The Shoot Out 24 Hour Filmmaking Festival

The Cheyenne International Film Festival (CIFF) is pleased to release the films selected to screen at the Historic Atlas Theater May 21 – 23. The program is subject to change and will be updated on the website.

THE SHOOT OUT 24 HOUR FILMMAKING FESTIVAL CHEYENNE – TOP 10 FILMS

LIVE ACTION SHORTS; USA, 80 minutes, 2009

Executive Director: Michael Conti

SYNOPSIS: Each film can be no longer than 7 minutes in length and must be edited in-camera and returned to the event organizers no later than 24 hours after the start of the event. All films must include 5 of the eleven items announced at the start of the event in “The Brief.” All films are judged to come up with the Top 10 Films for the Gala Screening Event.

Next Shoot Out occurs on October 15-17, 2010 in Cheyenne.

2009 TOP 10:

Best Sound Design and Best Music

FOWL PLAY – Produced by Warehouse Twenty One. Directors, Writers, and Art Direction by Dave Teubner, Chad Willett, Greg Williams, Steve Barton, Brett Walker. Sound Editing and Camera by Chad Willett Music by Steve Barton

Best 17 & Under

THE ROPE – Produced by Randy Clapp. Directed by Lee Lazar and James Hoppe. Camera by Peter Oshes. Acting by Andrea Aguirre, Ruth Post, Eliza Cornell, James Szkobel-Wolff, and Jocelin Medina. Special Thanks to Twisted Foundation.

Best In-Camera Editing

TO BE A COWBOY – Produced by Emily Robinson. Acting by Dan Adams, Bridget Wilson, Crystal Hastings, Emily Robinson, Dominique Schoech, and Jeremy Gonzales. Camera by Emily Robinson, Dan Adams, and Bridget Wilson. Script by Dominique Schoech and Crystal Hastings. Sound by Jeremy Gonzales. Directed by Emily Robinson.

Best Comedy

LIVE FROM CHEYENNE – Produced, Written, Directed, Camera, Acted by Peter Inells. Additional support by Diane Moeller.

Best Art Direction

BLOWN AWAY – Produced, Directed and Camera by Daniel Marces. Acting by Elaine Marces, Maia Marces, Madison Marces and Daniel Marces. Music by Daniel Marces.

Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay Best Actor

CACHED – Produced, Written and Directed by Ian Shaw. Camera by Dustin Jenkins. Music and Sound by Ian Shaw. Acting by Graham Johnstone, Bailee Schreyer-Bragassa. Art Direction by Joe Trigeiro.

Best Film, Best Director

SLEIGHT OF HAND –  Directed, Script and Produced by Cougar Littlefield. Camera by Jason Mowry. Acting by

Mark Mitten and Joshua Fisher.

Peoples’ Choice

ROOK – Produced, Writen and Directed by Eric D. Brown. Camera by Michael Haspil. Acting by Mary Zinnel, Scott Flack, Chad Redwine. Art Direction by Sunil Nair. Sound by Melissa Barbee.

GONE – Produced by Megan Metheny. Acting by Catherine Lerner, Tyler Humphrey, Scott Long.

IRREGULAR NEWS – Produced, Written and Directed by Andy Crowson, Mark Crowson, Vern Nickelson, Randy Parks. Camera by Randy Parks. Acting by Andy Crowson, Mark Crowson and Vern Nickelson.

May 23: Program 7 – The Shoot Out Cheyenne Top 10

Historic Atlas Theater 12:00pm

Doors open 11:45 am

Starting at 7 p.m. on February 5, 2010 , Filmmaking Intensive will kick off by debuting the Top 10 Films from The Shoot Out Cheyenne in the Rendezvous Room West in the Washakie Center basement on the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie.

“I’m looking forward to showing our club’s film from the Shoot Out Cheyenne, ‘To Be A Cowboy.’ I am proud of it,” Best of the West President Emily Robinson said. The seminar will offer four workshops: digital storytelling, camera basics, three-point lighting and audio production.

Read the full article in The Branding Iron, the local Laramie Wyoming newspaper.

The Ciné Institute, based in Jacmel on Haiti’s southern coast,
was completely destroyed in Tuesday’s earthquake. The Ciné
Institute provided Haitian youth with film education and
edutainment, technical training, and media related micro
enterprise opportunities.

It is now gone.

BUT…the students (all of whom survived) went back into the
rubble of their building and found their cameras. And they are
now shooting – making a visual record of Haitians (by
Haitians) during this crisis.

What can we do?

The Institute relies on the support of individuals,
organizations and film professionals from around the world to
support a movement that harnesses the power of film to educate
and create opportunity for Haiti’s youth.

Check out the website and donate anything you can to help
rebuild the school – and give these passionate students hope
for their future. http://www.cineinstitute.com