Press Release

2nd Annual LA Moto Film Festival Announced‏

ocscottie
11/4/2010 5:42pm


Los
Angeles, CA, November 4, 2010 - Hundreds of motorcycle enthusiasts
filled the LA Cretins rooftop clubhouse with bikes to take in the 1st
Annual Los Angeles Motorcycle Film Festival, Saturday October 23rd.  The
inaugural event benefited the charity organization Riders For Health
and raised over $1,200.00 with raffles and donations.   With the
encouragement of the riding community and Riders for Health, the 2nd
Annual LA Moto Film Fest is officially announced for early summer of
2011 with submissions now being accepted.

"There
is tremendous dedication and talent within the motorcycle community,
and much of that crosses over into their interest in film. They produced
some of the most interesting niche motorcycle documentaries seen
anywhere." said festival organizer, Mark Duncan.


2010 Festival winners were:



  • Best Documentary:  "Free Black Horse" by Ronald Price.

  • Best Travelogue: "Hic Sunt Leones (Here be Dragons)" by Raffaele Canepa.

  • Best Narrative: "A Prayer for Cool" by Marc Bencivenga.



In
addition to the outdoor short film screenings, the event featured
music, food, drinks and a bike show with prizes for various categories. 
Prizes were donated and raffled off from Progressive Suspension,
SocalSuperMoto, Adams Motorsports Park, Bombay Motorsports, Jupiter's
Cycles,  WSMC, and Glory Sales & Service.

Lisa
Johnson Bakker, Development Director for Riders for Health said,
"Thanks to Mark Duncan and everyone at LA Motorcycle Film Festival for
generously donating their time and energy to Riders for Health.  The
funds raised for Riders at this event will mobilize health workers
across Africa and means that people living in rural areas will be
reached with life saving care.  The interest and momentum that builds
for Riders here in the States is dependent upon these efforts and we are
so grateful for the support of everyone who organized and participated
in the LA Motorcycle Film Festival.” 

"For
next year, we hope to reach out to the film community at large and have
a larger number of narrative films. From comedies to slasher films,
zombie bikers to dramas, documentaries to stunt videos, if it's got
motorcycles we want to see it!" invites Duncan.  Call for submission is
now open, seeking films, with a maximum length of 25 minutes.  "Most
films selected will be 5-10 minutes, so if it's long, it better be
pretty spectacular!" adds Duncan.  Trailers will also be accepted for
features that the motorcycle world needs to see.  Trailer submissions
must include the full feature to be considered.


Additional submission information available at http://www.lamotofilmfest.com/ or by email at info@lamotofilmfest.com. 

Press Contact:
Mark Duncan
markduncan@nckfilms.com
(310) 266-6149


Web Assets: http://bit.ly/aHajid


Event Photos: (c) Michael Zicopoulos, Permissions granted with Attribution:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/lamotofilmfest/sets/72157625122485213/




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