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Ron Tibbett

Ron Tibbett. Founder of the Magnolia Film Festival. Independent Film. Outside the Hollywood Studio system Low budget vs. No budget filmmaking Log Lines: how to sell a film “Abandoned alien befriends a lonely boy who helps him out smart the government and return home.”

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Ron Tibbett

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  1. Ron Tibbett Founder of the Magnolia Film Festival

  2. Independent Film • Outside the Hollywood Studio system • Low budget vs. No budget filmmaking • Log Lines: how to sell a film“Abandoned alien befriends a lonely boy who helps him out smart the government and return home.” • Why can’t you be more like George Lucas? • The Internet killed the short film.

  3. “People are tired of the same old formulas Hollywood keeps cranking out.” Ron Tibbett

  4. Born Jan. 14, 1941 in Chicago • Studied English Lit • First film “Toni, Randi, and Marie” wins best cinematography, Toronto FF 1977 • Moved to West Point, MS 1994 with wife and daughter • Filmed “Swept Off My Feet”

  5. “Swept Off My Feet” Stu, a cab-driving poet who has writer’s block, and Mr. Rhythm, a dancer whose recent problems with drugs has halted his dancing, need an angel to save them. Into their lives comes Lana, a Wellness Center fitness instructor, who has her own problems: she’s looking for someone less “boring” and “predictable” to sweep her off her feet... • Submits to film festivals • Wait! There are NO film festivals in MS? • Contacts executive director of the Rhode Island International Film Festival for advice.

  6. 1998 • Center Stage, West Point, MS • 12 short films • 3 documentaries • 9 filmmakers • 500 attendees • “Swept Off My Feet” premiere

  7. 1999 “These films offer something different and represent film truly as an art form.” - Ron Tibbett • 17 films • 11 filmmakers • Special screening of Bill Condon’s “Gods and Monsters”

  8. 2000 • McComas Theater, MSU Campus

  9. 2001 • Festival moves to Starkville Cinema 12 • 28 films • 13 filmmakers in attendance

  10. How to host a successful festival • Filmmaker’s festival • Accomodations • Meals • Classes • “favorite film festival”

  11. 2002 • “We’re out of tickets.” • 38 films • 24 filmmakers in attendance • “Buffalo Commons” premiere

  12. “Buffalo Common” A subconscious trip through the missile silos of North Dakota. • Bill Brown, director • Ron Tibbett, producer • 2003 Sundance Film Festival • Top 10 Avant Garde List - Village Voice • Best Experimental Short - NY Underground Film Fest

  13. 2003 • World premiere of “One Night in March” by Robbie and Bonnie Coblentz“This is the story of the team that defied tremendous racially-motivated political pressure, from the governor on down, and left town to play in 1963 NCAA tounament.” • “Issaquena” by Lance Hammer screens

  14. 2004 • “The Poor and Hungry” screens • Writer/director Craig Brewer goes on to make award-winning “Hustle & Flow” • Premiere of “Citizen Shane”

  15. “Citizen Shane” Meet Shane Ballard, candidate for Sheriff of Lowndes County, MS.

  16. 2005 • Charlotte Magnussen takes the reins • 25 films • 2 premieres • Hollywood Premier Cinemas, Starkville • New Award: The Ron Tibbett Award for the Advancement of Cinema

  17. 2006

  18. 2007

  19. 2008 • 35 independent films • 6 world premieres • 4 filmmakers from the Golden Triangle • Starkville Area Arts Council • Hollywood Premier Cinemas, Starkville

  20. Feb. 19-21, 2009

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