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Wednesday, July 21 at 7pm

Come on down toto the Bryant-Lake Bowl this months Cinema Lounge! It's FREE and fun. Catch some awesome local shorts, drink some beers and ask the filmmakers some questions.

We're giving away two pairs of tickets to the Incredibly Fun Party, courtesy of Kodak and Tom Lesser.

This month we have:

..."Station"
by Jaime Carrera and Tyler Jensen

"Poem for the Sea"
by Jila Nikpay

"Bike Race"
by Tom Schroeder

"The Nihilist"
by Wayne Johnson

It's going to be a great night, so come on down!

Cinema Lounge is produced by: Max Becker, Programming (pictured above, right) and Stephen Gurewitz, Host (left). Max Becker is the Director of Access and Facilities at IFP MN. Max is a graduate from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design, with a BFA in filmmaking. He has been a prolific filmmaker and has worked in both the commercial and corporate sectors. Prior to joining IFP MN, he worked as an Equipment Manager at MCAD and is a self-proclaimed Geek. Max has had screenings of his films at numerous venues in the Twin Cities, including IFP MN’s Cinema Lounge. He is currently producing a web-based series Northern Outpost that covers Minnesota’s music scene one band at a time. His business, Northern Outpost Media, produces music videos for bands such as Zoo Animal, To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie, and Self Evident.

Stephen Gurewitz is also a graduate from Minneapolis College of Art & Design with a BFA in filmmaking. Stephen wrote his first script in the 8th grade in Golden Valley, MN. His first short, “Grace,” shot on 16mm film, debuted at the Sarasota Film Festival in 2007. “Gabe and Gene” won honorable mention at the MN Historical Society’s Greatest Generation Competition. “Winter Lilacs” received Best Newcomer at the DVX USER film competition and screened at SXSW Film Festival in 2009. His first feature film, “Happy Birthday Rita,” is in post-production.

Cinema Lounge would like to thank our sponsor:

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About IFP Minnesota's Cinema Lounge:
Hosted by Stephen Gurewitz, Programmed by Max Becker
What: The original short film showcase featuring MN work by local, indie filmmakers.
Where: Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater, 810 West Lake St., Minneapolis
When: 3rd Wednesday of each month, at 7:00PM
Admission: FREE!

Are you sitting on an old student film that hasn't seen the light of day? Think it's too hard or expensive to get a decent venue in which to screen your work? Or maybe you're of the movie-going persuasion and think that there's no place to see great independent film? Nothing good happening locally? Hogwash. Cinema Lounge is like the cute, chubby little cupid that brings these two lost souls together. Local filmmakers have a cool, relaxed venue to screen their latest work, and the average Joe has a spot to come and see the best indie shorts coming out of Minnesota today. The best part? It's all FREE.

The Lounge: Short Films. Indie Filmmakers. Hell yes.
Cinema Lounge happens the third Wednesday of each month at the Bryant Lake Bowl theater. Paul Clark programs a lineup of 4-5 locally made shorts (20 minutes or less) to screen each month. We mix it up with anything and everything: narratives, docs, music videos, animation, experimental -- almost anything goes. After each film, you get to meet the mind behind the film, as host Dan Orozco conducts a 5-10 minute Q+A session with the filmmaker and audience.

The Mission: You + Clounge = Sweet, Sweet Cinematic Bliss
Cinema Lounge provides a venue for filmmakers who normally wouldn't have a place to screen their work, whether it's due to a shoe-string budget or edgy, alternative content preventing them from finding a home at the local megaplex. Plus, involving the audience with the Q+A allows the filmmakers to get genuine feedback from discerning viewers. Finally, it's a hangout for filmmakers, producers, screenwriters, - anyone - to network afterwards and meet like-minded folks, possibly forming contacts for future projects. And, hey, for the average Joe, it's free entertainment.

The Films: SUBMIT!!
ANYONE CAN SUBMIT A FILM!! While submission does NOT guarantee that your film will be screened, there is no submission fee. So if you'd like to be the next filmmaker to screen with us, call Max Becker at (651) 644-1912, ex. 118, or download a submission form here and send it in with your work (20 min. or less) on DVD or web link to:

IFP MN's Cinema Lounge
Attn: Max Becker
Suite 100
2446 University Ave. West
St. Paul, MN 55114