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Features at the Jerome Indie Film & Music Fest, CW FROM TOP LEFT:
The Jerome Indie Film and Music Fes- tival (JIF&MF) kicks off its premiere season as “the festival on the edge of the
world,” in the edgy, musical, biker, hippie, artist town of Jerome, June 13-16. There will be something for everyone, as locals and visitors collide to examine the world of cinema and share good music.
Jerome will be infested with creative en- ergies from the Southwest as the festival focuses this first year on films made in or around Arizona. Three great venues will be transformed: Spook Hall seats 300, the Firehouse will be converted into a 100 seat venue and the big parking lot in the center of Jerome will host bands during the day and films at night under the stars!
Toni Ross, the Festival Director, and brains behind this wonderful endeavor, dedicates this festival to her son Trey, who passed away 16 years ago. And the “Rising Spirits” Award handed out the last day — made by Brandon Kihl from Tucson, with a copper skeleton design — will be given to filmmakers to commemorate Trey. With that kind of emotional foundation JIF&MF can expect good Karma.
Some of the great films showing: Shout- ing Secrets — shot at the Four Corners area by Korinna Sehinger, who will be in Jerome — Broken Roads, Stuck Outside of Phoenix, Cathedral Rock and Blood into Wine, which will open the festival. The
“new” horror classic Speak No Evil will haunt even the toughest fright night fan and finally, the edgy award winning film Pas- sionflower by Shelagh Carter, documents mental illness in a very personal way.
Other films to look for: The World Pre- miere of The Speed of Orange, a feature documentary by Justin Hunt. Percival’s Big Night Out, a feature comedy for the college crowd! Ghost Team One, a hilarious come- dy for anyone with a keen sense of humor. A few shorts to watch for: Incident on High- way 73, a horror flick; Why We Climb, a short
documentary on climbing; Ghandi at Bat, a comedy of religious proportions and The Art of Beer, a short doc about the making and drinking of beer!
From 1954-1989, the Wallace & Ladmo Show was recognized by one and all in Phoenix and giddy Ladmo bags were handed out to even giddier youngsters. In a nice Arizona welcome, Ladmo bags will be given out to select film goers and the film makers.
Time will tell who else will make it to Je- rome with their films, but what a great lo- cation to have bands and filmmakers jam- ming away! It’s “Jerome-stock” for the 21st century! Come celebrate the vibe. Jerome, once considered a small mining town on the edge of a mountain, now a premiere location for film and musical artists. Check out: JeromeFilmFestival.com for more up-to-date information on films and show times. Help grow JIF&MF into a first class film and music festival, so the world will know why Toni Ross calls Jerome “my fa- vorite city in the world.”
The Prescott Film Festival gears up for their big eight day film festival in July, so we’ll do a preliminary “drive-by” (can one be arrested for saying ‘drive-by’?) and talk with Helen Stephenson, the Executive Di- rector. With the dates set for July 24 – 31st. Mark your calendars now and plan to visit the cool pines for a week of documenta- ries, features and shorts from all over the world.
Now in its fifth year, the Noise spoke with Helen asking her what to expect. “We will have parties and workshops and we hope to have someone special coming, so stay tuned. Some films to watch include Run- ning Wild, a documentary about horse; and two quirky narrative films: Loveless Zorista and Taiwan Oyster. For comedies, watch Old Stock and we’ll feature dramas and thrillers. We also have five shorts pro-
Stuck Outside Phoenix; Shouting Secrets; Blood Into Wine; and Passionflower.
grams, the most ever — short documenta- ries, short comedies, romantic/ bromantic shorts, animated and dramatic shorts.
“Also, for the first time ever, an all-Prescott shorts collection! When we started the film festival, I only knew of one person making films in Prescott, now we have enough quality films to have an all-Prescott shorts section. Also, George and Beth Gage will screen select films including the closing night film Bidder 70 about Tim DeChristo- pher and his trials and tribulations going to prison for two years to stop the illegal government land sale to oil companies. A true Edward Abbey for our times!”
Go to Prescottfilmfestival.com for un- folding information.
The Sedona International Film Fes- tival continues its summer shows at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, bringing films, bal- lets and conversations from around the world to Sedona. We caught up with Ex- ecutive Director Patrick Schweiss, to ask him what his summer plans are.
“This summer we have a few special events to look forward to: Flick at the Far on Saturday 7/20/13 and Reelin’ at the Ranch on Saturday 9/21/13.”
And The Noise asked what we might look forward to as Sedona International Film Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary? Pat responded: “We are planning a big event every night of the nine-day festival, a ce- lebrity event every night or a significant special event. Plus bringing back some of our favorite celebrities of the last 20 years.”
Check Sedonafilmfestival.com for more up to the minute details on the programs and times!
| Bob Reynolds prefers to be asked whether he would like to retain his ticket stub. bob699669@hotmail.com
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