks to the volunteers who devoted their time to helping organize this festival because they felt Southeast Texas needing an event like the Boomtown Film and Music Festival. People like Bryan Lee, Christina Jones, Travis Leatherwood, Kyle Bauer, Patrick Owens, and others. Without their generosity and enthusiasm this fest would not have happened. If you’d like to be a part the team that will plan next year’s festival, or if you just have some suggestions for it, send us a message at boomtownfest@gmail.com Have a great time at BoomFest 2011!

Christopher Dombrosky Film Programmer

Festival Organizers and Volunteers Bryan Lee - Webmaster, Program layout Christina Jones - Volunteers Coordination Christopher Dombrosky - Film Programming Kyle Bauer - Music Coordination Patrick Owen - General Volunteer Travis Leatherwood - Music Coordination Lee Benoit of 337studios.com - Poster Design/Front Cover

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Special thanks to our Sponsors:

Aereon Productions Kickstarter Donors: Travis Leatherwood Scott Osborn Beth Miller Bryan Lee Brad Bishop

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Many thanks to: The Lamar Filmmakers Association O’Brien Stanley Donna Meeks Jessica Dandona Danny Molina The Art Museum of Southeast Texas Shannon Harris Eliot Hall Kyle Bauer Jon-Michael Wallace Bart Weiss and All of the filmmakers, musicians, panelists and attendees that make this even possible.

Don’t forget to buy your BoomFest t-shirt.

Just $15 for this year’s design and $10 for all previous years. Cheap!

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VENUES [1] LAMAR UNIVERSITY DISHMAN ART MUSEUM 4400 South MLK Jr Parkway (Reception/Films) LAMAR ART BUILDING (Music Stage)

[2] ART MUSEUM OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS (AMSET) 500 Main Street (Films/Panels)

[3] TEQUILA ROK

[4] TEN LOUNGE 260 Crockett Street 290 Crockett Street (Music)

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BANDS

TO BE ANNOUNCED Friday, 02/25 7:00PM | Dishman Art Museum

HELLO CHIEF Saturday, 02/25 8:00PM at Dishman Art Museum | Members: Jake, Jon, Virgil | Genre: Indie / Rock | Hometown: Beaumont, Texas

PURPLE Friday, 02/25 9:00PM at Dishman Art Museum | Members: Taylor Busby - lead

guitar/vocals, Hanna Brewer - Drums/vocals, Tyler Smith - bass guitar Genre: Jazz / Rock Hometown: Beaumont & Vidor, Texas

PLUS MORE Friday, 02/25 10:00PM at Dishman Art Museum | Members: Greg Bus-

ceme Jr, Ben Jennings, Kurt Scoggins | Genre: Blues / Rock / Southern Rock | Hometown: Beaumont, Texas

EMINENT HERO Saturday, 02/26 8:00PM at Tequila Rok | Members: Scott - guitar/vocals, Ryan - drums, Connor - guitar/vocals | Genre: Rock | Hometown: Houston, Texas

NOYOLA Saturday, 02/26 9:00PM at Tequila Rok | Members: Paul Noyola - Vocals, Gray Reed - Guitar, Roger Newman - Drums, Charles Evans - Bass, Josh Zerangue - Guitar Genre: Alternative / Rock | Hometown: Lake Charles, Louisiana

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BANDS

SOURMASH Saturday, 02/26 10:00PM at Tequila Rok | Members: George Leonard -

Drums, Trevor Batson - Guitar/Vocals, Ryan Gist - Guitar/Vocals, Joey Lynn - Bass | Genre: Blues / Funk / Rock | Hometown: Beaumont, Texas

ALLIGATOR ASSASSINS Saturday, 02/26 11:00PM at Tequila Rok | Members: Navin “The Jerk” - Guitar, Froggy Wallstreet - Bass/Vocals, Johnny Dgotti - Vocals/Drums Genre: Blues / Rock / Southern Rock | Hometown: Richmond, Texas

DYLAN JAMES Saturday, 02/26 8:00PM at Ten Lounge | Members: Dylan James - Vocals/Guitar | Genre: Pop / Soul / Surf | Hometown: Nederland, Texas

ASHLYNN IVY Saturday, 02/26 9:00PM at Ten Lounge | Members: Ashlynn Ivy - Vocals, Dave Macha - Guitar | Genre: Blues / Folk / Roots Music | Hometown: Port Arthur, Texas

THE SHAMMIES Saturday, 02/26 10:00PM at Ten Lounge | Genre: Punk / Reggae / Rock | Hometown: Beaumont, Texas

TAX THE WOLF Saturday, 02/26 11:00PM at Ten Lounge | Members: Alan Garza,

Adrian Graniel, Johnathan Presas, Mario Alberto Rodriquez | Genre: Ambient / Fusion / Post Punk | Hometown: Houston, Texas

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FILMS - FEATURES Synopsis: In September 2010 the Pope came to London, he was met by Catholic well wishers and protestors alike - who would want to protest the pope and why?

It Was Further Enacted Directed By: Elizabeth Obisanya / UK / 2010 / 45 mins, Friday, 02/25 5PM - Dishman Art Museum

Synopsis: When Ryan hears of a newly manufactured drug being sold in a dark corner of Texas, he wrangles four of his closest friends together to make a pick up. When the friends arrive to make the deal, it becomes very clear that they have entered a twisted and disturbed world they never could have anticipated.

A Savior Red Directed By: Brian Scott / Texas / 2010 / 87 mins. Friday, 02/25 at 9PM - Dishman Art Museum

Synopsis: After suffering the death of her mother, Cillian Cormac goes to live with her grandfather, Frank. She quickly finds herself lost in a lonely and mundane world, until Avery, gives her the gift of traveling through mirrors.

Tempted by adventure and curiosity, Cillian begins to travel to new and very different worlds, setting off a chain of events that will forever change her life.

Mirror, Mirror

Directed By: Raven Thibodeaux / Texas / 2010 / 80 mins. Friday, 02/25 at 10:30PM - Dishman Art Museum

Synopsis: The journey of a loving Israeli couple into the depths of the flamenco scene in Granada, Spain, becomes the personal journey of one man to the roots of his own sadness.

Por El Flamenco

Directed By: Shem Shemy / Israel / 2009 / 52 mins. Saturday, 02/26 at 9:00AM - AMSET

Synopsis: Pleadings traces the conflict between one’s past and present, one’s professional life and personal life, and one’s friends and lovers. The story follows a series of closely connected characters over 36 hours. It is a cross-examination and a hearing on Wyatt and his relationships with women and friends.

Pleadings

Directed By: Alistair Isaac / Texas / 2010 / 90 mins. Saturday, 02/26 at 1:30PM - AMSET

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FILMS - SHORTS “OUT OF THE BOX” SHORTS Friday, 02/25 6:00-7:00PM Dishman Art Museum

INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE Friday, 02/25 7:00-8:00PM Dishman Art Museum

Where is Your Head

By Nenko Genov/Bulgaria/2010/6 mins.

A tale about our mechanical way of life where you act without having any time to use your head.

Supermorphose

By Johnny Amore & Thomas Kohler Germany/2007/4 mins.

There are many ways to become something uncommon. This is the story of Johnny Amore and how his life changes.

La Seule Sortie

By Paula Renee Matney/Michigan/2010/ 3 mins.

From monotony comes creativity

An Unlikely Love

By James McMahen/Texas/2010/8 mins.

This short film is about a man and a woman from two different countries finding love via the Internet.

LE Greenboy and the Dirty Girl

By Jerome Genevray/France/2011/3 mins.

Stand aside Kick-ass, Batman, Spider-Man and Captain America. Greenboy, Will abolish your dirty dream, rubbish, and smoke, and steam.

The Frosted Side

By Kevin Foux/Texas/2010/7 mins.

While suffering from writers block, a young novelist slips into a nightmare and confronts his own inner turmoil.

La Settimana Prossima (Next Week)

By Andrea Monzani/Italy/2009/11 mins.

“Next Week” puts you right into the situation of a man, Andrea, who stares into the drawn lines of his pencil to relive a reality he lost on a ordinary family day.

The Scriptorum Trilogy #1

By Lemeh42/Italy/2010/3 mins.

Incitement

By Erik Kammerland/Sweden/2010/14 mins The story is based on the true story of the “Stureby Murder”. When a 16-year-old boy was convicted for murder, while his accomplice, a 16-year-old girl, was convicted for instigation of murder.

MHS Lib Dub: Firework

By Chism Cornelison and WatchDogNews Staff / Texas/2010/6 mins.

A new student is welcomed to MHS. Elemental

By Emily D. Edwards/North Carolina/2010 6 mins In this experimental film, the classical Greek elements, Air, Fire, Water and Earth, become dancers, blown into being by the fifth element Idea or Aether.

Conditions Apply

By Lijin Jose/India/2010/12 mins.

The film retrospects two days in a young woman’s life during hard economic times and is possibly one of the world’s shortest love stories.

Consequences

By Luis Ismael/Portugal/2009/10 mins.

Mário and Alice are driving to the airport for one more vacation. Mario has to make one last drop at a client’s before heading out. Alice questions him. She wants to know who is this man by her side?

Luminescence

By Catalina Santamaría/USA and Columbia 2010/24 mins.

Luminescence is a 24 minute intensely focused study of light – as mirror, as metaphor, as shadow and as self-reflection.

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FILMS - SHORTS HIGH SCHOOL BLOCK

SHORTS BLOCK A

Friday, 02/25 8:00-9:00PM Dishman Art Museum

Saturday, 02/26 10:00-11:00AM Art Museum of Southeast Texas I Hate Josh

By Tyler Cochran & Brock Griffith Texas/2010/17 mins.

Consumed by his own ego, an over-thetop thespian on the community theater scene, Tyler, becomes obsessed with a rivalry between himself and a seemingly harmless rising star, Josh. Will he prevail at the next audition or finally admit that he is actually jealous? This satirical look at the theatrical world looks at the characters and scenarios that local actors know all too well.

Truth Be Told

By Marco Bottiglieri/Texas/2010/32 mins.

Shannon Carter is your average senior high school girl. She has her 2 best friends, a great family and a promising future ahead of her. But when a decision she makes ends up killing one of her class mates; Shannon now must live with the guilt that the accident was partially her fault. Even if nobody knows it.

The Break

By Manny Rey/Texas/2010/20 mins.

What if all your dreams came true, only to have them fall apart? Would you try again?

An actor gets his big break, suffers a massive stroke and tries to make a comeback.

Broken

By Nick Patton & Scott Richardson Texas/2010/23 mins.

A friendship broken by choices made.

Thank you to the Museum of the Gulf Coast for being one of our sponsors this year.

The Tell-Tale Heart

By Jeff Yanik/Ohio/2010/22 mins.

A re-imagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale of terror set in the 1940s. Jonathan Parker is trying to conceal a terrible secret during a game of poker with a group of prominent members of a small Midwestern town.

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FILMS - SHORTS SHORTS BLOCK B

Saturday, 02/26 12:30-1:30PM Art Museum of Southeast Texas

SHORTS BLOCK C

Saturday, 02/26 3-4PM Art Museum of Southeast Texas

Down in Number 5

Abandon

Cry

By Cullen Stevens/Texas/2010/7 mins.

After a biological weapon has wiped out the population of a city, one soldier is left behind. Now he faces a greater threat than biological weapons, his mind. What does being alone do to a man?

Fantoons

By Alberto Hadyar/UK & Venezuela/2010 4 mins.

The year is 1984, L.A. Michael Jackson is filming a soft-drink commercial, and a crazy fan will do anything to get his idol’s signature

The Singer

By Josh Hope/Illinois/2011/10 mins.

A man sings to escape the dreary reality of his life.

The Root and the Offspring

By Zachary Honea/Texas/2010/13 mins.

Though he hasn’t seen a customer all season, destitute farmer Eli still shows up each day at the street-side market, hoping for a miracle. But when a pair of customers finally stop by, it may not be so miraculous after all.

Toothless

By Stephen Dorrington United Kingdom/2010/11 mins.

A mockumentary following the Toothfairy’s transformation as she resorts to inventive but unethical methods of tooth collection in her heinous quest for a better life.

From Pearl, For Paul

By Bryan Gay/Texas/2010/25 mins.

Pearl is a desperate man with a secret that he will only reveal to Paul. Paul is a father just getting ready for another days work when he gets a phone call from his wife. As Paul speaks to his wife Pearl quickly approaches the doorstep with a loaded gun. “From Pearl, For Paul” is Bryan Gay’s most recent short film. Prepare yourself for a dark tale of woe and misery.

Listen carefully and don’t be fooled by everything you hear.

The Cat Hunter

By Nils Myers/California/2009/7 mins.

Skittles was the ideal pet, but then things began to slip. When the family could not control the situation, the neighborhood association brought in a specialist. Bad news for Skittles.

Loaded

By Clinton Rawls/Texas/2010/9 mins.

In a seedy Texas diner a fateful encounter occurs between a seemingly wealthy man and an out-of-work party clown.

Abandon

By Andy Westra/Michigan/2010/17 mins.

A mysterious woman travels a desolate highway, on the run from her violent past. When a benevolent stranger offers her a ride, the woman finds a companion to join her in her lonely journey. But each mile that brings them closer together, also brings them closer to the dark secret waiting at their next exit.

Down in Number 5

By Kim Spurlock/New York/2010/15 mins.

Down in Number 5 is the story Carl Short, a terminally ill coal miner, who seeks refuge for his developmentally disabled son Sammy.

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FILM SPECIALS

PANELS All panels take place in the cafe area of the Art Museum of Southeast Texas on Saturday, 02/26.

DVF - BEST OF THE FEST

Saturday, 2/26 11AM at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas. 80 mins.

A selection of the best films from the Dallas Video Festival ranging from dramas, comedies, documentaries and experimental work. The founder of the Dallas Video Festival, Bart Weiss, will be on hand to present these films.

SHOE STRING CINEMA 11AM - 12 PM

Can you make your own feature-length film with almost no budget? Learn from those who have done it. Panelists include film makers Brian Scott Hunt from “A Savior Red,” Alistair Isaac from “Pleadings,” and Raven Thibodeaux from “Mirror, Mirror.”

A SAVIOR RED: FROM CONCEPT TO CREATION VIDEO RACE ENTRIES & BOOMFEST AWARD CEREMONY Saturday, 2/26 4PM at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas.

Earlier this month we had a 48 hour video race in conjunction with the Lamar Film Program. We had six teams and their goal was to complete a film in 48 hours with each team having a different topic and a prop. We will screen those entries here.

Afterwards, we will present the winners of the Boomtown Festival film contest. The winners will be announced in the categories of experimental, documentary, short, feature, high school and the best in show.

1-2 PM

A script-to-screen case study on the making of the low budget indie horror film, A Savior Red. The panelists are JP Gregoriew, Beth Hunt, Brian Scott Hunt, and Corey Cleary Stoner.

MOBILE MOVIE MAKING 3-4 PM

Bart Weiss, the founder of the Dallas Video Fest will discuss new filmmaking tech, from DSLR cameras to mobile phones.

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TBA

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SCAN FOR THE INTERACTIVE SCHEDULE