Yes! It's that time already! Join us for the 5th Annual EPFC Youth Film Festival happening May 22 and 23rd... All events are free and open to the general public. Come on down and experience the power and glory of new youth media from around the city and around the globe!

Friday, May 22, 7 pm at Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado Street, LA 90026
Native Youth Works curated by Carla Orendorff
A night of shorts films made by native youth representing Boise Forte Reservation, Red Lake Nation, Leech Lake Nation, Nett Lake Village, Kego Lake and the Four Directions Charter School. Works by In Progress, Outta Your Backpack, and the Echo Park Film Center.

Saturday May 23,  2 – 5 pm at The Smell
247 S. Main Street, LA 90012 (enter in alley)
Stereotypes: Youth Films with Live Local Music curated by Matt Weathers, Carla Orendorff and Andrew Vasquez
Why compromise the film experience? This Film Fest is pretty and noisy with loads of youth flavor! Friends and family love our recipe and say it’s by far the best! It’s wonderful baked up or served raw!! Enjoy!

Saturday May 23 6 – 9 pm at The Downtown Independent Theater
251 S. Main Street, LA 90012
Persistence of Vision: A Look at Murals, Graffiti, Street Art & Tagging in Echo Park and Beyond created by the Spring 09 EPFC Youth Class
Join us for PERSISTENCE OF VISION, a celebration of street art as the quintessential Los Angeles art form. Over the past three months, students learned and practiced the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking as they interacted with Echo Park’s muralists, graffiti artists and taggers in examining the power and complexity of public art in its many guises.
Community Potluck dinner at 6 pm – bring food to share!
Screening followed by Q&A with Filmmakers at 7 pm

SEE YOU THERE!

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The 2009 Youth Film Fest will be held May 23 at The Smell in downtown Los Angeles.

Started in 2005, the EPFC Youth Film Fest is an annual event that seeks to

1. present a diverse and eclectic array of youth-produced documentary, experimental and animated films from around the world
2. bring together young filmmakers and dedicated youth arts educators to share images, ideas and knowledge
3. provide a forum for young filmmakers to use the power of cinema in order to tell their stories and change the world

Festival Information: StereoTypes

Send us your films! The Echo Park Film Center is inviting young filmmakers up to the age of 19 to submit short films for the 2009 EPFC Youth Film Festival. This year, the festival’s theme is StereoTypes. The Echo Park Film Center will be inviting various bands from around the city to perform their music to your film! Be ready for your hip-hop style film to be scored by a ska band and for a punk band to scream over your images of flowers!

We’re looking to break down stereotypes, so send us your films exploring the topic in whatever form you choose… social justice issues, personal relationships, the changing urban landscape, or even a film about your cat! Filmmakers are free to creatively express themselves within any film genre (i.e. Experimental, Documentary, Narrative, Animation etc.) but remember, a band will be playing over any sound in your movie, so mold your film specifically for music to be played to it. We urge you to utilize evocative imagery in your films to get your message across.

Fifteen selected films will be screened with live music on the day of the festival and posted on EPFC ’s YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/echoparkfilmcenter

Create a film, say something about the world, and hear it live!

Submission Details:

There is no entry fee for submissions.

Submissions must be received at Echo Park Film Center by Friday, April 17, 2009. The full festival program will be announced to applicants and the general public on May 1, 2008.

Acceptable submission formats are DVD, Mini DV or Quicktime. Films may be up to 5 minutes in length. Please note: we are unable to return submissions so DO NOT send us your only copy!

A free public screening will take place on Saturday, May 23 as part of the Fifth Annual EPFC Youth Film Fest. More details coming soon...

Please fill out and include the attached entry form with each submission. Make sure all submissions are clearly labeled with the filmmaker’s name, telephone number and email.

Send your submission to:

EPFC Youth Film Festival, 1200 N. Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026 USA

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