Fort Lauderdale Undergound Film Festival, December 13 , 2003.
FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM is proud to be at this fine festival, to be held at the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art. We're especially thrilled to be sharing a bill with the new feature "Hunting For Herschell," about the great Herschell Gordon Lewis, whose classic trash/sleaze/gore films are a major inspiration for FLESH ORGY creator James W. Harris!
Upcoming: Lowest Budget Film Festival to Show FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM! Date to be announced
Denver Underground Film Festival, December 11-14.
FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM played at this renowned festival, described as "an underground film extravaganza...four days of cutting edge display of guerilla filmmaking...considered the most sought-after festival through the Western grapevine." Held at Denver's historic 1896 Fine Art Film Gallery -- a site where fantastic stories and urban legends abound, from alleged underground mining tunnels used to move liquor and high profile guests to illegal speak-easies during Prohibition Days, to sightings of ghosts of long-dead vaudeville and movie stars who performed and partied in the area! A perfect venue for FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM!
http://www.duffcinema.com
Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, October 8-14:
This outstanding week-long festival featured a great line-up of films and we were proud to be included. FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM was very well received. Festival organizers called it a "truly bizarre, unique piece of cinema... under-underground filmmaking." it out:
http://brooklynunderground.org/
FLESH ORGY'S Sister Film:
James W. Harris's second film, SEASON'S GREETINGS, a heartwarming holiday feel-good movie (ahem), has been accepted by MicroCineFest (Baltimore) for their October 2003 festival. This will be the film's world premiere, and we are honored indeed that it will take place at one of the world's finest underground film festivals. More info on that film may be posted here soon. Check out MicroCineFest:
http://www.microcinefest.org/
Bearded Child Film Festival (Colorado): FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM, fresh from winning the Bearded Child Spirit Award (below) played in late September at the University of Colorado's showing of the great Bearded Child Film Festival. Same fantastic line-up as the Minnesota fest (below). Info:
www.beardedchild.moviespage.com
Melbourne Independent Film Festival: FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM played at the wonderful Melbourne Independent Film Festival (Florida) in September, as part of their "Late Night Underground" line-up. A truly international festival, the MIFF 2003 included films from Argentina, Austria, Canada, England, France, Germany, Iran, Sweden, Switzerland, and the USA. Director James W. Harris also participated in a filmmakers' panel at the fest. "Everyone's talking about Flesh Orgy of the Zombie Totem!" festival officials said.
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Bearded Child Festival Award Winner! FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM won the "BC Spirit Award" at the amazing Bearded Child Film Festival in Minnesota, Aug. 8-9. This award is given for "the film that best represents the vanguard, guerilla-style filmmaking the Bearded Child festival is all about." BC officials also called it "a great film." The film played in the "Madness and Mayhem" section of their program -- a perfect three-word summary of FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM! Thank you, BC Fest!
* CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ABNORMAL ART!
FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM played at the incredible Anxiety Films' Mini-Shock Festival at the California Institute of Abnormal Art, Los Angeles, April 26, 2003. FLESH ORGY was proud to share a bill with some of the great names of weirdo/underground filmmaking, including legends Nick Zedd and Richard Kern. Plus insane musical accompaniment by Count Smokula and much more! Report with illustrations coming soon. Check out Anxiety Films web site for more info:
* FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM SHOWS AT TOP UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL!
Baltimore's acclaimed MicroCinefest -- declared "one of the top ten underground film festivals" by film festival authority Chris Gore -- showed FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM on opening night October 30, 2002. FLESH ORGY shared that night's bill with great filmmakers including international underground film superstar Jon Moritsugu. FLESH ORGY director James W. Harris and cinematographer Shanora Zagon attended. Thanks to the MicroCineFest gang for a great reception and five wonderful days of incredible movies. Look for a longer report, with pictures, here soon. And visit the MicroCineFest web site to learn more about this extraordinary festival:
* FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM WINS FESTIVAL AWARD!!!
FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM has been awarded a coveted "Golden Zombie" award by the ZombieDance 2002 film festival.
The award was for "Best Non-Zombie in a Zombie Role" -- i.e., an acting award for best performance as a zombie.
The ZombieDance 2002 festival was -- as reported elsewhere on this site -- the World Premiere of FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM.
FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM creator James W. Harris attended the festival, along with cinematographer Shanora Zagon. Among the celebrities in attendance were Lloyd Kaufman, head of the infamous Troma film company, and Johnny Hardwick, writer, producer and voice of TV's "King of the Hill."
Look for a report on the festival and trip, complete with photos, coming to this site VERY soon! Check back often -- this page changes frequently.
Our thanks to the ZombieDance 2002 judges for giving the World Premiere of FLESH ORGY OF THE ZOMBIE TOTEM such a great send-off!
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