RIPFest #5
Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press/Industry Contact:
Matthew Bautista, Raw Impressions, Inc.
917.679.4993 or mabautista1@aol.com

Raw Impressions Inc. presents
RIPFest #5: Thrillers
6 films created in 16 days
Monday, October 25 & Tuesday, October 25
8:00 & 9:30pm
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Ave. (@ 2nd street)
New York City

New York, NY, April 25, 2004: Raw Impressions, Inc. will produce six original short movies for the fifth installment of the RIPFest film festival. RIPFest is a guerrilla filmmaking process wherein professional filmmakers who have never worked together are given sixteen days to collaborate on and create original works. This is the first time RIPFest is doing Thrillers. Beyond that, there are no restrictions on content or style, however there are uniform guidelines for creative inspiration.

RIPFest #5, participants include artists with careers in television, film and Broadway. Among the current team is an array of awarded professionals including Oscar, Tony and Emmy winners. Broadway and television actress, Tony Pinkins has pushed back the schedule for the opening of Caroline or Change at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles for two weeks so she can direct for RIPFest. She created the role of Caroline on Broadway in Tony Kushner’s first musical and she continues her recurring role on ABC’s All My Children. Director Mark Millhone will be helming one short. He was given a 1997 Academy Award for Best Student Short Film. Also working on RIPFest are writers Geoff Hirsch, Jason Reich - both Emmy Award winners for The Daily Show with John Stewart. Past participants include filmmakers who have been featured at Sundance, on MTV, in the Whitney Biennial and the 2nd Place winner of the of Showtime’s 12th Annual Black Filmmakers Competition.
RIPFest- The Guidelines for RIPFest #5:

∑ Create 5-10 minute film tailored to the actor/singers assigned.
∑ Genre: “Thrillers”
∑ Theme: “Something Hidden”
∑ Use one indoor and one outdoor location assigned.

RIPFest # 4- The Process
Saturday, May 1, 2004: 6 teams are announced, a - writer, producer, director, composer, editor, DP, actors (2-5) and a crew- and given the guidelines to create a new film. Following the first meeting they have:

∑ 2 days to write a first draft script
∑ 2 days for rewrites
∑ 2 days for pre-production
∑ 2 days to shoot the film
∑ 8 days for post production
∑ 16th day the films are premiered.

Raw Impressions Inc. promotes the best films to come out of RIPFest at events and festivals around the globe. This past year, RIPFest films have been seen in over 13 festivals, as well as broadcast on Showtime.

About Raw Impressions, Inc.
RIPFest is a production of Raw Impressions, Inc. Christopher Tiné is the Executive Producer, Erik Bryan Slavin is the Associate Artistic Director and David Rodwin is the Producing Artistic Director of RIPFest. Founded in 2001 by David Rodwin and Patrick Mellen.

Raw Impressions, Inc. is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit committed to inspiring artists to be prolific with excellence. We also create opportunities for artists to take risks and work with new collaborators. Lastly, we premiere the work we commission after supporting it through a speedy development process free from commercial pressures-so our artists can just be artists. In addition to RIPFest, the organization also has a music theatre division Raw Impressions Music Theater (RIMT). In the Spring, RIPFest combines the divisions to make movie musicals in Los Angeles and New York simultaneously.
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