September is slowly–but most definitely surely–becoming Long Beach’s month of film, as the Long Beach Cinematheque and local electronic music group Toaster Music have paired up to launch the Guts & Bolts Short Film Festival in conjunction with the Cinematheque’s upcoming Zombie Walk. The festival itself is part of a larger project–the A LOT of Zombies and Robots program–funded in part by the Arts Council of Long Beach and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Guts & Bolts (G&B) now joins the QFilm Festival and the Cambodia Town Film Festival in September, with G&B showcasing films that are under five minutes and–most importantly, blood and metal lovers–contain either a zombie–guts!–or a robot–bolts!

guts n bolts1“Over the last few years I’ve collaborated with both Sander [Roscoe Wolff] and Sumako [of Toaster Music] on various multimedia projects, from music to live art to fashion,” said Long Beach Cinematheque founder and Executive Director Logan Crow. “And when Sander told me he had a concept for a short film fest collaboration between his band Toaster Music and the Cinematheque’s Zombie Walk event, I was all ears.”

As submissions continue to be accepted through August 9, a jury will select their top fifteen short films. That list will be announced September 7 and the films screened on September 20. Three films will be honored: one with an Audience Award, one with a Jury Award, and a final selection with an Online Award; these winners will also have their films screened on October 26 at the 6th Annual Zombie Walk Long Beach.

“It’s been thrilling to already have received a lot of interest and inquiries in the short time since we launched our call for films,” continued Crow. “Everything from ‘Are trailers welcome?–yes!–to ‘Can the film have both a robot AND a zombie?’–yes!–to ‘Can filmmakers who don’t live in Long Beach submit their films?–yes!”

To submit:

  • Visit: http://lbcinema.org/gbsff/
  • All submissions must be received by 5PM on August 9th.
  • Submissions must be less than five minutes in length (no minimum length), and must contain either a robot or a zombie, or both. No other content criteria; all genres and styles welcome!
  • Submissions should be posted on YouTube, with a minimum resolution of 720i.
  • Once uploaded, complete Submission Form below, where you will provide YouTube link to film.
  • Click DONATE icon at bottom of page to submit $5 submission fee to Long Beach Cinematheque.
  • Filmmakers are encouraged to share their videos and garner likes/thumbs up – Online Audience Award will be given to the film with the most likes/thumbs up.
  • All videos/YouTube links will be featured on event sites promoting festival, including but not limited to Long Beach Cinematheque and Long Beach Zombie Walk Music and Art Festival websites.
  • For the purposes of fairness in voting, YouTube link where film is featured must not be any older than June 1, 2013.

The Guts & Bolts Short Film Festival will take place on September 20 from 6:30PM to 9:30PM at the empty parking lot on the west side of Pine Avenue, just south of 7th Street.

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