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Philadelphia Independent Film Festival presents: Independent Eye @ the Franklin Institute October 19 – Nov 13, 2011 Screening Schedule 2011

Philadelphia Independent Film Festival presents:

Independent Eye @ the Franklin Institute

October 19 – Nov 13, 2011

Screening Schedule 2011

More info: Screening listings – http://on.fb.me/roKh6v

(Screenings subject to change)

October:

Wednesday – 19th 7:30pm – 8:55pm

Stage Left: History of Theatre in SF. (Documentary) (Dir. Austin Forbord in attendance)

Stage Left is a documentary film in celebration of a unique theater community. The film begins with the founding of The San Francisco Actor’s Workshop in 1952 and extends through 2010. Inspired by a Western history of risk taking and exploration, a climate of political and social activism, a particular multicultural mix, and a geography that is seismically unstable, San Francisco Theater artists have focused on pushing the boundaries of the form.

Friday – 21st 7:35pm – 9:00pm

Mind Flesh (81min) Horror, Sci-Fi

MindFlesh is a horror/thriller about obsession. Chris Jackson is a taxi driver with a childhood trauma. The trauma has made him a portal for obsessions to pass from the mind to the physical world and hence disrupt the world’s multiple planes of reality. Extraterrestrials that police the universe threaten to kill Chris’ friends unless he conquers his past.

WITH Short: Foet 12 min Dir. Ian Fisher

Getting by in the rich world of Manhatten takes on shocking proportions.

Saturday – 22nd 7:30 – 9:00 — PIFF Short film selections:

Glory at Sea (25min)(Creepy, Political, Drama) Directed by Benh Zeitlin Produced by Court 13

A group of mourners and a man spat from the depths of Hades build a boat from the debris of New Orleans to rescue their lost loved ones trapped beneath the sea

The Escape (25min) (Documentary What-if) Produced by the American Film Institute.

17th Century England is a time of darkness and sickness. An executioner is faced with the task of taking his sons own life. What will he do?

Serum (22 min) (Science Fiction) by Chidi Ohar

Serum is a live action film noir about a detective in the year is 2067. A world filled with fraud and corruption, a shadowy government organization called “The Black Flag” secretly controls all facets of society. Their dominance is almost complete; except for one thorn…

Friday – 28th 7:35 – 9:25

Cure For the Crash – The Art of Train Hoppin. (94min) Dir. Brian Paul Higgens

One girls pursuit of a lost boyfriend brings us deep in the American train hopping community. When the winds of travel got between them, she hopped freight trains to find him.

Sat urday– 29th 7:30 – 9:30

Heaven and Earth and Joe Davis. By Peter Sasowsky

Almost thirty years ago, a peg-legged artist and motorcycle mechanic from Mississippi walked into MIT!s Center for Advanced Visual Studies and demanded a meeting with the Director. They had not returned his calls. Forty-five minutes later, after trashing the receptionist!s desk and holding off the Cambridge police, Joe Davis walked out of Director Otto Piene’s office with a academic appointment at MIT.

||| Roundtables All discussions will be held at Media Bureau or the Franklin Theatre at the Institute. Signs will be posted in the lobby and via Facebook and Twitter @PhilaIndie. |||||||

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pa2012.com spurs debate on LinkedIn enabling the Eco-system

Taking the discussion across the Eco-System:

Visit pa2012.com on Linkedin:
Join the discussion

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pa2012.com partners with Temple Journalism and PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com

Posted: @betalab @freeRADlab @mediabureauinc @pa2012news …

pa2012.com would like to thank our partners at Temple U Journalism.

http://sct.temple.edu/blogs/murl/2011/03/25/philadelphia-and-pennsylvania-election-news/

Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Election News — Philadelphia Neighborhoods

We look forward in exploring digital news and media for many years to come.

pa2012.com
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HDSDmedia.com Royalty Free website prototype

@BetaLab Prototype: HDSD Media Royalty Free website … Go here for our HDSDmedia Prototype #film #politics #media #Design #ux #ui

Please comment! We are excited to get this going for our filmmakers!

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The Corzo Center for the Creative Economy at The University of the Arts, The Empowerment Group, and The Media Bureau

Present:

A 3 day Workshop on Digital Media Strategy, Marketing, and Social Media — Enabling the Eco-System.

January 14, 15, and 16
12:00 -5:00

The Program

This highly experimental and hands-on workshop presents strategies and tactics for entrepreneurs who wish to take advantage of social media as a marketing tool. It will consider the role of marketing in a digital networked world, support new approaches to marketing, and present practical tips for shaping online campaigns.

Because of its experimental nature, the three-day workshop is free, but seating is limited. Laptops will be supplied, but those with laptops are encouraged to bring their own. Participants will receive hand-outs.

The University of the Arts,
The Terra Building (211 S. Broad St)
Room 831

To Apply:
Registration Required. Deadline: January 12, 2010.
Email Angel Rodriguez at arodriguez@empowerment-group.org

The program organizers and workshop leaders:

Angel Rodriguez is the Executive Director of the Empowerment Group. He has worked with both nonprofit and for profit companies, as well as with groups engaged in youth and community development. He has taught workshops on entrepreneurship, business planning, and marketing as well as served as advisor to a number of area start-ups. Rodriguez holds a M.B.A./M.S. from Southern New Hampshire University in Community Economic Development. For more info on the Empowerment Group: http://www.empowerment-group.org/

Benjamin Barnett is Founder of the Media Bureau Inc. , Publisher for http://PA2012.com/, and Founder of the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival. The Media Bureau connects broadband internet, media, film and politics, and, for over a decade, has used online tactics to cover political events and elections. Barnett has a BA in English Literature from American University, a certificate in campaign management from American University, and a MFA in Advertising Design from the Academy of Art University. For more info on the Media Bureau: http://mediabureau.com/

Neil Kleinman is Senior Fellow of the Corzo Center for the Creative Economy at the University of the Arts. He has taught and written on media, law, design, marketing, and the economy, has been on the faculty and served as a senior administrator at a number of university, and been a book, magazine, and newspaper editor for several national and regional publications. He has a JD from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in English from the University of Connecticut. For more info on the Corzo Center: http://corzocenter.uarts.edu/

Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and Media Bureau sponsors – Before the Bridge Music Festival.

Great festival.
Thank you to the musicians; Kimberly Townsend, MONKO, Red Orange Morning, If’n, Sounds from Atlantis, McRad, Pink Skull, Lowry, Gand, and Rolex. Go here: http://www.beforethebridge.com/artists.html for more information.

Also, thanks to Nick Caine and crew for making a very slick event go down. Collingswood is a great spot for this and we were proud to take part.

The Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and Media Bureau were proud to help sponsor!

http://www.beforethebridge.com/

See you next year and see you in the studios.

Media Bureau

Media Bureau current project listings…

Posted:
Contact: Media Bureau, Inc. 215 592-1242

The following projects are current and ongoing engagements by Media Bureau, Inc.

Contact us for more information on these relationships or what we can do for you. Thank you. 215 592-1242.

Development:
a. http://HDSDmedia.com Royalty free website. Design and development.
More information at http://MBPS.cc

1. http://Pa2010.com – Ongoing Digital Media Strategy.

2. Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2010: Production of “The Acting Class.” Includes Theatre and studio rental, digital media strategy, and other production and marketing roles.

3. Philly F/M Festival: Provide original content programming including Film and Music. Provide Digital Media strategy for Media Bureau programming.

4. Underground Film Forum: Marketing and Distribution

5. Philadelphia Independent Film festival: Producer. Annual event (June) held to gather global film makers.

6. WHOLE SOUL. Provide SN and website Digital Media Strategy for Psychologist, Dr. Angela Ph.d.

Ongoing:
Facility rental for film, media, and politics.

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Post Philadelphia Independent Film Festival … Screenings in full swing at Media Bureau.

Welcome back!

Thanks all for making the Media Bureau screening launch such a success

We are screening on Wednesday at 9:30pm EST.  We post screenings and reviews now via the blog at http://PhiladelphiaIndependentFilmFestival.blogspot.com and http://UndergroundFilmForum.blogspot.com.

If you want to attend the forums and take part, everybody is welcome. The charge is $8. All film makers, past and present are free.

http://Twitter.com/PhilaIndie hash tags are: #PUFF #UFF #piff2011

Let us know your suggestions.