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Cam
Stryker in the Warehouse of Doom
- Grand Festival Award Winner - Comedy - BVFF 2010
Screens
Sunday Sept 26 at 1:30 pm
2010 Berkeley
Video & Film Festival - This Weekend!
September
24, 25 and 26, 2010
Showing
at -
Landmark Shattuck Cinemas . 2230 Shattuck Avenue in Downtown
Berkeley
©
2010 - Glendale Daily Planet Staff
www.glendaledailyplanet.com
Material
gleaned from EMBC & BVFF and conversations with
Mel Vapour
A
special Director's Cut of Cam Stryker in the Warehouse
of Doom, a whimsical, comedic horror film, screens this weekend
alongside one of the most amazing collection of cinematic treats to be enjoyed
on the west coast or... well heck for anywhere! Try on... BVFF’s
19th edition which screens 68 outstanding independent filmmakers...
It's a sure fit!
Highlights of the three-day event include a spotlight on short films and
animation from the students of the USC School of Cinematic Arts; a tribute
screening of Nisei Soldier by the late Berkeley documentarian Loni Ding;
Bay Area filmmaker Waylon Bacon’s world premiere of Help Wanted, in
addition to a selection of his past work; a special presentation of Tao
Ruspoli’s documentary Being in the World; a premiere of a “hyper
narrative interactive feature film,”
Turbulence, by Nitzan Ben Shaul and Daphne Cohen Ben Shaul from Israel;
the world premiere of Canadian filmmaker Mathew Bennett's new feature,
Kick Me Down; and Frankie Latina’s blaxploitation-meets-arthouse
feature, Modus Operandi, is really what made Milwaukee famous.
30
years you say?
Lets
pause here though and reflect on the East Bay Media Center that sponsors
The
Berkeley Video and Film Festival...
It is
a big birthday for these folks... 30 Years!
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY EBMC!
Mel Vapour states: "The
EBMC blossomed out of my, and Paul Blake’s, persuasion that the 1979
Panasonic VHS camera was going to irreversibly and importantly change the
course of filmmaking."
Indeed! All it took
was a reliable and reasonable priced camera / tape system that
was reliable and easy to use as a creative tool.
East Bay Media Center was established in 1980 as a 501(c)3 Non-profit Corporation. By providing technical and educational media needs to communities in the East Bay, EBMC gained popularity as a Media advocate for community involvement, especially for marginalized youth and minorities.
In the mid -1980’s, EBMC pioneered the camcorder and personal computer video revolution by being the first production/post-production organization to offer integrated video/computer workstations. EBMC created specialized training programs to provide independent producers and organizations with the necessary tools for successfully navigating new technologies.
In August 1986, EBMC Board of Directors, Mel Vapour, Paul Kealoha Blake and Gloria Belsky presented to Berkeley City Council, a proposal to establish and create a Public Access Cable TV Facility to Mayor Gus Newport. EBMC developed their Interim Access Facility on University Avenue.
In the late 1980’s, EBMC developed Disability Video training programs, and with the help of two California Arts Council Grants and two Vanguard Foundation Grants, we provided the basis for a variety of programming including: African Connections, Pacific Wave, Barrier Free TV, Video 99, and Berkeley Muzik TV.
To provide a public venue for the works of unknown video artists and producers, EBMC created Berkeley Video & Film Festival in 1991. The festival boasts a growing audience, national attention, and international entries.
The NEW EAST BAY MEDIA CENTER, located in Downtown Berkeley's Arts District, was founded by Mel Vapour and Paul Kealoha Blake in 1998. With the acquisition-purchase of its new Facilities, a new chapter in the future history of EBMC has been chartered.
And... Out of the EBMC the
BVFF was born... This is the 19th event...Mel reminiscences, "With
the support of George Manupelli (director of Ann Arbor Film Festival), who
had met Vapour at the Ann Arbor film festival in the late 60’s, BVFF
would become a festival of international acclaim showing unusual, off-beat
as well as mainstream documentaries and short film. More importantly, the
BVFF grew quickly in popularity because of its willingness to promote
highly experimental as well as politically conscious film that would
always include the development of highly advanced technical refinement and
skill."
Students Thrive at BVFF
Mel explains "In
as much, this year, the Festival begins by showing astonishing and
refreshing films from young producers between the age of 12 and 17 (Like
Eric Slack’s film “19”). "The
second portion of outstanding films derives from student-filmmakers in
some of the best Institutions of Higher Learning in the world for film:
NYU’s Tisch School, University of Austin Texas, UCLA, and USC
School of Cinematic Arts. Particularly
the latter enables film with sophisticated high technical production value
as well as unusual, insightful and wacky stories to develop (some of the
best on the planet). "
Sharpe
stated : "The mix of documentaries, features,
shorts, works by young producers, experimental films and
more rivals any of the festivals I normally
attend." He continued "It is unbelievable
Vapour and his group can offer this entertainment at a
$13 dollar a day pass rate!"
Being
able to interact with producers, directors and
cinematographers is what makes attending a live screening
like this a great event.
"We're
amazed by the quality of the creative work shown at
the festival"
said Sharpe. "We're
honored that our production were chosen to be screened and
also to receive a prestigious BVFF Grand Festival Award."
But that's not all!
"This year Ryan W.
Chen’s We the Divided is a must see! The third portion consists of
important features by older and more established filmmakers,"
Mel tells us.
BVFF’s 19th
edition screens 68 outstanding independent filmmakers.
Some more highlights of the three-day event include a tribute
screening of Nisei Soldier by the late Berkeley documentarian Loni Ding;
Bay Area filmmaker Waylon Bacon’s world premiere of Help Wanted, in
addition to a selection of his past work; a special presentation of Tao
Ruspoli’s documentary Being in the World; a premiere of a “hyper
narrative interactive feature film,” Turbulence, by Nitzan Ben Shaul and
Daphne Cohen Ben Shaul from Israel; the world premiere of Canadian
filmmaker Mathew Bennett's new feature, Kick Me Down; and Frankie
Latina’s blaxploitation-meets-arthouse feature, Modus Operandi, is
really what made Milwaukee famous.
"This is our biggest
festival yet. We received nearly 200 submissions and we’re screening
more films than ever before. Sit back, relax, and let this extraordinary
lineup of compelling filmmakers inform, shock, challenge and entertain
you."
— Mel Vapour,
Director BVFF
See all the
offerings and the major awards
An
Independent Cinematic Marathon
To see all of the selections being
screened and the major awards see: http://berkeleyvideofilmfest.org/Official%20Selections%202010.html
Specialty and craft
awards will be announced Friday night
Mel Vapour
and Paul Blake Welcome You!
TICKETS
$13. General Admission. $10. Students . Elders. All tickets are valid for
the entire day and evening.
Tickets
available at the Landmark Shattuck Cinemas Box Office
2230 Shattuck Avenue . Downtown Berkeley . Box Office . 510.464.5980
Festival Info. 510.843.3699 www.berkeleyvideofilmfest.org
3
Day Event Pass: $27.50 available from East Bay Media Center only.
BVFF
Ticket holders and attendees: Please
plan to arrive at least ten minutes prior to any listed film(s) during our
marathon continuous screening schedule, to insure seating and to allow for
programming offsets.
If
you desire accommodations: Hotels for Filmmakers and Festival
attendees:
Hotel Shattuck Plaza - 2086 Allston Way - Downtown Berkeley - 510-845-7300 www.hotelshattuckplaza.com
Downtown Berkeley Inn - 2001 Bancroft Way - Downtown Berkeley - 510- 843-4043 www.downtownberkeleyinn.com
 "Cam Stryker in the Warehouse of Doom"
Grand Festival Award Winner - Comedy - BVFF 2010
Ed
Sharpe penetrates the 19th Edition of the Berkeley Video
and Film Festival 2010, with
his latest "Cam Stryker: In the Warehouse of Doom"
short film.
Sharpe
amps up the ante with shimmering film noire flash light lighting techniques,
reminiscent of the Blair Witch Project. This episodic self clip
approach, reinforces his one man band style of cinema. The story lines
are always incidental, his iconic face and Speed Graphic '50's camera
prop, reveal his yarn spinning tales are always tongue and chic, this
latest version is a mouthful.
(see photo at left )
- Mel Vapour, Director, Berkeley Video & Film Festivals
Cam
Stryker in the Warehouse of Doom
- Grand Festival Award Winner - Comedy -
BVFF 2010 Screens Sunday Sept 26 at 1:30 pm
"Cam
Stryker in the Warehouse of Doom" Ed Sharpe - CouryGraph
Productions - 3:00
http://berkeleyvideofilmfest.org/
©
2010 - Glendale Daily Planet Staff
www.glendaledailyplanet.com
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