Indie Meme is excited to announce the 9th Indie Meme Film Festival! IMFF 2024 showcases the very best of independent cinema from South Asia & Iran. Events include film screenings, live Q&A's with filmmakers, and special events. Complete details and schedule available online.
Newly Restored:Chronicle contributor Kahron Spearman hosts a rare screening of this two-part ensemble drama featuring an all African-American cast and crew.
Summer Classic Film Series: The comic strip spawned a Broadway musical, which spawned this movie directed by the obvious go-to guy for orphaned moppets – John Huston.
Signature Program: This transgressive animated film from 1973 Japan has been recently restored. Blending gorgeous, watercolor-infused Japanese landscapes with Western influences like Art Nouveau and Expressionism, the film tells the sexually outré and hallucinogenic story of two lovers in a feudal village. Read a full review of Belladonna of Sadness.
Summer Classic Film Series: Brooks’ early reputation as a film director rests with the success of this raunchy Western spoof. A great cast is eclipsed by the hilarious performances of Korman and Kahn, who plays a Marlene Dietrich-like chanteuse. (Double feature: Airplane!)
New doc about film & TV writer and all-around force of nature Larry Cohen (Columbo, Special Effects – screening afterward as part of the "Unhitched" series – Body Snatchers, and much more) comprised of interviews and clips.
GKIDS Presents Studio Ghibli Fest 2018: Japanese animated feature is packed with an environmentally aware storyline, breathtaking animation, and English dialogue penned by Neil Gaiman. Read a full review of Princess Mononoke.
This sweet, nostalgic movie is one of the best things Rob Reiner has been involved with in his career. A Stephen King novella provides the source for this reflective memory piece about youth in the Fifties. The young cast is a true knockout.
This is a free, 90-minute, on-demand class with Hal Croasmun, who will break down the components of what makes a good thriller and instruct you on how you can incorporate these elements into your own work.
Workshop pitches in the morning with an industry script consultant; break for drinks and mingling; then make your best pitch to a live audience and a panel of judges. The winner of the pitch contest gets a ticket to AFF and all the bragging rights.