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Update #23: Two Festivals on Both Coasts

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Update #22: Happy New Year!

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Update #21: Great News!

Posted on October 31

This weekend at the New Orleans Horror Film Festival, Bugbaby won the Audience Choice Award!!  We are so proud and excited.  This just further supports what a great little film we have; what a wonderful, talented group of people who came together to make the film; and what great taste you all have for backing us :)

In other news, for those of you in the Bay Area, Bugbaby has been accepted into yet another film festival!  Bugbaby will be screening at the San Francisco Underground Short Film Festival on Saturday Nov 19.  We are screening in the early segment at 7:30PM, tickets are $15.

The venue is the Victoria Theatre (San Francisco's oldest operating theatre), 2961 16th St, steps away from the 16th & Mission BART station.
(http://www.peacheschrist.com/?p=8046)

Hope to see some of you there!!

Best,

The Bugbaby Team

Update #20: More Film Festival News!

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Update #19: Reminder - Big Bear Horror Film Festival This Weekend!

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Update #18: Four More Festivals for "Bugbaby"!

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Update #17: More Festivals! Maybe coming to a town near you...

Posted on August 24

Hello All!

The film festival acceptances have been pouring in (almost literally, actually!), "Bugbaby" is screening at four more film festivals in North America.

We are very happy to announce "Bugbaby" screenings at the Black Rock Film Festival in Black Rock City, Nevada (a part of Burning Man), the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia, New York Hell's Kitchen Film Festival (in which "Bugbaby" is in the short film competition), and the Big Bear Horror Film Festival in Big Bear, CA.

Black Rock Film Festival (www.blackrockfilmfest.com) "Bugbaby" screens Friday Sept 2 in the "Comedia del Trauma" program.  Located in the Hive Village, address 3:30 and Esplanade.  Ticket info will be posted when we have the information.

Atlantic Film Festival (www.atlanticfilm.com/festivals/atlantic-film-festival) "Bugbaby" screens Monday Sept 19 at 9:35PM.  Theater and ticket info will be announced when we have the information.

New York Hell's Kitchen Film Festival (www.newyorkhellskitchenfilmfestival.com/?page_id=94) "Bugbaby" is in the Short Films Competition Program "B" - screening Friday Sept 2 at 3 pm and again Sun Sept 4 at 3 pm.  On Sept 2 we screen at Indiehouse Theatre 2 and on Sunday at Indiehouse Theatre 3 located at:

The Producers’ Club Theaters
358 West 44th Street, btwn 8th & 9th Avenue,
New York, NY 10036

Big Bear Horror Film Festival (www.bigbearhorrorfilmfest.com) "Bugbaby" screenings Saturday Oct 1 at 4PM.  Theatre and ticket info below through the links...

http://www.bigbearhorrorfilmfest.com/film/bugbaby

http://www.bigbearhorrorfilmfest.com/page/buy-tickets

We hope to see you at one of these screenings!!

Love,

The Bugbaby Team

Update #16: Atlanta Loves Bugbaby

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Update #15: Festival News and a Reminder

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Update #14: "Bugbaby" Family and Friends Screening in Los Angeles

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Update #13: Great News!

Posted on April 4, 2011

"Bugbaby" has won Best Short Horror Film at the Phoenix Int'l Horror and Sci Fi Film Fest!

There will be an update later with some more information from the 3 days at the festival, but we just wanted everyone to know the great news :)

Thanks again for your support of our now award-winning film!!

xo

The Bugbaby Team

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      Andy Weiss on April 4, 2011

      Congratulations!

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      Aaron Rosenberg on April 5, 2011

      "Good on ya" as one says in OZ. No, the other Oz! I, however am now in Florida!

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      Dana Todd on April 7, 2011

      Yay, that's fantastic news! And well deserved. Next stop: Cannes! :-)

Update #12: "Bugbaby" World Premiere This Weekend!

Posted on March 29, 2011

We've received our screening dates and times for the Arizona International Horror and Sci Fi Film Fest.  If you or anyone you know lives in the area and would like to come out and see our great little film, please pass the info along!

We have two screening dates/times:

Friday April 1 @ 10PM

Saturday April 2 @ 10:05PM

at Harkins Scottsdale/101 Theatre 4 - 7000 E. Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

"Bugbaby" will be screening with 7 other short horror films as a part of the Int'l Horror and Sci Fi Fest, which in turn is a part of the Phoenix Film Fest.

To see more info about our screening:

http://phoenix.slated.com/2011/films/bugbaby_rebeccalorenne_phoenix2011;jsessionid=D22DD04815B42479CD23F1A3227B4B4F

Tickets are $10, and you can buy them here:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/2093

by scrolling down to 4/1 or 4/2 at the appropriate screening time, under "Horror Shorts".

The site is a little confusing, so if you have any questions or trouble, please let us know!

Writer Dan Spurgeon, Director Becky Lorenne Doppelt, Executive Producer Drew Blakeman, and Actress Lara Fisher will be in attendance at the festival, so if you can make it, be sure to say hello!

Hope to see you there!

Annick

Update #11: Great "Bugbaby" News!

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Update #10: Mink Stole Pimps "Bugbaby"!

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Update #9: Almost Done!

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