This past weekend in H.P. Lovecraft’s hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, a new festival dedicated to literary and film fandom took place. The Other Gods screened during PULP UNCOVERED‘s “Afternoon of Lovecraft” at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Along with The Other Gods, the following subjects also played, courtesy of Lurker Films
- The Music of Eric Zann by John Strysik (1980, 17 minutes)
- Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft by Raymond Saint-Jean (1998, 56 min)
- The Call of Cthulhu by Andrew Leman & Sean Branney (2005, 47 min, silent film)
This is one festival I wish I could have attended, but my work schedule made it impossible. Hopefully, I’ll get another opportunity next year!
“Delicious, occult eye-candy for the darker sensibilities of the soul.”
That’s what the generous Brooke from the Supernatural Things blog had to say about H. P. Lovecraft’s The Other Gods.
As far as compliments go, that’s a pretty nice one. Thanks, Brooke!
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In addition, Jason Olshefsky of jayceland.com had this to say about the screening at the Little Theatre:
The films were generally very good but I particularly liked H.P. Lovecraft’s The Other Gods by Mike Boas which Mike had “restored” a formerly “lost” shadow-animation… all plausible and rather spooky, actually.
I want to extend a hearty thanks to everyone who braved the cold weather for Monday night’s Emerging Filmmakers series. It meant a lot to have family and friends there for The Other Gods’ first local theatrical screening. I had a great time talking movies and seeing what other indie artists had to show.
For those who missed it, don’t fret! I now have the entire short online for you to watch and share with your friends. Visit http://www.maddogmovies.com/theothergods/video.html
-Mike
Just a reminder for all Rochester film fans to come out this Monday night to the Little Theatre. Two pieces produced at Animatus will screen as part of the Emerging Filmmakers series.
“H.P. Lovecraft’s The Other Gods” is a five minute short produced by yours truly, Mike Boas. This horror adaptation tells of a prophet of the Dreamlands who scales a forbidden mountain to look upon his deities. This silent film is animated in silhouette style, with a score by Rochester musician Keith Handy.
“The South Africa Stand” is an animated short from one of my Animation Workshop students, Adrian Esposito. It tells the story of an American family that moves to South Africa in the 1970s in the midst of apartheid. Appalled, they eventually become involved in the anti-apartheid struggle. I’m especially proud of Adrian, who is expanding beyond animation exercises to produce personal stories with social content.
So come out to the Little on Monday night. Adrian and I will be on hand to take comments and questions.
EMERGING FILMMAKERS SERIES AT THE LITTLE THEATRE
240 East Avenue Rochester, NY
Monday, February 26, 2007, 9:15pm
For the entire line-up of films, visit
http://www.little-theatre.com/moviePage.php?filmID=447
A NIGHT OF HORROR is a new film festival premiering in Sydney, Australia this coming March. In their call for submissions, they specified three entry categories: general horror, animation, and adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft. So I had to enter, didn’t I?
Today I learned that THE OTHER GODS has been chosen to screen at the festival. The organizers received 180 short films from horror filmmakers in 20 different countries, so it’s rewarding to know my film made the cut.
To learn more about A NIGHT OF HORROR, visit http://www.anightofhorror.com or check out the Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/nightofhorror
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