The Berkshire Shorts Film Festival:
JULY 6th, 2013
NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS!
WHAT IT IS: The third triennial Berkshire Shorts Film Festival is a night of local and independent films made by up-and-coming filmmakers, students, and animators. The festival is free to attend, free to submit, and open to the public. We will be accepting submissions up until October 5th of all kinds: short narrative, documentary, experimental, student, music video, etc. The only requirement for submission is that the film be 20 minutes or shorter.
OUR GOAL: To give local and indie filmmakers a place to show their films to an audience of peers and friends. We put a lot of work into our films, and sometimes it's hard to even get it screened at a real venue. We can spend hundreds, even thousands of dollars on film festival submission fees with no such luck. The Berkshire Short Film Festival is a place to showcase your work, and make it as easy as possible to get your film out there into the universe.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND: Patrick Toole is a Berkshire native who attended film school in Philadelphia. He has produced and directed several independent short films in the area and works as a freelance editor and deli chef. Toole is working with Dan McManmon and Kyle Goldman at the New Spectrum Playhouse and the College Internship Program to deliver an event that will be fun and interesting for the entire community. A night to showcase the art of film on the local scale.
WHERE?
Spectrum Playhouse
20 Franklin Street
Lee, MA 01238
WHEN?
July 6th - 2013
HOW MUCH?
FREE!!!!
OUR GOAL: To give local and indie filmmakers a place to show their films to an audience of peers and friends. We put a lot of work into our films, and sometimes it's hard to even get it screened at a real venue. We can spend hundreds, even thousands of dollars on film festival submission fees with no such luck. The Berkshire Short Film Festival is a place to showcase your work, and make it as easy as possible to get your film out there into the universe.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND: Patrick Toole is a Berkshire native who attended film school in Philadelphia. He has produced and directed several independent short films in the area and works as a freelance editor and deli chef. Toole is working with Dan McManmon and Kyle Goldman at the New Spectrum Playhouse and the College Internship Program to deliver an event that will be fun and interesting for the entire community. A night to showcase the art of film on the local scale.
WHERE?
Spectrum Playhouse
20 Franklin Street
Lee, MA 01238
WHEN?
July 6th - 2013
HOW MUCH?
FREE!!!!
Last Year's Lineup
1) "Smoke Machine"
Dir: Patrick Toole
RT: 5m
Origin: Great Barrington, MA
Synopsis: H-Town got Low T. What a dude to do? Smoke machine!
2) "Imaginarium"
Dir: Ben Tobin
RT: 7m
Origin: Ashfield & Worthington, MA
Synopsis: A New England boy rediscovers a special place from his past and transformers it with his imagination.
3) "Sensual Parts 1 & 2" Music Video: Johnny Showcase
Dir: Rachel Gordon
RT: 4m
Origin: Philadelphia, PA
Synopsis: A Johnny Showcase music video about the joys of adultery.
4) "Regarde-Moi (Look at Me)"
Dir: Jaro Minne
RT: 7m
Origin: Ghent, Belgium
Synopsis: Stephanie is trying to figure out how to move forward in her life.
5) "Dog Show"
Dir: Ted Collatos
RT: 4m
Origin: Brazil
Synopsis: Father and daughter are at odds about what to do with their aging Cocker Spaniel in beautiful Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
6) "Business Men: The Tennis Match"
Dir: Dave Sondrini
RT: 4m
Origin: Dalton, MA
Synopsis: The Business Men are back! This time Chase and Porter bite off more than they can chew in a tennis match set up by potential investor- Tom Baxter.
-----Contains Profanity-----
7) "The Fall of Jack Morgans"
Dir: Keith Winthrop
RT: 12m
Origin: Otis, MA
Synopsis: A man is compelled to despicable acts to acquire his girlfriend's lottery winnings.
INTERMISSION
8) "The Earth Rejects Him"
Dir: Jared Skolnik
RT: 25m
Origin: Shelburne Falls, MA
Synopsis: A young boy discovers a corpse while biking in the woods, then faces unexpected and macabre consequences when he tries to bury it.
------Contains Graphic Images (Horror)------
9) "Controlled Burn"
Dir: Dan Van Wert
RT: 22m
Origin: Philadelphia, PA
Synopsis: When Hugh Browning is ravaged by dementia, his wife, Olivia, must make a decisive choice to determine his future, while she struggles to reconstruct the past.
-------Contains Profanity--------
Hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Patrick Toole
1) "Smoke Machine"
Dir: Patrick Toole
RT: 5m
Origin: Great Barrington, MA
Synopsis: H-Town got Low T. What a dude to do? Smoke machine!
2) "Imaginarium"
Dir: Ben Tobin
RT: 7m
Origin: Ashfield & Worthington, MA
Synopsis: A New England boy rediscovers a special place from his past and transformers it with his imagination.
3) "Sensual Parts 1 & 2" Music Video: Johnny Showcase
Dir: Rachel Gordon
RT: 4m
Origin: Philadelphia, PA
Synopsis: A Johnny Showcase music video about the joys of adultery.
4) "Regarde-Moi (Look at Me)"
Dir: Jaro Minne
RT: 7m
Origin: Ghent, Belgium
Synopsis: Stephanie is trying to figure out how to move forward in her life.
5) "Dog Show"
Dir: Ted Collatos
RT: 4m
Origin: Brazil
Synopsis: Father and daughter are at odds about what to do with their aging Cocker Spaniel in beautiful Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
6) "Business Men: The Tennis Match"
Dir: Dave Sondrini
RT: 4m
Origin: Dalton, MA
Synopsis: The Business Men are back! This time Chase and Porter bite off more than they can chew in a tennis match set up by potential investor- Tom Baxter.
-----Contains Profanity-----
7) "The Fall of Jack Morgans"
Dir: Keith Winthrop
RT: 12m
Origin: Otis, MA
Synopsis: A man is compelled to despicable acts to acquire his girlfriend's lottery winnings.
INTERMISSION
8) "The Earth Rejects Him"
Dir: Jared Skolnik
RT: 25m
Origin: Shelburne Falls, MA
Synopsis: A young boy discovers a corpse while biking in the woods, then faces unexpected and macabre consequences when he tries to bury it.
------Contains Graphic Images (Horror)------
9) "Controlled Burn"
Dir: Dan Van Wert
RT: 22m
Origin: Philadelphia, PA
Synopsis: When Hugh Browning is ravaged by dementia, his wife, Olivia, must make a decisive choice to determine his future, while she struggles to reconstruct the past.
-------Contains Profanity--------
Hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Patrick Toole
