Free Bike Valet Premieres Naama Kates' Follow Up Video "Help Yourself"

Here is Free Bike Valet's piece and Naama's follow up music video, including a quick interview with its director!

Piano poptress Naama Kates returns with her sophomore album entitled King For The Day. As if haunted by jazz, she hasn’t lost her “girl (performing-in-the-bar) next door” charm and delivers more cabaret chic pop that’s lacquered with cigarette smoke and sultry whispers…



Her second single “Help Yourself” is accompanied by a music video that is Kates’ darkest to date. Created remotely by New York-based director Aaron Lehmann, Kates recorded her domestic routines (and her cat Masha) by hanging her iPhone with a clothes hangar in the corner of her Los Feliz apartment. Lehmann later added the digital special effects and himself appearing as “the stalker painter.” The final result is a chilling abstract view of voyeurism:


In order to truly interpret the video, we asked Lehmann a few questions:

How did you come to direct this video?

“I’ve worked with Naama before on my thesis film, years ago. I’ve always been a fan of her work, so I thought the release of her new album was a good opportunity to collaborate again.”

How did you decide to come up with the concept for the video?

“For whatever reason, ‘Help Yourself’ struck a chord with me. All my inspiration came from listening to the song and letting my imagination go with it.”

What is the scary face that appears on the TV screens?

“The face-painted demon is ‘death-in-waiting,’ or the grim reaper.”

Creepy.

Naama Kates will perform next at Room 5 on Friday, April 26th.

You can purchase “King For A Day” on CD Baby.

- Lena

Amos Posner's Debut Feature "B-Side"

Our friend Amos Posner's debut feature B-SIDE will have its premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival on Friday, April 26 at 8 pm, with a follow up screening on April 30th at 5:45 pm. Congrats to Amos and the cast and crew!

During a late-night broadcast an indie rock DJ makes a mean-spirited remark about a second-tier pop star, accidentally sparking an unlikely relationship when she happens to be listening to the show. With his career in jeopardy and her dispassion with her work, their romance is quickly challenged and an idyllic New York romance is put to the test as the two struggle to be in each other's life.

If you are in California, make sure to get your tickets here!

Here is B-Side's official site.
Also, make sure to keep up to date with B-Side on Facebook!

- Lena

Local Filmmakers Making International Waves

Married filmmakers Ashley Sabin & David Redmond are making a name for themselves under the title of their production company, Carnivalesque Films, where they produce stories united by the raw and startling sensibilities of transgression, spectacle, and variations of fiction and nonfiction.

 

Their latest documentary, Night Labor, premiering at the Visions of Reality International Film Festival, follows a forty-six year old 6'6" Downeaster during his transition from an independent and rugged clam digger by day to manning a factory at night.

Their award-winning film, Girl Model (2011), showed at dozens of film festivals around the world and continues to screen on campuses and in communities throughout the country.

Having completed a total of 8 feature-length documentaries, Carnivalesque has screened their films in Sundance, SXSW, Toronto, Tribeca, Hot Docs, Human Rights Watch, IDFA, CPH: DOX, Rome, and the Museum of Modern Art. The Sundance Channel, Documentary Channel, Link TV, Free Speech TV, NHK, Current, Scandinavian, New Zealand, European, Middle Eastern, and Australian television stations have broadcast their films.

Night Labor will screen at the Visions of Reality International Film Festival in Nyon, Switzerland, April 19-26, 2013.  To learn more about Carnivalesque Films, visit http://carnivalesquefilms.com/

Wendy Keeling in Revelation Trail

Wendy Keeling stars in Revelation Trail which is premiering at Maiden Valley Cinema. Details can be found at the film's Facebook page. Here is the trailer:


- Lena

Support the Cookies & Cream WORLD PREMIERE!!!

Hey Friends,
Help support and promote the Cookies N' Cream screening, which is happening this Sunday in New York City.

Here's how you can help:

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Now if you really want to help:
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Here's the challenge for those of you that are coming to the world premiere of Cookies N' Cream---We would like you to personally invite two people. This means, something personal and even verbal! Look someone you love directly into the eyes and say "What are you doing sunday night starting at 8? would you like to join me for some free wine, beer, and a screening of a great independent film?" !!!

I hope to see you there.