Very Scary Productions - Out & About Page 2 - Movie Screenings and Other Live Events in 2005

Each day spotlighted a different filmmaker: The festival kicked off on Saturday the 22nd with the films of Bruce G. Hallenbeck. Sunday, January 23rd featured the films of Joe Bagnardi. My day of films was on Saturday, January 29th; and on Sunday, January 30th the films of Albany's own Brandon Bethmann and

Eric Szmyr were shown. Festival highlights included the world premiere of Bruce G. Hallenbeck's

long-in-the-works feature "London After Midnight" on Day 1, and a panel discussion with all the

filmmakers which wrapped up the festivities on Day 4. Additionally, the festival generated extensive

local media coverage with articles in eight newspapers including The Albany Times Union, The Record, Metroland, The Saratogian and The Schenectady Gazette, among others. Dead Of Winter was also mentioned on several area television and radio stations, as well as on many movie websites.

I'd like to thank everybody who attended The 2005 Dead Of Winter Free Film Festival. Your support of independent filmmaking in Upstate New York's Capital Region is greatly appreciated! Here's hoping we

can do it again next year. Some photos from the festival are below. Enjoy!

To view newspaper coverage of The Dead Of Winter Free Film Festival see the Media page.

For information and updates on London After Midnight see Other Projects Page 1.

For information and updates on The Edge Of Reality see Other Projects Page 1.

For information and updates on The Temptress see "The Temptress" Page.

To view the trailers for all three features see the Movie Trailers page.

The Edge Of Reality can now be purchased through filmbaby.com - see the Merchandise page for information.

For information on Night Therapy, 3 To Murder & The Green-Eyed Monster see the Acting Credits page.

(Please Note: movie posters for London After Midnight & The Edge Of Reality, which were previously

on separate promotional pages before the April 2006 site redesign, are now on Other Projects Page 1.

Movie posters for The Temptress, which were previously on a separate promotional page before

the April 2006 site redesign, are now on "The Temptress" Page.)

First four photos above: Independent filmmaker Bruce G. Hallenbeck at Day 1 of the festival.

Left to right: Bruce being announced by Upstate New York radio legend Joe Condon, Bruce at the podium talking about the long history of the feature "London After Midnight" (two photos), and with his wife Rosa

in front of the L.A.M poster display. Mr. Hallenbeck's movies "Vampyre" and "Fangs" were also shown on the first day of the festival.

Above: Here I am at Day 3 of the festival.

Left to right: Speaking before my screening of "The Green-Eyed Monster" (first two photos), sitting in front of my festival poster display, and another picture of the display. The other movies I screened were "Night Therapy", "3 To Murder" and "The Temptress".

Above: Independent filmmakers Brandon Bethmann & Eric Szmyr at Day 4 of the festival.

Left to right: The duo at the podium introducing their Sci-fi/horror feature "The Risen"

(first two photos), and with the other filmmakers at the panel discussion which concluded

the final day of screenings. Brandon & Eric also screened their first feature "Raising Hell".

This marathon event, the first of its kind to be held at the New York State Museum,

took place on Saturday, October 29th, and featured four landmark, classic horror films. The films shown were "Horror of Dracula" (1958), "Carnival of Souls" (1962),

"The Haunting" (1963) and "Night of the Living Dead" (1968). Myself and fellow Upstate New York independent filmmakers Joe Bagnardi and Bruce & Rosa Hallenbeck were on hand to host the event. We also had a Q&A with audience members and showed several of our own independent movie trailers to kick off

the day. I'd like to thank everybody who attended the film festival and also my co-hosts.

And finally a special thank-you goes to Pat Whalen at The New York State Museum

for putting the whole thing together.

The Very Scary Productions Out & About pages provide information on live movie screenings I've hosted or been involved with. These pages also include many photos taken at these live events (when available). Simply click the thumbnails to view the full-size pictures in a separate browser window. This page contains information on The 2005 New York State Museum Classic Horror Film Festival and the 2005 Dead Of Winter Free Film Festival.

The 2005 Dead Of Winter Free Film Festival was held on the weekends of January 22-23 and January 29-30 in the theatre at the New York State Museum in Albany, N.Y.

The four-day festival was a celebration of locally-produced horror films in Upstate New York's Capital Region.

Left to right: Joe at the podium speaking before the showing of "The Edge Of Reality" (first two photos),

and standing in front of his poster display. Photo #4 is a new poster I created for the festival for Joe's feature "Shadow Tracker: Vampire Hunter". The anthology feature "Blood Of The Werewolf" was also shown

on day 2.

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The Edge of Reality DVD can be purchased through filmbaby.com.

See the Merchandise page for purchasing information.

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The Temptress Special Edition DVD can be purchased through filmbaby.com.

See the Merchandise page for purchasing information.

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Of Theatre & Bikinis will be available for purchase on DVD soon.

See the Merchandise page for more information.

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