Disposable Film Festival
The Disposable Film Festival (DFF) is an annual juried international festival of short films made using casual, lo-fi video capture devices like cell phones, point and shoot cameras, webcams, and inexpensive handycams. It also features artist profile screenings of filmmakers working in these media and hosts educational film workshops.
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[edit] History
The Disposable Film Festival was founded in San Francisco in 2007 by Carlton Evans and Eric Slatkin, who became the co-directors of the festival.[1] As a result of the Disposable Film Festival, the terms "disposable film," "disposable video," and "disposable filmmaking" have come to refer to the practice of making video in a do-it-yourself aesthetic that is less reliant on formal filmmaking training and more on experimentation with easily-available technology.
The first DFF event was held at Artists' Television Access on January 19, 2008. The program then went on to play at venues across world, including screenings in conjunction with the Portable Film Festival based in Melbourne, Australia, at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, the New Media Meeting in Norrköping, Sweden,[2] and at Jonas Mekas's Anthology Film Archives[3] in New York.
In October 2008, the DFF partnered with Dave Eggers's 826 Valencia non-profit, to host a workshop teaching teenagers how to make films using inexpensive video capture devices. A screening of films completed by workshop participants was held on November 16, 2008 at the studios of KQED-TV. Also in 2008, the DFF collaborated with Spike Lee on the Nokia Productions project to crowd-source video clips in order to make a three-act feature length film on the themes of life and death.
The second annual Disposable Film Festival ran from January 29 through February 1, 2009. The opening night screening of the competitive shorts program was held at the Roxie Theater. Subsequent nights featured artist profiles showcasing the work of New York film collective Red Bucket Films' feature BUTTONS, VOL. 1[4] and short works by Fritz Donnelly.[5] The DFF also held a filmmaking panel at Oddball Films.
The Disposable Film Festival held a screening of their 2009 shorts program in London, England on April 17, 2009 in conjunction with Exploding Cinema.
Additional screenings were held in Paris, Brussels, New York, and Beijing.
On May 13, 2009, the Disposable Film Festival held an outdoor bike-in screening in conjunction with sponsors Good Hotel and Zipcar, along with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and MobMov. It was the first bike-in screening held in San Francisco, a format that was subsequently used by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition several times.
On September 22, 2009, the Disposable Film Festival held a screening at New York's Anthology Film Archives. The festival screened selections from its 2009 competitive shorts program, selected short works by Fritz Donnelly, and premiered BUTTONS, VOL. 2 by New York filmmakers Red Bucket Films.
The third annual Disposable Film Festival began with four days of events in San Francisco, March 4–7, 2010. The festival's theme was 2010: The Year of Disposable Film. Featured filmmakers included Red Bucket Films, Ben Slotover, and Alex Itin. The last day of the festival featured a filmmaking workshop held by Vimeo community director Blake Whitman.
The Disposable Film Festival held their second annual outdoor bike-in screening on May 12, 2010 in San Francisco's SOMA district, in honor of San Francisco Bike Week. The event was held in partnership with forageSF which held an Underground Market alongside the event, and was sponsored by Globe Bikes, Crumpler Bags, Alite Designs, and Good Hotel. The screening included highlights from the DFF 2010 Competitive Shorts program.
In May 2010, Slatkin stepped down as co-director of the festival and Katie Gillum became associate director.
On July 14, 2010, The Disposable Film Festival held a special Bastille Day screening featuring many French language films at San Francisco's Hotel Rex.
In July 2010, The Disposable Film Festival signed a major partnership with Globe Bikes. Globe Bikes agreed to help the festival reach out to bicyclists through Bike-In screenings and bike valet in ten cities around the world. In the summer of 2010, The Disposable Film Festival held events in partner ship with Globe Bikes in Pittsburgh, PA, London, UK, Los Angeles, CA, and Portland OR.
On September 15, 2010, The Disposable Film Festival held a screening in Beijing, China, in partnership with Chinese art and film organization Electric Shadows at the Penghao Theater.
From March 18 through March 25, 2010, The Disposable Film Festival screened for one week at The Greenhouse in New Delhi, India, an organization supported by the Goethe Institute.
[edit] Chronology of the Festival
2008
•January 19, 2008: Artists' Television Access: The program then went on to play at venues across world, including screenings in conjunction with the Portable Film Festival based in Melbourne, Australia, at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, the New Media Meeting in Norrköping, Sweden,[2] and at Jonas Mekas's Anthology Film Archives[3] in New York.
•October 2008: with Dave Eggers's 826 Valencia: The DFF partnered with Dave Eggers's 826 Valencia non-profit, to host a workshop teaching teenagers how to make films using inexpensive video capture devices. A screening of films completed by workshop participants was held on November 16, 2008 at the studios of KQED-TV.
•Also in 2008, the DFF collaborated with Spike Lee on the Nokia Productions project to crowd-source video clips in order to make a three-act feature length film on the themes of life and death.
2009
•January 29 through February 1, 2009: The second annual Disposable Film Festival opened at the Roxie Theater with a night screening of the competitive shorts. Subsequent nights featured artist profiles showcasing the work of New York film collective Red Bucket Films' feature BUTTONS, VOL. 1[4] and short works by Fritz Donnelly.[5] The DFF also held a filmmaking panel at Oddball Films.
•April 17, 2009: The Disposable Film Festival held a screening of their 2009 shorts program in London, England in conjunction with Exploding Cinema. Additional screenings were held in Paris, Brussels, New York, and Beijing.
•May 13, 2009: The Disposable Film Festival held an outdoor bike-in screening in conjunction with sponsors Good Hotel and Zipcar, along with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and MobMov. It was the first bike-in screening held in San Francisco, a format that was subsequently used by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition several times.
•September 22, 2009: The Disposable Film Festival held a screening at New York's Anthology Film Archives. The festival screened selections from its 2009 competitive shorts program, selected short works by Fritz Donnelly, and premiered BUTTONS, VOL. 2 by New York filmmakers Red Bucket Films.
2010
•March 4 through 7, 2010: The third annual Disposable Film Festival’s theme was 2010: The Year of Disposable Film.
•May 12, 2010: 2ND ANNUAL DISPOSABLE FILM FEST OUTDOOR BIKE-IN!
•July 14, 2010: Vive le Film: A Bastille Day Screening of Disposable Film
•August 12, 2010: The Disposable Film Festival Bike-In Pittsburgh
•August 14, 2010: The Disposable Film Festival Bike-In London
•August 21, 2010: The Disposable Film Festival Bike-In Los Angeles
•August 28, 2010: The Disposable Film Festival Bike-In Portland
•September 5,2010: The Disposable Film Festival Bike-In in Beijing
•September 30,2010: The Disposable Film Festival in Montreal
•October 8, 2010: The Disposable Film Sidebar at Vimeo Film Festival
•October 19, 2010: The Disposable Film Festival Lowell, Massachusetts
•November 5, 2010: The Disposable Film Festival in Porto Alegre, Brazil
•November 7, 2010: The Disposable Film Festival in Beijing, China
•November 19, 2010: The Disposable Film Festival in Skopje, Macedonia
2011
•March 24: Opening Night at The Castro Theater
•March 25: How to Become A Disposable DePalma: An Industry Panel and Schmoozewich
•March 26: Hair and Diamonds: A Filmmaker Spotlight
•March 26: Pomplamoose: Workshop and Concert
•March 27: Lights. Camera. Social Action
•March 27: Turn Your Camera On: A Filmmaking Workshop
•May 11: The Disposable Film Festival Bike-In Screening in San Francisco
•May 20: The Disposable Film Festival Bike-In Screening in Davis, CA
•June 14: The Disposable Film Festival at North By Northeast Festival in Toronto
•July 9: The Disposable Film Festival in London, England
•July 22: Festival Fundraiser Screening in San Francisco
•September 11, 16, 18, 21: Disposable Film Festival Screening at the Cambridge Film Festival in Cambridge, UK
•September 24: Disposable Film Festival’s Health Create-A-Thon in San Francisco
•October 1, 2: Disposable Film Festival in Palo Alto, CA
•November 19: Disposable Film Festival in Philadelphia, PA
2012
•January 21: Disposable Film Festival at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival in St. Augustine, FL
•January 23: Best of the Disposable Film Festival at Slamdance in Park City, UT
[edit] Honors
The Disposable Film Festival was named one of the world's 25 coolest film festivals in the Summer 2009 issue of MovieMaker Magazine. [1]
[edit] See also
[edit] External resources
- Disposable Film Festival official site
- New York Times article about The Disposable Film Festival, November 4th, 2008
- San Francisco Chronicle article about The Disposable Film Festival, August 9th, 2008
- Wired Magazine article about The Disposable Film Festival, March 3, 2010
- Twitch article about The Disposable Film Festival, August 4, 2011
- Ted Hope article The Disposable Film Festival, December 30, 2011
[edit] References
- ^ Wesley Scoggins August 19, 2008 (2008-08-19). "The Disposable Film Festival: Interview | Indy Mogul - DIY filmmaking". Indy Mogul. http://www.indymogul.com/post/8606/the-disposable-film-festival-interview. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ "NEW MEDIA MEETING 3 - HOME". Newmediameeting.se. http://www.newmediameeting.se/2008/#arc:arc.php?disp=preprog^img_title:title.php?str=program^lb:media.php?type=image&table=program&id=0&n=0^lt:navigation.php^rb:program.php^rt:program.php?part=navigation. Retrieved 2010-04-27.[dead link]
- ^ Posted at 10:43 AM in Film (2008-12-05). "The Disposable Film Festival - Nerdabout New York : Science Channel". Blogs.discovery.com. http://blogs.discovery.com/nerdabout_new_york/2008/12/the-disposable.html. Retrieved 2010-04-27.[dead link]
- ^ "The Disposable Film Festival presents:". Atasite.org. 2009-01-30. http://www.atasite.org/calendar/?x=3471. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ "The Disposable Film Festival presents:". Atasite.org. 2009-01-31. http://www.atasite.org/calendar/?x=3472. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
