9th LA 3-D Movie Fest this weekend!

The 9th annual LA 3-D Movie Festival, one of the longest-running (if not the longest-running) 3D film festivals, starts tonight, with the US premiere of "Robin Hood: Ghosts of Sherwood 3D".

On Saturday, the festival screens two blocks of 3D shorts:

Block 1: 3D Shorts in competition
The Charlatan by Tom Koester, Ray Zone
3D Fireworks 2012 - Dancing Phoenix by Takashi Sekitani
ATM by Andrew Murchie
The Heart’s Eye View by James LeGoy
OK Go - Skyscrapers by Trish Sie, Eric Kurland
Map of Forgotten Places by Jacob Mendel
The Babysitter by Dylan Pearce
Cycle 3D by Andrew Murchie
Metropolis in Miniature by Tom Koester
Intermission by Robert Howell, Don Hertzfeldt

Block 2: 3D Shorts in competition
Chompers Teaser by Jesse Blanchard
Tarang by Jonny Greenwald, Shyam K, Ganesh Rao
The Collection by Andrew Murchie
NSX Supercar by James Piechocki
OK Go - All Is Not Lost by OK Go, Trish Sie, Pilobolus, Eric Kurland
The Key by Stefan Schneider
Animated Amusements by Bob Venezia
Cheers Elephant - Balloon in the City by Ryan Suits
Moondog by Jacob Mendel
Hidden by Andrew Murchie
The Time to Start Moving Again by Hideyuki Asakura

The evening wraps up with a special presentation of "Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare'", Award Ceremony, and a screening of the U2 3D concert.

The festival ends on Sunday, Dec. 16th, with a 5PM tribute to Ray Zone. Tickets to the festival can be purchased here.

LA 3-D Movie Festival regular deadline extended

In light of the recent passing of Ray Zone, the LA 3-D Club has extended the regular deadline for the 9th LA 3-D Movie Fest to November 23rd.

Zone was serving as LA 3-D Club Vice President and LA 3-D Movie Fest Co-Director at the time of his passing.

Ray Zone, King of 3-D Comics, Dies at 65

On Tuesday of this week Ray Zone, 3D author, historian, artist, and filmmaker, passed away.

His writings on the subject of 3D were immensely influential in the development of my philosophy that 3D is an art form, at a time when the prevailing attitude was that 3D could be nothing more than a gimmick. While I never had the opportunity to meet him in person, I had the honor of being interviewed by him for his book on DIY 3D, and will miss his generous contributions to the stereoscopic community. He was a widely influential voice in the 3D community and one of the few preservationists of early 3D film history.

LA 3-D Movie Festival - Call for Entries

The LA 3-D Movie Festival is back again and now accepting entries. The festival is an annual event devoted to screening independent stereoscopic 3D films, organized by members of the Los Angeles 3-D Club (Stereo Club of Southern California), which has united 3D enthusiasts to advance the science and art of stereoscopy since 1955.

Eric Kurland, President of the LA 3-D Club, is also a 3D filmmaker - he recently won Best of Show – Live Action at the Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Convention 3D Theater for his stereography on "White Knuckles 3D" by OK Go.

See their press release below for details on entering.

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The Los Angeles 3-D Club (SCSC) is now accepting entries to the 8th
Annual LA 3-D Movie Festival. The Festival's mission is to showcase the
best independent stereoscopic 3-D filmmaking from around the world. The
festival will take place on May 14-15th, 2011, at the Downtown
Independent Theater in Los Angeles. A jury of celebrity and film
industry judges will award prizes to the top entries. In addition, an
award will be given for the audience favorite.

Entries will be accepted in three categories:

Shorts under 10 minutes.
Shorts 10-40 minutes
Features over 40 minutes

Submission deadlines and entry fees are as follows:

$25 Early Deadline: March 18th, 2011
$30 Regular Deadline: April 1st, 2011
$40 Late Deadline: April 15th, 2011

Entry information is available at the festival website, www.LA3DFest.com