"REAL. W3ird." Film Screening - The Risley Brothers

In addition to the opening reception on August 12 for "REAL. W3ird" please join us for a screening of the Elmwood Productions film "The Risley Brothers" -More Info HERE

"The Risley Brothers" is a comedic story of Wes and Quig, who have just re-opened their father's defunct bar. They are doing their best to keep the place respectable in spite of the local looneys, crazy ex-girlfriends, a visit from the Devil, and even their own bad habits! 

The film is rated PG-13 for some mildly colorful language, cartoon-ish violence, and more stuff we love to laugh about, all involving puppets!

EVIL DEAD TRILOGY - Film Screening

It's October!  The perfect time for HORROR!!!

Continuing in the tradition of our Halloween themed film screenings (last year we screened "Rocky Horror"!) this year...  

THE EVIL DEAD

THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!

Doors open at 7:00 PM, and the movie starts at 8:00!

Oh... But there is more... Following The Evil Dead will be 

EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN!  

And that's not all! Following Evil Dead 2... 

ARMY OF DARKNESS

  

We hope you join us and Ash as we fight off the Deadites and Primitive Screwheads! 

 GROOVY

More info HERE

G@mrz Film Screening - Tomorrow Nite

Paris In Plantsville is proud to continue with hosting the Ten Year Celebration of Elmwood Productions with a screening of their new web-series  "G@mrz"  Tomorrow night! Doors open at 7:00 PM and the screening begins at 8:00. "G@mrz" is rated PG-13 "G@mrz" is a series that chronicles the weekly attempts of four friends to sit down and run a role-playing game, often with disastrous results.  As with all our screenings it's free! But we do appreciate donations to Paris in Plantsville. Your donations help events like this keep happening!@ And before the screening From 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM Elmwood Productions and Jim Williams are hosting a day of gaming! Board Games, Card Games, and more will be available, and we invite you to bring a game of your own. Scheduled Games include: Talisman Apples to Apples Munchkin The Jim Williams Star Wars Trivial Pursuit Challenge Magic the Gathering Hide and Seek and many more... There will be raffles, refreshments, and a lot of general frivolity involved. Bring a friend! for more information on the gaming please use this link -  http://www.facebook.com/events/343693829050403/ We hope to see you tomorrow!

Film Screening - THE CHOICE

Continuing our film series is "The Choice".
Each month in 2012 Paris In Plantsville will be showcasing an independently made film (or film shorts) with a connection to the local film community. This month's film stars West Hartford native Tim Burke. Mr. Burke will also be joining us for the screening and a Q&A session to follow.

Doors open at 7:00 PM, with the film starting at 8:00 PM. As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening! We hope you join us 5/18/12!

Synopsis:
Vera is a proprietor of a trendy French restaurant and Jazz club in Chicago. Late one evening, just before closing, Vera confronts a customer who refuses to pay the bill. He claims his name is Paul and that her husband, Tim, owes him a large sum of money. After Vera explains that Tim died a year ago in a car accident, Paul, seemingly crushed, drinks heavily and then abruptly leaves. After closing the restaurant Vera drives by a bus stop when she sees the police lifting drunken Paul from a bench. Feeling sorry and guilty at the same time, Vera rescues Paul from the police. After unsuccessfully trying to find him a motel, Vera is forced to take unconscious Paul to her own house where, in the garage, she leaves him sleeping in the car. The next morning, hung-over Paul and Vera find themselves in an awkward situation attempting to better know each other. Vera questions him about her late husband Tim’s past, but Paul’s answers are vague and cryptic. Following an uneasy breakfast, Paul asks Vera to take him to the cemetery to visit his friend’s grave. At the cemetery, their conflict sharpens and a game of cat and mouse ensues culminating in a physical fight, and then reconciliation. Back at her house, Vera discovers a certain attraction to Paul and invites him for dinner at her restaurant. At the restaurant Paul leads Vera back in time where she confronts the mystery of her husband’s death. But, for Vera, a suspicion lurks: is Paul’s story true or is it just a great performance by a sinister con-artist?

Awards Critic's Choice Best Film, Leskovac Interenational Film Festival
Starring Irena Micijevic, Stephen Angus, Timothy Burke
Directed By I. Michael Toth
Screenplay By I. Michael Toth
Produced By Christopher Gentry

For more info visit the official website
http://www.graywhiteblackfilm.com/
And follow the film on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/TheChoiceFilm

Following the Q&A we will also be presenting the film's "Sisiter" entitled "The Dream Play"
More info on "The Dream Play" and "The Choice" at the Official Website:
http://www.lifeisadreamprod.com/html/films.html

"Beyond Dreamland" Film Screening this Saturday Night

  

We invite you to join us this Saturday Night for "Beyond Dreamland"

Each month in 2012 Paris In Plantsville will be showcasing an independently made film (or film shorts) with a connection to the local film community.
April's screening is "Beyond Dreamland", directed by Alex Fuller, the feature-length documentary about a world-class rock drummer who is enduring the severe after-effects of a long battle against stomach cancer (surrounded by loads of comic relief). Made in Connecticut!
 

 The screening is on April 21, doors open at 7:00 PM, with the film starting at 8:00 PM. As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening!

We still have a few slots open for films to be booked...
If you have a film or a suggestion please contact Paris In Plantsville Resident Artist Jon Bristol at the gallery or via email - jon(at)elmwoodproductions(dot)com

We hope you join us 4/21/12!

Film Screening - BEYOND DREAMLAND

BEYOND DREAMLAND.

Each month in 2012 Paris In Plantsville will be showcasing an independently made film (or film shorts) with a connection to the local film community.

The screening is on April 21, doors open at 7:00 PM, with the film starting at 8:00 PM. As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening!
We hope you join us 4/21/12!

Above is the trailer for "Beyond Dreamland", the feature-length documentary about a world-class rock drummer who is enduring the severe after-effects of a long battle against stomach cancer (surrounded by loads of comic relief).

Director: Alex Fuller

We still have a few slots open for films to be booked...

If you have a film or a suggestion please contact Paris In Plantsville Resident Artist Jon Bristol at the gallery or via email - jon(at)elmwoodproductions(dot)com

Josh & Todd Tomorrow Night!

Join us and Elmwood Productions as we close out the exhibit of Ten Years of Elmwood Productions with a screening of the R-Rated feature film "Josh and Todd: The Story of A Man and His Puppet"!

More info HERE!

Film Screening: JOSH AND TODD: THE STORY OF A MAN AND HIS PUPPET

Closing out the Tenth Anniversary of Elmwood Productions is a screening of the comedy

"Josh and Todd: The Story of A Man and His Puppet"

If you've missed this in the past at the gallery now's you last chance to see it before it hit's DVD in the fall!  

The screening is on March 31st, The doors open at 7:00 PM, and the films start at 8:00PM.

As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening!

"Josh and Todd: The Story of a Man and His Puppet" is rated R

We still have a few slots open for films to be booked...
If you have a film or a suggestion please contact Paris In Plantsville Resident Artist Jon Bristol at the gallery or via email - jon(at)elmwoodproductions(dot)com

 

 Up next in our screenings is "Beyond Dreamland" on April 21st

This Saturday - New Show - Steve the Vampire Screening and Tenth Anniversary Party

Elmwood Productions have been bringing the puppet fun for ten years!

To celebrate we will be screening for the first time ever "The Complete Steve The Vampire" on March 3, 2012 at Paris In Plantsville Gallery and Studio!

That same day Paris In Plants...ville will open a new exhibition to celebrate the Ten Years of Elmwood Productions! The gallery will be filled with puppets from our films, behind the scenes photography, character designs, and more.

"The Complete Steve The Vampire" follows the adventures of Steve who was turned into a vampire as a teenager and although now in his mid-twenties, he just can't catch a break trying to prove himself in the vampire community. Between his overbearing and in denial mother, his indifferent girlfriend, and his unlikely friendship with Dracula, he still manages to keep his head on straight and do his best to avoid being staked by the local vampire slayer.
And all he wants to do is hang out, watch some Star Trek, and enjoy a good glass a blood...

The screening is also part of Paris In Plantsville's monthly film series showcasing independent films made in and connected to the local film community.

And on March 31st we will also be screening our feature film "Josh and Todd: The Story of a Man and is Puppet" to close out the exhibition.

For both screening the doors open at 7:00 PM, and the films start at 8:00PM.
As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening!

We'd like to thank our friends at The Official Beer of Elmwood Productions - Pabst Blue Ribbon - for all their support!

"Steve the Vampire" is rated PG
"Josh and Todd: The Story of a Man and His Puppet" is rated R

Visit the Facebook Event Page - Here!

Film Screening: STEVE THE VAMPIRE and an Exhibition of Ten Years of Elmwood Productions!

On March 3, 2012 Paris In Plantsville will open a new exhibition to celebrate the Ten Years of Elmwood Productions! 

The gallery will be filled with puppets from Elmwood's films, behind the scenes photography, character designs, and more.
To kick of the event and as part of our monthly film series we'll be screening
"The Complete Steve The Vampire" 

The film follows the adventures of Steve who was turned into a vampire as a teenager and although now in his mid-twenties, he just can't catch a break trying to prove himself in the vampire community. Between his overbearing and in denial mother, his indifferent girlfriend, and his unlikely friendship with Dracula, he still manages to keep his head on straight and do his best to avoid being staked by the local vampire slayer.

And all he wants to do is hang out, watch some Star Trek, and enjoy a good glass a blood...


The screening is also part of Paris In Plantsville's monthly film series showcasing independent films made in and connected to the local film community.


And on March 31st we will also be screening our feature film
"Josh and Todd: The Story of a Man and is Puppet" to close out the exhibition.


For both screening the doors open at 7:00 PM, and the films start at 8:00PM.
As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening!

This Saturday Night - THE DREAM PLAY

Kicking off our monthly film series for 2012 is THE DREAM PLAY.

Each month in 2012 Paris In Plantsville will be showcasing an independently made film (or film shorts) with a connection to the local film community. 

This month's film stars West Hartford native Tim Burke in the lead role of Mark. 

Mr. Burke will also be joining us for the screening.

Doors open at 7:00 PM, with the film starting at 8:00 PM. As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening! We hope you join us 2/11/12!


The Dream Play
Written and Directed by I. Michael Toth
Synopsis:
Mark is an actor who moves to Chicago with his dog where he finds work acting in “The Dream Play” by August Strindberg at a local theater. During rehearsals, he develops new friendships and a conflict with the eccentric but demanding director of the play. While trying to master the multiple roles he was cast to play, he recollects a gray rainy day from his past when a chance encounter with a hitch...hiker changed the course of his life and his identity. As the rehearsal process drags on, Mark realizes that opening night and payday are far off. Struggling to make ends meet, he answers an ad placed on the theater’s message board by a mysterious young woman. This leads him to participate in a private play that will alter his perspective on acting, theater and his own life. Mark discovers that he is in an ambiguous place where the difference between life and art and what is “real” and what is “make-believe” disappears.


Award nominations and wins:
Audience Choice Award Best Feature Film, East Lansing Film Festival 2010; Nominated Best Feature Film, Midwest Independent Film Festival (also Timothy Burke for Best Actor; Stacie Beth Green for Best Actor; I. Michael Toth for Best Screenplay)

For more info visit the official website
http://www.graywhiteblackfilm.com/

and join The Dream Play Facebook page


We're still putting together this years film selections, if you have a film or a suggestion please contact Paris In Plantsville Resident Artist Jon Bristol at the gallery or via email - 

jon(at)elmwoodproductions(dot)com


Next Month's screening will be on March 3 - 
STEVE THE VAMPIRE!

Film Screening: THE DREAM PLAY

Kicking off our monthly film series for 2012 is  
THE DREAM PLAY.
Each month in 2012 Paris In Plantsville will be showcasing an independently made film (or film shorts) with a connection to the local film community. 

This month's film stars West Hartford native Tim Burke in the lead role of Mark. 

Mr. Burke will also be joining us for the screening.


Doors open at 7:00 PM, with the film starting at 8:00 PM. As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening! 

We hope you join us 2/11/12!

For more info please use this link

And for more on The Dream Play click here

Movies!!! Movies!!! Movies!!!

The resident artists at Paris In Plantsville have each selected a movie we want to share... And we hope you join us!
For three Saturday's in January we'll be having double features!
The screenings are free, but donations will be accepted!

Bring your favorite lawn chair ...or bean bag chair, or grab one of ours, kick back with some popcorn, and keep warm by the stove!

The screenings start a 7:00 PM, and the second film starts around 9:00, or 9:30...

January 7th will be Jon and Eric's...
Big Trouble in Little China and Pan's Labyrinth
January 14th will be Jordan and Sean's
UHF and Penguin Farce
January 21st will be Josh and Christian's
The Neverending Story and Beowolf

We are also planning a screening each month of a local independently produced films, feature length and shorts. If you are a film maker, or have a suggestion please contact Jon at jon(at)elmwoodproductions(dot)com

Do you make movies?

We want to screen them in 2012!

Paris In Plantsville is looking for Independent and local films to screen at the gallery!

Last year we screened two fantastic indy films - Josh and Todd: The Story of A Man and His Puppet, and I Need That Record! - and we had a great response!

So this year we want to do it more!  

If you're film maker and have a feature film, or some short films, and are interested in screening them drop Resident Artist Jon Bristol an email: jon-at-elmwoodproductions-dot-com

We're putting together the schedule now, and we'll be including a short film fest too!

And In January...
The resident artists at Paris In Plantsville have each selected a movie we want to share... And we hope you join us!
For three Saturday's in January we'll be having double features!
The screenings are free, but donations will be accepted!

Bring your favorite lawn chair ...or bean bag chair, or grab one of ours, kick back with some popcorn, and keep warm by the stove!

The screenings start a 7:00 PM, and the second film starts around 9:00, or 9:30...

January 7th will be Jon and Eric's...
Big Trouble in Little China and Pan's Labyrinth
January 14th will be Jordan and Sean's
UHF and Penguin Farce
January 21st will be Josh and Christian's
The Neverending Story and Beowolf

GREMLINS!!!

Do you know the rules for your pet Mogwi?
Never expose it to bright lights;
Never get it wet;
And never feed it after midnight...
Or you'll end up with “Gremlins”!
On Christmas Eve a small town is taken over by them! And it's not such a silent night!

Join us on 12/9/11 for a a special screening of this holiday classic!

As all our screenings this one is free! But we do appreciate donations to keep the films coming!
In 2012 we'll be looking to show films made by local film makers along with art documentaries and more...
If you are a film maker and want to hold a screening at Paris In Plantsville contact Jon Bristol - jon@elmwoodproductions.com

It Can't Rain All The Time...

THE CROW - DEVIL'S NIGHT SCREENING

Sunday 10/30/11.  

Starts at 8:00 PM.

FREE

Believe In Angels

Josh and Todd Return!

Elmwood Productions and Paris In Plantsville had a huge success with February's premiere screening of "Josh and Todd: The Story of A Man and His Puppet" , and we thank you! It was a packed sold out crowd! We keep getting asked if we'll be showing it again!

And we are!

April 22, and April 23. The doors open at 7:00 PM and the film starts at 8:00PM

$5.00 donation to the gallery is requested to get in (where else can you go to see a movie for five bucks!), and Paris In Plantsville Members get in free!

April 23rd is also The 13th Annual National Day of Puppetry, so what better time to watch a puppet flick!

Plot Overview:

What would you do if you woke up one morning to find a monster has moved in with you? Well, this is what happens to Josh. And not only does the monster Todd move in, but he also causes complete havoc on Josh's boring life. Josh's girlfriend can't take it and leaves, his friends think he's going nuts, and all Todd want's him to do is loosen up for the first time since childhood and have some fun.

The film is not rated, be advised - this is not for kids. The film does have all sorts of things to ruin a kids mind, like coarse language, modern psychology, adult subject matter and puppet nudity. Yes, puppet nudity.

Following the screening the filmmakers (Jon Bristol, Jim Williams, and Russ Bird) along with members of the cast will be doing a question and answer session on micro-budget film making, working with monsters, and other things that went along with making this film for those interested. Those not are free to hang out and enjoy the gallery also.

("Josh and Todd" star Amanda Regan, with her drinking buddy, Todd!)

See the Facebook Event Page for more info  and we hope to see you there!

Upcoming Events!

Click on the title of each event for more information!

April 2 - April 14

Temporal Artistry: Works by Archaeological Illustrator Eric Stegmaier   

Opening April 2, at 5:00 PM with a gallery talk by Eric at 7:00 PM

April 16-30

The All Male Revue! 

Featuring art from the Resident Artists and friends!

Closing Gala April 30 at 7:00 PM

April 22 and 23

Encore! "Josh and Todd" Screenings! National Day Of Puppetry! 

Come see the movie "Josh and Todd: The Story of a Man and His Puppet" both nights, and enjoy puppety stuff all day on 4/23

We Want Movies!

Films Wanted!

Are you a film maker?

Made a flick?

Want it screened at Paris In Plantsville?

You do? Good! We want to show it!

Resident artists Jon Bristol and Steve Rand are currently putting together a schedule of films to be screened at the gallery starting in May, and a film festival weekend is being planned for the summer of 2011.

Short films, feature films, comedy, drama, experimental, action, documentary, any kind!

Contact Jon via email at jon@elmwoodproductions.com with "Film Submission" in the title. Or stop by the gallery and drop off a DVD.

No submission guidelines! You made a movie, we wanna see it!

"With Bated Breath"

Paris In Plantsville Resident Artist 
Steve Rand's latest short film
"With Bated Breath"