Bizarre Bazaar Booth in Beaumont

Oct 14, 2010 2011 News

If you’re in the Beaumont,TX area this Saturday, October 16th, come check out our booth at the Bizarre Bazaar hosted by the Beaumont Art League. The event will be open from 10AM – 4PM. We will be in Booth #36 selling T-Shirts from previous festivals and handing out flyers about the 2011 Film and Music Festival. Come by if you have any questions or want to help out.

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Tags: Beaumont Texas, Bizarre Bazaar, Flea Market, Saturday

Call for Film Entries

Sep 13, 2010 2011 News

We have now launched our call for film entries. We are looking for short, feature length, documentaries, and experimental/music videos. We are also accepting the same type of films in a separate category just for high school students. Entry forms, rules, and regulations are available in our submissions section.

There is no submission fee to enter the 2011 film contest and no postmark deadline, but we can only guarantee judging in the festival if we receive your entry by January 1st, 2011. (Late entries will be accepted, but may not get to the judges before they choose the winners). If you have any questions, please contact us via our contact form or email info@boomtownfestival.com. Stay tuned we have more news on the way.

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Festival starts in 3 days!

Feb 22, 2011 2011 News

Three more days and counting! The festival is nearly here! Months and months of planning are about to pay off. Its been a long journey to get to this point and we are all so glad for everyone’s support and help with the festival. Everything is pretty much planned for and ready to go for the event which starts Friday night, February 25th at the Lamar University Dishman Art Museum with an opening reception. Films will be shown at the Dishman starting at 5PM and the bands will be playing at the Art Building nearby starting at 7PM.  We will have films, live music, and panel discussions on film making. Be sure to check out our schedule to see when all of the events take place. We even have an interactive schedule that’s formatted for mobile phones.

Don’t forget you can purchase your passes online or at the door. For just $15 you get full access to all of the events for the two-day event or you can purchase a daily ticket for $10. Reminder: we can only take cash or check at the door.

Keep Updated and Participate

To keep track of everything that happens before and during the festival be sure to follow us on twitter or facebook. Also during the festival you can check out our Live site where our volunteers will be posting pictures, video, and commentary from the event. You can participate as well by using the #boomfest hashtag on twitter or posting to our facebook wall.

Win Tickets and Discounts

Be sure to check our twitter and facebook everyday before friday, for a chance to win a free pass to the festival. Also, checkout bargainbee.com on Wednesday, February 23rd to get 2 passes for $15! Not a bad deal.

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Festival Wrap-up and Winners

Mar 9, 2011 2011 News

The 2011 Boomtown Film & Music Festival wrapped up a few weeks ago and once again we had a great turnout this year. We want to thank all of the filmmakers, bands, guest speakers, volunteers, attendees, and sponsors for making this year a success. If you didn’t make it to this year’s festival, check out our Live blogging site for pictures and video from the festival. We hope to have additional events throughout the year leading up to the next festival, so stay tuned.

We also want to congratulate the winners of the film contest and 48 video race:

Film Contest Winners

EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC VIDEO Category

3rd Place: Elemental
2nd Place: MHS Lib Dub: Fireworks
1st Place: The Scriptorium Trilogy, Part 1

DOCUMENTARY Category

3rd Place: 99% Rust
2nd Place: It was Further Enacted
1st Place: Por El Flamenco

NARRATIVE SHORT Category

3rd Place: Consequences
2nd Place: Loaded
1st Place: Down in Number 5

NARRATIVE FEATURE Category

3rd Place: Pleadings
2nd Place: Mirror, Mirror
1st Place: A Savior Red

HIGH SCHOOL Category

3rd Place: MHS Lib Dub: Fireworks
2nd Place: Truth Be Told
1st Place: Broken

BEST IN SHOW WINNER

Down in Number 5

48 Hour Video Race Winners

3rd Place: Impetuous Hope
2nd Place: The Kona Kid and the Mystery of the Malcontented Milkcow
1st Place: Rodger

Below are pictures from the winners that came to the awards ceremony. Thanks to RMStringer Photography for the images. Please contact him if you want the high quality images.

If you’re interesting in helping with next year’s festival, be sure and contact us via our volunteer page.

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Indie Film Recommendations for our Festival

Nov 2, 2010 2011 News

We’ve had a number of submission so far but not nearly enough for a whole film festival. With only two months until the film submission deadline, we decided to reach out to our community to see if you have any recommendations for some good quality independent films you have been lately. These can be ones you’ve seen in recent film festivals or screenings that you thought were exceptional. Please make your recommendations below in the comments section.

Also, if you know any great “film makers in the making” who might be interested in entering their work in the film contest, please pass on our information. They can submit their film via the submission section of our website. There is no cost to enter and we looking for films of all types. This means they will get their films judged, and maybe screened for free!

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Kickstarter Fundraiser, Twitter Contest, and more

Dec 21, 2010 2011 News

UPDATE: The kickstarter project has ended and we are happy to say we reached our goal of $2000! Well $2005 to be exact. Thank you so much to those that contributed to our campaign!

We started our Kickstarter project back on December 9th to help raise funds for our upcoming festival in 2011. We have 2 backers already at the time of this post (which we are grateful for) but we will need much more to complete our goal of $2000 by our deadline of January 18th, 2011.

What is Kickstarter, you ask?

Kickstarter “is a new way to fund creative ideas and ambitious endeavors” by leveraging the internet and the power of social media. You present Kickstarter with your idea, along with your monetary goal, and the number of days you want your project to run. If chosen, you then create donation levels and rewards for each. The catch to Kickstarter is, if you haven’t reached your amount goal by the deadline, all of the donations go back to the donors. This is called an “All or Nothing Funding.”

You can see more details about our project on our Kickstarter page. We started this project because we need to raise $2000  to help cover the cost of renting venues (such as the Art Museum of Southeast Texas) and equipment (for film projection and live music) that we can’t get donated to the event. This is also our first year, in our four year history being independent without the luxury of funds from grants and other sources from being a non-profit.

If you want to help in the fight to keep indie art alive in Southeast Texas then please pledge to help us reach our goal. And even if you can’t pledge, please help by spreading the word to your friends about our fundraiser.

Twitter T-Shirt Contest

UPDATE: We have our winners now for the T-Shirt Contest. Our winners are @thimijan @davidlawless @ashleytravels @AnnaTX12

To help promote our Kickstarter project, we are giving away 4 free 2010 Boomtown festival t-shirts to 4 lucky tweeters that Re-Tweet our message below.

HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST:

Step 1). Follow our twitter account: @boomtownfest

Step 2). tweet the following message:

RT @boomtownfest: Please help our @kickstarter project by spreading the word, or pledging to the project http://bit.ly/hYXrnn

Step 3). The giveaway ends on Tuesday, JAN 18, 2011 at 11:59PM CST. Winners will be announced on Twitter and will receive a Direct Message with further information. Keep in mind, this giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.

Upcoming Events

Preview Event -We have a few ideas for upcoming events that are in the works. One is a “Preview” event planned for January were we showcase one or two of our film submissions along with bands that will be playing at the festival. We are still looking for a good venue that has both a screen and stage for the music act.

48 Hour Film Contest – Another event is a 48 hour film contest, where teams are given 48 hours to shoot, edit and encode their film based on the criteria set in the contest. This event will be planned closer to the festival date in February.

Stay tuned for more details about these events as they because available. One final note, if you are interested in getting involved with the festival planning, be sure to visit our volunteer page for more information.

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Lamar Video Race and Festival Preview

Feb 1, 2011 2011 News

UPDATE: [02.08.2011] – We had to change the venue for the Video Race/Festival Preview. Instead of using the Dishman Art Museum, the event has been moved to the Communications Building at Lamar University. Here is a map to show you the route to get to the Communications Building from the Dishman Art Museum.

We should have volunteers to show you the way.
BEAUMONT, Texas – The Lamar University film program is set to host a 48-hour video race in conjunction with this year’s Boomtown Film and Music Festival. Open to the general public, teams will have two days to write, shoot and edit short films based upon specific props and genres assigned to them at the start of the race.

The contest will kick off after an hour-long BoomFest preview screening at 7 PM on Friday, Feb. 11 at the Dishman Art Museum. Both the festival preview event and the race itself are free to the public.

“We’re hoping to get racers this year from high school as well as college students and professionals.” said O’Brien Stanley, film professor at Lamar University.

All films made during the 48-hour video race will screen at the 2011 Boomtown Film and Music Festival on Feb. 25-26, and a winner will be announced during the BoomFest awards ceremony.
Official Press Release

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Poster/T-Shirt Contest

Nov 22, 2010 2011 News

The Boomtown Film and Music Festival of Southeast Texas is happy to announce our Poster/T-Shirt Design contest. We are reaching out to the local and online community to help us come us with the design for the 2011 festival poster and t-shirt. If you would like to see previous year’s logos and graphics for inspiration, check out our media section.

UPDATE [12/02/2010]: To help sweeten the deal and entice more entrees to the contest. We are giving the winners the choice of either the 2 free passes or a $25 gift certificate to Gelaskins.com

CONTEST GUIDELINES:

• Designs must be submitted by December 15, 2010.
• Entries must be in a common file format. We prefer either JPEG, PSD, PDF, GIF, BMP, or PNG.
• Entries may be low resolution, but if selected then a digital version must be available in high enough resolution to print on 11×17 posters or on t-shirts. At least 300 dpi or vectored.
• The winner will be informed by January 1, 2011.
• Winners will receive a Boomtown Festival t-shirt and 2 free passes to the 2011 Boomtown Film and Music Festival. (see update above)
• We reserve the right to declare no winner if the judges do not select one.
• By submitting a design to the 2011 Poster/T-Shirt Design Contest you are giving the Boomtown Film and Music Festival permission to use your artwork in promoting the 2011 festival and any future festivals.
• Your name or company name will be displayed in our program guide and on our website.

To enter the contest, submit your artwork to boomtownfest@gmail.com with “Boomtown Poster Contest” in the subject line along with your contact information.

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Volunteers Needed

Sep 16, 2010 2011 News

With the festival only five months away, we are deep in the planning stages and we need your help to make this year a success. We need volunteers in a variety of areas. Here is a list of the different committee categories:

• Film Programming Committee
• Music Programming Committee
• Marketing/Advertising Committee
• Fund Raising/Sponsorship Committee
• Contest Committee
• Party Committee
• Guest Speaker Committee
• General Festival Committee

You don’t have to be limited to one committee, if you feel you can help out in more than one committee, please sign up for it. Also if just want to sign up to be a regular volunteer, that would be the General Festival Committee. They will be in charge of things like registration.

Also, if you good at Graphic Design, we could use your help to come up with flyers, posters, and the like.

To sign up as a volunteer, please use our volunteer sign-up form.

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