The Basics about the Revolve Film + Music Festival:
- Dates: August 6-10, Winston-Salem, NC
- Venues: Drama Workshop at the Salem Fine Arts Center and Carswell Hall at Wake Forest University. Easy, free parking next to both buildings at all times. Theatre seating.
- All screenings, except a few shorts, will be on high res digi beta or 35 mm film.
- Approximately 25 films over 5 days.
- Tickets will be kept at $10 and will be available at the door, like regular movie theatres.
- Films are American and International.
Revolve Film + Music Festival Schedule
Click on a title for more information about that film; program notes are written by Shalini Chatterjee (SC), Mitch Easter (ME), Amanda Philemon (AP), Faye Hunter (FH) and Ghost Wakefield (GW). Tickets will be available at the door and online. Check the Revolve Film Festival Web Site for the latest details.
Wednesday, August 6: Opening Night
EXPIRATION DATE - North Carolina Premiere!
Rick Stevenson
USA, 2006, 94 min.
7 PM
Ticket price includes reception afterward at the Garage with complimentary hors d'oeuvres.
Thursday, August 7
FEET UNBOUND - North Carolina Premiere!
Khee-Jin Ng
Australia, 2007, 87 min.
11 AM
RACHEL: A PERFECT LIFE - North Carolina Premiere!
Fiona Cochrane
Australia, 2007, 90 min.
2 PM
OUT OF OUR MINDS ANIMATION STUDIOS PRESENTS: THE MAKING OF THE MAGISTICAL
John Cernak and Danny Oakley
USA, 2008
4 PM
Reception at Revolve HQ
5 PM
TASMANIAN DEVIL: THE FAST AND FURIOUS LIFE OF ERROL FLYNN - North Carolina Premiere!
Simon Nasht
Australia, 2007, 60 min.
7 PM
4
Tim Slade
Australia/USA/Japan/Finland, 2007, 88 min.
8:30 PM
Friday, August 8
STRANGE CULTURE
Lynn Hershman Leeson
USA, 2007, 75 min.
playing with
MAP OF THE UNDERGROUND (MAR YR UNDERGROUND) - North Carolina Premiere!
Hywel Griffith
Wales, UK, 2005, 4 min.
11 AM
ACROSS THE PLATEAU
Zhang Zeming and Paul Liu
Australia/China, 2007, 95 min.
2 PM
PUTTING THE RIVER IN REVERSE - Triad Premiere!
Matthew Buzzell
USA, 2006, 32 min.
4 PM
Post screening Q & A with filmmaker Matthew Buzzell
TRIANGLE FILMMAKERS PROGRAM
Featuring Nic Beery (Carrboro) and Todd Tinkham (Chapel Hill)
Nic Beery will screen his short VERONICA ALWAYS, and Todd Tinkham will screen his shorts WHAT THE FROCK?! and 4 MINUTES ON AN ABANDONED BRIDGE. Also in attendance: Jeffrey Moore, writer and star of "What the Frock?!"
7:30 PM
SPECIAL MUSICAL EVENT: NEW WAVE NIGHT!
The legendary band PYLON from Athens, GA, will be playing at the Wherehouse, 211 East Third St., in Winston-Salem.
Opening will be GRAVEL TRUCK, featuring local celebrity producer Mitch Easter playing songs of his beloved '80s band Let's Active with a special line-up of musicians.
Tickets: $10 at the door; cash only at club day of show... like the 80s.
9:30 PM
Saturday, August 9
JACK TAYLOR OF BEVERLY HILLS - North Carolina Premiere!
Cecile Leroy Beaulieu
USA, 2007, 52 min.
playing with
THE UNGONE
Simon Bovey
United Kingdom, 2006, 9 min.
11 AM
GREAT WORLD OF SOUND
Craig Zobel
USA, 2007, 106 min.
2 PM
MONKS: THE TRANSATLANTIC FEEDBACK
Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios
Germany/USA/Spain, 2006, 100 min.
4:30 PM
TELL ME DO YOU MISS ME: A FILM ABOUT LUNA
Matthew Buzzell
USA, 2006, 102 min.
8 PM
Director Matthew Buzzell and ex-Luna guitarist Sean Eden will be present and will conduct a post screening Q & A.
Filmmaker Reception immediately following at Meridian Restaurant, 411 S. Marshall St., Winston-Salem. Socializing, drink specials and complimentary hors d'oeuvres.
Sunday, August 10
STRANGE CULTURE
Lynn Hershman Leeson
USA, 2007, 75 min.
playing with
MAP OF THE UNDERGROUND (MAR YR UNDERGROUND)
Hywel Griffith
Wales, UK, 2005, 4 min.
11 AM
TALES OF THE RAT FINK
Ron Mann
USA, 2006, 76 min.
1 PM
4
Tim Slade
Australia/USA/Japan/Finland, 2007, 88 min.
2:30 PM
HOME SONG STORIES - North Carolina Premiere!
Tony Ayres
Australia, 2007, 103 min.
4 PM
Summer Sparkle Closing Party at Revolve HQ
6 PM