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18th Annual deadCenter Film Festival The 18th annual deadCenter Film Festival kicks off this Thursday and runs through Sunday night, screening films at Harkins Bricktown Cinemas, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, and Myriad Gardens Great Lawn. deadCenter will screen 135 films from the 1,300 films that submitted to the festival. That total includes 22 feature films, 102 short films, and 11 virtual reality films. From hilarious
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comedies and thoughtful dramas, to intense documentaries and mindblowing shorts, deadCenter has films for every possible audience and taste. All Access passes can be purchased at IAO Gallery for $200 and include priority access to all 135 films and parties throughout the weekend. Individual movie tickets are sold before each screening for $12 each. Free events include Kids Fest and
High School Shorts at the Downtown Library at 10:00am on Friday and Saturday; the Oklahoma Film + Music Office panel series at ACM@UCO on Saturday, from 10:00am – 5:00pm; Virtual Reality films at the deadCenter Virtual Cinema @ 21c Museum Hotel, Friday through Sunday, 10:00am – 6:00pm; and, the world premiere of a new documentary short about Thunder player Nick Collison on Saturday night
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at 9:00pm at Myriad Gardens Great Lawn, followed by the Lynyrd Skynyrd rock & roll documentary If I Leave Here Tomorrow. Check out this issue of the Gazette for a full schedule and list of films. Movie trailers and additional information are available at www.deadcenterfilm.org.
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American Animals
Hearts Beat Loud
People, People
• Fri, Jun 8th, 8:45 PM at OG&E Theater at
• Thu, Jun 7th, 8:00 PM at Oklahoma City
• Sun, Jun 10th, 7:45 PM at Stella Nova Theater
• Sat, Jun 9th, 4:30 PM at MidFirst Bank Theater
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Museum of Art
at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Sun, Jun 10th, 5:00 PM at Tapstone Theater at
• Sat, Jun 9th, 7:30 PM at Devon Theater at
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Harkins Bricktown Cinema
OKC Museum of Art deadCenter favorite Nick Offerman returns along
• Sun, Jun 10th, 7:30 PM at Tapstone Theater at
with Ted Danson in this uplifting musical about
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Amy Miller Gross directs this beautiful drama
American Horror Story’s Evan Peters stars in this
a father and daughter who form a band the
about an affluent Manhattan couple who rent out
exciting Sundance favorite about college kids
summer before she leaves for college.
their recently renovated loft while they explore a
who attempt a major heist of their college’s rare
modern romantic comedy about the struggles of a
more meaningful life.
book collection.
generation raised entirely online.
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
The Independents
The Jurassic Games
• Thu, Jun 7th, 6:00 PM at MidFirst Bank
• Fri, Jun 8th, 7:00 PM at Devon Theater at
• Fri, Jun 8th, 5:30 PM at Oklahoma City
• Fri, Jun 8th, 9:30 PM at Tapstone Theater at
Theater at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Museum of Art
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Sun, Jun 10th, 2:00 PM at Oklahoma City
• Sat, Jun 9th, 9:15 PM at Tapstone Theater at
Museum of Art
Oklahoma’s Ryan Belgardt returns with this CGI
Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain and Oscar
Writer/director Lizzie Logan presents this very
Woman Walks Ahead
action film about a virtual reality game that
winner Sam Rockwell star in this gorgeous drama
Musician Greg Naughton wrote and directed
pits death row inmates against each other and
about a widow who travels to Dakota in 1890 to
This feisty horror film is filled with hilarious
this musical comedy about three struggling
dinosaurs. Great cast led by Ryan Merriman and
paint a portrait of Sitting Bull.
puppets, tons of fake blood, and enough scares
songwriters whose chance meeting rekindles their dreams of making it in the music business.
Adam Hampton.
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to keep you jumping out of your seat.
You People
1985
The Big Lebowski
• Thu, Jun 7th, 8:30 PM @ MidFirst Bank Theater
• Fri, Jun 8th, 7:00 PM @ Tapstone Theater at
• Fri, June 9 at 11:00 PM at 21c Museum Hotel
at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Sun, Jun 10th, 6:00 PM @ MidFirst Bank
• Sat, Jun 9th, 1:30 PM @ OG&E Theater at
Grab your robe and join us for a PJ Party as
Theater at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
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“The Dude” Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire
OU grad Laron Chapman directs this comedic
Michael Chiklis and Virginia Madsen star in
drama about an African-American teen with
this intense drama about a gay man with AIDS
an identity crisis between his white, suburban
returning home to his conservative family from
upbringing and his growing interest in African-
director Yen Tan.
Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
American culture.
“We are really thrilled with the great blossoming of delicious culture that’s happening in Oklahoma City.” — Nick Offerman
“This is an exciting time to be in Oklahoma City. It’s amazing to be up here at the deadCenter Film festival, which is kicking butt.” — James Marsden
Video Art @ OKC Museum of Art deadCenter is partnering with the OKC Museum of Art to offer all passholders free access to the video art exhibit The Serenity of Madness from renowned video artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul from Thailand. Weerasethakul won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2010 and is considered one of the leading video artists in the world.
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Full schedule and details can be found at deadcenterfilm.org. There, you can read about each of the 100+ films, screening locations, pass-purchase information, the latest deadCenter news and more. #dcff18
all-access passes
All Access Passes are $200 and may be purchased at deadCenter’s Registration Lounge at IAO Gallery, 706 W. Sheridan Ave., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. through Friday, June 8 and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 9.
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• Sat, Jun 9th, 5:00 PM at Devon Theater at
• Fri, Jun 8th, 8:00 PM at Oklahoma City Museum
If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
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of Art
• Sat, Jun 9th, 9:30 PM at The Great Lawn at the
• Sat, Jun 9th, 11:30 AM atMidFirst Bank Theater
• Sun, Jun 10th, 6:30 PM at Devon Theater at
• Sat, Jun 9th, 7:00 PM at MidFirst Bank Theater at
Myriad Gardens
at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Sun, Jun 10th, 4:00 PM at Devon Theater at A music-filled tribute to one of classic rock’s
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This inspiring documentary follows a blind
OU grad Amy Scott directs this awesome film
wrestler as he tries to win a state championship
about Oscar-winning director Hal Ashby (Harold
This fascinating French film explores John
before graduating from high school.
and Maude, Shampoo, Coming Home).
McEnroe at the height of his career as he tries to
biggest bands.
win the elusive French Open.
Purple Dreams
The World Before Your Feet
Thy Kingdom Come
Weed the People
• Sat, Jun 9th, 1:45 PM at Tapstone Theater at
• Fri, Jun 8th, 6:00 PM at MidFirst Bank Theater
• Sat, Jun 9th, 12:00 PM @ Tapstone Theater at
• Sat, Jun 9th, 4:15 PM at Tapstone Theater at
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Sun, Jun 10th, 1:15 PM @ Stella Nova Theater
• Sun, Jun 10th, 12:00 PM at Tapstone Theater
at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Sun, Jun 10th, 1:30 PM at Devon Theater at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
This thoughtful film from SXSW follows Matt Green as he walks every block of New York City
This uplifting triumph follows six students at
This powerful, intense documentary follows actor
This thought-provoking doc tells true stories of
a performing arts school as they take their
in a quest to discover his true purpose.
Javier Bardem as he gets small-town Oklahomans
marijuana being used for medical purposes.
production of The Color Purple all the way to
to discuss their most personal stories.
nationals.
Find the full schedule in the glossy insert! Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders
White Tide
Father’s of Football
• Fri, Jun 8th, 8:30 PM at MidFirst Bank Theater
• Sunday, Jun 10, 8:15 PM @ MidFirst Bank
at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Theater at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Thu, Jun 7th, 5:30 PM at Oklahoma City
Harkins Bricktown Cine ma
• Sun, Jun 10th, 2:30 PM at Tapstone Theater at A special sneak peek from Oklahoma native and
Museum of Art
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deadCenter alumnus Bradley Beesley, Fathers of
• Sat, Jun 9th, 2:30 PM at Devon Theater at
The thrilling true story of an American dreamer
Football, follows the triumphs and struggles of
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who sets out on a quest to find a buried treasure
life in a small town, where football is not only the
of $2 million worth of cocaine.
brightest stage but also the best ticket out.
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This glorious film offers insight into the most glamorous phenomenon of the 1970s and the woman who made it all happen.
Virtual Cinema @ 21c Museum Hotel deadCenter’s Virtual Cinema at the 21c Museum Hotel will feature 11 Virtual Reality/360 films from around the world, including films from Australia, China, Mexico, South Korea, Sudan, and all across the US. There is even a VR film from Alva, OK. Our trained volunteers will set you up in a VR headset so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy the future of film. deadCenter’s Virtual Cinema is free and open to the public.
individual tickets
$12 and can be purchased at each screening 20 minutes before show time, after passholders have been seated.
free screenings
deadCenter offers free screenings of its KidsFest and High School shorts programs at the Downtown Library Fridayand Saturday, starting at 10 AM each day. There is also a free outdoor screening of the rock ’n’ roll documentary If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd 9:30 p.m. Saturday on the Myriad Garden’s Great Lawn. Please note that all films screened at deadCenter Film Festival are unrated. Any films shown after 6 p.m. may have mature themes and are not appropriate for those under the age of 18.
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A Shot in the Dark
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documentary features
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short film programs
Love, Sex, & Death Shorts
dC After Dark Shorts
Cutting Edge Shorts
Mind-blowing Mediums
Check out these ten films focusing on what
Eighty-two minutes for adult eyes only.
Check out these six films testing the limits of
Three mind-blowing shorts worth every extra
makes the world go round.
• Thursday, June 7, 9:00pm Tapstone Theater at
storytelling.
minute.
• Friday, June 8, 6:30pm Stella Nova Theater at
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Friday, June 8, 9:00pm Stella Nova Theater at
• Saturday, June 9, 11:45am Stella Nova Theater
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Saturday June 9, 7:15pm Stella Nova Theater at
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Sunday, June 10, 5:15pm Stella Nova Theater at
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Sunday, June 10, 3:15pm OG&E Theater at
• Sunday, June 10, 5:45pm OG&E Theater at
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
M.A.M.O.N. (MONITOR AGAINST MEXICANS OVER
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Standby, Control, The Weight, Consolation Prize,
NATIONWIDE), Netflix & Chill, Gridlock, Hashtag
Falling, (Some) Mortal Tales, The Likes and Dislikes
ATISAZ, The Tree Prophet, Guo Mie
The Insecurities of Dill, End Times, The Shuttle, A
Perfect Life, -Winston, Smother Me in Hugs, Lunch
of Marj Bagley, Nightmares by the Sea, Terraform,
Craftsman, Shed, Last Words
Ladies
1971, Motorcycle Heart
Allies and Adversaries Shorts
Heart Hard Shorts
The Fringe Shorts
Gallery Shorts
Friend or foe? You decide among these six films.
Six films guaranteed to pull at those heartstrings
Eight stories off the beaten path.
Three films so cool, they belong in the museum.
• Saturday, June 9, 6:30 PM OG&E Theater at
extra hard.
• Saturday, June 9, 4:45 PM Stella Nova Theater
• Friday, June 8 - Sunday, June 10 at 21c Museum
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Saturday, June 9, 2:15 PM Stella Nova Theater
at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Hotel
• Sunday, June 10, 2:45 PM Stella Nova Theater
at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Sunday, June 10, 12:45 PM OG&E Theater at
dis[ability], Shinrin-Yoku (forest bathing), The
at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Sunday, June 10, 8:15 PM OG&E Theater at
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Shins “Half A Million”
Civil, Caroline, The Good Fight, You Can’t Play
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American Dream, Mama, Stine, From Scratch,
With Us, Stealing Silver, Redneck Muslim
Kin, It’s Just a Gun, Baby Won’t You Please Come
Felix, Do We Leave This Here, Paleonaut, Diana in
Home, Dinner Guest, Purity, Unforgivable
Savannah
kidsFest
High School Shorts
Okie Shorts
VR FIlms
Ten short films the whole family will enjoy.
Check out these eleven films from the next
Eleven homegrown and totally awesome shorts —
Check out these eleven films from the next
• Friday, June 8, 10:00 AM at Ronald J. Norick
generation.
just how we like them!
generation.
Downtown Library
• Friday, June 8, 11:00 AM at Ronald J. Norick
• Saturday, June 9, 8:00pm Oklahoma City
• Friday, June 8, 10 AM - 6 PM at 21c Museum
• Saturday, June 9, 10:00 AM at Ronald J. Norick
Downtown Library
Museum of Art
Hotel
Downtown Library
• Saturday, June 9, 11:00 AM at Ronald J. Norick
• Sunday, June 10, 3:30pm MidFirst Bank Theater
• Saturday, June 9, 10 AM - 6 PM at 21c Museum
Tom in Couchland, Nan Isht Akokpachi (The Gift),
Downtown Library
at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Hotel
Extinguished, The Wishing Cranes, The Test,
The Story of Three Rings: A Memoir of Dana
More Tomorrow, Breakdown: An Anti Romantic
Space Explorers Ep 1, The Posies - Unlikely Places,
Plush Assassin, KCLOC, Dear Henri, Love on the
Schwartz, All Yours, Skin, Early Birds, Old Bloo,
Comedy, Ava, The Office Case, A Clockwork
Rone, Homecoming: Seduction, Space X Girl,
Balcony,Rock Paper Scissors
Shoes, In the Trees, Ukiyo, Perfect Profile, Every
Banana, Homecoming Trilogy, Domesti City,
Everything Flows, “Unraveled - The Future of
Name Has a Story, First Day
OK, KID, As She Goes, Unlucky Day, Rock Paper
Music with Virtual Reality and 360 Media”., The
Scissors
Evolution of Testicles, The Other Dakar, The Wall VR, VIVE: Aeronaut
Okie Mediums
Comedy Shorts
Femme Fatale Shorts
Check out these three Okie films worth every
As a dCFF program staple, these ten films are
A program dedicated to seven women directors
extra minute.
guaranteed to produce the giggles.
who are absolutely killing it.
• Saturday, June 9, 2:00pm MidFirst Bank
• Thursday, June 7, 6:30 PM Tapstone Theater at
• Friday, June 8, 6:15pm OG&E Theater at
Theater at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
• Sunday, June 10, 1:00pm MidFirst Bank Theater
• Saturday, June 9, 11:00 AM OG&E Theater at
• Saturday, June 9, 4:00pm OG&E Theater at
at Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
Harkins Bricktown Cinema
The Grave, Grey Matter, Forget-Me-Not
Off Book, Easy As…, Paid For By - Diane Busch’s
Susanne and the Man, Night Call, Mickey’s Pets,
Women’s Issue Ad, Joint custody, A Day in the
Ovum, That Is How Motherhood Works, Hair Wolf,
Park, Lifeline, Chorus, Missing Lefty, Sand, The
The Winkles
Metro Technology Centers Preparing for Life
OKLAHOMA FILM
MUSIC
Curse of Don Scarducci
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