Tallgrass Filmmakers Lab presents a Bluecat Screenwriting Workshop with award-winning scribe Gordy Hoffman
Wichita, KANSAS — 
Tallgrass Filmmakers Lab, the education arm of the Tallgrass Film Association, presents a screenwriting workshop with Gordy Hoffman, the Sundance award-winning writer/director (LOVE LIZA, A COAT OF SNOW) and founder of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, from 9a.m.-6p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16 at Rock Island Studios, 338 N. Mead.
“As a proud alumnus of the University of Kansas, I have felt a profound connection with Kansas throughout my entire professional life as an artist,” said Hoffman. “I'm truly excited about furthering a kinship to screenwriters in Wichita and hope to build a foundation on which we can develop stories and make movies in and around Kansas for years to come."
2009 Audience Award winner "Sweet Crude" ushers in Festival
WICHITA, KAN — The Tallgrass Film Association will screen the 2009 Audience Award winner "Sweet Crude" for the final Tallgrass Third Thursday before the 2010 Tallgrass Film Festival. The film will screen 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 16 at the former Hillside Baptist Church, 147 S. Hillside. Tickets are $10, or $8 for students, seniors and military and can be purchased at the door or in advance online at TallgrassFilmFest.com.
"Sweet Crude" is the story of Nigeria’s Niger Delta — a story that’s never been captured in a feature-length film. Beginning with the filmmaker’s initial trip to document the building of a library in a remote village, Sweet Crude is a journey of multilayered revelation and ever- deepening questions. It’s about survival, corruption, greed and armed resistance. It’s about one place in one moment, with themes that echo many places throughout history.
Film composer Rolfe Kent to be awarded the 2010 Ad Astra
Wichita, KANSAS – The Tallgrass Film Festival is awarding the 2010 Ad Astra to Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated composer Rolfe Kent.
Kent is an award-winning composer who has scored over 40 films which include small independent films and large Hollywood productions. Some of his most recent work includes the Zac Efron film "Charlie St. Cloud" (released July 30, 2010) and both 2009 George Clooney films: the Oscar-nominated "Up In The Air" (for which Kent won a Satellite Award from the International Press Academy) and "Men Who Stare At Goats." Kent has won numerous BMI Film Music awards for his work, including for the films "Legally Blonde" (2001), "Legally Blonde 2" (2003), and "Sideways" (2004). His score for "Sideways" was also nominated for a Golden Globe. Kent was also nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for the original Showtime series "Dexter" (2006).
Stubbornly Independent Stella goes retro as a Flapper Girl!
A very big thanks to Wichita artist Dustin Parker for giving Stubbornly Independent Stella a 1920’s makeover!
Parker, who lives and works in Wichita, is an accomplished painter and digital artist. Parker earns his bread and butter as a graphic designer and illustrator. Since 2000, Parker has participated in over 60 group exhibitions and nine solo exhibitions throughout the United States, Canada and Japan. Parker's work has been featured in numerous online and printed publications including Logo Lounge, Look Look, Head Magazine, Blanket Magazine, Moloko Plus, Women's Focus, The Wichita Eagle, Cru-A, F5 and Proteus Mag.
The Cotillion presents “Grasscendo” at the 2010 TFF: A program of musically-themed films
We know Wichitans love their music, so TFF is excited to be adding the “Grasscendo” program our 2010 lineup, brought to you by The Cotillion. Confirmed films include:
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone from filmmakers Chris Metzler (Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea) and Lev Anderson tells the story of the band Fishbone. Screening during the Saturday Night Spotlight presented by Tallgrass Brewing Company, the film will be followed by live performance with members of the band. |
The Legend of Stuart Mossman, featuring the brothers Carradine, tells the story of the legenday Kansas luthier. This is David Carradine’s last film and shows him as a musician, singer and songwriter. |
Do it Again chronicles Boston Globe reporter Geoff Edger’s in his personal quest to reunite his favorite rock band, The Kinks. Among those you’ll meet along the way: Sting, Zooey Deschanel, Robyn Hitchcock, Clive Davis and Warren Zines. |
The Kid is Chaplin’s 1921 comedic masterpiece on which the great comedian worked on for a whole year. The digitally re-mastered print of this classic silent film will be accompanied by a live, and original score by Wichita native Arri Simon and will screen at the Closing Night Gala presented by WSU’s Ulrich Museum of Art. |
