Couchfest Films 2012--YO!

This page contains our original press release for Couch Fest Films 2012, list of accepted films so far for 2012, high resolution film stills, and promotional images for Couch Fest Films.

Event photos from Couch Fest Films from last year in 2011 can bee seen here.

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For Immediate Release
February, 20th, 2012
Contact: Craig Downing, Director, Couch Fest Film Festival
propaganda@couchfestfilms.com


ANNOUNCING THE FIFTH COUCH FEST FILM FESTIVAL 2012

Couch Fest Films invites movie lovers into private homes to enjoy several programs of short films in an intimate and unassuming environment on Saturday, November 10th, 2012.

Couch Fest Films proudly announces the 5th annual Couch Fest Film Festival to be held in residential homes and alternative venues around the globe (TBA). Couch Fest Films is not an online event or a broadcast event. We are a film festival that replaces traditional theater venues with cozy residential venues.

Couch Fest Films is a traveling festival of sorts: moviegoers enjoy several programs of short films presented in residents' living rooms. The festival aims to build kinship among movie lovers in a comfortable and cozy setting, and to share exciting new works of short film. The festival, founded in 2008, has built a passionate following thanks to its reliably high quality, entertaining film programs, and its open-minded "do it yourself" ethic.

On Saturday, November 10th, 2012, each host home participating in Couch Fest Films around the globe will present a unique program of award-winning short movies. Films presented during Couch Fest Films are typically still exclusively playing at some of the top film festivals in North America and Europe.

A short intermission in the middle of each program will allow viewers to discuss the films and socialize. Participants will have the opportunity to interact, share, and discover new films and fellow lovers of film.

The 2012 Call for Entries will be announced during the summer. Films will be competing for cash awards and powerful prizes (three-foot trophies!). While there is a small submission fee, entry fees are refunded for accepted films. The festival programmers look forward to another year of submissions as impressive as last year, which attracted work from Israel, Germany and Portugal, among other countries, and included genres that varied from social documentaries to sketch comedies, celebrated works of animation to emerging experimental video art.

Couch Fest Films was founded by Seattle filmmaker Craig Downing in 2008 with the goal of sharing the love of film and video in an unpretentious environment. Says Downing, "I'm excited to provide others the chance to watch grand short films whilst sitting on their rump in living rooms all over town! What better way to get out and meet your neighbors?"

For more information about Couch Fest Films, visit www.couchfestfilms.com. A full listing of films included in the various programs, as well as a venue map, will be listed soon after the films have been accepted.

Promotional stills will be available at http://www.couchfestfilms.com/press.html. Please email propaganda@couchfestfilms.com with any questions, or if you'd like to speak with festival founder or festival programmers.


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List of Accepted Films For Couch Fest Films 2012

Title Director Country
36 Juanfer Andres Spain
13 Related Sewing Machines Andreas Fock Sweden
20S Mario Rico Spain
A Finger, Two Dots Then Me David and Daniel Holechek USA
A Kindness E. Jane Thompson Canada
Aquadettes Drea Cooper USA
Bajo La Almohada Isabel Herguera Spain
BEAR Nash Edgerton Australia
Brad and Gary Pierre Coffin France
Cassini Mission Christopher Abbass USA
Flatmates 3.0 Francesco Marisei Spain
Forced Entry Joe Jacobs USA
Funny Web Cam Effects Nestor F. Spain
Hellion Kat Candler USA
Hello Caller Andrew Putschoegl USA
Incubator Jimm Weber USA
Intermezzo Norbert Pfaffenbichler USA
Jim & Frank Tony Borden USA
Lack of Evidence Hayoun Kwon France
Libertas Megan Wonowidjoyo Singapore
Life and Stuff Kumar Satkunarasa UK
Little Plastic Figure Samo-Sama Germany
Living Tiny Paul Meyers, Paul Donatelli. USA
Love Kaveh Nabatian Canada
Love Letter, Even if You Treat Me Bad Alfredo Covelli Italy
Margo Lily Dane Clark & Linsey Stewart Canada
Metro Jake Wyatt USA
Mulvar is Correct Candidate Patrick Desilets Canada
Parachute Martin Thibaudeau Canada
Peekabooo Damien Power Australia
PostHuman Cole Drumb USA
Score Lawrence Cote-Collins Canada
The Lady with the Lamp Duncan Cowles UK
The Maker Christopher Kezelos Australia
The Pub Joseph Pierce UK
The Queen of My Dreams Fawzia Mirza USA
The Whale Story Tess Martin USA
Thumb Snatchers from the Moon Cocoon Brad Schaffer USA
To R.P. Salazar with Love The Rauch Brothers USA
Voice Over Martin Rosete Spain
We Refuse to be Cold Alexander Carson Canada


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