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2009 AFI Fest: Short Film Reviews

Monday, Nov. 2 was unofficially “short film day” at the 2009 AFI Film Festival with two programs of short films back-to-back in the afternoon. I previously reviewed the first program, which was a screening of selections from Mike Plante’s Lunchfilm project . However, the films below weren’t connected by any thread and were a combination of straight-up narratives, experimental documentaries,...

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Happy Meals: Shorts Made For The Price Of Lunch?

One inspiration for starting my $300 filmmaker challenge was Mike Plante’s barely year old idea which he called LunchFilms – in short, Plante, best known as CineVegas’s director of programming, buys lunch for a filmmaker, and, in return, challenges them to make a film for the exact total cost of the meal. Intriguing idea, right? Quite [...]

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Lunchfilm At AFI Fest 2009

At the 2009 AFI Fest, Mike Plante screened 13 amazing short films from his Lunchfilm project, including films by Naomi Uman and Brent Green.

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Robbed! Aurora Picture Show Needs Help

... Most recently, they put out the amazing Cinemad: Almanac 2009 short film compilation curated by Mike Plante. Other titles they’ve put out are: The Best of SLANT: Volume One; Lost Broadcasts: Video Works by Eileen Maxson ; and A Film Is a Burning Place: Works by Enid Baxter Blader . DVDs can be purchased directly from their website. As you can tell, they’re a fantastic organization...

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2009 AFI Fest: Underground Selections

The 2009 AFI Film Festival is screening a bunch of great underground films, including Mike Plante's Lunchfilms, films by Don Hertzfeldt, Jim Finn and more.