Julia Fair, screenwriter on Alien Raiders, will be on hand to introduce the film and answer audience questions afterward. Our two screenings of Alien Raiders, which has plot elements reminiscent of the dark conspiracy themes of the Delta Green universe, will also feature comments from Scott Glancy, co-creator of Delta Green. Did Ms Fair intend these parallels or was it merely a "coincidence"? What real-life events inspired both creations?
Indie film director, Aaron Vanek (The Yellow Sign), screenwriter Julia Fair (Alien Raiders), Scott Glancy (Pagan Publishing) and Edward Morris (author) will introduce The Blair Witch Project at 10:00 PM on Saturday. They will discuss the making of the film (Julia was involved in the creation of the "history" of the Blair Witch) and its Mythos connections. Aaron has called The Blair Witch Project "one of the best Lovecraftian films ever made."
Saturday night marks the return of the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets live and in concert! Don't miss the fun. You will need your festival pass to get in.
Sunday night is going to be our blow out wrap up party with ambient music and lightshow... and perhaps a visit by Elwood?
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Well I am still wiped out from running the festival. I'll start posting more news (including the award information) as soon as I am able.
Until then I am on a strict regiment of 40cc of gin every hour. Ha.
Thanks again!
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Still recovering after the festival but want to announce the winners officially. We'll be updating the awards section once we've re-coded the awards section.
2008 Deep One Screenwriter Awards
The following screenplays were selected as best of out of a field of 54 entries. The head judges were author Robert M. Price, author Joseph S. Pulver, and festival director Andrew Migliore.
Thanks to Laurel Dodge, there is going to be a mini-HPLFF up in Seattle this March 20th running for a week at the Grand Illusion in Seattle Washington near UW. It is called HPLFF Best of Fest Seattle.
Advance ticket sales for the Gala Night March 21st are available for $10.00 via PDXTix.net
David Prior (Am1200) and Director Andrew Migliore (Founder HPLFF) will be on hand Saturday night for intros and Q&As.
Short Block 1: Casting Call of Cthulhu, Late Bloomer, The Book Dealers, Eel Girl, Legend of the Seven Bloody Torturers, The Canal, Maxwell's Mind, Experiment 18, Between the Stars, Call of Cthulhu
Shorts Block 2: The Outsider, Cool Air, AM1200
Shows Sat 7pm (Block 1) and 9pm (Block 2), and Sun 3pm & 5pm, and weekdays 7pm & 9pm, Doors open 1 hour before sceeenings.
Don't miss it!
I am sure by now you have seen splashed on the pages of Variety and echoed in most blogs and news sites that there is a chance that the graphic novel "The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft" may be made into a movie.
So I ask the lurkers... what do you think? Will Ron beat del Toro to the punch and be the first to make a major Hollywood Lovecraft based production?
The 2009 HPLFF will be held in Portland Oregon on October 2-3-4. We are rising from our R'lyehian slumber and are actively working on updating the site with new information.
The stars are almost right...