How you can get involved

 

 

 

screwmachine/eyecandy

 

This is a new comedy by CJ Hopkins that is a live TV show. Incorporating recorded images with a live TV camera mix.

 

Directed by Nick Hiltgen and Tim Habeger, runs December 5-31, 2008 with Matt Stanton, Claire Christie, Randy Havens and George Faughnan.

 

 


GRFX

 

This is a new film series about 21st Century story telling.  It is a film series that incorporates artists from independent film, live theater, dance and other disciplines.

A short featurette will begin shooting in December 2008 with series production in 2009.  This series is a new approach to sustaining independent artists and groups and will employ new methods of film distribution.

 

 


The Extremists

 

This is a world premiere stage play written by CJ HopkinsCJ Hopkins, directed by film and stage director, Walter Asmus and featuring artistic directors Del Hamilton and Tim Habeger. This hour-long comedy about media and our current war on extremist ideology will premiere in Berlin in February 2009 and 7 Stages Theater in March of 2009.  This is a co-production of PushPush, 7 Stages, and English Theater Berlin.

 

 


Portal Film Festival II


This is a new film showcase from Berlin’s Top Film School, The DFFB.  Highlighting new independent short films from around the world, this is a great way for Atlanta filmmakers and enthusiasts to actively take part in international exchange on the ground level.

 

Think globally and act locally. PushPush’s Dailies Film and Video Program is moving quickly in the direction of international exchange – our work screening in their theaters and their work in ours. This is our most popular and fastest growing program on New Street.

 

To date, we have created over 170 short films, and helped develop three internationally distributed feature films. We’ve held screenings of work from Brazil, Germany, Canada, Bhutan, and other countries and are excited to bring you the 2nd round of short films from The DFFB. Berlin’s most notable filmmaker program, at the heart of the Berlinale, The DFFB filmmakers come from America, Turkey, Russia, England and other countries. Please come have some fun and help us make new connections.

 

   

 

NEW YEARS EVE BLOWOUT

 

This year, on the eve of one of the most hopeful eras in our lifetime, we will blow the doors off the theater with shows, screenings, music, food, improv, dancing and wild fun (we may even drink a little)! Come rub shoulders with the performers and dance 'till you fall off the stage. It's the coolest party in town and cheaper than anything else you'll find!

 

 


The Doug Dank Project

 

This is our weekly improv show featuring improvisers riffing on stories told each week by a guest monologist. It’s fast and fun and it runs every Wednesday night at 10pm!

 

 


CopyMe

 

This is a world premiere play by Tim Habeger and Rahel Savoldelli about copyright laws and the ownership of ideas and art.  Incorporating several screens and a live stage, this hour-long comedic production echos Kubrick’s The Shining in an attempt to get to the heart of original creation.

This co-production between Berlin’s Gutes Tun (moved link) Collective in Berlin, Luz Algranti in Buenos Aires.and PushPush in Atlanta will premiere at Les grandes Traversées Festival in Bordeaux France and run at Ballhaus Ost in Berlin in January of 2009 before touring to America in May of 2009.

 


 Private Dancer/3Some

 

Two new productions will be performing at PushPush this coming May.  Private Dancer is a production of one of Europe’s most acclaimed choreographers, Iceland’s Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir and features Jared Gradinger and Sveinbjörg Þórhallsdóttir.  3Some is a bright and edgy comedy by Israeli performance group, Total Brutal and features film actor, Knut Berger and stage actor, Nir de Volff.

 

 


New Avenues in Independent Film Distribution Seminar

 

In cooperation with Turner Broadcasting, PushPush will hold its first annual seminar about the rapidly changing world of film distribution.  We hope to create a forum to discuss and share new approaches to distributing new filmwork, in theaters, on TV and on the web.  This three-day seminar will feature some of Atlanta’s leading film producers, advertisers and filmmakers.

 

 


Dailies Monthly Film screenings

 

Each month we start with Dailies First Sundays, an open get-together for independent filmmakers to share resources, discuss recent events and network new opportunities.  On the first Tuesday and third Sunday, we screen a first-run documentary film and have town hall discussions on a variety of topics, on the Second and Fourth Sundays, we screen a narrative film and discuss the structure and how it was put together.  We also have Monday and Wednesday night groups that allow emerging filmmakers, actors, writers and crew to roll up their sleeves and actually make movies. 

 

 

 

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