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Heartland Film Festival
Indianapolis has its own film festival, Heartland Film Festival, which takes place in October. I realized this about a week ago and have since then been mooning over the schedule like a lovesick penguin, trying to strike the appropriate balance between “seeing most of the movies I want to see” and “not seeing four movies in one day because how well are you going to remember any of them really if you cram them all in there?”
On the other hand, maybe watching four movies in one day is a quintessential part of the festival experience and I would be cheating myself if I don’t try it at least once. Hmmm.
The problem with festival films is that you don’t know for sure which, if any, will get a DVD release - although I could make some educated guesses about this: The Elephant and the Butterfly is already available to rent/buy on Amazon, so I don’t need to prioritize seeing that on the big screen.
But something like Saints Rest, for instance, or Amy & Sophia - which does have a male director, but the screenwriter is female and the film has watercolor animation so how could I say no to that? But will my schedule allow me to fit it in??? THE DRAMA.
(I feel that I ought to see Seeing is Believing: Women Direct, a documentary about the question “What is the broader role of storytelling in our society and how can women use filmed media as a unique opportunity to catalyze progress?”, but on the other hand I’m not that hot on documentaries and in any case I feel that any answer to this question offered in 85 minutes cannot help but be surface-y.)
I already know I’m going to miss Little Woods, a family drama/crime thriller, because I’m at work when it’s screening… but it stars Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie from Thor: Ragnarok) so maybe it will show up on DVD eventually.
It’s weird how hard it becomes to find out when something will be screening in your area or released on DVD or digitally released once you move away from the big studio movies.
I won’t actually know my final work schedule for the second week of the festival for another week, so at this point all my plans are speculative and I suppose the sensible thing to do would be to wait till I actually know when I’ll be free… but then again, anticipation is an important component of joy. You can enjoy a movie for weeks and weeks before you even see it.
On the other hand, maybe watching four movies in one day is a quintessential part of the festival experience and I would be cheating myself if I don’t try it at least once. Hmmm.
The problem with festival films is that you don’t know for sure which, if any, will get a DVD release - although I could make some educated guesses about this: The Elephant and the Butterfly is already available to rent/buy on Amazon, so I don’t need to prioritize seeing that on the big screen.
But something like Saints Rest, for instance, or Amy & Sophia - which does have a male director, but the screenwriter is female and the film has watercolor animation so how could I say no to that? But will my schedule allow me to fit it in??? THE DRAMA.
(I feel that I ought to see Seeing is Believing: Women Direct, a documentary about the question “What is the broader role of storytelling in our society and how can women use filmed media as a unique opportunity to catalyze progress?”, but on the other hand I’m not that hot on documentaries and in any case I feel that any answer to this question offered in 85 minutes cannot help but be surface-y.)
I already know I’m going to miss Little Woods, a family drama/crime thriller, because I’m at work when it’s screening… but it stars Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie from Thor: Ragnarok) so maybe it will show up on DVD eventually.
It’s weird how hard it becomes to find out when something will be screening in your area or released on DVD or digitally released once you move away from the big studio movies.
I won’t actually know my final work schedule for the second week of the festival for another week, so at this point all my plans are speculative and I suppose the sensible thing to do would be to wait till I actually know when I’ll be free… but then again, anticipation is an important component of joy. You can enjoy a movie for weeks and weeks before you even see it.