11 posts tagged “festival”
Fantastic Fest 2008, Day 1 has completed. I've already watched too many films featuring penis carnage or little kids getting slaughtered. And it's been AWESOME!
Films I watched during Day 1.
- Short Fuse: FF's Heart-Stopping Shorts Program (My favorites: Treevenge, Butchers Hill, and The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon)
- Muay Thai Chaiya
- Astropia
- Fanboys
Seven more days to go.
-Freddie
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Information about Fantastic Fest 2009 Badges
Hey folks, we've had on the website now for quite a while that 2009 Badges go on sale online on Saturday, September 20. Here's the scoop. At 10:00 AM on Saturday, we will be releasing for sale the 2009 VIP badges and a portion of the 2009 Regular Film badges. Last year the VIP Badges sold out in 24 hours. As the fest has grown significantly this year, we assume that this year it will be the same if not quicker.
Badges will be available via a link from the tickets page of the Fantastic Fest website, www.fantasticfest.com. The link for badges is there now, but tickets are suspended, if you want to check it out in advance.
Ticket prices for 2009 are as follows:
VIP: $270 (You're a pretty big deal)
Film Badge $150
We have increased the price this year - mainly because our expenses went up dramatically this year, which is a good thing for you guys. We have over 300% more guests in 2008 than last year and we're going to keep up the work to make next year even better than 2008.
Dates for the Festival in 2009 are September 24-October 1, 2009.
What is Fantastic Fest?
The Fantastic Fest is an eight day festival of the best new Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy and genre films, as well as choice classic and obscure cult titles from all over the world.
Fantastic Fest was created to offer exposure to genre films which are often overlooked by the traditional festival circuit. We strive to offer acquisition, media and exhibition opportunities for undistributed films as well as to spotlight upcoming genre theatrical releases and give audiences a chance to see 35mm prints of repertory genre classics.
Who is behind Fantastic Fest?
The Fantastic Fest is presented by the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, and sponsored by Ain't It Cool News. Co-chairs are Paul Alvarado-Dykstra and Tim McCanlies, and the festival director is Tim League, with a programming team that includes AICN's Harry Knowles, SXSW Film's Matt Dentler, Twitchfilm.com's Todd Brown, Cinema is Dope's Blake Ethridge, and the Alamo Drafthouse's Lars Nilsen, Henri Mazza and Zack Carlson. Matt Kiernan is the Fantastic Fest Sponsor Coordinator.
Fatastic Fest Sponsers
The number of sponsers for Fantastic Fest 2008 has nearly tripled from the previous year.
Yes, it's already started. Lazy me.
Thanks to the AT&T blue room, you can enjoy Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2008 live and for free!
Bonnaroo is here! Watch the LIVE webcast this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. There is also an audio only stream.
Thanks to the AT&T blue room, you can enjoy Coachella 2008 live and for free!
Coachella is here! Watch the LIVE webcast this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. There is also an audio only stream.
The Austin City Limits Music Festival 2008 official lineup is here. So much far a Stone Temple Pilots coup d'etat. The boys are back together again. That being said, this year's ACL will once again rock Zilker Park. There's so many different sounds of music under one sky, your not gonna know what to do with yourself. Taking a quick look at the lineup, I've drawn up an initial list of "must see" acts for me.
Additions and changes are bound to happen.
- Foo Fighters (me and friend of mine tried a couple time to see them earlier this year... the time is now)
- Beck (saw him live a couple years ago, really dug the show and his music)
- David Byrne (the living legend, never had the chance to hear him play during South by Southwest)
- The Raconteurs (I see them next month and I gonna see them again!)
- The Mars Volta (they just played in Austin and I missed my chance, here we go again)
- Gnarls Barkley (how can you not like this duo)
- Tegan & Sara (my favorite Canadian twins, saw them last year, they had to cancel their ACL'05 appearance)
- Band Of Horses (again, another band I missed out on earlier this year)
- The Swell Season (hell yes!, it's Glen Hansard (The Frames) and Markéta Irglová from the indie film Once, I got the see them live this past November, just love them)
- Gogol Bordello (another band I missed which recently played in Austin, I could've, I will now)
- Okkervil River (local Austin group, be the first time catching them live, let alone really getting a chance to listen to them)
- Hot Chip (digg their sound, another first time for me)
- Vampire Weekend (I've been so damn lazy about buying their album, I make it right)
- CSS (so much damn fun they should be outlawed, saw them when they opened for Ladytron, that whole night was insanely great)
- Jamie Lidell (saw him when he opened for Beck, unlike some other people, his music works for me)
- The Octopus Project (about damn time I get to see them this year, truly one of my favorite local Austin bands)
- White Denim (local Austin band which is taking indie rock and slapping it up side its head)
- Mates Of State (Kori and James are back in Austin again, last saw them during Fun Fun Fun Fest '07)
Here we are in April. I can hardly wait for the Austin City Limits Music Festival. This year's ACL Fest will take place September 26-28, 2008. My three day pass was purchased months ago. Awesome! But who the hell is playing? One of my favorite music blogs (Gorilla vs Bear) is already on the case. Have a look, or better yet, have a listen.
Yes, I still need to write about SXSW 2008. Yes, I'm still tired. That being said;
2009 Panel Ideas: Submission Process Begins on June 2
Did the 2008 SXSW Interactive Festival inspire you to submit a panel idea for next year’s event? Excellent – most of the best programming at SXSW comes directly from the online community. So here is how this process wiil work for 2009. We will begin accepting ideas for next spring from Tuesday, June 2 through Friday, July 11. Complete details on what kind of information we will need for the 2009 Panel Picker will be posted on the SXSW website in mid-May. Please check back then – or subscribe to the monthly listserve. Please feel free to e-mail us if you are confused about how this process works. Also, if you are wondering about dates for SXSW Interactive for 2009, they are Friday, March 13 through Tuesday, March 17.
Posted 03/20/08
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One of America's musical living legends has been confirmed for South By Southwest 2008. Singer, song writer, dare I say poet, Lou Reed will be the keynote speaker at next year's SXSW Music Conference.
But wouldn't you know, as fate would have it, I've already purchased my Gold Badge which is only for the Interactive Conference and Film Festival. I guess I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and now get a music badge.
Damn and it!
UPDATE: Now that it's all over, check back with the AT&T blue room in about a week for archived videos.
24 hours and counting. I'll be attending my third ACL Fest, this year. For those of who can't make it, check out the free live webcast provided by AT&T blue room.
Here's a rundown of upcoming concerts for me. Dates for the second annual Fun Fun Fun Fest have been set for November 3rd & 4th, but tickets have not gone on sale. There's an additional five other concerts I haven't made up my mind on, yet.
- Tokyo Police Club/Ra Ra Riot/White Denim at Emo's
- Eisley at the Parish
- Incubus/The Bravery/Simon Dawes at the Backyard
- Austin City Limits Festival at Zilker Park
Tegan and Sara at Stubb's
Thanks to the AT&T blue room, you can enjoy Bonnaroo live and for free!
Bonnaroo is here! Watch the LIVE webcast this Friday, Saturday and Sunday exclusively in the blue room!
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