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IMVF Directors' Message
Indie
music videos have come a long way in the past
35 years and finally there is the IMVF (Indie
Music Video Festival) to celebrate them. The
art, the science, the skill, the labour, and
the technology that goes into music video
production is almost unsurpassed in the history
of the artist and creative mediums.
Music videos have the capability of making
us think and feel they can present a situation,
story or create an unique surreal abstraction
found nowhere else. There can be a synchronous
beauty in the matching of music and vision.
Video art can be all encompassing from the
smallest to galactic in scale, from the cerebral,
evocative visual poetry set to lyrics and
music to fast paced animation, effects action
and humour. Music videos can be profound masterworks
and through their uniqueness and diversity
can provide important social perspectives.
They are a part of our lives and our culture
and judging by the broadcast outlets dedicated
to them, we definitely love them.
IMVF's plan is to bring together the creators,
writers, d.o.p's, editors, effects artists
and producers enabling them to meet and network.
IMVF plans to offer workshops on subjects
such as editing systems, camera systems, lighting,
writing, producing, production management,
directing, emerging technology and distribution.
Today there is no other festival in the world
dedicated exclusively to music videos (clips
to our UK friends). By establishing the IMVF
we hope to provide an arena for the appreciation
of the best in independent music video production
and we hope to expand the awareness of the
state of the art and the achievements of the
artists that make and create music videos.
-- Marcus Rogers, Nicole Steen, Frank Yahr
Festival Directors
Pictured
left: Our MC, Frank from Rumbletone and happy
festival goers
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Toronto IMVF left
to right: Tijuana
Bibles!! The Eines and Filmmaker Stephen Chung and
friends
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TOP
FAVES from the Vancouver IMVF 2003
THE FAINT Agenda
Suicide (MK12) USA
FOLOMA Bitch
to Your Mother (Justin Coloma) USA
SWIMMING POOL
Bypassed (Daniel Buettner) GERMANY
BRIGHT EYES
Bowl of Oranges (Cat Solen) USA
ATOM HOCKEY
S.O.U.L. (Jan Litzinger/Frank Zerban) GERMANY
FINGATHING
Superhero Music (Dotti Colvin/John Shearlock)
U.K.
KINZAZA
The River (Dimitri Soukonnov) CANADA
BUBBLE I
Hurt Myself (BAM13) USA
RUN
CHICO RUN
Lifestyles of the Living Dead (Neil Cooke-Dallin/Becky
Julseth) CANADA
PILATE Alright
(M. Lomond/ J S.te-Marie/D. Pasemko/J.Khouri)
CANADA
PLANET SMASHERS
I Wish I Were American (Christopher Langston)
CANADA
SPRINGERZINGER
Jerry Springer-Cream of the Crop (SpringerZinger)
CANADA
TIJUANA BIBLES Suplex
(Bill Marks) CANADA GET UP KIDS " Overdue" (Vagrant
Records) USA
REGGIE & THE FULL EFFECT
Congratulations Smack & Katy ( Maureen
Egan/ Matthew Barry) USA
BEANGROWERS
This Year's Love (Beangrowers) MALTA
CORWIN FOX Face
the Sun (Christian Bielz) CANADA
MACHINE TRANSLATIONS
Amnesia (Thomas Puller/Jonathan Nix)
AUSTRALIA
SPOOKEY RUBEN
Shauna (Stephen Chung) CANADA/USA
FULL FATHOM 5
Who's Your Daddy? (Jackie Ryan) AUSTRALIA
GOD THE BAND
General Queer (Matthew Glasson) USA
3 INCHES OF BLOOD Kill
The Orcs (Kevin McBride) CANADA
BOY Joey
( Mark Thomas Lomond) CANADA |
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Bands
with videos featured in The FIRST ANNUAL IMVF 2002
and IMVF Best of the Fest 2002:
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IMVF
2003 in the press:
Check
out the IMVF in the Toronto Sun . Monday
Magazine editorial . ChartAttack
SATURDAY OCT. 11 2003 "INDIE MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL
- Since MTV no longer plays music videos, MuchMusic
plays tripe and Dan Gallagher has long given
up the ghost ,most video freaks have to spend
hours surfing Kazaa for their favourite artist's
new clips. Even then, most are crap. To have
a gander at a few that aren't, check out the
second annual installment of this travelling
festival, which features a live performance
by hooky Toronto popsters The Eines, plus a
whack of cool indie vids by the likes of Alexisonfire,
Bright Eyes and many more." -- EYE Magazine
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INDIE
MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL Breaks New Ground
- Mi2N Press Release December 6th, 2002
Pictured
left, Carolyn Mark warms up the crowd at the
IMVF 2002
INDIES LIGHT UP SCREEN
- Music Notes (Georgia Straight) Nov.28-Dec.5
The New Pornographers, the Weakerthans, the
Nasty On and The Organ are among the 50 bands
whose clips are part of the Indie Music Video
Festival. December 6th and 7th at the Blinding
Light!! Sponsored by Cinestir and Rumbletone
Productions, the event is designed to showcase
the kind of independently made videos normally
relegated to band websites and one appearance
on MuchMusic's weekly program The Wedge. "We
have about six videos we produced ourselves,"
said Coal's Nicole Steen who along with bandmate
and video director (Before Year Zero: Western
Canadian Punk Rock 1980-2000) Marcus Rogers,
is part of Cinestir." And I realized there
are so many bands here with videos that just
don't get played much."
The IMVF has taken about a month to organize
with national as well as local bands, and
even a few American acts, submitting clips
for the two-night event. The programs for
each evening vary, with two screenings (7:30pm
and 10PM) and performances by Canned Hamm
on December 6th and Carolyn Mark on December
7th. Steen said she and the other organizers
would like to take the festival on the road,
perhaps to Montreal and Toronto. "We're trying
to give incentive for bands,"she said. "Usually
if these videos do get played on TV it's a
3AM and nobody's watching. This way the work
is really showcased."
Pictured
below: From left to right, Amy at the Blinding
Light, The Line-ups Begin, and Smoke Break!
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Email:
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