Seventh Annual Indie Grits Festival Kicks Off Film Competition
April 17, 2013
COLUMBIA, SC – April 17, 2013 – Indie Grits Festival, hosted by the Nickelodeon Theatre in Columbia, S.C., kicks off the film competition portion on the festival Wednesday, April 17 with 63 films. The festival, held April 12-21, 2013, offers Southern filmmakers unique exhibition opportunities and festival attendees will find 10 days full of a unique combination of engaging cultural events unmatched in the Southeast.
“In its seventh year, Indie Grits saw more filmmakers submit their work than ever before,” said Andy Smith, Indie Grits festival director and executive director of the Nickelodeon Theatre. “We’ve accepted and will screen 51 short films and 12 feature films with awards for features, short films, female filmmakers, student filmmakers, experimental films and animation.”
For the most up-to-date information on films, film programs, tickets and the full festival schedule, including Indie Grits official partner events, please visit www.IndieGrits.com. This year’s festival will screen films at the Nickelodeon Theatre (1607 Main Street) and at nearby Tapp’s Arts Center (1644 Main Street).
A few Indie Grits 2013 films of interest:
We Cause Scenes by Matt Adams. Charlie Todd, a Columbia native, is the subject of this new documentary, which follows the group Todd founded, Improv Everywhere. What started as a few people performing organized scenes in public places has grown to include performances by groups of thousands of people, like the group’s “No Pants Subway Ride.” We Cause Scenes will screen on April 17 and 19 at the Nickelodeon Theatre.
Pride & Joy directed by Joe York. In this hour-long documentary, York, on behalf of Southern Foodways Alliance, focuses on Southern food culture tradition-bearers. The film presents intimate portraits of people and places while asking important questions about our common culture with interviews by Rodney Scott of Scott’s Bar-B-Que in Ridgeway, S.C. and Dori Sanders of Sanders Peach Farm in Filbert, S.C. Pride & Joy will screen at the Nickelodeon Theatre April 19 at 6 p.m.
BeeSting by Lisa Sturz. A 13-minute piece of filmed puppetry work, BeeSting was performed live at Indie Grits Festival in 2012 and is an inventive way to tell the story of a woman diagnosed with breast cancer. Combining shadow puppetry and cinematographic techniques, the story moves between metaphor and realism blending personal expression, medicine, humor, music, poetry and gratitude. BeeSting will screen April 19 at 8:30 p.m. at Tapp’s Arts Center.
Full Indie Grits film lineup:
Wednesday, April 17:
6:00 p.m.: Nickelodeon Theatre
Veer! – 85 min.
Crush – 7 min
6:00 p.m.: Tapp’s Art Center
Fish and Chicks – 4 min.
I’m Dracula for Pete’s Sake – 7 min.
Mystery Political Science Theater 2012: Tea Party Invaders from Outer Space Target South Carolina! – 13 min.
The Space Coast – 11 min.
Twenty-One Questions – 21 min.
Aryl & Ybur – 7 min.
8:30 pm – Tapp’s Art Center
The Jam Room: 25 Years and Counting – 46 min.
Little Green Men – 5 min.
Hello My Friend – 12 min.
8:30 p.m.: Nickelodeon Theatre
We Cause Scenes – 80 min.
Thursday, April 18
5:30 p.m.: Tapp’s Art Center
Present – 85 min.
5:30 p.m.: Nickelodeon Theatre
Work, Play, Incarcerate: Images from the Palmetto State
8:00 p.m.: Tapp’s Art Center
Quinn’s New Video Game – 3 min.
The Places Where We Lived – 7 min.
Grandpa Give You the Bird – 10 min.
Daddy: A Cinematic Experiment – 6 min.
December 1990 #2 – 3 min
Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project – 45 min.
8:30 p.m.: Nickelodeon Theatre
Get Better – 85 min.
Don’t Kill the Messenger – 7 min.
Friday, April 19, 2013
3:30 p.m.: Nickelodeon Theatre
We Cause Scenes – 80 min.
6:00 p.m.:Tapp’s Art Center
Ditching School to Whistle – 14 min.
Passing Through Traveling Down – 17 min.
Die Like An Egyptian – 11 min.
Infinite – 2 min.
Kosmonauts – 23 min.
Barr-Price Funeral Home – 8 min.
Moira Angela Darling – 20 min.
6:00 p.m.: Nickelodeon Theatre
Pride and Joy – 59 min.
8:30 p.m.: Nickelodeon Theatre
Euphonia – 54 min.
Holy God Holy Mighty Holy Immortal Have Mercy Upon Us – 19 min.
Reed – 2 min.
8:30 p.m.: Tapp’s Art Center
…78 Years Past the Happiness Bomb – 11 min.
BeeSting – 13 min.
Apocalypse Meow – 7 min.
Supine: A Dream – 6 min.
The Mystery in Old Bathbath – 44 min.
Saturday, April 20
3:00 p.m.: Tapp’s Art Center
Taxidermists – 20 min.
Light Plate – 9 min.
Yucca Mtn Tally – 21 min.
Shoestrings – 23 min.
See the Dirt – 16 min.
3:30 p.m.: Nickelodeon Theatre
Miracle Boy – 17 min.
STEGO-SAUR – 12 min.
Pretty Monsters – 11 min.
Jesus Fish – 22 min.
April – 4 min.
5:30 p.m.: Nickelodeon Theatre
I Have Always Been a Dreamer – 78 min.
As I Am – 14 min.
6:00 p.m.: Tapp’s Art Center
Sci-Fly – 6 min.
The White Coat Phenomenon – 3 min.
Frankenstein Revisited – 40 min.
The Outside Comes Inside – 4 min.
Upstate
588 – 1 min.
Sick – 2 min.
8:00 p.m.: Nickelodeon Theatre
Red Flag – 85 min.
8:00 p.m.: Tapp’s Art Center
Antarctica – 5 min.
So Far Above Humans They Are – 10 min.
21 Chitrakoot – 9 min.
Two Seconds After Laughter – 16 min.
Nile Perch – 17 min.
Por Dinero – 31 min
Stay tuned to www.IndieGrits.com for more information on Indie Grits. Find Indie Grits Festival on Facebook and on Twitter: @Indie Grits. For more information on Columbia, visit www.columbiacvb.com.
ABOUT INDIE GRITS FESTIVAL
Indie Grits Festival, hosted by the Nickelodeon Theatre, South Carolina’s only non-profit arthouse theater, features a juried film competition that focuses on empowering all levels of Southern filmmakers with an independent mentality and far-reaching artistic scope. The seventh annual Indie Grits will take place April 12 – 21, 2013 in Columbia, South Carolina.
Indie Grits Festival also includes a full lineup of engaging cultural events unmatched in the Southeast, including Cinemovements, a special performance that pairs members of the South Carolina Philharmonic led by Morihiko Nakahara with Indie Grits-commissioned silent films. Additional art, performing arts, food, music and family-friendly events will take place
around town as part of the festival. For more information visit www.IndieGrits.com.
