Bad Lit:Journal of Underground Film (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Monday, Nov. 2 was unofficially “short film day” at the 2009 AFI Film Festival with two programs of short films back-to-back in the afternoon. I previously reviewed the first program, which was a screening of selections from Mike Plante’s Lunchfilm project . However, the films below weren’t connected by any thread and were a combination of straight-up narratives, experimental documentaries,...
Watch Us Explode! (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
One inspiration for starting my $300 filmmaker challenge was Mike Plante’s barely year old idea which he called LunchFilms – in short, Plante, best known as CineVegas’s director of programming, buys lunch for a filmmaker, and, in return, challenges them to make a film for the exact total cost of the meal. Intriguing idea, right? Quite [...]
Bad Lit:Journal of Underground Film (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
At the 2009 AFI Fest, Mike Plante screened 13 amazing short films from his Lunchfilm project, including films by Naomi Uman and Brent Green.
Bad Lit:Journal of Underground Film (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... Most recently, they put out the amazing Cinemad: Almanac 2009 short film compilation curated by Mike Plante. Other titles they’ve put out are: The Best of SLANT: Volume One; Lost Broadcasts: Video Works by Eileen Maxson ; and A Film Is a Burning Place: Works by Enid Baxter Blader . DVDs can be purchased directly from their website. As you can tell, they’re a fantastic organization...
Bad Lit:Journal of Underground Film (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
The 2009 AFI Film Festival is screening a bunch of great underground films, including Mike Plante's Lunchfilms, films by Don Hertzfeldt, Jim Finn and more.
