filmSPARK

filmSPARK is a tour of force this year- with a heavy lineup of industry pros and forward thinking panels. filmSPARK starts off with The Dude Who Took Down Viacom a conversation about copyright law,  continues with a panel of local experts on the NC film industry and closes with 13 local film shorts. 

RALEIGH (August 27, 2009) This year filmSPARK brings together a series of events designed to celebrate the bright and budding talent of Triangle filmmakers and provide talking points to encourage sustained film growth in North Carolina.

filmSPARK ’09 will kick off with a presentation at 5:45 p.m. on September 18th at Artspace in downtown Raleigh featuring North Carolina filmmaker, Chris Knight, as guest speaker. Knight will recount his tumultuous battle with VHI parent company Viacom after the media giant charged Knight with copyright infringement as a result of the posting of a clip from VHI’s “Web Junk 2.0” on YouTube. The clip featured Knight wielding a light saber and referencing Star Wars in a 2006 Board of Education campaign commercial produced by the filmmaker.

The second portion of filmSPARK will take place on Sunday, September 20th at Artspace where a roundtable event discussing “The State of Film in NC” is scheduled for 2 p.m. and the grand finale, a “Short” Film Festival, scheduled for 7 p.m.  The roundtable event features guest speakers from all arenas of the local film community and includes Aaron Syrett, Director of the North Carolina Film Office, Devin and Marsha Orgeron North Carolina State University film professors, and David Fellerath, Arts Editor of the Independent Weekly. The discussion will center on the current state of the commercial film industry in North Carolina and cover topics such as the recent budget pass of the 25% film tax incentive, the Triangle as an independent film scene, local film marketing resources, and the future of film in North Carolina.

filmSPARK 2009 culminates in our annual screening and film festival. This year’s screening, the “Short” Film Festival, will feature film shorts from thirteen local filmmakers in the categories of “Freaks, Geeks, and Weirdos”, “Animate!”, and “Make Me Laugh, I Dare You”. Filmmakers whose works will be screened are: Preston Campbell, Mike Ferrell, Zach Finch, Michael Garske, Rich Gurnsey, Mike Holst, Nene Kalu, Tim Kiernan, A. J. Klingenmaier, Scott Renk, Nathan Rittenhouse, Marc Russo, and Todd Tinkham. filmSPARK 2009 is proud to be sponsored by Artspace.

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