Old School Pictures
Rachel Kimsey stars in "Daylight Fades." The Old School Pictures film premieres June 15 at Malco Paradiso.
Memphis gets its answer to "Twilight" and "True Blood" when the vampire movie "Daylight Fades" -- the latest feature from local company Old School Pictures -- premieres June 15 at the Malco Paradiso, 584 S. Mendenhall.
Tickets go on sale today at daylightfades.com. Cost is $14 per ticket. The movie will screen at 6:30 and 9:15 p.m.
Directed by Brad Ellis and written by Allen Gardner, "Daylight Fades" is a contemporary story of young bloodsuckers, shot and set in Memphis. It is the first feature from the decade-old Old School Pictures company since the romantic comedy "Act One," which was named best local narrative feature at the 2005 Indie Memphis Film Festival. The company's previous movie, "The Path of Fear," a ghost story, earned the same award at the 2002 festival.
Small-fry film fest
Malco's annual "Kids Help Kids" summer film festival begins Tuesday and continues through July 28.
The lineup of movies for the benefit for children's hospitals and charities includes such small-fry favorites as "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," "Kung Fu Panda" and "Shrek the Third," to name a few. Participating theaters include the Ridgeway Four, the Collierville Towne 16, the Wolfchase Galleria Cinema 8, the DeSoto Cinema 16 and other locations in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Kentucky.
The movies screen at 10 a.m. every Tuesday and Wednesday. Different films play at different theaters each week. Downloadable schedules are available at malco.com.
Admission is $2 a ticket, and proceeds go to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; the Arkansas Children's Hospital; the Kosair Children's Hospital in Kentucky; the Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital in Jackson, Miss.; and The Pantry in Oxford, Miss., which provides food and services to the elderly and needy.
Oxford calling
Submissions are now being accepted for the 8th annual Oxford Film Festival, scheduled for Feb. 10-13 in Oxford, Miss.
The festival is accepting narrative features and shorts, documentary features and shorts, animated films and experimental films.
More information and downloadable entry forms are available at http://www.oxfordfilm fest.com. Online entry forms can be found at withoutabox.com. The regular submission deadline is Sept. 1.
Thanks to its parties and seminars as well as its movies, the Oxford Film Festival has grown steadily in prestige and popularity over the past few years. Movies that made their regional debuts at the fest include "Sunshine Cleaning" with Amy Adams, "Wonderful World" with Matthew Broderick and the Morgan Freeman-sponsored documentary, "Prom Night in Mississippi."
Lead role for LaVere
Bass-plucking Memphis chanteuse Amy LaVere gets her first starring movie role in August when "The Romance of Loneliness" begins shooting here, under co-directors Sarah Ledbetter and Matteo Servente.
The movie is the latest production from Memphis-based Paper Moon Films, headed by Nick Case and Ryan Watt.
Ledbetter (who also scripted "Romance") and Servente previously collaborated on the short film "Dammi il La," which screened at festivals worldwide and earned the Best Short Film award at the 2006 Memphis International Film Festival (now known as the On Location: Memphis International Film Fest).
According to a release from Paper Moon, "The Romance of Loneliness" is the story of a strong-willed young woman surrounded by a host of alternately odd and traditional Southern relatives, friends and artists.
Paper Moon likely will finance the film in part through private funding-donation online "sponsorships," as was done with the company's previous feature, Kentucker Audley's "Open Five." Casting and other opportunities will be announced soon.
An increasingly popular live musical performer and recording artist, LaVere is no stranger to film acting. She had substantial roles in Craig Brewer's MTV serial, "$5 Cover," and in two yet-to-be-released made-in-Memphis movies, "A Fine Step," about show horses, and Brian Pera's "Woman's Picture."
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