Bayou City Film News

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"One Foot In The Gutter," directed by Justin Koleszar tells the story or Marshall Grey, who after recently being arrested spends one last night with his friends before going away. This feature will be on tour in Houston in early June, possibly at the Alamo Drafthouse. More details to come as I get them. Monday June 6th there will be a show at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at West Oaks Mall. 7:30PM and it's a free screening. http://www.onefootinthegutter.com/ 

Had a change to check out this feature film earlier this week at Houston's Studio Movie Grill. "Earthling screened at SXSW for 2010. It's from the same crew that created "Wuss" which screened at SXSW for 2011. "Earthling" is one of those films that kinda makes you think. Check out the trailer and then watch this movie in it's entirety.

http://www.wellingfilms.com/

Click on this link to see him talk about it Check out this great MSN video: North Texas Director Goes To Cannes You should also check out Ya'ke's web site. He's currently raising funds for his feature film titled "Wolf" Visit www.exodusfilmworks.com or click here to go directly to his indiegogo page http://www.indiegogo.com/Wolf

I had a chance to stop by Houston city hall recently. I have to admit I hadn't been down there in quite a few years. It was my first ever visit to the city of Houston's visitors center. I went for a test screening for a local filmmakers work and had no idea the in the visitors center is a small 48 seat screening room. While I can't talk about the film here, the screening room itself was a nice surprise. More Houston filmmakers should utilize this space to screen their projects in order to get feedback during the post production faze. Click on the Houston Film Commission link below for more info.

WorldFest-Houston, the third longest-running International Film Festival in North America, and oldest Indie Film Festival in the World, celebrated the conclusion of its 10-day run of films, fun and fanfare in its 44th annual independent film showcase with an increase in overall audience attendance of 15 percent over 2010 attendance, despite the economic turndown. Kicking off WorldFest's Opening Night festivities on Friday, April 8, was the Texas premiere of Chad Waterhouse and Ankush Kholi's poignant road film EXODUS FALL (Jesse James, Rosanna Arquette) with producer, Michael Baumgarten and both directors on hand to present their film. WorldFest also this year celebrated its Sixth annual Panorama Italia in collaboration with Albert di Mauro, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, CA. (IIC), featuring Laura Luchetti's FEBBRE DA FIENO and three other independently produced Italian films. Closing weekend festivities April 16 & April 17 included a G...