Revolve Film and Music Festival

Veronica Always

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What The Frock?!

What The Frock?!

4 Minutes On An Abandoned Bridge

TRIANGLE FILMMAKERS PROGRAM
Featuring Nic Beery (Carrboro) and Todd Tinkham (Chapel Hill)
Nic Beery will screen his short VERONICA ALWAYS, and Todd Tinkham will screen his shorts WHAT THE FROCK?! and 4 MINUTES ON AN ABANDONED BRIDGE. Also in attendance: Jeffrey Moore, writer and star of "What the Frock?!"

Fri., Aug. 8, 7:30 PM, at the Drama Workshop, Salem Fine Arts Center

VERONICA ALWAYS - North Carolina Premiere!
Nic Beery
Beery Media, Inc.
Narrative Short
USA, 2008, 10 min.
Elliot's wife Veronica died in 2006 and he misses her. She was his fearless leader for 53 years. Laura, 22, works at Elliott's assisted living home and goes to school. Laura and Elliot have become friends. He knows she has dreams of being a dancer, just like Veronica was. An old 78 record Elliot gives Laura combines one memory and one dream. Together, the possibilities are endless.

After visiting his beloved Uncle Gene in assisted living, filmmaker Nic Beery drove by a particularly eyesore repair shop carport on the way home. The ugly factor was just too much. Beery was inspired to make something beautiful, incorporating all elements to create a balance, and this film is the result. It does sparkle, and Grahame Davies' original theme song at the end is the icing on the cake. -SC

WHAT THE FROCK?!
Todd Tinkham
Tinkham Town Productions
Narrative Short/Dark Comedy
USA, 2007, 12 minutes
When an amateur cross-dresser, Guy, dies and leaves a will that states he is to be buried in a dress and pearls, woe to those who plan on disobeying his final wishes. "What the Frock?!" is a short, dark comedy about life, death, betrayal, and the search for the perfect dress. Winner of the Best Short Film award at the 2007 Ava Gardner Film Festival (Smithfield, NC).

I watched this twice and laughed out loud. Coming from a programmer, that's saying a lot. Written by Jeffrey Moore, who also stars. –SC

4 MINUTES ON AN ABANDONED BRIDGE
Todd Tinkham
Tinkham Town Productions
Narrative Short/Nature
USA, 2007, 4 minutes
In the spring of 2007, independent filmmaker Todd Tinkham traveled across the U.S., capturing video images of rivers and other natural areas. On one afternoon, from an abandoned bridge near Richland, WA, Tinkham shot these images of the Columbia River and its surroundings. Artistic and accessible, this short film captures the essence of a specific place at a specific time in such a way that it often deepens the viewer's appreciation for the beauty and wonder of all overlooked and abandoned places.

Peaceful and panoramic. –SC

Filmmaker Bios:

Nic Beery: Back in the early 1980s I was one of the "world's greatest clowns" touring with Ringling Bros. Circus. Every town we visited, the local TV news reporter was there. When they interviewed my buddies and myself and put it on TV, it wasn't the same as what they shot. I later found out that was called "editing" and I liked it! Somebody was manipulating the story to fit their desires, interests and whims. I wanted to do that.

Now, after many years in industry, I still enjoy it. Editing the puzzle pieces known as footage into a coherent, compelling and beautiful story. Producing stories that entertain and make a difference.

I've worked in virtually every production area in Video (graphic designer, sound designer, cameraman, writer, editor, project manager and video producer). I have won numerous Telly awards. I've managed and produced multi-media projects for Major Industries, Associations and International and Domestic news agencies. I hold a Certificate in Film Production from New York University.

Recently my family relocated to Carrboro, NC from Washington, DC. We have found a creative, hip place to live, raise our kids and find stories that are off the beaten path but well worth telling.

I have produced several short films that have been official selections in festivals around the U.S. Titles include "NightLife," "Borderline Bonfire," and "Meet Lora Pendleton."

I own BeeryMedia.com and occasionally will take a paying job. I also am the past chair and founder of the Carrboro Film Festival, which held its inaugural festival in 2006 to standing room only audiences. I also am the volunteer coordinator for the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

Todd Tinkham worked with at-risk teenagers and incarcerated men for 15 years before becoming a filmmaker. In 2005 Tinkham made his first short, "Spreading the Word," with a small group of friends in Carrboro, NC. That film went on to screen at more than 30 film festivals in the US, Canada and Europe. Tinkham's short drama "Riverside" premiered at the 2005 Golden Lion Film Festival in Swaziland, Africa, and has gone on to win several awards.

Tinkham has written and directed 18 short films that have screened at more than 200 film festivals in North America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia, including SLAMDANCE, the Rhode Island International Film Festival and the Short Film Festival of India. Tinkham lives and works in Chapel Hill, NC. Learn more about Tinkham at tinkhamtown.org.