Cinema Lounge

Hosted by Stephen Gurewitz, Programmed by Britni West

February 15th, 2012
 at the Bryant Lake Bowl!

7PM - FREE - BRYANT LAKE BOWL

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What: The original short film showcase featuring MN work by local, indie filmmakers.
Where: Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater, 810 West Lake St., Minneapolis
When: 3rd Wednesday of each month, at 7:00 p.m.
Admission: FREE!

Think it's too difficult to find a nice, affordable venue at which to screen your work? Or maybe you're of the moviegoing persuasion and think there's no place to see great locally-made independent film? Hogwash! Cinema Lounge provides local filmmakers with a cool, intimate venue to screen their latest work and film enthusiasts a spot to come and see the best indie shorts coming out of Minnesota today. All while enjoying beer, wine, and great food. The best part? Admission is FREE! 

The Lounge: Short Films. Indie Filmmakers. Hell yes.
Cinema Lounge happens the third Wednesday of each month at the Bryant Lake Bowl theater. Britni West programs a lineup of 4-5 locally-made shorts (20 minutes or less) per screening. We mix it up with anything and everything: narratives, docs, music videos, animation, and experimental. After each film is screened, you meet the mind behind the film, as host Stephen Gurewitz conducts a short Q+A session with the filmmaker.

The Mission: You + Clounge = Sweet Cinematic Bliss
Cinema Lounge provides a venue for filmmakers who normally wouldn't have a place to screen their work, whether it's due to a shoestring budget or edgy, alternative content preventing them from finding a home at the local megaplex. Plus, involving the audience with the Q+A allows the filmmakers to get genuine feedback from discerning viewers. Finally, it's a hangout for filmmakers, producers, screenwriters, and anyone to network and meet like-minded folks, possibly forming contacts for future projects.

Submitting to Cinema Lounge
Anyone can subit a film. While submission does not guarantee that your film will be screened, there is no submission fee. So if you'd like to be the next filmmaker to screen with us either complete a form online OR download a submission form here and send it in with your work (20 min. or less) on DVD (or provide a web link) to:

IFP MN Cinema Lounge
2446 University Ave W Suite 100
St. Paul, MN 55114
CinemaLounge@ifpmn.org

Stephen Gurewitz is a graduate from Minneapolis College of Art & Design with a BFA in filmmaking. Stephen wrote his first script in the 8th grade in Golden Valley, MN. His first short, “Grace,” shot on 16mm film, debuted at the Sarasota Film Festival in 2007. “Gabe and Gene” won honorable mention at the MN Historical Society’s Greatest Generation Competition. “Winter Lilacs” received Best Newcomer at the DVX USER film competition and screened at SXSW Film Festival in 2009. His first feature film, “Happy Birthday Rita,” is in post-production. Stephen also recently finished shooting his second feature film "Marvin Seth & Stanley," shot on Super 16, and is also in post-production.