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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
meet your maker, boxes showing and q&a...boxes to showcase the digital domain event, october 13, 2000
september 13, 2000 -- minneapolis, mn -- MEET YOUR MAKER The national IFP Consortium (a partnership which consists of IFP (New York City,) IFP/Midwest (Chicago,) IFP/North (Minneapolis/St. Paul,) IFP/South (Miami,) and IFP/West (Los Angeles,) is pleased to present Meet Your Maker, an evening with an independent filmmaker working in the digital domain. The program presented is a new Independent Film Channel (IFC) acquisition entitled Boxes, Directed by Rene Besson and Written and Produced by James Anthony Portolese. Boxes is an experimental film about trying to break out of your box and the day-to-day obstacles that can get in your way. Both Besson and Portolese will be present at the screening and will conduct a Q&A session following the screening. This activity is sponsored by the Independent Film Channel and Eastman Kodak. The filmmakers will be on hand to share their experiences bringing script to screen, navigating the festival circuit, and finding distribution. A cocktail reception will follow at the popular local Minneapolis bar Jitters. Date: Friday, October 13, 2000 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Heights Theater Screening/Dialogue 3951 Central Avenue North East Columbia Heights, MN 55421 Tel: (612) 789-4992 Jitters Cocktail reception E. 201 Hennepin Ave. Mpls., MN 55414 Tel: (612) 617-1111 the independent film channel (ifc) is the first channel dedicated to independent film presented 24 hours a day, uncut and commercial-free. ifc reaches 31 million homes on a full-time basis and is the most widely distributed channel dedicated to independent film on television. www.ifctv.com Independent Feature Project North is a nonprofit media arts organization dedicated to promoting and furthering the creation of high quality, independent film. IFP/North accomplishes this by fostering the personal vision of a diverse group of filmmakers, providing access to funding that allows for creative control by filmmakers, and cultivating exposure to a wide range of audiences. www.ifpnorth.org
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