Authored by: Danielle Nicole Husband (Film Programmer of Boomtown Festival) The first time I attended a writing workshop it dismayed me to learn that we were expected to write short stories when all I longed to do was turn the stories in my head into brilliantly crafted novels. It wasn’t until I started to digContinue Reading
Lucas Martell is an award winning writer, director, and animation artist. He is known of for shorts like “Oceanmaker” and “Pigeon Impossible“. He is also a co-founder at his animation and post production studio, Mighty Coconut What first inspired you to pursue filmmaking in general? It was something that I’ve always been interested in, sinceContinue Reading
Andrew Bolzman has crewed for over a dozen movies and TV shows in the past few years, including being part of the location management teams for the AMC Original Series “TURN” and Jeff Nichols newest film, “Loving”. Boomtown: This is the second or third historical movie you’ve crewed for over the past few years;Continue Reading
It was a transformative three days of films, bands, artists, and more at the 9th Annual Boomtown Film & Music Festival hosted February 25 – 27, 2016. All of the BoomFest planners thank every participant for again sharing this yearly creative celebration. We also thank our sponsors, Texas Commission on the Arts, Texas Film Commission,Continue Reading
The #BoomFest16 Planning Team loves a good adult cocktail or two – we even made sure to include a frothy beer on our 2016 poster! Which is why we’re pumped to announce that we’ve teamed up with the popular ride-share app Uber* to give #BoomFest16 patrons a responsible way home. So get to the BoomtownContinue Reading
Ever wanted to learn how the experts make movie magic? Aspiring filmmakers (and curious bystanders) can learn a lot from our filmmaker panelists, where industry professionals share their insights and experiences on a variety of film topics. This year, we’ve invited filmmakers and filmmaking experts from around the country to answers your questions about stunts,Continue Reading
Let’s face it: there’s a lot happening at #BoomFest16, so we’ll wrap up everything you need to know about each day of the festival. Here’s the breakdown for Friday, February 26th: McFaddin-Ward House & Logon Cafe (Bonus Event: Jefferson Theatre) Where: McFaddin-Ward House, 1906 Calder Ave., Beaumont, Texas Logon Cafe, 3805 Calder Ave., Beaumont, TexasContinue Reading
Let’s face it: there’s a lot happening at #BoomFest16, so we’ll wrap up everything you need to know about each day of the festival. Let’s start with Thursday, February 25th: McFaddin-Ward House & Visitor Center Where: 1906 Calder Ave., Beaumont, Texas Time: Films start @ 6 PM, Bands start @ 8 PM Brief Overview: DownhomeContinue Reading