Did you miss some of the talked-about films of deadCENTER? Don’t worry! We’re adding some extra screenings. 

“Left of Center” – 8:30pm at Harkins 2

“The Jogger” – 9pm at Harkins 6

These are in addition to our normal Sunday screenings, which you can see here: 

http://deadcenter.festivalgenius.com/2013/schedule/day

Go see some movies!

**updated to correct times**

We’ve switched the venues for two of tonight’s screenings.

“Yellow” will now screen at 8 pm at the Harkins theater.

“Down and Dangerous” will now screen at 8 pm at the OKC Museum of Art.

This post will be updated if there are any additional changes. Press release below. 

Enjoy the festival!

Media Alert (Saturday, June 8, 2013):
Tonight’s screening of “Yellow” has been moved to Harkins Bricktown, switching venues with “Down and Dangerous,” which will now screen at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Both films will screen at their originally planned times.

Directed by Nick Cassavetes, “Yellow” is a feature-length dramatic comedy about a young substitute teacher who escapes from her drudging everyday life by fantasizing bizarre parallel realities. The film will screen at 8 p.m. at Harkins Bricktown, 150 E. Reno Ave.

Zak Forsman’s 1980s-style crime thriller “Down and Dangerous,” will screen at 8 p.m. tonight at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. 

deadCENTER Film Festival is Oklahoma’s largest film festival for the past 13 years and one of the “Top 20 Coolest Film Festivals in the World” according to MovieMaker magazine. This year’s festival is June 5-9 and includes 119 comedies, dramas, hard-hitting documentaries and short films from Oklahoma and around the world. For more information, please visit www.deadcenterfilm.org.

To raise awareness and continue the relief effort for those affected by tornadoes and flooding, deadCENTER has worked with our corporate sponsors to convert our three outdoor screenings into fundraisers for various community partners. The screenings on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights will be at 9:30pm at the Myriad Gardens Grand Lawn and are free and open to the public. 

FRIDAY – The Kirkpatrick Foundation is partnering with The Bella Foundation and Animal Resource Center at the Flashback Friday screening of The Last of the Mohicans to help animals affected by the tornadoes.

The Bella Foundation will be taking applications for foster, adoption and volunteer applications. The Animal Resource Center will be accepting new dog and cat food, collars, leashes, toys and accessories.  

SATURDAY – Chesapeake Energy is partnering with Cleats for Kids during the screening of the award winning films, The Short Game, about the World Championship of Junior Golf.

Cleats for Kids will provide collection bins for accepting all athletic shoes and all sports equipment.

SUNDAY – GT Clean is partnering with the United Way of Central Oklahoma to collect money and sign up volunteers during the screening of Stevie Nicks In Your Dreams.

The United Way of Central Oklahoma activated its disaster relief fund to serve the people affected by the May tornadoes.  Fund dollars will be distributed without administrative fees.  The May Tornado Relief Fund will serve the immediate, intermediate, and long-term needs. 

OKLAHOMA CITY (June 5, 2013) – Tonight’s free outdoor festival kick-off screening of “The Rolling Stones: Charlie is My Darling,” sponsored by Devon Energy, has been moved inside due to weather to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Dr.

There will be two screenings: at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.  The screenings are still free and open to the public, and seating will be on a first-come-first-served basis. 

Directed by Peter Whitehead and produced by the Rolling Stones’ manager Andrew Loog Oldham, “The Rolling Stones: Charlie is My Darling” is an intimate, behind-the-scenes diary of two days on the road with the young musicians on tour in Ireland just weeks after “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” topped the charts and became the international  anthem for a generation.  It features the first professionally filmed concert performances of the band and documents the early frenzy of their fans and the riots the band’s appearances inspired.  

Total running time is 64 minutes.  The film is not rated.

The evening’s official after party will be held from 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. at Flint OKC, 15 N. Robinson Ave. inside the Colcord Hotel. 

deadCENTER Film Festival is Oklahoma’s largest film festival for the past 13 years and one of the “Top 20 Coolest Film Festivals in the World” according to MovieMaker magazine. This year’s festival is June 5-9 and includes 115 comedies, dramas, hard-hitting documentaries and short films from Oklahoma and around the world.  For more information, please visit www.deadcenterfilm.org.

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Media Contact: Rob Crissinger

Bumbershoot PR

405.401.6323

rcrissinger@bumbershootpr.com

deadCENTER Film Festival takes weather safety very seriously, and we feel that effective planning and communication can help participants enjoy the festival knowing we have our eye on the sky.

Each of our seven screening venues has an individual weather plan in place, and venue managers and volunteers will be well prepared to implement those plans in the event of severe weather.  

If severe weather could potentially move toward the downtown area, venue managers will monitor the weather closely and consistently and make announcements when appropriate. 

If tornado activity is present, guests will be informed of, and led to, the nearest shelter or designated safe area until the threat has passed.

Outdoor films will be cancelled or re-located if it is raining 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the film.

Weather and film updates will be shared on the www.deadcenterfilm.org home page, as well as on Facebook and Twitter.

Recommended resources for weather updates:

KFOR News 4

KOCO News 5

KWTV News 9

NewsOK.com

National Weather Service

deadCENTER has been selected as one of the Top 50 film festival worth the entry fee out of 6,000 festival worldwide by MovieMaker magazine.

Previously, MovieMaker had selected deadCENTER as one of the 25 Coolest festivals. This latest listing acknowledges the new Distribution Forum deadCENTER added in 2012, bringing in sales agents and distributors to meet with every accepted filmmaker at the festival. deadCENTER is run by working filmmakers that know the challenges of securing distribution for truly independent films. So, the forum was a way to empower filmmakers with the tools and avenues for distributing their films.

In other news, deadCENTER Executive Director Lance McDaniel was voted as Best non-Profit Leader in Oklahoma City in Slice Magazine readers poll. McDaniel was a volunteer for 5 years before taking the reins as Executive Director.

deadCENTER 2013 is coming June 5-9, in downtown Oklahoma City. Check out our schedule and start planning your trip to THE AWARD WINNING deadCENTER Film Festival.

After three glorious years on Automobile Alley, the deadCENTER Film Festival is moving to a permanent office on Film Row. Film Row is the historic district on the west side of downtown where Movie Studios would ship their films to be screened, reviewed and ultimately distributed to local theaters in Oklahoma, Kansas and northern Texas.

The new deadCENTER office is located inside the Hart Building at the corner of Sheridan and Shartel on Film Row. Developer Chip Fudge has been leading the charge along Film Row for several years, working with the city to renovate the street and sidewalks and providing a larger space for IAO Gallery and a new home for Joey’s Pizza.

Fudge recently renovated the Hart building with Bill Gummerson and Associates, establishing new headquarters for Claims Management Resources, Account Management Resources and Ferrell Oil and an Oklahoma City home for KOSU, the revered public radio station from Stillwater. The Spy Radio station is schedule to join KOSU and a handful of private businesses in the building, along with a gym and a healthy food restaurant.

deadCENTER’s new address is 726 W Sheridan, Suite 170, Oklahoma City, OK 73102. Please stop by and check out our new office.

deadCENTER is thrilled to honor film producer HUNT LOWRY with this year’s Oklahoma Film ICON Award.

Hunt Lowry is an award-winning film producer that has thrilled audiences with classic films for more than 30 years. Lowry is also an Oklahoma City native and Casady School graduate that has served as an inspirational beacon to Oklahomans moving to Los Angeles to pursue their dreams in motion pictures.

Renowned Native American actor Wes Studi will present the Oklahoma Film ICON Award to Hunt Lowry at a free outdoor screening of THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, Friday, June 7, 9:00pm at the Myriad Gardens Grand Lawn.

Lowry is best know for producing Oscar winner THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, starring
Oklahoma’s Wes Studi and Daniel Day Lewis, and A TIME TO KILL, starring Matthew
McConaughey and Sandra Bullock. But, just as impressive as any individual film is Lowry’s ability to move seamlessly across film genres and styles, creating visual stories that endure the test of time.

Early in his career, Hunt Lowry worked on classic comedies like AIRPLANE! and TOP SECRET before shifting gears to bring the intense family drama SURVIVING home to be filmed in Oklahoma City.

Lowry captured the teen market with his smorgasbord of films for Gaylord Films, including A WALK TO REMEMBER with Mandy Moore, WHAT A GIRL WANTS with Amanda Bynes, A
CINDERELLA STORY with Hilary Duff and the DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD with
seemingly everyone else.

During the past decade, Lowry has produced successful comedies like the BLUE COLLAR
COMEDY TOUR: THE MOVIE and the THOU SHALT LAUGH Christian Comedian Show and the
three sequels it spawned.

But, for independent film lovers, Lowry’s masterpiece is DONNIE DARKO, a cult classic written and directed by Richard Kelly starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a very troubled teen. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and three Independent Spirit Awards.

Xavier Neira has been selected to lead the 2013 deadCENTER Film Festival Board of Directors. Neira is the Oklahoma director of development at Manhattan Construction Company, Oklahoma’s first corporate construction company, established in 1896.

“Xavier is an exceptional community leader in business, education, arts and tourism,” stated Lance McDaniel, deadCENTER executive director. “He understands the importance of a thriving independent film industry in attracting businesses, employees and tourists to the state. We expect an ever larger and more successful film festival this summer under his leadership.” 

Neira is a Commissioner on the Oklahoma Tourism Board and has served as Chairman of the State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, President of the Latino Community Development Agency and National Treasurer for the Republican National Hispanic Assembly. He also serves on the board of directors for the Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools, Teach for America, Oklahoma City Educare, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, Leadership Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Heritage Association, and the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.

Neira will be joined on the Executive Committee by Whitney Moss as Vice Chair, David Portman as Treasurer, Chris Hargrove as Secretary, and Karen Delaney as Past Chair. 

Also serving on the 2013 deadCENTER Board of Directors are Sherry Blanton, Melanie Burns, Denise Castelli, Art Cotton, Susan Dunham, Judy Federa, Shannon Fudge, Jay Hannah, Ciane Hogan, Brent Johnson, Carol Johnson, Ryan Johnston, Lenice Keim, Anthony McDermid, Sara See, Dick Tanenbaum and Jeff Trachtenberg.

deadCENTER is Oklahoma’s largest film festival and one of the 20 “Coolest” festivals in the world according to MovieMaker magazine. For the past 12 years, deadCENTER has featured thousands of films from around the world and all over Oklahoma. This year’s festival takes place June 5-9 in downtown Oklahoma City.