1st Annual Uncool Film Festival

Planning for the 1st Annual Uncool Film Festival is proceeding nicely. There is not much to announce yet but rest assured that this film festival will be unlike any ever seen. Right now, gauging by the feedback I've received from friends, family and other wise counsel, I anticipate participation will be in the low teens. Most of those people will be under the impression that they are attending a job fair (to fill-out the crowd), but it should look good in the publicity stills.

The website is coming together and that will be up shortly. Still trying to gauge how much to charge for entries, but I'm thinking that BYOB may be a more honest way of doing it. Bring your film, bring something to drink, I'll provide the weiners and buns, bring your own bathing suit and towel. My big screen TV should be big enough to accommodate the expected throng.

Tentative plans:

Uncool Grand Prize - The Uncoolest film or short film of the year. So far, the voting seems to be very clear that the short film 'Le Bougre' is the shoe-in (even though it is still unreleased). Still a ways to go but...

King Uncool Award - The filmmaker who displays the least amount of cultural, industry, and hipster presence during the 2008/2009 season. This individual embraces his/her inner Uncool in the pursuit of their Uncool art.

'Too Cool for School" Award - The coolest person we can name, hence, the least likely to attend the event.

Website and call for entries coming soon...