Festival Schedule

Festival Budget

Festival Budget
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival	60
Long Leaf Film Festival	20
RIVERRUN International Film Festival	50
Nashville Film Festival	70
Macon Film Festival	35
Travel	500
Total	740

Festivals

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

                “Full Frame serves the documentary form and its community by showcasing the contemporary work of established and emerging filmmakers. The festival provides a space that nurtures conversation between artists, students, and the Full Frame audience. Full Frame is committed to enhancing public understanding and appreciation of the art form and its significance, while making films more accessible to a wider audience.”

                Full Frame is one the top film festivals in the U.S for documentaries and with the close proximity to Wilmington, it would be easy and inexpensive for us to travel to Durham for the festival. A possible negative with this festival would be since it does focus solely on documentaries, the selection process will be tighter as opposed to a festival where only a portion of films would be documentary shorts. However, with how local this film is and how high profile it could be for our film, it seems to be worth the chance of submission.

                Late Deadline- Dec. 15^th, 2015 - $60

               

Long Leaf Film Festival

                “As filmmakers and movie fans, you know how many outstanding films are being made and that they come from all over the world—not just Hollywood sound stages. We know that making films is making history and believe that the Longleaf Film Festival is a great fit for a museum, especially the North Carolina Museum of History, as a place that helps tell the stories that connect us all.”

                This is smaller festival in its second year and it focuses on historic and contemporary stories set in and about North Carolina. Our film is not an historical film on North Carolina, but it is a contemporary story about a unique location in North Carolina. Allen Walker’s background and story is ingrained in and shaped by the modern history of Wilmington, NC and Walker World is quickly becoming a popular word of mouth destination for parties, events and hanging out.

                Regular Deadline- Dec. 1^st, 2015 - $20

                Late Deadline- Feb. 1^st, 2016 - $30

                Extended Deadline- March 1^st, 2016 - $50

RIVERRUN International Film Festival

                “The RiverRun International Film Festival is a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to the role of cinema as a conduit of powerful ideas and diverse viewpoints. Our mission is to foster a greater appreciation of cinema and a deeper understanding of the many people, cultures and perspectives of our world through regular interaction with great films and filmmakers.”

                RiverRun is a premier film festival in Winston-Salem, NC. Since the setting of North Carolina is so much what our film is about, we think we can appeal to the local aspect of the festival. Allen Walker is very much a product of his surroundings and growing up in Wilmington, NC. The festival is also free submission to NC students, so it wouldn’t be a risk either way if we submit. RIVERRUN is also an Academy qualifying festival for Documentary Shorts which increases the exposure of the festival for documentary shorts which would in turn be increase exposure for our film.

                Extended Deadline- Dec. 1^st, 2015 – Free for NC students ($50)

Nashville Film Festival

                “NaFF amplifies our collective and individual awareness by bringing the world to Nashville to celebrate innovation, music and the many voices of the human spirit through the art of film.”

                The Nashville Film Festival is one of the bigger festivals on our list and we feel the artistic southern vibe that our film has will fit very well within the mood of this festival. It was ranked by MovieMaker magazine as one of the “25 film festivals worth the entry fee”, so it would be a value for a festival of this caliber for us to enter into the short documentary category. They emphasize music culture in the festival which we can appeal to with our film. Music is such is large part of Walker’s life, from the concerts that take place at Walker World or Walker himself playing piano.

                Late Deadline- Nov 30^th, 2015 - $60

                Extended Deadline- Jan 8^th, 2015 - $70

                               

Macon Film Festival

                “Surrounded by a rich musical and southern culture, the Macon Film Festival celebrates independent films while promoting filmmaking for entertainment, inspiration, education, and economic development.”

            The Macon Film Festival is a festival that focuses on independent films and the festival has a unique category for Southern Documentaries that can be on any subject matter as long as it is showcasing southern life. Our documentary is at its core about a unique southern art loving community gathering at an artist’s retreat called Walker World in Wilmington, NC and the life and background of the man who runs it, Allen Walker. Our documentary delves into how Walker was shaped by his upbringing in Wilmington as “one of the first downtown kids” to grow up in the town. Music is also an aspect of the film that would appeal to this festival. Impromptu piano playing by Walker as well as musical artists performing concerts on a regular basis can appeal to the “musical and southern culture” touted by the festivals description.

            Early Deadline- Nov 11^th, 2015

            Regular Deadline- Jan. 13^th, 2016

            Late Deadline- Feb. 10^th, 2016

Interviewees

Allen Walker's Ex-wife
   Walker's ex-wife lives in Carolina Beach currently and has been divorced from him for about 3 years, however they have remained amicable after the divorce. She is the mother of Allen's 3 children. She would serve as a fascinating insight into who Allen Walker was before he created Walker World and maybe what his motivation was. It would also be interesting to learn how she feels about her children growing up in the environment of freedom in Walker World.

Questions
1. How did you first meet Allen?
2. What was it like being married to Allen Walker?
3. What were your first reactions when you heard he was creating and managing Walker World?
4. What do you think of Walker World now?
5. Do you ever spend time at Walker World?
6. How is your relationship currently with Allen?
7. What are your favorite parts about Walker World?
8. What are your least favorite parts of Walker World?
9. Why do you think Allen decided to create Walker World?
10. Do you believe that Walker World is a positive environment for your children?

Film Research

For our research we have looked at a few different films that have a similar vibe to our film. I have looked at Cutie and the Boxer. This is a film that had a wide release in Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and the London Film Festival to name a few and was nominated for an Academy Award. This film not only has a visual look that we are interested in, but follows 2 "quirky" artist characters with an unique community following.

Another film that I looked at is called Tent City, U.S.A. This film has a more serious tone than our film but it follows a unique community of a homeless community living in a tent city. For Walker World, we are following an individual who has established a house and environment in which people can come and be themselves. This film found distribution through a television network instead of making the traditional film festival route.