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Home movie preservation recap

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:34:17 +0000

We recently teamed up with the UM Media & Documentary Projects, the YAC, Rock Star Taxi and First National Bank to host a seminar on home movie preservation. As a primer for the event, we showed this 2-minute highlight reel of some of the images that have been transferred by UM MDP over the past few years.

If you’ve got old home movies, seek them out and get them preserved and digitized. You’ll be glad you did!

Fun at the Filmmaking Workshop!

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:51:12 +0000

This past Saturday, the Oxford Film Festival’s Kid’s Filmmaking Workshop went off with flying colors. The event was hosted by the Boys & Girls Club of Oxford, with many of their members taking part in the production, as well as non-members from the community. The children worked with local filmmakers Nitin and Deepak Mantena, of Celery Studios, in the creation of a short film which will have it’s debut later this summer. Everyone had a great time, and we look forward to doing this again soon!

The workshop was sponsored by OFF, Media & Documentary Projects, YAC, Papa John’s Pizza, The Downtown Oxford Inn, and Rock Star Taxi & Limo.

Mississippi Queen

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 21:27:25 +0000

The Oxford Film Festival staff congratulates filmmaker Paige Williams for her documentary Mississippi Queen’s recent deal for digital distribution through Cinetic Rights Management FilmBuff.

Williams recently took part in the “speed-pitch” panel at Oxford Film Festival in February where she had the chance to meet with Cinetic Rights Management representative Steve Beckman.

“The Oxford Film Fest is charming, charismatic and connected. A perfect combo for bringing a small film into major light,” Paige Williams said.

After screening the film in Oxford, Cinematical’s Todd Gilchrist called it :
“…a surprisingly intimate and thoughtful portrait of one woman’s efforts to investigate and understand that intolerance, and her attempt to reconcile her lifestyle with loved ones who still haven’t come to terms with the fact that it isn’t merely a “choice.”

“The festival is proud to be able to continue a tradition of providing opportunities for filmmakers to connect with industry professionals such as Cinetic Rights Management,” OFF Executive Director Molly Fergusson said.

About FilmBuff
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Take 5 with…Tom Huckabee

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 21:22:14 +0000

Take 5 with “Carried Away” director Tom Huckabee

The winner for best feature film at the 7th annual Oxford Film Festival was “Carried Away”, written and directed by Tom Huckabee. Below is our own Melanie Addington’s chat with the filmmaker just prior to the fest.

OFF: In 10 words, describe your movie and why someone should see it.

TH: It’s good-looking, smart and funny, like the people reading this.

OFF: Biggest lesson learned in getting the film made?

TH: Two things:

1) Staging scenes in moving cars is logistically difficult and artistically unrewarding.

2) Always get coverage, even if you plan on using the master.

OFF: Best part in getting the film made?

TH: Getting to hang with some of the best people I’ve ever known. Making new friends and deepening old friendships.

OFF: Tell us about you. What is your movie making background?

TH: I started making movies when I was thirteen and won a few film festival awards while still a teenager. After graduating from high school I moved to Hollywood and worked as a production assistant for a year before enrolling in film school at U.T. Austin, where I co-wrote and co-directed my first feature “Taking Tiger Mountain,” starring Bill Paxton. Back in Hollywood after college, I was a staff producer with Landmark Theaters for a few years, followed by a decade of sundry freelance work as a producer, story analyst, script doctor, historical researcher and quality control supervisor. In 1997 I was the associate producer and music supervisor on “Traveller,” starring Bill Paxton, Julianna Margulies and Mark Wahlberg. From 1998 – 2005 I was vice president of Paxton’s American Entertainment, where I created and oversaw development of projects with Disney, Universal, Imagine, Image Movers, HBO and Revolution Studios. In 2001, I executive-produced “Frailty,” starring Paxton, Matthew McConaughey and Powers Boothe. In 2007, I served as the artistic director of the first annual Lone Star International Film Festival in Fort Worth, Texas.

OFF: What’s your dream distribution plan for the film?

TH: For everyone in the entire world to see it! Meanwhile, I will be touring the fest circuit and attempting to book it at retirement centers, nursing homes, community centers, churches, universities, in other words, I plan to identify and target groups who have a vested interest in the themes of the film, such as caring for the elderly.

OFF: What’s the future hold in store for your film and for you?

TH: God knows and he’s not telling.

OFF alum gets distribution

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:44:50 +0000

The Oxford Film Festival staff congratulates filmmaker Paige Williams for her documentary Mississippi Queen’s recent deal for digital distribution through Cinetic Rights Management FilmBuff.

Williams recently took part in the “speed-pitch” panel at Oxford Film Festival in February where she had the chance to meet with Cinetic Rights Management representative Steve Beckman.

“The Oxford Film Fest is charming, charismatic and connected. A perfect combo for bringing a small film into major light,” Paige Williams said.