Photo of last year’s festival atop the Wallace deck in the big city
The Hi Mom! Film festival folks have announced Hi Mom! 9.5 — a summer screening on the lawn at the Town Commons.
Here’s the particulars via Matt Hedt:
Event Title
Hi Mom! Highlights – Short Films Under the Stars (Hi Mom! #9.5)
Details
Saturday, July 14, 9pm, Carrboro Town Commons, 90 minutes, Free
Short Description:
Hi Mom! Short Film Fest presents a free outdoor show featuring a family friendly collection of some of our favorite short films and videos from the last 9 years of festivals. Saturday, July 14, 9pm at the Carrboro Town Commons (where the Farmer’s Market happens). Bring a blanket or lawn chair or sit on the grass. Bring your own snacks. Parking is somewhat limited so walking and biking are encouraged. Free!!
Longer Description:
Hi Mom! Short Film Fest presents a free outdoor show featuring some of our favorite short films and videos from the last 9 years of festivals. We’ll show an eclectic mix of styles and genres that will have something for everyone. These are really fun films that you probably won’t see anywhere else, unless you’ve been coming to Hi Mom! over the last decade. It will be clean, so bring the kids. Saturday, July 14, 9pm at the Carrboro Town Commons (where the Farmer’s Market happens). Bring a blanket or lawn chair or sit on the grass. Parking is somewhat limited so walking and biking are encouraged. Show lasts about 90 minutes. Free!! Stay tuned for a full Hi Mom! #10 in 2008.
Additional Info:
Hi Mom! is an annual short film festival in Carrboro/Chapel Hill that has run for nine years. It features films, videos, and animations from around the country and world and has always featured an unusual and eclectic mix of styles. We’ve shown everything from lo-fi experimental works to beautifully produced 35mm; from incredible claymation to remixes of footage ripped from TV and movies; from movies by kids and for kids to adults-only raunch and humor. We do tend to shy away from glossy calling card films and instead look for the true works of expression and originality. Hi Mom! is volunteer run and is free-to-enter, an unusual quality in a fest of this caliber. This festival, HM!#9.5, is actually a break from our full-on festival – we’re postponing the big HM!#10 until 2008, mainly as a reprieve for our small group of volunteers who sort through upwards of 500 entries to put on the festival.