Blue Water Film Festival announces Official Selections

Michigan and Ontario-based film festival reveals finalists up for monetary prize award competition.

Port Huron, MI, August 27, 2013 - The Blue Water Film Festival (BWFF) has announced the Official Selections of the 2013 festival.

Independent films are submitted to the festival each year from all over the State of Michigan and the Province of Ontario. Each fall they are screened in the City of Port Huron at McMorran Place Theatre over a full weekend of events; culminating in the Blue Water Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday evening.

The Blue Water Film Festival accepts short films, full-length features, documentaries and animated films to their annual festival.

The 2013 Official Selections of the Blue Water Film Festival (in alphabetical order)

Abed - Ryan Lieske (Bryon Center)
Bone Yard - Scott Galeski (Wyandotte)
Broadcasts from Voyager Prime - Matthew Winne (Ferndale)
Dayplanner of the Dead - John Wisniewski (Farmington)
Dog Tag - Mark Finnell (Ferndale)
Downriver - Tinisha Brugnone (Warren)
Fifty Lakes One Island - George Desort (Riverside, IL; filmed in Michigan)
Grammar Goombas - Allan I. Ross (Lansing)
Haunted Sweet Dreams Inn - Cruce Grammatico (Dryden)
Moo: A Documentary - Reid Petro (Kalamazoo)
Resistant - Mike Madigan (Troy), Matthew Peach (Livonia) and Chris Lepley (Royal Oak)
Static - Denn Pietro (Taylor)
The Date - Chris Raby (Los Angeles, CA; filmed in Michigan)
The Water Brothers: Carpageddon - Alex and Tyler Mifflin (Toronto, Canada)
The Whistle - Jonathan D'Ambrosio (Clarkston)
Torontopia - Sam Kay (Toronto, Canada)
Trail - Phillip Lupo (Garden City)
Vanishing Act - Joshua Courtade (Comstock Park)
Whiskey Tango - Scott Galeski (Wyandotte)
Who the *&@# is Uncle Joe? - Allen Maldonado (Plymouth)

Kelly Kennedy, Chairperson of Film Selection for the Blue Water Film Festival states, ?The 20 Official Selections featured at our fifth annual festival truly show the talent, ingenuity and passion the independent filmmaking industry in Michigan and the Province of Ontario continues to possess. Each year we are honored, thrilled and very proud to present a compelling program that provides these gifted filmmakers an opportunity to showcase their phenomenal work while at the same time exposing the Blue Water Area to a unique and diverse catalog of films?.

The Official Selections of the Blue Water Film Festival will screen on Saturday, September 28th, 2013.

Visit http://bluewaterfilmfestival.com/ for more information.

Detroit Zombie Con Preliminary Schedule of Events

Mark your calendars, Detroit's Zombie Con is shambling your way on August 17 & 18 at the Motion Picture Institue in Troy, MI.

Get your tickets via Eventbrite and be sure to be there by 11:30 on Saturday to hear Rob St. Mary and I on the "Evolution of the Zombie Film" panel.

Here's the tenative schedule for everything Zombie Con:

Day 1: SATURDAY, AUG 17, 2013 - Doors Open at 10AM
EXHIBITION	THE GALLERY OF THE DEAD	10AM to Close
MOVIE 1	Carnival of Souls	10AM-11:30AM
PANEL DISCUSSION 1	The Evolution of the Zombie Film	11:30AM-12:30PM
MOVIE 2	Birth of the Living dead	12:30PM-2PM
PANEL DISCUSSION 2	Why Do We Love Zombies W/Psychologist Kim W.	2PM-3PM
MOVIE 3	Undertaker (Presented By Synapse Films)	3PM-4:30PM
EXHIBITION	ZOMBIE BELLY DANCERS	4PM-5PM
EXHIBITION	MS. Z-CON PIN UP GIRL CONTEST	5PM-7PM
MOVIE 4	Battle of the Damned	7PM-9PM
EVENT	AFTER PARTY	9PM Until The Dawn Of The Dead...
Day 2: SUNDAY, AUG 18, 2013 - Doors Open at 10AM
EXHIBITION	THE GALLERY OF THE DEAD	10AM to Close
MOVIE 1	Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse (Short Film Precedes)	10AM-11:30AM
EXHIBITION	MIMESIS LIVE: ZOMBIE ROLE PLAYING (Interactive Haunted Attraction)	12PM-3PM
MOVIE 2	Fangoria's Germ Z	11:30AM-1PM
PANEL DISCUSSION 3	With DAWN OF THE DEAD Stars DAVID EMGE, SCOTT REINIGER & COURTNEY GAINS (Time TBA)	(Time TBA)
MOVIE 3	Short Film - Ian Bensman's Mission Zero	1PM-1:30PM
MOVIE 4	Synapse's Reel Zombies	1:30PM-3PM
MOVIE 5	Short Film - Matt Cantu's The Zombie Factor	3PM-4PM
MOVIE 6	Portrait of a Zombie (From Ireland)	4PM-5:30PM
EXHIBITION	ZOMBIE CRAWL With MS. ZCON And The Mimesis Zombies	5PM

AND MORE SPECIAL SURPRISES TO BE ANNOUNCED.

Cashiers du Cinemart 18 Update

I don't know what it's been but I was being kind of blasé about the next issue of Cashiers du Cinemart, maybe because it was yet another item on my long "to do" list.

I've finally gotten my head out of my butt a bit and am getting back into "editor mode" when it comes to this upcoming issue.

I've extended the final deadline for articles to the end of August. If you've got something you want to write about, please send it my way via my impossiblefunky @ gmail address. No facebook messages, please. I'm trying to keep everything in the same inbox.

Thanks for your patience!

Spiderbaby's Book Shelved

In a very informal statement -- a tweet -- St. Martin's Press told several curious folks yesterday that "[Ms. MacDougall] has withdrawn [Grindhouse Girls]. Thanks for your patience."

I've been interviewed a few times about the whole situation. Here are a few links of interest:

• The Bubonic Plagiarist by David F. Dwyer
• Trash Interviews Mike White by Amy Taylor

Continue to keep up with the latest insanity via The Mortuary.