We would like to thank everyone that came out to join us for the Music Video Challenge kick off. Thank you, Eric Calvert, for organizing such an awesome event. You did an amazing job, you are so cool and we cannot thank you enough! Thank you Sun Salutation, Switchblade Jesus, Bertha and Cavegirl for playing. You guys were amazing as always. Can’t wait for y’alls next show! Jason, thank you for painting. Can’t wait to see your finished project! Thank you House of Rock for letting us have the event there. Good times!

We were able to raise $350 that will go towards scholarships for our Youth Filmmaking Outreach Workshops. These scholarships are for kiddos who cannot afford to pay for the filmmaking workshops. Thank you everyone!

Here are the teams that were paired up:

• Robzilla / Roel Guevara
• Money Bosses Entertainment / Jace Cosby & Isaac Rodarte
• Red Giant / Norman Navarro
• Cavegirl / John Rosales
• Sun Salutation / Micah DeBenedetto
• Jared Pena / Stephanie Schumann & Melanie Granado
• One Dollar Bob / Criss Cisneros
• Koruptore / Chris Ambriz
• J. Tagle / Roel Guevara
• Steadfast / Jeremy Montalvo
• The Golden Meanies / Deborah Leal & Annette Gutierrez
• Bertha / Josh Deleon
• The Blind Owls / Micah DeBenedetto

Here are some pics from the MVC 2013:

NOW ACCEPTING YOUR SUBMISSIONS BY MAIL AND ONLINE! : Over the last 6 years MONO NO AWARE has become the premiere event to focus on the cinematic experience – blending moving image with performance and installation art. MONO NO AWARE is an international exhibition open to any person or group of persons making contemporary art/film that incorporates Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm or altered light projections as part of a sculpture, installation, dance, or expanded cinema performance. The sixth annual exhibiton is set for December 7th and 8th. Be sure to submit your work today! Deadline is October 31st 2012 – NO FEE to submit. Send us your work by traditional post OR by email with submission form attached.

MONO NO AWARE IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR PARTNERS AND SPONSORS, FESITVALS AND FRIENDS:

PARTNERS: KODAK, DIJIFI, ADOBE SOFTWARE, PAC-LAB, BROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL

SPONSORS: LÄRABAR, EMERGEN-C, BROOKLYN BREWERY, KOPALI ORGANICS, KOMBUCHA WONDER DRINK, ROUTE 11, RAW REVOLUTION, IZZE, OOGAVE, FOOD SHOULD TASTE GOOD

FESTIVALS: BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL, AMSTERDAM FILM FESTIVAL, CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, EXiS, MILWAUKEE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, NEW FILMMAKERS, SOUTH TEXAS UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, VISIONS FESTIVAL, FLEX FEST

FRIENDS: CENTER FOR PERFORMANCE RESEARCH, SPECTACLE THEATER

The 2012 exhibition is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Community Arts Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc (BAC) and by the participants of MONO NO AWARE filmmaking workshops.

via Looking for your entry – southtexasundergroundfilm@gmail.com – Gmail.

Where do we begin? Words cannot express how thankful we are that you shared your knowledge and expertise in the panels and roundtables. This was such an enriching experience. Those who partook in these sessions took everything you shared to heart. AMAZING! We are looking forward to next year and will continue to nurture our friendships throughout the year!

• David Alvarado
• Michael Canales
• Veronica Hernandez
• Luciano Holguin
• Juan Manuel Gonzalez
• Velia Gonzalez(Follow Velia on Twitter @Velia)
• Joe Miraglio
• Richard Tyson
• Kerry Wallum

Thank you to each and everyone of you who played during the festival. Nathan, Anita, Josh, Ben, Daniella, Josh and Wes; WE really appreciate you taking the time to drive to Corpus Christi. Nathan, Josh, Ben, Josh, Daniella, Wes, Jimmy, Claudia, Art and Tyree thank you so much for playing and sharing your art of music with us and South Texas. We can’t wait to see you all again!

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• Noise Revival Orchestra
• Wes Cunningham
• Kelly Kenning
• Jimmy Willden
• Kloudygirl
• Art Barrera
• Mandela Carter

We want to thank each and everyone of you who came out to support the filmmakers and actors/actresses that participated in the 72. You guys are awesome! Last night was so fun and the films were great! Goodtimes. We also would like to thank our sponsors Dianna Bluntzer and Art Center of Corpus Christi, Ruben and Sofie of QuickStart Business Services, Anthony Pedone and the Film ExChange, Chad Caron of Dark Dimensions Haunted House, Micah of MD Photography, Brooke and Travis. Thank you for all the hard work and dedication to Ruben, Sofie, Rob, Dianna, Jerry, Amy, Brooke, Travis, Anthony, Will and Julia; you guys really put together an awesome event and we appreciate you! Thank you Christine McCarthy, Jane Weidlin, Michael Maize and Anthony Pedone for being our jury, you guys are amazing and appreciate you watching all the films! Thank you Sofie, Brooke & Travis and Rob from the Ice Monkey for selling your yummo food! Thank you KZTV Ch 10, KRIS ch 6, KIII Ch 3, D-Town Delivers, The Victoria Advocate and The Alice Echo for the press coverage, we really appreciate it! Thank you Corpus Christi for supporting Underground and Independent filmmaking, that my friends, means the world to us!

The Official Announcement of the awards will be announced tonight.

 Thank you again for all of your support and for being AWESOME!

We really want to thank everyone who has made the 72cc a wonderful event! Thank you to all the actors, filmmakers and spectators who came out to the kick-off and turn-in. Thank you Anthony and Film ExChange for setting up our amazing jury for the 72cc, we really appreciate everything that you do! Thank you Dianna and the Art Center of Corpus Christi for everything that you do and for making everything ART CENTERED! Thank you to our jury Christine Elise McCarthy, Jane Wiedlin, Michael Maize and Anthony Pedone, we really do appreciate the time that you have given to screen the films and to Skype in at the kick-off. Thank you to KRIS-TV/KZTV Ch 6 & 10, KIII-Ch 3 and The Victoria Advocate for your amazing press coverage, we really do appreciate it! Thank you Papa Murphy’s for baking and serving your yummo pizza, everyone enjoyed it! Thank you Ruben and Sofie from Quick Start Business Solutions for providing sodas! Teams, thank you so much for taking the challenge, you guys did such an amazing job! We will see you at the screening of the 72cc films on Sunday! To each and everyone, THANK YOU FOR BEING AMAZING!!