Thank you to everyone who showed up and helped support us at this year's Seattle International Film Festival. And a big thank you to SIFF for the wonderful opportunity and the gracious hospitality they provided! They treated us like royalty and we greatly appreciated it. It was quite the success for us humble filmmakers and so, so much fun! We made lots of new friends and met up with quite a few old ones as well! It's festivals like SIFF that makes us so proud to be local, independent filmmakers. An experience we'll never forget and one we hope to be a part of again soon.
Since then, we all have gotten back into our regular routines with work and our families. Because of that, we haven't really been able to share some of our most recent news and upcoming releases. So here we are, ready to share some joy!
First off, since SIFF selected "Do You See Colors When You Close Your Eyes?" to play at their festival, we have received a small handful of requests from other festivals to screen our film for a potential selection at their festival, as well! As we wait for confirmation from some of these fests, we have two that we'd like to announce will be playing later this month of September. One festival is the Athens International Film Festival. The other is the Montreal International Black Film Festival. If you or anyone you know will be hanging around Athens, Greece or Montreal, Quebec later this September, be sure to check out these two festivals!
Second, after months of trying various edits and procuring additional interviews, we are happy to say we are a step or two closer to finally releasing the short documentary that is "Keep It Cinematic." We appreciate everyone's patience as we cut this doc together, as we have had some set backs, such as preparing for SIFF, additional festivals, and our everyday work life (including the talent's). The biggest step we have before releasing this gem is the mixing and remastering of audio, which will pose no problem to our beloved audio technician once we reach the final edit soon.
And for the least interesting news of the day... we are working on structuring a new website that will be easier for us to update and easier for you, the viewer, to get to what you want, good ol' hardcore indie filmmaking action! Our address will remain the same (www.labfilms-nw.com) but hopefully soon, in the little spare time we try to muster, we will deliver to you a brand spanking new site that will be up to date with everything we do. So be on the lookout for we are trying to make sure all our fans and friends stay current with what we do!
Thank you again to everyone reading. Thank you again to all our friends and family that visited and supported us through SIFF's festival. Once again, a very BIG thank you to everyone at SIFF that made our visit so enjoyable and encouraging as visiting filmmakers to their program. We truly thank everyone who has known us these past seven years, as we try to recreate our visions.
In closing, we'd like to include the trailer to "Keep It Cinematic." Soon, we'll be able to show off the whole thing!
Love,
Everyone at LAB Films-NW
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
SIFF and Such
The World Premier for Do You See Colors...? is coming up: May 31st - Tuesday - at the Admiral Theater in West Seattle; the film has a second screening at the Harvard Exit on Capitol Hill - Saturday June 4th. We hope to see you there.
Here is a photo from Behind the Scenes of Colors:
Here is a photo from Behind the Scenes of Colors:
The crew settin' up the good ol' car mount near Tacoma.
Here are some links to check out:
SIFF - info on the film and screenings
SIFF TV - an interview Caleb did for Colors
MOHAI - red carpet interview at the MOHAI History Is... awards show http://www.siff.net/sifftv/index.aspx?fid=236
More to come...
See you there!
- LAB FILMS-NW
Monday, May 16, 2011
Northwest Connections in The Seattle Times
In this last edition of Sunday's Seattle Times, they printed an article featuring "Do You See Colors When You Close Your Eyes?" along with other films playing SIFF as part of the Northwest Connections!
Here is what was said about our film:
"I really loved this film — it's a beautiful story, and it drew me in," said Barrett of Bellingham filmmaker Caleb Young's drama of a family tragedy. Shot in Washington over just seven days, it stars Sage Price in the dual role of twin brothers. (7 p.m. May 31 at the Admiral; 11 a.m. June 4 at the Harvard Exit)
Read the rest of the article by clicking the link below!
11 Feature Films with Northwest Ties at SIFF
Here is what was said about our film:
"I really loved this film — it's a beautiful story, and it drew me in," said Barrett of Bellingham filmmaker Caleb Young's drama of a family tragedy. Shot in Washington over just seven days, it stars Sage Price in the dual role of twin brothers. (7 p.m. May 31 at the Admiral; 11 a.m. June 4 at the Harvard Exit)
Read the rest of the article by clicking the link below!
11 Feature Films with Northwest Ties at SIFF
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
SIFF 2011 Updates
Lots has been going on and we've feverishly been trying to keep up with SIFF. We have announced our show dates with location, but if you'd like to purchase your tickets in advance (which we strongly recommend to ensure your admittance) please visit SIFF's official page for our film where you can find all the details and can also purchase the tickets!
SIFF: Do You See Colors When You Close Your Eyes?
On Saturday, May 7th, we were invited to attend the Museum of History and Industry's "History Is ______" awards ceremony for short films. There, Caleb and Josh walked down the red carpet with four stops for press interviews. We watched the winners of this short film competition along with trailers to some of the Northwest Connections films premiering at SIFF (this includes "Colors"!) We met some great local filmmakers along with the staff at SIFF, all very wonderful people!
SIFF: Do You See Colors When You Close Your Eyes?
On Saturday, May 7th, we were invited to attend the Museum of History and Industry's "History Is ______" awards ceremony for short films. There, Caleb and Josh walked down the red carpet with four stops for press interviews. We watched the winners of this short film competition along with trailers to some of the Northwest Connections films premiering at SIFF (this includes "Colors"!) We met some great local filmmakers along with the staff at SIFF, all very wonderful people!
We were fortunate to see our buddy Sam Kelly was doing one of the interviews!
Here, Caleb was lucky enough to hop on stage and say a quick word about "Colors"
along with the rest of the Northwest Connections filmmakers.
All in all, we had a great time at the event. Wonderful food and desserts were served!
On May 9th, Cameron had the chance to visit the next local filmmakers "meet and greet" at Via Tribunali in Queen Anne. Again, there was some wonderful food served along with great conversations. He met several of the filmmakers and staff involved with the festival and had a great time.
We're all very excited to be experiencing this amazing festival. Be sure you visit the above link to check us out as an official SIFF listing and get your tickets early! Thank you for all the support.
Love,
LAB Films
P.S. Almost forgot! Be sure to read up on some of the other films showing at SIFF. They have an amazing line up this year, just as they do every year. Soon, we'll let you know what we're looking forward to catching, and you should find some films to catch, too!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
SIFF Dates, Showtimes, and Locations
We have all the details you need to attend one (or both) of the showings of "Do You See Colors When You Close Your Eyes?" world premier at Seattle International Film Festival!
Our first showing, the official world premier, will be May 31st, 7:00 pm, at the Admiral Theater in West Seattle.
Our second showing will be on June 4th, 11:00 am, at the Harvard Exit, just off Broadway.
Keep an eye out on www.siff.net for this years ticketing info and we'll keep you all posted! Be sure to buy tickets soon so you can make sure you have a place to sit!
Thank you,
LAB Films
Our first showing, the official world premier, will be May 31st, 7:00 pm, at the Admiral Theater in West Seattle.
Our second showing will be on June 4th, 11:00 am, at the Harvard Exit, just off Broadway.
Keep an eye out on www.siff.net for this years ticketing info and we'll keep you all posted! Be sure to buy tickets soon so you can make sure you have a place to sit!
Thank you,
LAB Films
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
2011 SIFF Show Dates Are In!
We just got word of the dates Colors will be showing at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival! Keep your calendars clear on Tuesday, May 31st and/or Saturday, June 4th! We don't have actual times or locations of the screenings yet, but will keep the blog updated as well as the facebook events.
Facebook Links:
World Premiere!
Second Screening!
RSVP and don't forget to invite all your friends and family!
-Love, LAB
Facebook Links:
World Premiere!
Second Screening!
RSVP and don't forget to invite all your friends and family!
-Love, LAB
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Official Selection of SIFF
As some of you may have heard, our latest feature, "Do You See Colors When You Close Your Eyes?" has been selected to premier at Seattle International Film Festival. We are very honored to participate in this festival and we are all very lucky to have such an incredible event so close to home! We quickly whipped up all our press materials for the festival and now we patiently wait for more details from the festival.
This years festival goes from May 19th through June 12th. We do not know when our film will show at this time, but as soon as we find out, we will let everyone know as soon as we do. Until that time comes, we'd appreciate it if everyone could help us spread the word about our upcoming premier. We want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to join us at SIFF!
We are currently working on getting our website, www.labfilms-nw.com, a new face lift that we can easily update with the latest information we have for the festival, along with all our projects we work on.
Thank you again for everyone's support. We have always greatly appreciated our friends and family and cannot wait to share this experience with them.
Two years after the death of Jonathan, Christian (Jon's fiance) and Michael (Jon's twin brother) sneak into the twin's parents' house and steal Jon's urn and take a road trip, scattering his ashes in all the places he was never able to see. During this trip, they begin an affair in an attempt to understand a part of Jonathan they never knew before.
This years festival goes from May 19th through June 12th. We do not know when our film will show at this time, but as soon as we find out, we will let everyone know as soon as we do. Until that time comes, we'd appreciate it if everyone could help us spread the word about our upcoming premier. We want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to join us at SIFF!
We are currently working on getting our website, www.labfilms-nw.com, a new face lift that we can easily update with the latest information we have for the festival, along with all our projects we work on.
Thank you again for everyone's support. We have always greatly appreciated our friends and family and cannot wait to share this experience with them.
Two years after the death of Jonathan, Christian (Jon's fiance) and Michael (Jon's twin brother) sneak into the twin's parents' house and steal Jon's urn and take a road trip, scattering his ashes in all the places he was never able to see. During this trip, they begin an affair in an attempt to understand a part of Jonathan they never knew before.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Keep It Cinematic Update
Caleb has cut together a nice little teaser for Keep It Cinematic. He did a great job and we'd like to share it with everyone at http://vimeo.com/20961933
We'd like to thank everyone for their patience as we've been working to finish this documentary. We still have a bit of work to do, mainly getting some more interviews from band members, so we can finally wrap it all up in a nice package.
Keaton Collective has some great shows coming up, as always, so we hope to see you at some of them! Be sure to check them out on facebook and their website has a listing of all their shows coming up.
www.keatoncollective.org
Ivan & Alyosha is currently on tour all over the US! A list of shows is on their site, along with a journal of their tour!
www.ivanandalyosha.com/news
We'd like to thank everyone for their patience as we've been working to finish this documentary. We still have a bit of work to do, mainly getting some more interviews from band members, so we can finally wrap it all up in a nice package.
Keaton Collective has some great shows coming up, as always, so we hope to see you at some of them! Be sure to check them out on facebook and their website has a listing of all their shows coming up.
www.keatoncollective.org
Ivan & Alyosha is currently on tour all over the US! A list of shows is on their site, along with a journal of their tour!
www.ivanandalyosha.com/news
Friday, January 21, 2011
Our Plans
Hello everyone,
We have, since 2005, jumped from project to project. We have always gotten better and we have enjoyed the work, but after talking with Cameron (well, I talked and he listened to me blab and blab on) we realized that we haven't given our films a chance for people to see them; our focus has always been writing, shooting, editing then moving on to the next project. So, for the next six months to a year, we will focus on getting Colors out to festivals and release, finishing Revolving Grace (Koser's short) and another short film Chris and I made in two days on the way back from Colorado, and completing Keep it Cinematic so we can get it out there.
That is our focus...we are going to market our shit for once.
Our next projects (after we have sufficiently pushed our work) are Keep it Cinematic II- Birch Bay, A Tecate Sunset - The Prologue, A relationship comedy, Sid's Project (needs to be shot in the snow), and Feller (Patrick Dizney's project). That is overwhelming just to write, and it is probably only 2/3 of the projects that are ready to develop and create. But at this moment, we are pushing all that back until more people figure out just who we are and what we are capable of doing in film.
It's time to sell ourselves. Let's begin!
- Love Caleb and the LAB Films crew.
We have, since 2005, jumped from project to project. We have always gotten better and we have enjoyed the work, but after talking with Cameron (well, I talked and he listened to me blab and blab on) we realized that we haven't given our films a chance for people to see them; our focus has always been writing, shooting, editing then moving on to the next project. So, for the next six months to a year, we will focus on getting Colors out to festivals and release, finishing Revolving Grace (Koser's short) and another short film Chris and I made in two days on the way back from Colorado, and completing Keep it Cinematic so we can get it out there.
That is our focus...we are going to market our shit for once.
Our next projects (after we have sufficiently pushed our work) are Keep it Cinematic II- Birch Bay, A Tecate Sunset - The Prologue, A relationship comedy, Sid's Project (needs to be shot in the snow), and Feller (Patrick Dizney's project). That is overwhelming just to write, and it is probably only 2/3 of the projects that are ready to develop and create. But at this moment, we are pushing all that back until more people figure out just who we are and what we are capable of doing in film.
It's time to sell ourselves. Let's begin!
- Love Caleb and the LAB Films crew.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
What's Going On Right Now
Welcome to our new blog which we will utilize to keep everyone updated on our projects. We are currently in post production for our short documentary on storytelling through music, Keep It Cinematic. We are close to finishing a rough cut and are very excited to share it once it is finished.
After waiting to hear back from a short run of festival submissions (with no good results, unfortunately), we are researching our second run for our feature, Do You See Colors When You Close Your Eyes? Hopefully, we can share our film to a new crowd. Wish us luck!
Finally, we'll keep pestering Koser to finish up his short, Revolving Grace, and be able to share this beautifully shot film with all of you. Thank you for all the support and check back here or our website, www.labfilms-nw.com, for any news!
After waiting to hear back from a short run of festival submissions (with no good results, unfortunately), we are researching our second run for our feature, Do You See Colors When You Close Your Eyes? Hopefully, we can share our film to a new crowd. Wish us luck!
Finally, we'll keep pestering Koser to finish up his short, Revolving Grace, and be able to share this beautifully shot film with all of you. Thank you for all the support and check back here or our website, www.labfilms-nw.com, for any news!
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