March 17, 2006
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! FESTIVUS !
A couple of announcements in the film festival arena.
That 5 minute short I did “PASSAGES” can be seen at next week’s San Francisco Asian American Film Festival, in a collection of film shorts called “Lost and Bound”. It’ll be playing on: Tuesday, March 21, 2006, Auditorium 3, Kabuki Theater in Japantown, San Francisco, CA on at 9:15PM.
And then “HATCHET” has been officially selected for the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival! It’s kinda rare for an indie horror film to be accepted into such a big festival but the film has acquired a pretty good buzz and previous indie horror films in big festivals have had good track records:
- “The Blair Witch Project“. Budget: $35,000. Debuted at the 99′ Sundance Film Festival and purchased by Artisan for $1 million. Grossed $248 million worldwide.
- “Cabin Fever“. Budget: $1.5 million. Debuted at the 02′ Toronto Film Festival and
purchased by Lionsgate for $5 million. Grossed $27 million worldwide.
The main hopes in any festival debut situation is not only being well received by the audience but also being well received by the distributors present so that a bidding war incurs.
So
if you’re in NYC and are up for a good ‘ole fashioned/CGI-less/slasher in the vein of the original “Friday the 13th” and “Halloween“, here are the screening times and ticket info:
- Thursday, April 27, 7:30 pm
AMC Village VII 66 Third Avenue (at 11th Street) New York, NY 10003
- Saturday, April 29, 11:59 pm
AMC Village VII 66 Third Avenue (at 11th Street) New York, NY 10003
- Sunday, April 30, 4:00 pm
AMC Village VII 66 Third Avenue (at 11th Street) New York, NY 10003
- Thursday, May 4, 10:30 pm
AMC 34th Street 312 W. 34th Street New York, NY 10001
- Saturday, May 6, 11:45 pm
AMC 68th Street 1998 Broadway (at 68th Street) New York, NY 10023
Comments (7)
congrats!
wow, that’s great that “hatchet” got picked-up for the tribeca film festival
i’m volunteering for the SFIAAFF. i saw that you were in Lost and Bound… i got so excited. it’s showing today… in a few minutes… at 4:45… ahhh! i wish i could make it… maybe after the festival is over you could put it up on youtube or something so we could watch…???
Thanks for the info Parry. It’s great that Hatchet is going to be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival…especially since you’re in it!
haha i remember seeing you in “Passages” at the VC screening for the armed w/ a camera program and i remember being pleasantly surprised and thinking… omg, that’s Parry Shen! =P
Let the festivities begin!
Hey parry! my name is Lena Cai, I go to UCLA, and we met at your lecture on Asian Actors in the Asian American Studies 20 class with proffessor K. Park. (I got your autograph) I don’t know if you have any recollections of me, but I admire your pursuit for minority status in the acting arena as an Asian. Although I have no desires to be an actor, for now, I do wish to work in the entertainmen industry in the future.
Just saying thank you for taking the time to post your experiences.
Have a great day!
*LC