APRIL 2012 FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS (FFS)

I arrived soon after 9pm and quickly got my hand stamped (once you pay for your ticket to the FFS, you get a stamp on your hand like in a bar or a rock show) and looked around for Max to ask him about entering our Cowtown Gypsy Cinema sketches to FFS; hence my delay in getting my seat.  The theater was almost completely full (about 5/6^th’s)....

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FEBRUARY 2012 FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS (FFS)

All the trailers for the Loft films must have been shown before the show started.  I got there just on time.  The theater looked 3/4 to 5/8 full.

Due to some technical difficulties, the audience was asked to sing the Ma Na Ma Na song until the sound system was fixed.

For Valentine’s day, the FFS annual special event was played out ...

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JANUARY 2012 FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS (FFS)

The Loft Theater was packed and so was the parking lot.  I had to find parking on the street.  Michael Sterner was “UNWELL” as Max Cannon put it.  He also introduced the New Year as the “Beginning of Oblivion.”  Now I see where he goes on the internet.  Personally, I think it’s going to be a great year for people who are awake enough...

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DECEMBER 2011 FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS (FFS)

I got my press pass for the First Friday Shorts!  I love my pass.  It has my name in big letters and (not to worry, Loft Cinema) of course, I will ONLY use it for the First Friday Shorts.  I feel so legit, supported and special now.

Filler shorts before the show started:

I couldn’t find the Christmas puppet filler short, but I found this one instead:

Santa in Animal Land (1948)

Mah Na Mah Na

Rules of the First Friday Shorts

It amazes m...

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I missed all the beginning filler shorts because I was very late, but in time for the first entry.  Overall the shorts were surprisingly very good which made for decent viewing for my very critical friend, Tina Huerta, who is a local producer of indie films.  She attended to do research on a secret project that we are doing together.

Especially clever comments by Mike Sterner this month and Max was in great form.  There was that great feeling of a wild slumber party in the theater.

R...

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Check out my review of this event at Tucson Filmmaker Magazine Online

Every local short is reviewed plus my favorite filler shorts shown in March'11.
The winner of the March'11 First Friday shorts is below:

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