Oct 9, 2013
(October 9th, 2013) An exclusive sneak-preview of 40 year-old Troma Entertainment’s Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1, directed by legendary auteur Lloyd Kaufman, will be held at Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival in Buffalo, New York on Saturday, November 9th at 9:30 pm at Dispon’s Amherst Theatre, 3500 Main Street. Kaufman will be present for a Q&A following the event. Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1 will begin U.S. theater distribution in January 2014. Kaufman will be honored with the festival’s Dedication to Excellence in Independent Filmmaking Award on Sunday, November 10th. Previous recipients of the award include Debbie Rochon and Roy Frumkes. Admission is only $8.00.
At Kaufman’s request, all proceeds from this exclusive preview will be donated to the Niagara Arts & Cultural Center (NACC), a 501(C)(3) non-for-profit organization in Niagara Falls, where much of Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1 was shot. Kaufman says “I am delighted to express my appreciation to the NACC and to return the generosity of the loving Niagara/Buffalo citizens that do so much to support independent art and Troma.”
“This is a coup for our festival,” says Buffalo Dreams co-director Gregory Lamberson. “Lloyd created The Toxic Avenger, a seminal film which has influenced a whole generation of mainstream filmmakers from Tarantino to Eli Roth to James Gunn. Genre fans are now waiting to see Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1 in order to discover what happens next in Tromaville. We get to preview the film and honor Lloyd Kaufman the same weekend.”
Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Volume 1 is a hilarious, thoughtful sci-fi Event Film with themes ripped straight from today’s headlines: the contamination and degradation of the world’s food supply, rampant bullying, LGBTQ love triumphing over prejudice and violence. The film is a revisiting of Troma’s 1986 cult Class of Nuke ‘Em High. Troma Entertainment is one of the longest-running independent movie studios in United States history and Kaufman’s body of work has been cited as influence by Peter Jackson, Quentin Tarantino, Takashi Miike, Eli Roth, and James Gunn just to name a few.
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival will show over 80 movies from around the world Friday, November 8th – Thursday, November 14th.
Visit www.buffalodreamsfilmfest.com for additional information.
Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1 Trailer: http://youtu.be/SIhxM3AufYA
Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1 EPK: http://return2nukeemhigh.com/
Troma: http://www.troma.com/ fan site: www.lloydkaufman.com
Lloyd Kaufman Twitter: @lloydkaufman.com
The NACC: http://www.thenacc.org/
Dipson Theatres: http://amherst.dipsontheatres.com/
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BUFFALO DREAMS FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SLATE OF 85 FILMS
CONTACT: Gregory Lamberson, Gregory.lamberson.author@gmail.com
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival has announced an ambitious slate of 85 films which will screen between Friday, November 8th and Thursday, November 14th at the Dipson Amherst Theatre in Buffalo, New York. Several distinguished genre filmmakers are scheduled to attend: Lloyd Kaufman, who will receive the Dedication to Filmmaking Excellence award, is screening Return to Nuke ‘Em High Vol. 1, billed as a Sneak Preview, as a fundraiser for the Niagara Arts & Culture Center (NACC) in Niagara Falls; Roy Frumkes will screen Animosity, which he executive produced for writer-director Brendan Steere; and Brett Kelly will screen the horror comedy musical My Fair Zombie. Albert Pyunn receives the Indie Genre Spirit Award in absentia; Road to Hell, his homage to Walter Hill’s Streets of Fire, will screen.
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival will show 26 features and 59 short films over seven days. According to festival co-director Chris Scioli, 45 of those films were produced in the United States, including 13 filmed in Western New York; 13 were submitted by Canadian filmmakers; and 27 entries are international or international/US co-productions.
“We wanted to create an international film festival unlike any other in Buffalo or Western New York,” says festival co-founder Gregory Lamberson. “Part of that plan involved expanding the scope of our programming to include science fiction, fantasy, horror, action, thrillers, animation, cult and fan films. I’m happy to say we’ll be screening quality films in every one of those categories from all over the world. Chris and I are thrilled by how many filmmakers from outside Buffalo – outside the country! – will be joining us.”
The awards ceremony will be held in the theater on Sunday, November 10th. Advance tickets will go on sale at Dipson Theatres’ website this week.
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival is sponsored by Off Beat Cinema, Alternative Cinema, Seeley and Kane’s Books and Comics, and Western New York Grip & Electric. The Festival will be preceded by Buffalo Film Expo, a one day event comprised of film discussion panels, to be held on Sunday, November 3rd, at Holiday Inn Buffalo Airport.
2013 Film Selections:
Non-Competition Features
- Return to Nuke ‘Em High Vol. 1 (USA/Western New York)
- Blood Marsh Krackoon (USA)
- Dry Bones (Western New York)
- The Legend of Six Fingers (Western New York)
Official Feature Film Selections
- Atlantis: The Last Days of Kaptara (USA)
- Animosity (USA)
- Buffalo Boys (Western New York)
- Constant Angel (Western New York)
- Dust of War (USA)
- Echo Dr. (USA)
- Empire Gypsy (USA)
- Found in Time (USA)
- Imago (USA)
- Motivational Growth (USA)
- My Fair Zombie (Canada)
- Nightmare Box (USA/UK)
- Pinup Dolls on Ice (Canada)
- Project London (USA)
- Road to Hell (USA)
- Sick: Survive the Night (Canada)
- Squid Man (USA)
Official International Feature Film Selections
- Judas Ghost (UK)
- The Squad (“Zveno,” Federation of Russia)
- On Air (Germany)
- The Tiger Mask (Japan)
- Wrath of the Crows (Italy)
Official Short Film Selections
- Agophobia (Canada)
- Attack of the Killer Bees (USA)
- Ave Maria (USA)
- Bloody Mary – A Tale of Revenge (Canada)
- Broken Wings (Western New York)
- Brothers in Arms (USA)
- Burn Brightly (USA)
- Depths (USA
- Desert Road Kill (USA)
- The El Chupugcabra (USA)
- The Family Business (USA)
- The Final Five (USA)
- Five Points (USA)
- Follow the Leader (USA)
- The Girl in the Road (Canada)
- He’s Not Looking So Great (USA)
- His Name is Clown Face (Western New York)
- The Horizon Project (Canada)
- Kin (Canada)
- Kiva (Western New York)
- The Liberator (USA)
- Little Man of Steel (USA)
- Merinthophobia: Fear of Being Bound or Tied Up (USA)
- Mirror Lake (Western New York)
- Motel Charlie (Canada)
- One More for the Road (Canada)
- The Outlaw 3: Vengeance is Mine (Western New York)
- Retention (USA)
- Rhythm (Western New York)
- Somnium (Canada)
- The Summoners (USA)
- Tasha and Friends (Canada)
- The Trouble I Got (Canada)
- Ugliest Man in Cartoons (USA)
- Undead Playground (Western New York)
- Wormchild 2: Fresh Flesh (Western New York)
- Wunderland (USA)
Official International Short Film Selections
- The Adventures of Sheriff Kid McLain (USA/Brazil)
- Apartment 15 (Italy)
- Belly of the Wolf (UK)
- The Birth of a Family (South Korea)
- The Blow-Ins (Ireland)
- Division Azul (Spain)
- Environmental Pressure and Species Adaptation (South Korea)
- Eugenia (Israel)
- Heat (South Korea)
- In(B)etween (Spain)
- Kendrick: A Grim Tale of Hatred and Revenge (Austria)
- Lapsus (France)
- The Last Piper (Norway)
- Maid of Horror (Australia)
- Memory Sculptor (Japan/USA)
- Micro-Time (Israel)
- Model 15 (New Zealand)
- One Night at the Aristo (UK)
- Refugio 115 (Spain)
- Tokyo Halloween Night (Japan)
- Ugry Night (South Korea)
- The Wild Diaries (France/USA)
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival: www.buffalodreamsfilmfest.com
Oct 8, 2013
(October 8th, 2013) The first Buffalo Film Expo will be held on Sunday, November 3rd at the Holiday Inn Buffalo Airport, 4600 Genesee Street in Cheektowaga, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The event, which will feature a vendors’ room and panel discussions by local film professionals, is a joint effort between Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival and local promoter Ted Hanes. Admission is only $5.00.
“Our goal is to bring as many local filmmakers and film enthusiasts from the Buffalo-Niagara-Rochester area together under one roof as possible,” says Gregory Lamberson, who co-directs Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival with Chris Scioli. “We have a large community of professional crew members, semi-pro feature filmmakers, aspiring filmmakers, craftsmen, actors and film students in Buffalo, which is one of the reasons we started Buffalo Dreams in the first place. As hard as it is to believe, we’re spread out and disconnected, except maybe for the Buffalo Niagara Film Professionals page on Facebook. With Buffalo Film Expo, we want to provide an educational forum and networking base for filmmakers of all levels of experience. We’ve made the admission low so anyone can attend.”
The first component of the expo is the vendor room, where local production companies, actors and filmmakers can represent themselves to the community, and dealers can sell DVDs, comic books and other merchandise. The second component is the panel discussions by area professionals who will take questions from the audience. Panelists and discussions scheduled so far include: Buffalo Niagara Film Commissioner Tim Clark and Operations Director Rich Wall on working with the film commission; cinematographers Chris Santucci, Matthew Nardone and Clint Byrne on shooting for film and television; Frank Rossi and Bryan Patrick Stoyle on the business side of acting and casting; and Joel Reisnikoff on art direction and production design. All guests are contingent upon availability, and more will be added.
Interested vendors should contact buffalofilmexpo@gmail.com. Buffalo Film Expo precedes Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, which runs Friday, November 8th – Thursday, November 14th at the Dipson Amherst Theater.
Buffalo Film Expo on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/BuffaloFilmExpo
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival:
www.buffalodreamsfilmfest.com
Buffalo Niagara Film Office:
filmbuffaloniagara.com
Buffalo Niagara Film Professionals:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/136028613143115/
Press release from Greg Lamberson
Oct 4, 2013
(October, 4th, 2013) Buffalo Native Ray Guarnieri screens his “Buffalo Boys” this Sunday, October 5th, at the Buffalo International Film Festival Screening Room location. Buffalo Boys is an Award Winning Feature Film, which brought home a “Best Film” award at the 2013 Manhattan Film Festival, as well as “Best Crime Drama” at the 2013 International Indie Gathering Film Festival in Cleveland, OH.
Inspired by a true story, “Buffalo Boys” follows the life of IAN, a 15 year old living in Buffalo, NY. After discovering the man who raised him is not his biological father, Ian’s world is turned upside down as he heads down a path of self destruction and murder.
His mother, MARY-ANN, refuses to name his real father, fueling Ian’s desire to escape suburbia. His girlfriend, LINDSAY, urges him to stay and work things out, while his best friend, DANIEL, continues to lead him down a violent path.
Together, the boys sell drugs to make money- until their dealer, MAXINE, offers an easier way to get rich quick…
In 2009, after the murder of the childhood friend from whose life “Buffalo Boys” is inspired, Director Raymond Guarnieri began revisiting experiences and writing the screenplay. Early in the process, fellow producer Mckenzie Trent and writer Elana Lott joined him and together they completed the screenplay over a 9-month period.
From the outset, The Better StirFry Team, consisting of Matt Tester, Jason Montalvo, Guarnieri and Trent, insisted on shooting the movie on-location in Western New York, both for the sake of authenticity, and because of the richness of the region in resources. In July 2012, the “Buffalo Boys” project was pre-approved for the NYS Tax Incentive for Filmmakers, making it the smallest-budget film ever to pass the high standards of the program.
The “Better” Team completed production of the film in 23 days in August 2012. Post-Production began immediately until the film was completed in late February 2013.
Complete Buffalo International Film Festival Schedule (HERE)
Oct 4, 2013
(October 2nd, 2013) Created as an invitation for the Congress for the New Urbanism 2014 convention in Buffalo, “Buffalo: America’s Best Designed City” covers the region with breathtaking aerial shots in ways not seen before.This short feature is a great showcase for some of Buffalo’s best production talents, directed and shot by John Paget and crewed by Nate Peracciny, Nick Early, Dani Weiser, Chary Robbins, John Davis, Dave Bull, and Title Art Animation from Ben Porcari at IBC Digital.
Visit the official website to learn more:
http://www.bestdesignedcity.com
Produced / Directed by John Paget, Paget Films
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Executive Producers – Dottie Gallagher Cohen & Ed Healy, Visit Buffalo Niagara
http://www.visitbuffaloniagara.com
Presented & Sponsored by
Visit Buffalo Niagara, Larkin Square, Buffalo Niagara Enterprise, Houghton College, Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp., The John R. Oishei Foundation, The Campaign for Greater Buffalo and Block Club.
Aug 26, 2013
(August 26th, 2013) Great news from producer Greg Lamberson….
Principal photography has wrapped on The Legend of Six Fingers, the second feature from writer-director Sam Qualiana, in Royalton, New York. Qualiana, who stars in the film with local actor Andrew Elias, previously helmed Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast. Debbie Rochon and Lynn Lowry co-star in the found footage monster film, which was produced by Greg Lamberson (Slime City Massacre, Dry Bones) and executive produced by Michael Raso of Camp Motion Pictures.
Qualiana and Elias portray two amateur filmmakers documenting a string of animal slaughters in rural Royalton. They interview a farm couple (Lowry and newcomer Bill Brown) who tell them the Native American legend of “Ya Yahk Osnuhsa,” an apelike creature with three fingers on each hand. Generations ago, “Six Fingers” stalked settlers who invaded his land, until one settler agreed to keep people off the creature’s territory and to make animal offerings. The filmmakers set out to prove that Six Fingers exists and is responsible for the animal slayings, with terrifying results.
“We wrapped principle photography in just thirteen days,” says Qualiana, who shot the film in character. “I give credit to my cast and small crew for being on the ball each shoot 
day. I’ve been editing the film during down time, and I’m proud of what we have. People will laugh when they see the finished film, they’re going to sympathize with these characters and still get that taste of horror and gore. The monster is going to blow you away. We worked really hard to make this something fun.”
“This was a real smooth shoot,” adds Lamberson. “We came in on budget and ahead of schedule. We put together a solid cast and crew, and in the last year most of us have had a hand in Model Hunger, Return to Nuke ‘Em High, Battledogs, Dry Bones and now The Legend of Six Fingers. We’re trying to make Buffalo-Niagara the indie horror capital of the country, with smart movies made by hardworking, talented people.”
The Legend of Six Fingers will have its world premiere in Buffalo on September 26th, at the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center, and a distribution deal will be announced soon.
Follow The Legend of Six Fingers on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SixFingersMovie
Aug 8, 2013
(August 8th, 2013) DefTone Pictures Studios Inc’s A Grim Becoming started principal photography this past June and continues this weeked. The film stars Buffalo, New York’s Brandon Williams, Michael Sciabarrasi, Patrick Mallette, Christopher Brechtel, Mike Sarcinelli and Aryn Fitzgerald as well as actors Britt Griffith, Devanny Pinn, Bill Oberst Jr., Jessica Cameron, Melantha Blackthorne, Lynn Lowry, Valerie Lynn Hanna and Melyssa Jade.
A Grim Becoming has a slated release date of June 21, 2014 and is Directed by Adam R Steigert and written for screen by Janeen Avery, Christopher Brechtel, Mark Mendola and Adam R Steigert.
A Grim Becoming follows Raphael, a young, bitter executive who is on the verge of losing a multimillion dollar architectural deal with a large company lead by the awkward Stanford brothers. A sudden death in his family has Raphael leaving to go to his home town of Metzburgh to attend the funeral. Seeing this as his big chance to get ahead is Wayne, a jealous 
co-worker, who is in competition with Raphael. As Raphael returns to Metzburgh, he experiences a life changing event: witnessing a Grim Reaper taking a soul. This sighting results in Raphael becoming a Reaper and having to explore his own conscience and the lengths he will go to get his life back. But Death has other plans for the naive young executive.
Check out www.agrimbecomingmovie.com where you can sign up to be an extra in the film.
Be sure to check out the teaser trailer which features Death.
