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Four Short Films by Pittsburgh Filmmakers – Sat. Dec. 3

There is a lot happening in the Pittsburgh filmmaking scene. We aren’t just talking about the big films – yes Tom Cruise has been in town. But there are lots of smaller projects happening here too.

This Saturday, December 3 there will be a screening of four short films by Pittsburgh filmmakers the event is titled A Night of Altered Reality and will be held at the Hollywood Theater in Dormont. I first learned about the film, Lightweight, from the Steeltown Film Factory competition and it is exciting to see the finished film. The Steeltown Film Factory is an annual competition that is open to anyone – the submission period for the 2012 contest is now open.

The four films that will be screened are:

A Night of Altered Reality, a screening of short films that intersect at the corner of Surreal Street and Dream Drive.
The Hollywood Theater Dormont Pennsylvania
Saturday, December 3, 2011
7:00pm until 10:00pm

Support a Pittsburgh Filmmaker, Madagascar and check out Kickstarter

I am really excited to learn about this project that Pittsburgh filmmaker Ben Hernstrom is working on about Madagascar. Ben has worked on some great films about Pittsburgh. You can learn more at Ambulantic.com and check out some of his other work on youtube. Check out the interview with Bike PGH’s Scott Bricker and his feature on Modey Lemon.

Ben has just set up a page for a film about Madagascar on this great site Kickstarter – I had hoped that someone would create a site like Kickstarter and I think it is agreat way to build community support for projects. I did a search for Pittsburgh on Kickstarter and couldn’t find any projects yet – so please let me know if you add a Pittsburgh project to thier site. I had fun browsing the site and found some interesting projects to support. I think that Kickstarter works like the website ThePoint – if the project doesn’t meet the fundraising goal then the supporters cards aren’t charged for the donation. It is a nice way to give money to projects that have a broad base of support.

Links Worth a Look – November 7th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look:

2008 Three Rivers Film Festival – Opens Nov. 7 – and runs until Nov. 22, 2008 – lots of great films coming to town. Which films do you reccomend?
new works « garbella – She is a member of the Pittsburgh Craft collective and she makes some great t-shirts and other screen printed items. IheartPGH was the first thing I screenprinted 5 years ago, long before I knew about blogs, so I have a love of anything screenprinted. I want a I bike PGH t-shirt! Check out this cool clock and the rest of her blog and Etsy shop.
Apple Festival and Pie Contest – Saturday at the Union Project – its all apples at the Apple Festival. There is also an Apple Pie contest.
Belt buckles, headbands, soap, t-shirts and more – check out some of the items that you will find at Handmade Arcade this weekend
Madcap recap « Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Blog – Check out the great picture of the tent in Schenley Park

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