Humboldt Film Festival

The day kicks off with a free workshop by Brian O'Halloran, better known as the goateed protagonist "Dante" in Kevin Smith's no-budget classic CLERKS. O'Halloran has also appeared in Smith's follow-ups Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and Vulgar. His workshop topic will be "How to deal with... inevitable production problems as they arise." At 1 PM he will screen his latest film Brutal Massacre: A Comedy, described by Fangoria as "A Spinal Tap for horror filmmakers." At 7 PM the fest will be screening the short films in the international Narrative competition, with O'Halloran as guest judge. This screening is free for students and just $5 for everyone else. Proceeds benefit next year's nonprofit, student-run festival.Read More

The day begins with a free workshop by Chicago filmmaker Tom McPhee, an innovator in film, multimedia, and technology for 15 years. The workshop topic will be "How to distribute your movie once it's shot." At 2 PM is a free screening of his multiple-award-winning documentary "An American Opera: The Greatest Pet Rescue ...Ever," the story of the pet owners of New Orleans who were forced to evacuate after Hurricane Katrina without their beloved pets, and the volunteers who came from all over the world to help them. At 7 PM the fest will be screening the short films in the international Documentary competition, with McPhee as guest judge. This screening is free for students and just $5 for everyone else. Proceeds benefit next year's nonprofit, student-run festival.Read More

The day begins with a free workshop by Damon Packard, an underground L.A. filmmaker described by PopMatters as "the most visionary filmmaker of his generation." At 1 PM is a free screening of some of his short films, which have been described by FilmComment as "hilariously freaked-out and relentlessly confrontational."... At 7 PM the fest will be screening the short films in the international Experimental & Animation competition, with Packard as guest judge.

"[Space Disco One] is a darkly comic vision, a late seventies utopia of rollerblades, spaceships and disco balls that gives way to a wilfully subversive worldview of a bleak Orwellian future where pop culture and dietary habits are in terminal decline." - LondonArtRead More

One of several TV spots for the 42nd film fest, this one is titled "Don't Panic." Features clips from several films we'll be showing. Edited by Aimee Hennessy, logo animated by Evan Wrye, voice-over by Marie Mourougaya.

"Don't Panic" is a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The theme this year was derived... from the fact that the number 42 is the answer to "The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" in Douglas Adams' sci-fi classic.Read More