ReelHeART International Film Festival (RHIFF) June 16-21, 2008

The ReelHeART International Film Festival (RHIFF) was a fun filled 6 day extravaganza enjoyed by filmakers and audiences members alike.

• The Parties
• The Films 
• The Q & A’s
• The Venue
• The Live Script Reads
• This Filmmaker Dinners
• The Lunch n Learn Series 

 Enjoy the ReelHeART Photo Gallery for 2008!

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The main office staff of ReelHeART are on summer break from July 11, returning Monday August 25th to start the new season of submissions for our 2009 Season.

A small handful of people will be working in the Print Department to return exhibition copies and liaisoning for prize and award fulfillment on a part-time basis.

Enjoy your summer!

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Every year we have the honor of receiving some really fun films and some really great films. Behind those films some great people always arise who know how important it is to get involved with their films after the editing room.

It’s not enough to just make a film. It’s not enough to show it to family and friends. Continue reading »

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This morning I’ve been enjoying the Chicago Sun Times Blogs from Chaz Ebert and her experience at the Cannes Film Festival. She has two great blogs which I’ll share in a separate post on my blog.

They’ll never remember it, but I personally met Chaz (an impressive film buff in her own right) and Roger Ebert. Continue reading »

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Last time I wrote about the ReelHeART Screenplay Competition, we left it open as to who would prevail. Male dominance or Girl power… Continue reading »

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Advance ticket sales have already begun for the 2008 season of the ReelHeART International Film Festival (RHIFF), June 16-21, 2008.

 With 9 categories of competition this year, it’s hard to pick just one film bloc to go see. So why not see them all! Continue reading »

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Before we get to our Top 3 Scripts who win rehearsed and cast-to-type Live Reads during ReelHeART, we have to read through a lot of feature length entries from around the world to find out who our finalists will be-

In our inaugural season of the ReelHeART Screenplay Competition 2007, we were delighted to have a bit of drama. Screenwriter Joe Acton, wrote two of the top three winning scripts; which were polar opposites of each other in terms of character, theme, tone and plot line. He won 1st and 3rd place honors at ReelHeART 2007. Continue reading »

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ReelHeART Screenplay Semi-Finalists Will Be Announced Tomorrow! Our screenplay competition is extremely busy in only it’s 2nd season.Root on the semi-finalists and see who makes the Top 6 and then the Top 3 for 2008!The Top 3 Screenplays win rehearsed Live Reads during the ReelHeART Lunch n Learn Series. One of those winners goes on to enjoy a one-on-one lunch with a top literary agent-Keep up on ReelHeART News right here!

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Look for a flurry of Press Releases announcing the film line-ups, special events and more for ReelHeART 2008.The Official Program will be on line April 20, 2008. Advance Sales start April 21!

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