Rainbow Chasers Short Film World Premiere

The Festivus Film Festival Schedule was released today, featuring the world premiere of the new Rainbow Chasers short film. It is playing Thursday, January 14th at 9PM at the Bug Theatre in Denver.

Also, if you're looking to make an evening out of it, check out our friends' feature film Thor At The Bus Stop, playing at 6:45, and follow the whole thing up at the after party at FR5.

No matter what, be sure to be there at 9 to see the Rainbow Chasers story the way it is supposed to be told, and on the big screen to boot.

Thursday, January 14th
6:45 PM		Thor At The Bus Stop Jerry Thompson, Mike Thompson 2008 | Narrative Feature | 95 min. Saft | Bill Lippincott 2008	Bug Theatre
9:00 PM		Opening Night Shorts Shorts Programs | 70 min. Ain't Got No Body | Asa Lucander 2009 Rainbow Chasers | Evan Nix, Benjamin Jones 2009 Almas | Paul Michael Gordon 2009 True Beauty This Night | Peter Besson 2009 City Of Noise | Mitch Barany 2008 Alisha | Daniel Citron 2009 Miracle Investigators | Jeremy Dehn 2008	Bug Theatre
10:30 PM		Opening Night Afterparty Parties ** Note: Free Admission	Forest Room 5

Lund On Living

We shot these dramatized versions of a few of Denver Comedian Nathan Lund's jokes in late 2008 and had a butt load of fun with them. Didn't spend a dime.

LoveLikeFire

LoveLikeFire - I Will(2007) from TomandSamara on Vimeo.

All You Haters

Finally! This track was supposed to be a "summer jam". Unfortunately, video takes time. Several months, in fact. We shot late this summer and early fall around Denver, including locations like Pearl Velo, Hi-Dive, and Cheesman Park. It was a blast to shoot and edit, and cost us a grand sum of $0. It feels great to finally post. Also, I patented the guitar lick, so don't try to steal that move. Enjoy.

QuestionBlock!

Rainbow Chasers Deleted Scenes

Rainbow Chasers is a collaborative project that I worked on last fall and winter, along with the fine Honest Brothers and local filmmaker Ben Jones. It follows 3 daring men who fight passionately for their cause despite its being frequently ridiculed and not taken seriously. The mockumentary also features the talents of Denver comics Nathan Lund, Chris Charpentier and Andrew Smyczek. Shot mostly using improvisation, the short episodes left out a lot of great moments. Enjoy a few of them (below), and stop by rainbowchasers.net for a few minutes to watch all 9 episodes. Also look forward to a short film, which contains some more new footage, coming soon.

See the rest after the jump.

Thomas Barndt

Another filmmaker from Las Vegas who's work I really enjoy. I consider us lucky to have had our films shown along side his at CineVegas and DSFF. This one, The Walking Ink, is a fitting first exposure to Thomas Barndt's work.

The Walking Ink (2005) from TomandSamara on Vimeo.

Roger Erik Tinch

Nix bros' friend Roger Erik Tinch is a filmmaker and graphic designer from Las Vegas. Below are two of our favorites of his great films. The first, Technological Science, is hilarious and splendidly lo-fi. We collaborated on the second, Better Masque, in Summer 2005. Roger's cinematography and direction is distinct and unique, and it was fun working with him. In fact, all of his work is really great. Spend 15 minutes watching these films, then check out his website.

See Better Masque after the jump.

Rainbow Race

This Sunday, June 21st at the 3 Kings Tavern on Broadway in Denver, come down for a bicycle race, Rainbow Chasers movie premier, and live music by bands Mobile Death Camp, Black Skies and Workhorse. The movie is at 9! The show is $6 at the door. The show was organized and promoted by our friends xrocksthespot. Come check it out!

Music: 10pm
Movie: 9pm
Race: 8pm
(Registration starts at 7:30)
21+

Back It Up

We are hard at work on a new video by our friend Randy Washington, due out sometime this summer. Here is "Back It Up", a music video we did last Spring. Cost: $0.00.

Celebration of the Stache

The 8th biannual World Beard and Moustache Championships takes place this week in Anchorage, Alaska, showcasing some of the worlds' most elaborate facial hair in a one-day event that draws international crowds, press and smirks. Kick ass, Beard Team USA!

In celebration, please enjoy Mustache Melodrama, the very first Nix brothers short film. It was made for a production class in early 2005 and was loosely based on the event, held in Berlin that year.

update:

Beard Team USA kicks stache!

From worldbeardchampionships.com:

Vegas in 500 Words

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Frequent Nix brothers collaborator Walker Rose just finished this awesome installment for matadorlife.com's regular article, "My Hometown in 500 Words" on being from Las Vegas, NV. From the article:

Driving across the long, barren stretches of highway through the Mojave Desert, I get this bittersweet feeling of coming home after a long time of being away. I see the light rising up—the hellish illuminations of Las Vegas—a city cradled by mountains on all sides; it looks like a smoldering fire pit, or the mouth of a volcano ready to blow itself wide open.

read the whole article...

The Comedy of Nathan Lund

We recently shot a comedy show featuring 9 comics, including our good friend Nathan Lund at the historic Oriental Theatre. Below is his isolated set.

Nothing To Sneeze At

We made this 16mm film at Colorado Film School 2 years ago, in Spring 2007. Our good friend Doug Ecks from Los Angeles flew out to Denver to act in it. The music is used with permission from the former band More Dogs of Baltimore (iTunes link). The film was an official selection of the 2008 Dam Short Film Festival. Enjoy!

Colfax Avenue

Watch this music video we just made. The song is by our favorite collaborator Walker Rose. We used all practical lighting for this one, kept it simple and handheld for a raw Colfax Ave kind of look. Sexy.

Cost: $0.00.

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