Best of all, the Preview Party is free! Don’t miss one of the signature events of the Fringe Wilmington Festival! See you Wednesday night!!

The Fringe Wilmington Festival’s popular, extreme filmmaking competition returns to Downtown Wilmington, Delaware on September 9, 2011. This year, participants will have 48-hours to create a five-minute (or less) film in the genre of their choice while incorporating mystery elements guaranteed to make the filmmaking challenge even more thrilling! Filmmakers must include three randomly chosen mystery elements in their film: a line of dialogue, a prop, and a Wilmington location.

What do you get for all of this hard work and creativity? Cold hard cash! Filmmakers will compete for nearly $4,000 in cash prizes, including a top prize of $1,000! The contest also includes a youth category for filmmakers 18 years of age and younger.

The deadline for submitting an application is Sept. 2, 2011 The competition clock starts ticking at 8 p.m. on Sept. 9, and everything must be completed and submitted by 8 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11.

The competition application fee is $75 for the adult category and $50 for the youth category,  with all proceeds from the competition going towards the cash prizes.

Each applicant who attends the kick-off of the contest will receive a free all-access pass to the Fringe Wilmington Festival (one per team), which enables the bearer of said pass to free entry to all performances during the five days of the Festival (including film competition screenings). Each applicant who successfully completes a film within the 48-hour deadline will also receive a second free all-access pass to share with friends/family/team members. The Fringe Wilmington Festival runs from September 21 through September 25.

Applications will only be accepted from the first 50 applicants. Don’t delay—if you think you are up for the challenge, download the application at www.fringewilmingtonde.com!

Performance Fringe:

21st Century Ballet (First State Ballet Theatre, Wilmington, DE)

A Contemporary Folk Evening with Flyground (FlyGround, Philadelphia, PA)

All Over—A Blue’s Play (Jamie J. Brunson, Claymont, DE)

Chandroutie: A Voyage Beyond Kala Pani (Usiloquy Dance Design, Philadelphia, PA)

Clamour (Darrell Brock, New Castle, DE)

Dirk Darrow; NCSSI (Tim Motley, Cherry Hill, NJ)

The Durty, Durty Clown Show, plus Naked Clowns (Steven Lampredi, Baltimore, MD)

Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story (Chapel Street Players, Newark, DE)

Foolhardy ( Patrick Combs, Encinitas, CA)

Friend of the Groom (Mark Mobley, Lewes, DE)

Glass Houses (The Beggars Group, Brooklyn, NY)

He Was Either Well and Over It, Or Lost and Gone Forever (Courtney Colon, Westmont, NJ)

Juxtaposed (Pieces of A Dream, Wilmington, DE)

The Last American Gladiator (Slash Coleman, Richmond, VA)

Mint Julip Goes to Foodieland (Judith Pojda, Baltimore, MD)

No Alto Left Behind (Augustine Mercante, Wilmington, DE)

One Word (MM2 Modern Dance Company, Landsdowne, PA)

Please Don’t Beat Me Up; Stories and Artifacts from Adolescence (Adam Ruben, Washington, DC)

Poetik Blues: A Sistah’s Story (Karen Moore, Philadelphia, PA)

The Road to High Street (Andrew Potter, Jamestown, RI)

Sacred and Scared Get the Same Score in Scrabble (Charles Shafer, Baltimore, MD)

Special Ed (Empress Joyner, Bowie, MD)

Tricked Out: Chicago vs. Philly (Randy Shine, Philadelphia, PA)

Une Soire Au Cabaret (SHARP Dance Company, Philadelphia, PA)

The XX Chromosome Genome Project (Sherna Ann Johnson, Baltimore, MD)

Cinema Fringe:

The Film Brothers Festival of Shorts at Fringe Wilmington (Film Brothers, Wilmington, DE)

The Playstation Killed the Puppet (Charles N. Mosley, Jr., Philadelphia, PA)

Visual Fringe:

Jen Brown (Baltimore, MD)

Nicole FitzGibbon (Wilmington, DE)

All Over—A Blue’s Play (Jamie J. Brunson, Claymont, DE)

Stephanie Geffert (Bear, DE)

David Nordheimer (Arden, DE)

Mimi Owens (Springfield, VA)

Christopher Ray (Swarthmore, PA)

Kristin J. Sareyka (Newark, DE)

As you know, Fringe Wilmington is a juried festival with a finite number of spaces available; unfortunately, we cannot accept every submission. We will announce the artists selected for this year’s festival by July 1.

Additional Opportunity: New Orleans Fringe! Apply by July 1!

Several performers in the 2009 and 2010 Fringe Wilmington Festival departed Delaware for the Crescent City as participants in the New Orleans Fringe. We love our friends down south and encourage you to check out their festival—either as a participating artist or as an audience member!

New Orleans Fringe welcomes innovative, risky, wild, challenging, original theater of all types for the 2011 Festival November 16-20. Applications are now available and are due July 1. www.nofringe.org Virtually any type of theater performance is welcome to apply. We particularly encourage original works or innovative adaptations. Categories include: cabaret, circus arts, comedy, dance, drama, improvisational, interdisciplinary, multimedia, musical theater, poetry, puppetry, storytelling, burlesque, sideshow, spoken word, variety and other creative madness. All shows must be between 30 and 60 minutes. Four guaranteed performance slots. $25 application fee with no performance fee. Box office returns are split with performers. Applications accepted until July 1.

The Fringe Wilmington Festival is a proud member of the U.S. Association of Fringe Festivals (http://www.fringefestivals.us/). We thank the Chicago Fringe for their support—check out their recent blog on Fringe Wilmington here:

http://chicagofringe.blogspot.com/2011/05/wilmington-love-or-how-i-learned-to.html

Comedy & Overall

“The Wilmington Project” by Zach Decktor, Bill Dowling & Brendan McKeown

Drama

“Acceptance” by IndieFrame Film

Horror

“Semper Die” by Joker Studios

Mystery/Suspense

“Shadow of the Doh” by Four Horsemen Productions

Musical & Group A Audience Choice

“112 Large” by Lasallian Reanimation

Honorable Mention

“Twisted Love” by DCAD (Comedy)

“Twisted Toys” by Team Filmington (Horror)

“A Long While” by Gentle Jones (Musical)

“The Last Masterpiece” by Fire Breathing Kittens (Drama)

Youth Category: 1st Place

“Tour Guidance” by Digital Mayhem (Comedy)

Youth Category: 2nd Place

“Pierre’s Children” by Lukas Emory (Mystery/Suspense)

Youth Category: 3rd Place

“Lil Wayne Interview” by Tyler Meyers (Comedy)

Youth Category: Honorable Mention & Group B Audience Choice

“Film Pirates” by Newby Family Homeschool (Comedy)

]]> http://fringewilmingtonde.com/blog/2010/10/04/and-the-winners-of-the-48-hour-filmmaking-competition-are/feed/ 0 http://fringewilmingtonde.com/blog/2010/10/01/slip-and-fall-guy-performance-update/ http://fringewilmingtonde.com/blog/2010/10/01/slip-and-fall-guy-performance-update/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:18:03 +0000 admin http://fringewilmingtonde.com/blog/?p=38 Please note that all performances of “Slip and Fall Guy” have been canceled.

Because of the weather, A River Remembered (500 Block of Market Street, 6 p.m) will now be performed at 4 West 5th St. at the same time.