Folly Felder Film Festival
Now in its fourth year, the Folly Festival Film Festival supports, encourages, and acts as a showcase for filmmakers, in particular for local talent from South Carolina.
The Folly Felder is a beautiful fit for Piccolo Spoleto, a local arts extravaganza that runs alongside the more internationally flavored Spoleto Festival each year.
Short film has become an increasingly accesible art form, thanks in large part to digital technology and new ways and means of distribution now possible.
A well-made short can be a special delight. Time constraints force artists to make full use of their talents, to snip away unneeded bits and keep the story in tight focus throughout.
This year’s festival paid special recognition to three extraordinary shorts. The bronze went to local filmmaker Richard Almes of Mt. Pleasant, the silver to Merrill Weekley, just up the coast in Surfside Beach, and a well-deserved gold to Barry Battles and Griffin Hood of Alabama.
The major film industry, as we all know, has had more than a few flirtations with Charleston and other South Carolina locations. While this is an obvious choice for films about the American Civil War, it is also becoming recognized that the spectacular landscapes and beauty of the South Carolina Lowcountry make it outstanding for other features as well.
Hey, here in Charleston, we’re always ready for our close-up.
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4 responses so far ↓
1 Vera // Jun 4, 2007 at 1:04 pm
My husband and I attended last night and enjoyed almost all of the movies.
I liked the Merrill Weekly films the best, and the film by the Alabama guys was hilarious. The Script Cops was the funniest of all.
It was great fun to be there. I certainly plan to do it again next year.
2 Carole // Jun 7, 2007 at 6:22 pm
“Fim” Festival? “extraganzanza?” Really?
Were you sleepy, or did you lose your spellchecker?
Anyway, this sound like a fun festival, and a great forum for indies. Thanks for sharing it.
3 Jason // Jun 8, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Thanks for the catch, Carole! I went back and fixed the errors. Chalk it up to being way, way tired… it is Spoleto season in Charleston, after all.
Actually, though, I kind of like “extraganzanza.”
4 Carole // Jun 8, 2007 at 8:52 pm
“Extraganzanza.” Okay, it could catch on…”Yes, the gown was an extavagance, but she loved organza. It was an extraganzana.”
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