Newsletter 20.17

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“I never broke the law! I AM the law!”      -Judge Dredd                         Newsletter 20.17                 Returning December 1-6 2020 Announcing the Lineup of (Virtual) Other Worlds 2020! Other Worlds Film Festival announces the official program selections for the 2020 Other Worlds Film Festival, held virtually December 1–6, 2020. Recently named as one of “The World’s Best 50 Genre Fests” by MovieMaker Magazine, the seventh annual festival will feature more than forty films, including features, documentaries, and shorts showcasing the diverse genre of SciFi over six days. Badges for the 2020 Other Worlds Film Festival are available at two levels and are on sale now at otherworldsfilmfest.com/badges. DEADLINES & DETAILS 2020 December 1-6:  Other Worlds 2020!! Virtual via Eventive How to Buy A Badge → “I think over seven years, this is one of our most ambitious, varied and international programs ever,” said Other Worlds Film Festival Founder, Bears Rebecca Fonté. “I’m excited that we will get to give LAPSIS its Austin audience premiere, after it was intended to play SXSW. SWEET RIVER and BLEED WITH ME are character driven Under Worlds entries that don’t make sense in many other genre fests but are perfect for us. DUNE DRIFTER starts Battlestar Galactica and ends a little more Europa Report. And I’m excited to premiere the first ever Weirder Worlds sidebar where the animated space rock opera DEATH OF A ROCKSTAR is joined by ultra-violent LGBTQ thriller PLAYDURIZM and the SciFi Horror Puppet Comedy CREATURES, from the puppet creation team behind The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. If you like Critters, Ghoulies or Gremlins then Tony Jopia has just delivered the Christmas themed creature SciFi Puppet Comedy you’ve been asking for. In addition, 2020 Other Worlds Film Festival will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Danny Cannon’s cult classic with JUDGE DREDD for the Supernova Launch. With every other SciFi film a comic book movie these days, Judge Dredd premiered at a time (1995) when Danny Cannon’s big, bold in-your-face shoot-em-up drawn in magic marker was something of an anomaly. Cannon will join Supernova Launch fans for a Q&A discussing law, justice, and the meaning of life. Blending SciFi and comedy, Dennis Curlett’s World Premiere PARADOX LOST screens as 2020’s Other Worlds Centerpiece film. Fonté explains on this choice for the centerpiece, “I love any fresh take on time travel and Dennis Curlett’s film manages both comedic surprises and unexpected tenderness. Plus, as a former Second City graduate, I’ve often commented the intersection of science fiction and improvisational comedy far too untapped.” Under Worlds will showcase AN IDEAL HOST as the centerpiece this year. Comedy, Horror, SciFi from far away in Perth, Robert Woods’ satirical take on GenZ’ers making a go at adulting never settles in (like your older/better sibling did). It just does what it wants when it wants to. In addition, the 2020 Other Worlds Film Festival will include the Defender of the Universe Screening, Closing Night Film, sixteen other features and four programs of shorts. The full schedule and festival events for the 2020 Other Worlds Film Festival will be released mid-November. Q&As will be available after each screening.  FEATURE FILMS OPENING NIGHT FILM: SKYLIN3S | France | North American Premiere Director and Screenwriter: Liam O’Donnell   SUPERNOVA LAUNCH: JUDGE DREDD | USA | 25th Anniversary Screening Director: Danny Cannon  Screenwriter: Steven E. de Souza, William Wisher UNDERWORLDS CENTERPIECE: AN IDEAL HOST | Australia | Texas Premiere Director: Robert Woods Screenwriter: Tyler Jacobs Jones OTHER WORLDS CENTERPIECE: PARADOX LOST | USA | World Premiere Director and Screenwriter: Dennis Curlett OTHER WORLDS ADDITIONAL FEATURE FILMS: MINOR PREMISE | USA | Texas Premiere  Director: Eric Schultz  Screenwriters: Justin Moretto, Eric Schultz, Thomas Torrey MEANDER (MEANDRE) | France | Texas Premiere  Director and Screenwriter: Mathieu Turi LAPSIS | Canada | Texas Premiere Director and Screenwriter: Noah Hutton ENTANGLED | Canada | Texas Premiere Director: Gaurav Seth / Screenwriter: Doug Taylor I AM REN (JESTEM REN) | Poland | Texas Premiere Director and Screenwriter: Piotr Ryczko DUNE DRIFTER | UK | North American Premiere Director and Screenwriter: Marc Price GONE (POISSA) | Finland | North Amer. Premiere Director: Arttu Haglund Screenwriter: Avi Heikkinen THE RETURN | Canada | Texas Premiere Director: BJ Verot   Screenwriter: Ken Janssens, BJ Verot UNDER WORLDS ADDITIONAL FEATURE FILMS THE OAK ROOM | Canada | Texas Premiere Director: Cody Calahan Screenwriter: Peter Genoway SWEET RIVER | Australia | Texas Premiere Director: Justin McMillan Screenwriters: Eddie Baroo, Marc Furmie BLEED WITH ME | Canada | Texas Premiere Writer and Director: Amelia Moses BREEDER | Denmark | North American Premiere Director: Jens Dahl Screenwriter: Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen DOCUMENTARIES INDIAN SPACE DREAMS | UK | Texas Premiere Director: Sue Sudbury WEIRDER WORLDS  DEATH OF A ROCKSTAR | USA | Texas Premiere Director and Screenwriter: Röckët Stähr  PLAYDURIZM | Czech Republic | North American Premiere Director: Gem Deger  Screenwriters: Gem Deger, Morris Stuttard CREATURES | UK | World Premiere Director: Tony Jopia Screenwriters: Andrew Fawn, Stu Jopia, Tony Jopia SHORT FILMS 2091 | Director: Carlos J. Matos A BETTER YOU | Director: Eamonn Murphy A GRIEVANCE WITH GRAVITY | Director: Kelli Horan ALONE | Director: William Hellmuth BARZAKH | Director: Karina Dandashi BLIGHT | Director: Brittany Clemons DEUS OTIOSUS (THE IDLE GOD) | Director: Mat Braddy DOLLHOUSE | Director: Kaelan Selbach-Broad ELYSIA | Director: Wesley Mellott EPIRENOV | Director: Alejandro Ariel Martin GREASY SPOON | Director: Joelle Mae David I’LL BE BACK TOMORROW | Directors: The Summers Brothers  IN SUSPENSION | Director: Amara Mesnik INFINITE SCROLL | Director: Michael V. Brown JUMP | Director: Josh Mawer KNOW-IT-ALL | Director: R.D. Womack II LATE NIGHT | Director: JJ Pollack LITTLE BIG: GO BANANAS | Director: Ana Pasok, Iliya Pruskin M1DAS | Director: Razan Takash OXYGEN | Directors: Violette Belzer, Rocky Grispen  PALLIDUS | Director: Chelsea Jade McEvoy PERMITS AND APPROVALS | Director: Jackie Todd POLVOTRON 500 | Director: Silvia Conesa Q: GHOSTLY REMOTE EFFECT | Director: Marcus Hanisch RAZE OF THE CYBORG | Director: Young-H. Lee SERIOUS MATTERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT | Director: Josh Copeland SOMETHING DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT | Director: Fergal Costello WASHED | Director: Michael Bartolomeo ZEALANDIA | Director: Bruno du Bois Other Worlds co-sponsoring screening of new Bowie biopic! Other Worlds is partnering with longtime music-themed film festival Sound Unseen to present STARDUST! The film will be available to stream during the weekend of November 13-15. The film chronicles the young David Bowie's first visit to the US in 1971 - a trip that inspired the invention of his iconic alter ego Ziggy Stardust. Other Worlds fans will get $2 off any tickets using code OWFF$2 See HERE for more info.  TICKETING: Other Worlds Film Festival | December 1-6 2020: Festival badges have two levels: “The Pulsar” at $99 or “The Supernova” at $143, with The Supernova offering first access and other perks including special screenings, goodie bags, exclusive events, insider information and more. 2020 Festival badges are available for purchase now at otherworldsfilmfest.com/badges. Individual tickets will be available in November based on availability. The Festival will be available for streaming in Texas only.   SPONSORS: Other Worlds Film Festival is generously sponsored by the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, Dragon Teeth Mats, and The Austin Chronicle.  view this email in your browser Bears Rebecca Fonté Founder and Artistic Director Courtney Hazlett  Programmer and Director of Marketing Robyn Paxman Programmer and Social Media Director Kelli Horan Programmer and Screenplay Director Jordan Brown Associate Artistic Director Dan Repp Senior Programmer and Events Director Reid Lansford Programmer and Registration Director Tessa Morrison Programmer and Outreach Director Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* OWA Film Festival, LLC, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*