A3F:  6th Annual Phoenix-based 48 Hour Challenge Top 20 Screening is a wrap!

A3F: 6th Annual Phoenix-based 48 Hour Challenge Top 20 Screening is a wrap!

The Almost Famous Film Festival wrapped up its 6th installment on February 14th, 2010.  Much like the semi-annual events held at The Loft Cinema here in Tucson, the Phoenix-based film challenge tasks filmmakers with conceiving, writing, producing, and delivering a completed short film within a 48 hour window.  The fest up the road, however, is [...]

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“I’m From Hollywood”: Top 50 Horror Movies Of All Time 2010 Edition

Welcome to the first outing of our new TFM column, “I’m From Hollywood.” IFH is written by Micah Roland, a former Tucson-based filmmaker that has since moved on to… you guessed it…. HOLLYWOOD! You may remember Micah as the face of The Loft Cinema’s semi-annual 48 Hour Film Shootout, an event that he founded at the local theater a few years back. Micah’s work may not focus on films produced by Tucson filmmakers or even in Tucson, but that’s not the point – HE is the local connection! So, without further ado…

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FFS: Don't Panic! Lavoie wins a close one at The Loft!

FFS: Don’t Panic! Lavoie wins a close one at The Loft!

The audience at The Loft Cinema’s ‘First Friday Shorts’ is a fickle beast. As a filmmaker, you never really know what to expect out of them – you can try all you want to nail down their collective tastes, but it’s nearly impossible to do. That is, unless you’re Tim Lavoie, it seems. [...]

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Phoenix Comic Con Film Festival - Submissions Now Open

Phoenix Comic Con Film Festival – Submissions Now Open

From PHOENIXCOMICON.com:
Are you a filmmaker? Are you a geek? Are you a film geek? Well the signature pop-culture event of the southwest is now bringing you the signature film festival of the southwest.
The Phoenix Comicon Film Festival this year is expanding with special guest judges, awesome awards and great entertainment for all ages. This is [...]

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First Friday Shorts:  Lavoie Reigns Supreme Once Again

First Friday Shorts: Lavoie Reigns Supreme Once Again

Teenage filmmaker Tim Lavoie has added another pair of $100 bills to his collection of Loft contest spoils. The creative giant (he is quite tall, as noted by contest host Max Cannon during the show) has started to really get the hang of his motion graphics tool kit. LaVoie’s short, Me and My Brother Hanging Out, won the audience over with oddball humor and well done budget FX. LaVoie’s films don’t always go over so well – it’s sort of hit and miss, his style like a cross between David Lynch and Tim & Eric.

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NEW:  Login to TFM with your EXISTING profile(s)!!

NEW: Login to TFM with your EXISTING profile(s)!!

Don’t think you have an OpenID account… or don’t know what one is? Well, odds are that you probably have one whether you know what it is or not!

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