Paraskevidekatriaphobics, beware: with three Friday the 13ths in 2012, each thirteen weeks apart, those with a deep, blinding fear of the day might be averse to watching the Special Screening hosted by Tallgrass Film Association on July 13. All others are encouraged to attend a Special Screening of the 2011 Tallgrass Film Festival Audience Award-winning [...]
Wichita’s own Tallgrass Film Festival announced its feature lineup, and a schedule of events Friday. The ninth annual Tallgrass Film Festival is coming to 16 venues in the heart of downtown Wichita and the surrounding area from Oct. 20-23, and will showcase 44 independent feature films representing 18 countries from around the world. “Get Twisted,” this year’s [...]
Why not Wichita? That’s what the Washington Express asked Thursday while analyzing the tendency of movie aliens to invade large population centers like New York and Los Angeles. Before the latest E.T. invasion movie, “Battle: Los Angeles” hit theaters on Friday, Kristen Page-Kirby wrestled with this question and spoke with Wichita’s own Lela Meadow-Conner, executive [...]
TFA presents two Official Selections from the eighth annual Tallgrass Film Festival for November’s Third Thursday Screening, co-sponsored by WSU’s International Education and Center for Women’s Studies The Tallgrass Film Association (TFA) will present two official documentary selections from the eighth annual Tallgrass Film Festival (TFF) as the TFA Third Thursday series continues in November. AFTER THE REVOLUTION [...]
The 8th annual Tallgrass Film Festival will take place in and around downtown Wichita Oct. 22-24, showcasing more than 124 independent films from more than 11 countries around the world, and hosting filmmakers from all over the United States. Online ticket sales start Monday, Oct. 4; the Tallgrass Ticket Booth will open up at the Orpheum [...]
WICHITA, KAN — The Tallgrass Film Association announces the August selection for Tallgrass Third Thursday: “Left Field,” a documentary that the Chicago Reader said “gives new meaning to the term ‘tragically hip.’” The film will screen 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 19 at the former Hillside Baptist Church, 147 S. Hillside. Tickets are $10, or [...]
Wichita, KANSAS – The Tallgrass Film Festival is awarding the 2010 Ad Astra to Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated composer Rolfe Kent. Kent is an award-winning composer who has scored over 40 films which include small independent films and large Hollywood productions. Some of his most recent work includes the Zac Efron film “Charlie St. Cloud” [...]
Put on your boogie shoes and get your funk on at Frida’s this Friday night for Fishbone’s first live appearance in Wichita, with the Key Elements and Rudy Love Jr & The Getdown! Tickets are on sale now. ($15 in advance, $20 at the door) and there’ll be some exciting announcements about the 2010 Tallgrass Film [...]
Wichita, KAN. – The Tallgrass Film Association and Uncheckable Films will present the Midwest premiere of Wichita-native Lee Whitman’s feature film debut WAR STORIES. The film will screen 7 p.m., Saturday, June 26, at the Wichita Orpheum Theater. Tickets are $10 at the door and filmmaker Lee Whitman will be in attendance, along with cast [...]
WICHITA — The Tallgrass Third Thursday film for May will explore what America can do to create a economically and environmentally responsible food system. Fresh, directed by Ana Joanes, will screen on May 20 at Newman University in the Dugan Library and Campus Center (Dugan-Gorges Conference Center). There will be a pre-film Farmers Market reception [...]
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