Hello all, having helped get Films at the Sedgwick and The Little Theater started in Mt. Airy, I showed Disturbing Images, Albino Code, other independent films as well as. I've taken a break from presentation to do some work on a movie theater concept I'm developing... but I miss the active conversation that showing your films really helped to start.

While the Little Theater is still open for business and looking for filmmakers to show their works there, for the moment I'm not programming the films there.

I figured now is a great time to revisit the "Film Q. Public" concept I've been working on.

Film Q. Public was set up for users to tell the Little Theater what films they wanted to see. The next step is to really expand this open forum for filmmakers and for audiences and "cut out the middle man" - distributors.

My continued goal is to bring together "the makers" with "the watchers." I hope you'll take a look at Film Q. Public. It's a free forum, members can post, everyone can read. Read and contribute to any number of boards, from film discussion of genres, to shooting, cutting or writing.

You can post flash video from most video services, like YouTube or Google Video, so you can have place to have an on-going conversation about your film and keep people updated on screenings you're having.

In fact, you can even watch and discuss a growing number of feature films on the forum-

Charles Chaplin's- The Kid
Alfred Hitchcock's - The Man Who Knew Too Much
American Look (1958)
Iraq For Sale
Farenheit 9/11

You'll find that there are board topics about writing for film, for video tutorials on shooting in HD, boards with video tutorials about cutting in Final Cut Pro, and finally, you can post your resume, head-shots, film investment opportunities or job openings.

I hope you all get a chance to check out the Film Q. Public Forum at http://www.filmqpublic.com/forum

Thanks!

-David Titus

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 2007

Cinema Alliance is collaborating with Films at the Sedgwick for a first-time event in Philadelphia, Wednesday and Thursday, February 7 and 8, at 7 p.m. at the Sedgwick Theater’s Little Theater at Video Library, 7141 Germantown Avenue, Mt. Airy, Pa.

Films at the Sedgwick is an organization started in the summer of 2006 that brings movies back to the Sedgwick Theater, one of Philadelphia’s last remaining Art Deco movie houses. Some films are screened in the lobbies of the old theater; others, in The Little Theater, the intimate large screen, surround sound theater located next door to the Sedgwick at Video Library—Mt. Airy.

What makes Films at the Sedgwick unique is its Film Q. Public program, which allows the public to visit the Films at the Sedgwick website and vote for the movies they want to see in the theater. David Titus, director of Films at the Sedgwick, approached Cinema Alliance to be one of the first local independent production companies to submit movies to the program. The overwhelming public support for Cinema Alliance’s first film submission to Film Q. Public quickly brought the film to the Sedgwick’s Little Theater.

Cinema Alliance will be screening Disturbing Images –The Story Of Helmut K., which was shot in the Philadelphia area and includes talent from Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Tickets for the February 7 and 8 shows are $5. The shows will open with the short Spoon Test Factory, which is also being distributed by Cinema Alliance and was created by Philadelphia-area filmmakers. Following each screening, a Q&A session will follow including cast and crew members from Disturbing Images as well as the filmmakers behind Spoon Test Factory.

Synopsis: Disturbing Images—The Story of Helmut K.

Disturbing Images follows the life of Helmut K., a creator of schlock cinema who has turned his meager talents onto the world of photography. In the wake of his disastrous exploits, where lives have been destroyed and backers left in financial ruin, he is unable to find anyone to support his incredibly bad films. To stay afloat, Helmut K. begins to create an odd assortment of tasteless and disturbing photos, turning himself into a monumental cult figure. It is controversy that sells, and these photos sell big at the same time as they ignite tempers. When a disturbing photo of Helmut’s comes under fire from a right wing religious group, he fights back in the only way he knows how: He creates more controversy by seducing a member of a religious group into a life of decadence and having him pose for one of his outrageous photos. Helmut K. once more sets the fires that have made him so unpopular with many people and ultimately descends into even more dangerous territory.

A trailer for Disturbing Images and more information can be found at the Cinema Alliance website, www.cinema-alliance.com, or at the Film Q. Public webpage – www.filmsattheSedgwick.com/FilmQ/LOC/disturbingimages.php .

To Submit your films to Film Q. Public please use This Online Form where you can also learn about our offer for filmmaker compensation (ie. get paid for your film).

For more information about Films at the Sedgwick, the Sedgwick Theater, the Little Theater,and the Film Q. Public program, visit www.filmsattheSedgwick.com. People are invited to stop by the Video Library at 7147 Germantown Avenue for a tour of The Little Theater and to pick up a monthly brochure.

Or Contact:
David Titus
Director, Films at the Sedgwick
www.filmsatthesedgwick.com
filmsatthesedgwick@gmail.com

This summer, the Sedgwick Theater was home to Films at the Sedgwick, and on First Friday, we brought Movies back to the Avenue in Mt. Airy. It was great fun and demonstrated once again that Mt. Airy wants a movie theater. So where do we go from here? Well, we’re thinking BIG and starting small.

Introducing Sedgwick’s baby sister—the Little Theater in Video Library, 7141 Germantown Avenue. Beginning on First Friday, November 3, the Little Theater officially joins the Avenue and Films at the Sedgwick will have movies every Friday and Saturday evening. With all the ambience of a movie theater, the Little Theater is an intimate setting where 25 family, friends and neighbors can view movie favorites, recent or classic, that they might have missed or want to share with others.

Visit our website to learn more about the Little Theater, and for a listing of what's playing tonight and in November!

-David Titus
Director, Films at the Sedgwick
www.filmsatthesedgwick.com
filmsatthesedgwick@gmail.com