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The first Dollar Baby Film Festival took place on September 25, 2004.
And here you will see overviews of all Film Festivals that have shown Dollar Babies over the past 20 years.
It goes by year. Not per country
2006 ….
2005 2nd Annual Dollar Baby Film Festival
2004 1st Annual Dollar Baby Film Festival
The first Dollar Baby Film Festival in the USA was in the end of 2004. Just a year after StephenKingShortMovies.com was started.
As part of the 1st Annual Dollar Baby Film Festival, Paranoid will screen at the University of Maine at Orono on September 25th at 7:00PM in the Corbett Business Building’s 300+ seat theater. The event will include two hours worth of rarely-seen adaptations of King’s works and a Q&A with directors following. Tickets will be $5 at the door and the proceeds will be donated to the Wavedancer Foundation, to support artists injured in accidents. Tickets are on sale the night of the show on a first come, first serve basis. No reservations.
Here is the play list for the 1st Annual Dollar Baby Film Festival held on September 25 in Maine:
- The Woman in the Room, directed by Frank Darabont
- The Lawnmower Man, directed by James Gonis
- Strawberry Spring, directed by Doveed Linder
- The Road Virus Heads North, directed by Dave Brock
- Paranoid, directed by Jay Holben
- Last Rung on the Ladder, directed by James Cole & Dan Thorn
- Lucky Quarter, directed by Robert Cochrane
- All That You Love Will Be Carried Away, directed by James Rennt (World Premiere)
In 2005 the 2nd Dollar Baby Film Festival was at the University of Maine at Orono on September 30th and October 1th in the Corbett Business Building’s 300+ seat theater. Tickets will be $5 at the door and the proceeds will be donated to the Wavedancer Foundation, to support artists injured in accidents. Tickets are on sale the night of the show on a first come, first serve basis. No reservations.
The 2nd Annual Dollar Baby Film Festival will feature:
A Friday (September 30, 2005) night Premiere of Stephen King’s Gotham Cafe, produced by Julie Sands and adapted in part by Bev Vincent. A screening of Riding the Bullet, directed by Mick Garris will follow. Directors and producers will be on hand for a Q&A. This event will take place at Cinema 10 in Bangor at 8PM. Tickets are $8.
Then, on Saturday Oct. 1, the fest moves to the Corbett Business Building at the University of Maine in Orono. Screenings are divided into three blocks of films and two panels, beginning at noon.
Tickets are $5 per event. Scheduled films include:
- The Woman in the Room, directed by Frank Darabont
- The Lawnmower Man, directed by Jim Gonis
- The Last Rung on the Ladder, directed by James Cole
- Strawberry Spring, directed by Doveed Linder
- Luckey Quarter, directed by Robert Cochrane
- Roland Meets Brown, directed by Robert Cochrane
- The Man in the Black Suit, directed by Nick Mariani
- Paranoid, directed by Jay Holben
- All That You Love Will Be Carried Away, directed by James Renner
- The Road Virus Heads North, directed by Dave Brock
- Autopsy Room 4, directed by Steve Zakman
- I Know What You Need, directed by Shawn Lealos
- All That You Love, directed by Scott Albanese
- The Boogeyman, directed by Jeff Schiro
- The Secret Transit Codes of America’s Highways, directed by Brian Berkowitz
- Night Surf, directed by Peter Sullivan
- Srajenie (the battle) directed by M. Titov
- The Woman in the Room (french) directed by Damien Maric
- Selected shorts from the animated Dark Tower, directed by Josh Greenwald
- Minimum Overdrive, directed by Liam Engle
- And a special appearance by The Shining Bunnies
Panels on Saturday will include “How to Deliver Your Own Dollar Baby”, featuring many directors who have already been through the process. And “A Conversation and Booksigning with Rocky Wood”, author of Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished.
Reserve your tickets now by emailing tickets@dollarbabyfilmfestival.com
Unfortunately there are no photos available.
In 2010 (almost five years later) there was an official Dollar Baby Film Festival in the USA. Thanks to Hadrian Belove from Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles (cinefamily.org). Can we inform you that on October 2nd & 3rd an Dollar Baby Film Festival is. Address: 611 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles Tickets: FREE admission/$10 suggested donation or call (323) 655-2510
Day 1:
- Disciples of the Crow, directed by John Woodward
- The Boogeyman, directed by Jeffrey C. Schiro
- The Last Rung on the Ladder, directed by James Cole
- The Lawnmowerman, directed by James Gonis
- Paranoid, directed by Jay Holben
- Strawberry Spring, directed by Doveed Linder
- Feature film: Riding the Bullet, directed by Mick Garris
With Q&A time!
Day 2:
- Home Delivery, directed by Elio Quiroga
- Rainy Season, directed by Nick Wauters
- My Pretty Pony, directed by Mikhail Tank
- The Boogeyman, directed by Gerard Lough
- Luckey Quarter, directed by Robert Cochrane
- The Man Who Loved Flowers, directed by Chris Harrison
- Grey Matter, directed by James B. Cox
- Cain Rose Up, directed by Jeven Dovey
- Flowers for Norma, directed by Juan Reinoso
- Cain Rose Up, directed by Robert Livings
- Feature film: Everything’s Eventual, directed by J.P. Scott
With Q&A time!
L-R Mick Garris (“Riding the Bullet”), Hadrian Belove (Cinefamily manager), Dan Thron (“Last Rung”), James Cole (“Last Rung”), Jeff Schiro (“The Boogeyman”), James Gonis (“the Lawnmower Man”), Robert Cochrane (“Luckey Quarter”), Doveed Linder (“Strawberry Spring”), John Woodward (“Disciples of the Crow”)
In 2011 there is coming an Film Festival. When: April 8. Thanks to Philip Kim form famousmonsters.com
Address: Laemmle Music Hall 3, 9036 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills.
Friday April 8 – 1:30 PM :
- Strawberry Spring, directed by Doveed Linder
- Home Delivery, directed by Elio Quiroga
- Autopsy Room Four, directed by Steve Zakman
- Flowers for Norma, directed by Juan Reinoso
- Umney’s Last Case, directed by Rodney Altman
- Popsy, directed by Brian Haynes
Friday April 8 – 7:40 PM :
- The Man Who Loved Flowers (Chris Harrison & Andrew Newman
- The Road Virus Heads North, directed by Dave Brock
- Disciples of the Crow, directed by John Woodward
- Paranoid, directed by Jay Holben
- Rainy Season, directed by Nick Wauters
- Night Surf, directed by Peter Sullivan
Friday April 8 – 9:15 PM :
Dollar Babies Panel featuring Mick Garris, Jay Hoben, Peter Sullivan, Mark Lester and Pete Von Sholly
At the 2013 Comicpalooza Texas International Comic Con will have a line up of seventeen Stephen King Dollar Babies. (17) Dollar Babies are not easy to find, as you usually have to hunt them down in the mix of other independent movies, so to have so many together at once is great news.
Lealos announced that there will be three screenings, spread over the three days of the convention, from May 24-26.
According to Lealos the line up will look like this:
FRIDAY, MAY 24
Lawnmower Man by James Gonis
Last Rung on the Ladder by Jim Cole
Boogeyman by Jeff Schiro
Flowers for Norma by Juan Reinoso
In the Deathroom by Damon Vinyard
Night Surf by Peter Sullivan
Home Delivery by Elio Quiroga
SATURDAY, MAY 25
Grey Matter by James Cox
All That You Love Will be Carried Away by James Renner
Maxwell Edison by Warren Ray
A Very Tight Place by Derek Simon
Paranoid by Jay Holben
I Know What You Need by Shawn Lealos
Umney’s Last Case by Rodney Altman
SUNDAY, MAY 26
Lucky Quarter by Robert Cochrane
My Pretty Pony by Mikhail Tank
Willa by Mikhail Tank
Cain Rose Up by Jeven Dovey
Strawberry Spring be Doveed Linder
Everything’s Eventual by JP Scott
