12th Annual East Lansing Film Festival

Call for Volunteers: ELFF Poster Distribution Event

This article was posted on Tue, Feb 17 2009

What:

ELFF Poster Distribution Event. We’re trying something new this year. To increase our outreach in the Greater Lansing and East Lansing area, the ELFF staff has decided to do a single day of volunteer-driven poster distribution. We have representatives from MSU Film Club, area high schools, Lansing Community College, the MSU English and Telecommunication departments and many more coming out to help us hang posters all over the town. Let’s paint the town pink with our amazing poster for the 12th Annual East Lansing Film Festival!

Each team of 2-3 volunteers will be given a stack of posters and a small map of an area in Lansing/East Lansing. Their task will be to go to that area and ask local businesspeople to hang up the ELFF poster.

When/Where:

Saturday, February 28, 2009, at 1 pm in room C201 of Snyder/Phillips Hall. Snyder/Phillips is a residence hall on the MSU Campus, right off of the intersection between Grand River Ave. and Bogue St. (see map below). There will be signs in the building with directions on how to get to the room.

Why Volunteer:

This is the easiest and most fun volunteer opportunity we have at ELFF. Every person who volunteers will be given TWO film festival ticket vouchers (redeemable at the Festival). In addition, at 4:30 pm on the day of Poster Distribution, all volunteer teams will return to Snyder/Phillips for a special treat. Not only will there be a pizza party for all volunteers, there will also be a private screening of two short films that are a part of our 12th Annual ELFF program! This is the most fun you’ll have volunteering for ELFF, plus you get free pizza and a free advance screening of two of ELFF’s short films.

ELFF Trailer Contest

This article was posted on Fri, Feb 06 2009

When:

Deadline: March 6, 2009

Where:

East Lansing Film Festival

Send in your best “common courtesy” trailer for our yearly contest!

To get more local & national filmmakers involved in the 12th annual East Lansing Film Festival, we are holding a contest for trailers that will be shown before each film screening. We’re looking for 20-second trailers on any of the following subjects (you can do just one, all of them, or just a couple):
-Don’t forget to turn in your audience award ballots at the end of the film
-Remember to turn off your cell phone
-Please respect your fellow audience members and refrain from talking during the film
-Please keep your feet off of the seat in front of you

These are the guidelines:

- The trailer can’t be longer than 20 seconds including credits.
- Final presentation format must be on DVD (not MiniDV).
- Must be submitted in completed state—no “works in progress” or editing after submission.
- Deadline: Must be postmarked no later than Friday, March 6, 2009.

Mail to:
East Lansing Film Festival
Attn: ELFF Trailer Competition
P.O. Box 4880
East Lansing, MI 48826

Submit as many as you like. We may select more than one from each director. Please keep in mind that the audience will likely see the trailer multiple times - so make it entertaining. For more information go to http://www.elff.com or call the ELFF office at: 517.336.5802