RAWSTOCK Short Film Festival Launches Season at ACT with Experimental Industry First:Synergistic Cinema
Every Day is a Journey – six directors, eight characters, infinite possibilities
RAWSTOCK Short Film Festival
featuring the premiere of Every Day is a Journey
May 19, July 14, August 18, Nov 17 and December (to be announced)
Tickets/Times
Start at $10
Included with Basic Monthly Membership
Wednesdays, 8:00 p.m.
ACT Theatre
Ticket Office: (206) 292-7676
700 Union Street, Seattle WA 98101
Seattle, WA – April 20, 2010 – Always pushing the boundaries of the film genre and redefining grindhouse cinema, RAWSTOCK Short Film Festival opens its sixth season at ACT with the much anticipated debut of an entirely new experiment called “synergistic cinema” designed to challenge six up and coming local filmmakers through a single film project, Every Day is a Journey.
Every Day is a Journey is a serialized story told in six, five-minute chapters written/directed by six distinct and unique local filmmakers, each using the characters and story threads introduced in the previous chapter. Similar to the old schoolyard game of story improv, where each person contributes a sentence to create an unpredictable tale, each filmed episode of Every Day is a Journey will be taken over by a new creative auteur. The initial chapter, written and directed by RAWSTOCK Co-Founders Justin Freet and William (WT) Russell, combines the worlds of small-time grifting and self-help gurus, and where it goes from there is up to each successive writer/director: Nik Perleros, Ben Rapson, Christian Palmer, Jason Reid, and Ian Connors.
While each chapter of Every Day is a Journey will advance the story set forth by the preceding writer/director, each chapter must also serve as a standalone short film, posing a secondary challenge to the creative teams.
“William Russell and I were inspired by the serials created in 2004 by Los Angeles screenwriters Dan Harmon (Heat Vision, Jack) and Rob Schrab (Monster House), and thought we should create a film version of what they initiated; an experiment we’re calling ‘synergistic cinema’,” said Freet. “The varied filmmaking styles create a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience for our fans and give each writer/director an opportunity to approach films in a new way.”
Each chapter of Every Day is a Journey will sequentially premiere at each RAWSTOCK event, starting May 19, with the final two chapters and the film shown in its entirety at the grand finale screening in December (date to be announced).
The RAWSTOCK Short Film Festival will also feature the return of RAWSTOCK favorite Mitch Magee with The Bartender, visionary animator Micheala Olsens with Fuzzy Insides, and newcomer Ben Rapson with Teething, as well as all-new visceral short films from around the world, including the Canadian grindhouse tour-de-force film Hobo with a Shotgun by Rob "Yer Dead" Cotterill.
The RAW Lounge, sponsored by Bulliet Bourbon, will open for cocktails at 7:30 p.m. Screenings begin at 8:00 p.m. An after party at Liberty Bar will follow each screening. Tickets are $10 and available at the ACT Ticket Office, 700 Union Street, Downtown Seattle, (206) 292-7676 or online at www.acttheatre.org.
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