MicroCineFest

MicroCineFest MicroCineFest is a Baltimore-based organization that has set up film/video screenings and festivals.

After 5 years of underground film screenings at The Mansion Theater (a now-defunct microcinema in the Waverly neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland), the time was right to launch an underground film festival. The inaugural MicroCineFest (MCF) took place at The Mansion Theater in the fall of 1997. Figuring other underground film festivals had already cornered the market on transgressive cinema, MCF q

uickly distinguished itself by focusing more on low-budget, off-beat, psychotronic fare. 1998 saw the festival move to two locations in the Fells Point area: the sadly-missed Orpheum Theater, and a second venue that became the Baltimore Tattoo Museum. In 1999, a new home was found at The G-**ot, an “audio-visual playground” housed in a Hampden area mill building. 8 editions of MCF took place at The G-**ot, with occasional events also happening around town at the Charles Theater, the Bengies Drive-In, the Coffee Mill, Mission Space, Wind Up Space, Ottobar, Creative Alliance and the American Visionary Art Museum. After the 10th MCF in 2006, the decision was made to discontinue the annual event. In the years since, the people responsible for MicroCineFest have continued to arrange occasional film screenings under the MicroCineFest name, including best-of and revival events, screenings of new work from festival alum, and Baltimore tour stops for admired filmmakers. Besides Baltimore, MCF has hosted film screenings in places like Liverpool, England; Park City, Utah; Atlanta, Georgia; Memphis, Tennessee; Cincinnati, Ohio; Washington, DC; Rockville, Maryland; Bend, Oregon; Arlington, Virginia; Frederick, Maryland; and Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

MCF jury reunion in Pittsburg, PA.
07/16/2023

MCF jury reunion in Pittsburg, PA.

Our buddy Jay Wade Edwards gets interviewed about his amazing animation career in this podcast.
04/30/2021

Our buddy Jay Wade Edwards gets interviewed about his amazing animation career in this podcast.

‎Show CARTOON BARROOM: AN ANIMATED PODCAST w/ ASHLEY & STEVEN, Ep Aqua Teen Hunger Games w/ JAY WADE EDWARDS - Apr 24, 2021

This has to be the most amazing response to a Kickstarter campaign ever. MCF alum don hertzfeldt reached his goal in the...
02/10/2021

This has to be the most amazing response to a Kickstarter campaign ever. MCF alum don hertzfeldt reached his goal in the first 30 minutes, and then FAR surpassed it within hours... by over $130,000! And still going. There's another 29 days to pledge. We can't wait to watch Don's new BluRay.

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Here at MCF HQ we recently watched the new Borat movie, and were delighted to see it was directed by MCF-fave Jason Woli...
11/11/2020

Here at MCF HQ we recently watched the new Borat movie, and were delighted to see it was directed by MCF-fave Jason Woliner. He's had quite the career since we first met him at MCF2000. Congrats Jason! (photo from MCF 2003, with James Dean Conklin on the left)

MCF alum, frequent juror, and all-around cool guy, Jay Wade Edwards, made this kick-ass Spaghetti Western short with an ...
10/22/2018

MCF alum, frequent juror, and all-around cool guy, Jay Wade Edwards, made this kick-ass Spaghetti Western short with an iPhone. Check it out: https://vimeo.com/251085833 .

A condemned woman is to be hanged and all her enemies gather to watch her swing. But one by one, they all start dying. (Italian with English subtitles)

MCF jury reunion this past weekend in Harrisburg, PA.
05/28/2018

MCF jury reunion this past weekend in Harrisburg, PA.

More good news about the Russo Brothers (PIECES, MCF 1997).
07/25/2017

More good news about the Russo Brothers (PIECES, MCF 1997).

EXCLUSIVE: Avengers: Infinity War directors Joe and Anthony Russo are zeroing in on a major deal with 20th Century Fox for their unnamed production company that will fully launch in January after t…

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