The 2010 Strange Beauty Film Festival will kick off tonight at 8:15 PM at Manbites Dog Theater in downtown Durham. The festival features 50 short films that span almost every possible genre including documentary, animation, experimental and musical. Scene 32, a film by production teaching fellow Shambhavi Kaul of the Arts of the Moving Image department, will screen in the first block of films tonight. Kaul's film was previously shown at the New York Film Festival this past fall. Additionally, at 9:30PM, a compilation of newsreels, famous film clips and home videos put together by Durham filmmaker Tom Whiteside will be in display. The festival continues tomorrow, with screening block #2 at 2PM and block #3 at 8:15 PM.
You can view the entire schedule here and check out a slightly, err, trippy preview of the festival on its homepage.
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