Friday, April 24, 2009

CANNES OR BUST

Film Classics Productions short film Four Minutes Till The End has been selected to screen at The Short Film Corner as part of The 62nd Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009!

Four Minutes Till the End was written and directed by. Bryan Ortiz and produced by. Michael Druck for The 48 Hour Film Project in San Antonio and took home Five awards including "Best Director" and "Best Film" in August of 2008; the film also won The Jury Prize from the 2008 San Antonio Local (SAL) Film Festival and The Robert A. Burns Award for Best Horror from The 2008 Seguin Film and Arts Festival. In 2009 Four Minutes Till The End was an official selection for CineFestival en San Antonio, and screened at Filmapalooza, held at The Miami International Film Festival. In addition Four Minutes Till The End is one of Fourteen out of the Eighty from The 48 hour film project city champions to be included in The 2008 Best of 48 Hour DVD.

The Film Stars Rick Carrillo, Nikki Young, Gabi Walker, and Liz Moise Gonzalez.

Help Bryan Ortiz attend Cannes to represent San Antonio and the film.

Thank you to all for your conments and contributions thus far. We are still accepting any and all financial donations for our fundrasing effort to represent the film in Cannes. All donations will receive a tax deduction for your generousity. All checks can be made out to The San Antonio Film Institute in the memo please indicate Film Classics.

Mail to:
The San Antonio Film Institute
Attn: Film Classics 111
Caleta Beach San Antonio, TX 78232

All donors over

  • $20.00 will receive a Best of 48 hour Film Project 2008 DVD including Four Minutes Till The End.

  • $50.00 will receive a offical Film Classics Productions T-Shirt and Best of 48 Hour 2008 DVD Including Four Minutes Till The End.

  • $100.00 will receive a T-shirt, DVD, and Four Minutes Till The End Poster.

  • $250.00 receive a T-Shirt, DVD, Four Min Poster, and Two Tickets to 2009 48 Hour Film Project Screening and Award Ceremony.

  • $500.00 receive a T-Shirt, DVD, Four Min Poster, Two Tickets to 2009 48 Hour Film Project Screening and Award Ceremony,Official Film Classics Jacket with custom embroidery, and The Film Classics Productions Film Catalogue to include award winning shorts Compose, Spiral, Goodbye Digital or The Five Stages of Grief in Digital Dating, Last Chance, Four Minutes Till The End, The Big Scary German, and the feature film Dr. S: The Movie.

You can also donate through PAYPAL....look at us getting fancy with technology and the interweb.

Those who wish to view the film online can do so at http://ww2.48.tv/bin/index.cfm in the Search Engine type Four Minutes

Also feel free to check out our profile on The Cannes Short Corner site at: http://www.shortfilmcorner.com/sfcfilm/filmfiche.aspx?id=12084975

Thank you again to everyone for there ongoing support and help with Film Classics Productions. Help us get to Cannes and lets keep film in SAN ANTONIO ALIVE!!!

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Taco Cabana Night Monday, April 27- You Canne Do it! : )


After work stop on by Taco Cabana on 410/Nacodoches anytime between 5:30pm-10:00pm this Monday, April 27. 2009

A portion of the proceeds from your order will go towards the fundraising effort to have Film Classics repre
sent Four Minute Till The End and San Antonio at The 62nd Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on Tuesday, May 19th 2009!

We would love to see you out and be able to network with our film community. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Viva Fiesta and Film in Texas!!!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Cannes Here We Come







Film Classics is proud to announce "Four Minutes Till the End" is screening at this years Cannes Film Festival......more info to come.