Short Film “Addict” to Screen at the 2012 Idyllwild Film Festival
IFP Phoenix member and producer JP Frydrych, is excited to announce that the short film “Addict” has been chosen as an official selection of the 2012 Idyllwild Film Festival.
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The short film, Addict, is a chaotic ride through the world of meth through a user’s eyes. Following the main characters, Amy and Harry, the audience will question the way in which they look at their own lives and others around them. The story starts out following a gentle conversation between our main protagonists, leading them to the conclusion that they need to fill their fiending desire for this psychotropic substance. At any cost and at any measure, they will begin to develop a want and need to fulfill their desires. As they first question whether they should cook their own, then question the possibility of pawning a car stereo, and ultimately robbing a convenience store at gunpoint, the characters’ thoroughly disengage from their own lives and develop an evolutionary pattern, in all causality, creating a life-long disaster of epic proportions. Therefore, they obtain the necessary blood money to purchase the drug from their dealer, Rick, whom confronts the married couple with a frightening story. Leaving the retched dwelling of this controversial character, Harry and Amy, set back to their own home where they are forced into this vexed environment of misery and poor conjugal trust. In the end, Harry forces his way into Amy, in the most primal way that our species can still experience.
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The 2012 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema Announces Official Selections
Idyllwild, CA (January 3, 2012) — Festival director Stephen Savage and chairman Philip R. Calderone today announced the final selections for the 2012 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema. The festival will run from Thursday, January 12 to Sunday, January 15, 2012 in the city of Idyllwild, California. Now in its third year the festival is hitting its stride, this year screening sixty seven (67) projects.
The slate demonstrates the festival’s interest in highlighting independent artists, from student to professional level. IIFOC screens a wide range of projects, this year presenting seven feature films (seven dramas, six comedies, and two thrillers), six documentaries, fourteen featurettes (projects between 15 and 59 minutes in length) and 32 short films—a total of 67 projects.
The festival has expanded to three venues and is doing outreach to local residents and business to make this year’s event more interactive. The central location is The Rustic Theatre, located at 54290 North Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA.
In addition to the film screenings, the four-day event includes an Opening Night Networking party, three seminars, an award ceremony and an Afterparty, all open to filmmakers and the public. Tickets must be obtained at the festival web site, although all party and seminar tickets may be selected free with any Festival Pass purchase.
