"Goat Fish" is in...the...can! Teaser video for The Horny Goat Film Festival is FUNNY!

ANNOUNCING! PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL!

Preview film for THE 3rd Annual REALLY FUNNY HORNY GOAT
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL!

A Mack ManQueller film
Written by Jeffrey James Ircink
Starring Jason Ircink, Jennifer Naida, Bryan Damske & Jeffrey James Ircink

Saturday, Sept. 20 & Saturday, Sept. 27 in the BFT at The Horny Goat Brew Pub in Milwaukee! Go to the YouTube site and check the copy under this video for all event details.

If you don't need details, quick ticket link is here.

DRINK FILMS. WATCH BEERS.
DRINK FILMS. WATCH BEERS.

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THE 3rd annual REALLY FUNNY HORNY GOAT INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL returns!

 

 

 

THE 3rd Annual REALLY FUNNY HORNY GOAT INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL returns! Saturday, September 20th & Saturday September 27th in the BigFunTent @ The Horny Goat Brew Pub in Milwaukee!

Changin' things up this year - a DIFFERENT SLATE of short films EACH evening. Come both Saturdays and see some excellent funny, short films from Canada, Australia, South Korea, Germany, New Zealand and the U.S.

Screenings begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the door or online here. $15 OR $25 - which includes a fantastically delicious pig roast dinner! Dinner begins serving at 6 pm AND this is an online ONLY ticket option.

Entertainment? Of course! Sept. 20 - features Jazz vocalist and Milwaukee's own Jerry Grillo - WAMI Award winner for Best Jazz Artist/2011 and Sept. 27 we'll have Irish traditional session music, featuring Randy Gosa of Myserk.

AND - both evenings will be MC'd by Enobong "The Nigerian Gentleman" Umohette - your reigning Wisconsin, USA Super Heavyweight Boxing Champion! DING! DING! DING!

Giveaways, drink & food specials and short films you can't see but here. More details to follow! DRINK FILMS. WATCH BEERS. For all the details on the festival, see our website here.

 

Jerry Grillo

 

Randy Gosa

 

 

Enobong "The Nigerian Gentleman" Umohette

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"Tuzu Uzatabilir Misin Lütfen" in Instanbul!

Just when we thought we were finished screening our short film, "Pass the Salt, Please", starring Seymour Cassel and Fionnula Flanagan, we're instantly pulled back into the festival fray. PTSP is headed for Turkey...and our 37th screening. Fil'm Hafizasi Presents:  "The Cook, the Elephant, It's Memory & Lover". We're screening in this program as part of Fil'm Hafizasi's Thematic Nights project this evening, May 28 @ 8:00 pm. If you find yourself in Turkey and near Istanbul, it's worth your while.

 PTSP was directed by Tatjana Najdanovic, written by Jeffrey James Ircink (me), executive producers Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell and Arthur Edström, producers Max Maksimovic, Diana Jackson O'Keeffe and associate producer Gary Benser.

In preparation for our Istanbul screening, I practiced a Whirling Dervish dance...I'm second from the right.

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Seymour.

The one, the only...actor Seymour Cassel! Signing poster of our award-winning short film, PASS THE SALT, PLEASE!

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TOP 50 for PASS THE SALT, PLEASE poster art.

 

So this short film poster website (shortfilmposters.com) took a looksee at 2,500 short film posters and selected their favorite 50.

PTSP made the cut. Congratulation to our graphic artist guru, Doug Tomich, for his creativity & efforts. You can check out the 50 posters here. PTSP is on the bottom row - fourth from left.

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DRINK FILMS. WATCH BEERS.

 

The 2nd Annual Really Funny Horny Goat International Short Film Festival hits the BFT (that's "Big Fuckin' Tent") @ The Horny Goat Hideaway in Milwaukee this Saturday, May 4 @ 7:30 pm.

Everything you need to know about this shindig is here. Come out & play with us.

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Calling all vampires! PTSP heads to Transylvania.

The last film festival screening of our award-winning short film. PASS THE SALT, PLEASE will be at the ShortsUP! Film Festival in Bucharest, Romania. We screen Sunday, January 27 at 8 p.m. As I'm not able to access the ShortsUP! website, I have no other information to share. There is a Facebook page but it's in Romanian.

34 film festivals around the world and 5 awards. Thanks to the cast & crew, those who contributed to our Kickstarter campaign and those of you who weathered all my blog and FB posts. What a ride!

Watch here for your personal greeting to Transylvania.

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Happy Birthday, Seymour!

You know character actor Seymour Cassel. Come on...Faces (Oscar nominee), Coogan's Bluff, Minnie and Moskowitz, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Tin Men, Dick Tracy, Honeymoon in Vegas, Indecent Proposal, Rushmoor, 61*, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Flight of The Conchords - and, our short film, Pass the Salt, Please.

78 years young today. Watch this clip from PTSP at the Wisconsin Film Festival in 2012. Seymour was a hoot. That pic above? Seymour recounting (to me) his experiences working with friend, John Cassavettes.

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TGIF! presents...The Making of "The Atheist"!

I've got a small role in this short film. Check out the fundraising video and link to the Indiegogo campaign.

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"The Atheist".

I'll be starring in this short film by Milwaukee filmmaker Anthony Presti. Small role, actually. We're doing an Indiegogo fundraiser after January 1 which will feature a promo trailer. Stay tuned.

I'm the guy with the dark glasses and hat...

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PTSP has a hankering for the Tallgrass of KS!

What may turn out to be our final film festival may, in fact, be a fitting post-script to a successful run on the film festival circuit for our short film, PASS THE SALT, PLEASE.

Wichita, Kansas. Tallgrass Film Festival. October 18-21. Instead of screening for public consumption, Tallgrass is offering PTSP screening in the Exclusive VIP Lounge Shorts package -
short films will play continuously throughout the weekend exclusively in the Consolidated Equities Trust VIP Lounge. Attendees must have a TALLpass, Sponsor, Filmmaker or Press Pass for entry.

Enjoy meals, cocktails and conversation, massage, manicures, hair styling, exclusvie VIP Lounge short films, happy hours and more, all weekend. Like flying first-class, sorta.

Thursday, October 18 - Sunday, October 21, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm and 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm on Sunday. 6th Floor, Orpheum Bldg. More information here.

And for you Glen Campbell fans, listen to this.

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Bend it like....the BendFilm Festival!

 

PASS THE SALT, PLEASE screens twice at the BendFilm Festival in Oregon - this Friday evening at 5 30 pm @ Tower Theatre and Saturday @ 10 30 am @ Tin Pan Theater.

 

Click here for details.

 

 

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Gumbo, jambalya & PASS THE SALT, PLEASE!

Our short film, PTSP, will screen before the feature film, FOURPLAY, this Saturday evening at the New Orleans Film Festival. Click here for details.

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Bellissimo! PTSP @ Reggio!

 

Our short film, PASS THE SALT, PLEASE, which has been making the festival circuit rounds since April 2011, will screen at the Reggio International Short Film Festival in Italy this evening at 9 p.m. (2 p.m. CST). Check out the festival link here and click on Reggio FF 2012 on left panel, then scroll down. Salute!

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Gracious, Keith....and SEAF!

Photo courtesy of Geoff Carter/TheSpellout.com

Hi Jeff,

Just wanted to share with you the great audience reaction to your film PASS THE SALT, PLEASE at the Seattle Erotic Art Festival over the past two weekends. I personally attended four screenings of the program your film was part of, and it consistently....generated applause and lots of vocal reaction.

An independent theatre in Bellingham, WA (about 2 hours north of Seattle) has expressed interest in running the SEAF programs at their venue in early October. We'd love to include your film as part of that; more details to follow in the coming weeks.

Thanks for sharing your work with us!

Best,
Keith Bacon
Lead Programmer

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China King Bonn International Short Film Festival.

So our short film, PASS THE SALT, PLEASE, was invited to the China King Bonn International New Media Short Film Festival. Never heard back from the King Bonn folks and the festival, which was in May, came and went without even a peep from the Chinese. No screening date/times - nothing. I finally emailed them and got this response:

Hi Jeff,

I just find your email. I`m so sorry for my later reply. Yes,the 3rd China International New Media Shorts Festival has closed in May. It`s very successful. The Main Section has received 2,733 entries from 63 countries and regions around the globe for the 3rd China International (KingBonn) New Media Shorts Award. Regarding the transaction activity, we have played your film in our festival. Many chinese film makers and producers were interested in it. We have distributed some materials about your film to who attended the festival, including Chinese Media, director and producers. I think they will contact you if they would lke to buy your film.  

(Blah, blah, blah....)

I`m looking forward to hearing from you!
Alice Yang
China International New Media Shorts Festival

Course we're interested but I'm stymied as to the lack of communication on the part of some of the festivals we've screened at. One fest in CA never informed us we were in the Gala Top 5 screening. One fest screened our film with another film titled, PASS THE SALT. One fest didn't get us pertinent info our attendees needed until two weeks prior to the festival. The lack of follow-through boggles my mind.

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PTSP screens at SEAF.

Our 27th film festival! PASS THE SALT PLEASE screens all day today at SEAF and all day next Saturday. Wish I could attend - it's the ultimate people-watching venue! Click here for more information.

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SIFF flora.

Greetings from the Seattle International Film Festival!

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Free PTSP! Free State Film Festival!

Our short film, PASS THE SALT, PLEASE, screens at the 1st annual Free State Film Festival in Kansas this evening at 7:30, prior to the feature-length screening of COMPLIANCE, the controversial film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Info here.

Believe me - the audience will need a laugh before viewing COMPLIANCE. Read this Sundance Film Festival review.

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Mary. Land. PTSP.

PASS THE SALT, PLEASE screens in the Dark Comedy block of shorts tonite (Saturday) and Sunday. Maxie our producer will be in attendance. Always nice when a rep from the film can make the festival. Check out the link here.

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