Kelley Baker - The Angry Filmmaker comes to town

We spent the weekend at a fantastic filmmaking workshop presented by the Wisconsin Film School and featured Portland-based Angry Filmmaker--Kelley Baker. Two solid days of instruction in the art of low-budget movie-making. Everything from pre-production planning to independent distribution, Kelly knows his stuff. He’s a veteran industry sound designer on such films as MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, GOOD WILL HUNTING, and FINDING FORRESTER.

Jim Carrier (WFS Director), Robert, Tashai, Kelley Baker (The Angry Filmmaker)

Final Episode of Not Docs airs this month

Not Docs is a television show for the lover of independent short films. Produced by Robert, it has run for the last two seasons on WYOU Madison’s channel 4 (now digital 991). Each episode showcases the work of one or more independent filmmakers with a focus on narratives, experimental and art films rather than documentary…hence the name of the show. But after two years, Robert is ready to move onto new film projects so this month will be the final airing of Not Docs before it goes into repeats.

And it’ll be ending with a bang!

Indie filmmaker Eric Lim’s sci-fi, action-packed, monster invading Zero Trooper-F premiered to a pumped up crowd at the 2008 Wisconsin Film Festival. Now you can see it this month on Not Docs! The film features an appearance by Matt Sloan of youtube’s Chad Vader fame.

Mad City Chickens invited to screen at BC film festival

Our film Mad City Chickens was recently invited to screen at the Urban Issues Film Festival in British Columbia. In it’s third year, the festival links the World Town Planning Day with such issues as food security, hence the backyard chickens theme. This year’s fest is scheduled for November 21st in Nanaimo, B.C.

Tashai interviewed by W.O.R.T Radio about new Madison chicken ordinance

The Madison City Council passed a new chicken ordinance Tuesday night. The previous ordinance first initiated back in 2004 only allowed for single family homeowners to have chickens in Madison. The new law now includes apartment dwellers as well.

The ordinance sponsor, Alderperson Marsha Rummel, first got the idea for changing the laws last spring after interest in backyard chickens grew from the premiere of our film Mad City Chickens at Madison’s Wisconsin Film Festival. Because of this, local W.O.R.T. radio personality Gordon Heingartner gave Tashai a call yesterday and did a short interview with her for the popular news program In Our Backyard.

Listen to the mp3 file of the interview with Tashai and other local chicken experts.

Available Now: T-Shirts with “Egghead” Logo from Mad City Chickens film

In our continuing efforts to raise money for the distribution of the Mad City Chickens documentary, we are now offering T-shirts for sale. They are being sold through our printfection webpage. After printfection fees, we net $10 per shirt. All proceeds will be used towards professional DVD replication, promotion and distribution of the film. Thank you for your support of true independent filmmaking.