The 2013 New England Underground Film Festival has revealed the program and schedule for its third annual event. From the official press release:
The New England Underground Film Festival, a celebration of the best of underground cinema, will have its third annual presentation on October 5 at the Wilde Auditorium in the University of Hartford’s Gray Conference Center. The event will be held from 12:00pm to 6:00pm; general admission is $10 and students with school ID can pay $5.
Programmed and hosted by Film Threat’s Phil Hall, the New England Underground Film Festival will offer a line-up of provocative short films and feature-length productions. Among the highlights in this year’s festival is a rare public screening of the long-lost 1922 animated film Mechanical Doll, produced by the Fleischer Studios and starring the beloved character Koko the Clown.Koko the Clown
This year’s festival will also include three films from Connecticut-based directors: Jared Marmitt’s Common Misconception, Kelly DiMauro’s Protector of the Kingdom and Stephen Dest’s My Brother Jack; Kieran Valla, a Connecticut native now based in California, is represented with Hangdog. Massachusetts is also represented in the festival with three films: Luke Bittel and Fred Warren’s Some Assembly Required, Paul Turano’s Not Clear Cut and Michael Legge’s Monochromia.
The full festival schedule is online at http://newenglanduff.webs.com/.
The University of Hartford’s Gray Conference Center is located at 200 Bloomfield Ave, West Hartford, CT ; the telephone number is (860) 768-4951 and the website is www.grayconferencecenter.com.
