And
the winner is the viewing public, you brave hard drinkin’
folks who took the time, money and booze to support independent
film! Thanks to everyone who made the Backseat Film Festival
a hit, you know who you are!
A special thanks to our sponsors; Pabst Blue Ribbon, Myspace.com,
Gray Kangaroo Liquor Filters and Philadelphia City Paper. Also
to our awesome festival staff; Hillary Clark, Nick Esposito,
Gina Izzo, Yuko Iritani, David Popolow, John Prim, Illya Radysh,
Mike Smith, Andy Straub, Erin Turner and Matt Yeackel!
And
thanks to the Triangle Theater for having us for this week!
Stay tuned to this page for festival diaries from the staff,
pictures and video from the opening ritual, screenings, afterparties
and much more!
Now
on to business!
FULL
FILM LISTING AND SCHEDULE
Click
to see what you missed (or dont remember)!
Backseat
Film Festival Reports from the festival staff!
Check out all the Press Coverage
for the BFF 06!
And
dirty pictures here!
Official BFF 06 Apology
Letter
Official
2006 Backseat Film Festival Drinking Game announced!
Hear a press release for our last festival read in JAPANESE by Yuko Iritani
Results of the BFF Deathpool!
Official 2006 Backseat
Film Festival Drinking Game announced!
BACKSEAT
FILM FESTIVAL 2006 AWARDS
Best Feature Film – Die You Zombie Bastards! – Caleb
Emerson
Best Featurette – Rock and Roll Eulogy – Zach Clark
Best Short Film – Bzzzzzzzz! – Lee Gordon Demarbe
Local Filmmaker Award – David Popolow, Mike Zaleski
Filmmaker Appreciation – Cheryl A. Eagan-Donovan, Nikc
Miller
THIS YEAR WE'VE ALSO THESE GREAT NEW AWARDS!
Best Music Video – The Phenomenauts "Mission"
- Antidivision
Best Soundtrack - Pot Zombies - Justin Powers
Best Animation – Zoom Suit – John Taddeo
Best Movie Title – Die You Zombie Bastards! - Caleb Emerson
Best Drinking Movie- Pleasures of the Damned – Antonio
Giallo
Best Breasts – Gabrielle Wolfe (Bzzzzzzz!)
Most Disturbing – The Voice Inside – BiFF Juggernaut
Staff Favorite - Wienercop Vs. Crockinator – The Brothers
Passera
We’ll be announcing the prizes awarded soon, including
DVD Duplication from Mirror Image Duplication, Promotional Cards
from M3 Printing, Featured Filmmaker on Myspace.com, Film Guides
from the Philadelphia Film Office and Booze from Pabst Blue
Ribbon! All things a filmmaker can really use!
Official
Stats:
Number of Screenings: 13
Number of Feature Films: 12
Number of Shorts and Music Videos: 66
Awards given out: 14
Beers drank: 1080
Liters of hard booze drank: Over 60 ltrs
Bottles of Heaven’s Hill Drank: 4
After parties had: 6
After-after parties had: 5
Karaoke songs sung on-demand: At least 12
Items on the Backseat Deathpool
fulfilled: 12 of 17 (maybe 14)
Feb
20, 2006 - Philadelphia Press Release # 2
"Backseat
Film Festival 2006 Philadelphia Schedule Announced!"
Feb
8, 2006 - Philadelphia Press Release # 1
"Backseat
Film Festival Brings the Rock Back to Philadelphia!"