SYNCUP 2 0 1 7 MAY 1-3 FREE PRESENTED BY THE JAZZ & HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND NOVAC MONDAY MAY 1 TUESDAY MAY 2 WEDNESDAY MAY 3 2PM: BEST OF THE FESTS THE TOP FILMS FROM THE NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL, LOUISIANA FILM PRIZE AND 48HR FILM PROJECT NOLA, AS WELL AS THE PREMIERE OF THE 2017 MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION PROJECT VIDEO! 1:30: PIMENTO & HOT PEPPER: 1:30PM: BACKSTORY THE STORY OF MENTO MUSIC MENTO MUSIC IS A FUSION OF AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN MUSICAL TRADITIONS THAT BEGAN IN JAMAICA IN THE 19TH CENTURY. FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE. FIVE YOUNG BLACK MEN FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND AREAS OF NEW ORLEANS, LA FILMED THEIR LIVES FOR SIX MONTHS AND SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON EVERYTHING FROM EDUCATION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 4PM: THE RESISTANCE WILL BE TELEVISED FIRELIGHT MEDIA & FIELD OF VISION PRESENT SHORT FILMS REFLECTING LIFE IN THE TRUMP ERA, PAIRED WITH LOCAL SHORTS INCLUDING GARRETT BRADLEY S SUNDANCE WINNER ALONÉ. 5PM: LOUISIANA FILM PRIZE SOCIAL JOIN OUR FRIENDS FROM THE BIG SHREVEY AS THEY PLY YOU WITH TEQUILA AND CONVINCE YOU TO FILM IN SHREVEPORT FOR $50K! 3PM: CUBA, CONTIGO A BLOCK OF SHORT FILMS FROM AND FOR CUBA, THE JAZZ FEST INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY THIS YEAR. FEATURING CÓDIGO COLOR, A SNEAK PREVIEW OF A NEW FILM FEATURING A NOLA LEGENDARY BAND TRAVELING TO CUBA, FILMMAKERS AND SPECIAL GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE 4PM: THE MUSICIANS CLINIC B-DAY HAPPY HOUR CELEBRATE THE SCREENING OF ONE NOTE AT A TIME AND THE 19TH BIRTHDAY OF THE MUSICIANS CLINIC WITH A CHAMPAGNE HAPPY HOUR AT THE JAZZ AND HERITAGE CENTER! 3PM: HOGWASH SET IN THE FICTIONAL TOWN OF OUBLIETTE, HOGWASH IS A QUIRKY TALE ABOUT UNINTENTIONALLY- HILARIOUS LOCALS DOING MYSTERIOUS THINGS. HOGWASH IS A WEB SERIES BY AWARD WINNING LA FILMMAKER ZACK GODSHALL.. 4:30: JOE INCAPRERA NOLA PRODUCER OF TREME, AMERICAN HORROR STORY, QUARRY AND 13 REASONS WHY TALKS ABOUT THE NEW GOLDEN AGE IN TV AND HIS PATH FROM PA TO PRODUCER 5PM: WIFT-LA HAPPY HOUR WIFT-LA PRESENTS THE CLOSING HAPPY HOUR 6PM: SCREEN THE SCREENER PANEL JOIN LOCAL FILM SCREENERS CLINT BOWIE, ANGELA CATALANO AND VAUGHN GREVE AS THEY DISCUSS DOS AND DONTS OF FEST SUBMISSIONS FROM A SCREENER S POINT OF VIEW. 5PM: ONE NOTE AT A TIME RENEE EDWARDS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE FOUNDERS OF THE NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS CLINIC, A UNIQUE MEDICAL FACILITY WITH THE MOTTO KEEPING THE MUSIC ALIVE. PRECEDED BY A TEASER FOR ROOTS OF FIRE. 6PM: HANNAH BEACHLER THIS PRODUCTION DESIGNER IS ON FIRE: HANNAH BEACHLER, FRESH OFF THE OSCAR WINNING MOONLIGHT AND BEYONCÉ S LEMONADE, WORKING ON RYAN COOGLER S BLACK PANTHER, TELLS US HOW SHE DESIGNED A LIFE IN PRODUCTION. 7PM: BURNING SANDS W/ GERARD MCMURRAY NEW ORLEANS NATIVE GERARD MCMURRAY PRESENTS HIS SUNDANCE PREMIERE BURNING SANDS, ALONG WITH A Q&A WITH MCMURRAY AFTER THE FILM. 7PM: HBO PRESENTS NOS AMIS THE POIGNANT DOC FOLLOWING THE EAGLES OF DEATH METAL S RETURN TO PARIS AFTER THE HORRIFYING TERRORIST ATTACK AT THE BATACLAN CONCERT A YEAR EARLIER. 7:30PM: WE ARE X ANIMALS AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF THE HAUNTED VIRTUOSO BEHIND X JAPAN, ONE OF THE WORLD S GREATEST ROCK BANDS. WITH A TEASER FOR THE UPCOMING LOCAL DOC ANIMALS BY BEN SIMMONS. FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE.
guest presenter HANNAH BEACHLER production designer: moonlight, lemonade
filmmaker GERARD McMURRAY in attendance