Upcoming Festivals May 31, 2010
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A lot of festival news to report. First up is the Hoboken Film Festival,
which runs from June 4th to June 10th. The film is being shown on Tuesday June 8th at 4 pm at the Cedar Lane Cinemas in Teaneck, NJ (for some bizarre reason all the screenings and I think the whole festival, despite being named Hoboken, takes place at the Cedar Lane venue, kind of like the NY Giants playing in NJ, I guess!). I’m planning on being at the screening, and sure would appreciate some company!
Then, in June, there’s a showing at the New Hope Film Festival in lovely and legendary Bucks County, Pennsylvania–a long time weekend retreat for arts oriented urbanites from New York and Philadelphia. The film will be shown on Wednesday June 23, 9:15 pm at New Hope Arts Center, 2 Stockton Avenue in New Hope.
View Larger Map And once again I will be attending.
And then in July the film will be screened at the Jewish Film
Festival of Barcelona–obviously a very exciting development and I am planning on attending that one as well. Don’t have all the details on that yet, but the planned screening date is Thursday July 8th. I’ll post more info as it come in.
And finally, looking back a bit, a brief report on a wonderful screening a lot closer to home a few weeks ago–in fact just a few minutes from where I live. It was sponsored by the Rivertown Film and the Rockland Filmmakers group and was a truly memorable evening with an incredibly enthusiastic and appreciative audience. Thanks again to David Kaminski and Matthew Seig for making it all happen.
Two Upcoming Screenings–And Sensoria Report May 12, 2010
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There are two screenings happening this week. One is at the Park City Film Music Festival--a ground breaking event dedicated to all aspects of music in film, everything from music based documentaries to music videos and feature films that use music as an essential element. The film is being shown at the Egyptian Theater in Park City, Utah on Wednesday May 19th at 6:15 pm, and I will be there. 
Here’s a link to the festival site, you have to then use the pull down menu to get to the specific page for May 19th: http://www.pcfmf.com So if you’re in that area, hope to see you there.
Then it’s back home for an “industry” screening on Friday night May 21 very close to where I live. It’s at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill in Rockland County NY, and is sponsored by the recently 
formed Rockland Filmmaker’s Group, which is part of Rivertown Film. And….it’s free! For more info go to http://www.rivertownfilm.org/rockland_filmmakers.html
Finally, a brief report on the screening at the Sensoria Festival in Sheffield England on April 26–it was a lovely event at another wonderful music film festival. There was a most enjoyable Q&A afterwards with Martyn Ware and 
I met lots of different people, including several Americans who had come over to participate in various festival events. Many thanks to Jo Wingate and Nigel Humberstone for producing such a terrific music/film festival.
Library of Congress Screening/Sensoria April 14, 2010
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Well, despite fears of nuclear summit gridlock the April 12 screening as part of the Jazz in the Spring series at the Library of Congress turned out to be a rousing success. The theater was almost full, and many of the attendees were Raymond Scott aficionados, but there were also
several newbies who reacted enthusiastically to the film. Afterwards there was lively Q&A. All in all a wonderful night for the film and for me personally. Thanks again to Larry Applebaum and the LOC for hosting the event. And for those of you in the area, there are two more films remaining in this year’s series: http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-jazzfilm.html
And for those of you in the UK, a bit of a reminder, the film will be having its 
UK premiere at the Sensoria Festival of Music and Film in Sheffield on April 27th. This is a really cool festival and I’m very excited to be a part of it–I will be there for the screening and discussion afterward with Martyn Ware. http://tinyurl.com/y7ep8xo. Update April 21–of course there’s some risk of my travel being canceled due to this pesky volcano situation in Iceland, but at the moment things are looking up for our Saturday departure….
Sensoria Festival in Sheffield Update April 4, 2010
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The UK premiere is now locked in for Tuesday, April 27 th at the Sensoria Festival of Music and Film in Sheffield, England. Here’s a link to the page for the film: http://2010.sensoria.org.uk/events/film/uk-premiere-deconstructing-dad-the-music-machines-and-mystery-of-raymond-scott-pg/comment-page-1/#comment-32.
I will be attending and there will an interview and Q&A afterwords moderated by Sheffield native and electronica legend Martyn Ware, music producer and co-founder of The Human League, as well as Heaven 17 and the Arts Council project Future of Sound. I’m really looking forward to all of this…hope you can make it!
Gateshead Jazz Festival Report April 1, 2010
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Stu Brown Sextet Performing at the Gateshead Festival
Over the weekend of March 25-27 I participated in “The Raymond Scott Event” at the Gateshead International Jazz Festival at the Sage Gateshead Center in Gateshead, England (it’s just across the river from Newcastle). It was a wonderful couple of days. The event featured excerpts from the film, a scintallating performance by the Stu Brown Sextet(www.raymondscottproject.com) and a panel discussion with Stu and me that was moderated by Alyn Shipton, noted English jazz author and critic who writes for The Times (http://www.alynshipton.co.uk/).
We had a really good turnout, and one highlight of the afternoon was the presentation of abstract animations to Twighlight in Turkey created the day before in an animation workshop that Stu and his colleague Allan McKeown (http://www.mckeowndesign.co.uk/intro-mk-menu.htm) ran. Several people approached me after the event wanting to know more about the film. It was a very satisfying weekend, though a much quicker trip than I would have preferred, but I am going back to England for the Sensoria Festival in late April…
