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VA Indie Film Festival: Beardo the Movie

Posted by: Jonathan – Feb 23, 2011

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We are proud to announce the upcoming Virginia Indie Film Festival presented by the VA Film Office, Virginia Production Alliance, RVA Magazine and RVA TV! Its this weekend at the Bryd Theatre.

Produced by DIGICO Shoot | Post | Design (DIGICO), a creative video and motion design firm based in Harrisonburg Virginia, and Jeff Tocci, “Beardo the Movie” was filmed on location in Alaska during the 2009 competition. “Beardo the Movie” talks to first-time and veteran contestants about facial hair in society, the WBMC competition and its aftermath. One-on-one interviews get behind the beards and reveal motivations, passions, dreams and the stigma of living in the modern world with beards and moustaches. Ryan Berry, DP and producer, sits down with RVA TV…

Ryan, where did this love of beards come from and how did it culminate into launching a full scale documentary?

The idea came to us from the film's director Jeff Tocci. Jeff had participated in a facial hair competition while attending JMU, with a little research on the topic he stumbled upon the WBMC (World Beard and Mustache Championship) and the bearded idea began to grow (not unlike a beard). When he came to us with the idea we were immediately on board. A few months later we were off to Alaska to seek out the best beard in the world.

Will you be hosting a Q & A session at the festival?

Yes. Directly following the screening we'll be taking your best beard questions.

Any future productions down the line?

We've got serval ideas in the hopper, nothing specific to talk about yet. We are always very open to ideas and suggestions, if you've got one drop us a line (goDIGICO.com).

How important do you value local festivals like this one?

Not only are local festivals like this a lot of fun, they are an invaluable way for indie film makers to get their films out to the public. It's great to get feedback from a real audience and see how people react to your creation. Also, its a fantastic way to meet up with other folks in the industry and hang out with like-minded movie nerds.

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THE TRAILER

http://godigico.com/
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Crew and beard category listed below:
Jeff Tocci (Verdi)
Joey Groah (Beardless)
Kenny Lass (Full Natural)
Jeff Dobrow (Beardless)
Andre Phillips (Full beard styled mustache)
Mark Lutz (English Mustache)
Jay Barker (Freestyle Partial Beard)
Chris Gilmore (Sideburns)
Aimee Barrington (Woman/Beardless)
and myself (Natural Goatee)

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FEBRUARY 26 & 27
BYRD THEATRE
2908 West Cary Street
Richmond, VA

The Virginia Film Office and the Virginia Production Alliance present the 2011 Virginia Indie Film Festival, a two day festival of independently produced documentaries, short films and features from Virginia filmmakers.

Saturday Feb. 26th
1pm-4pm 3 Docs-$7
4pm-6pm 6 Shorts-$7
Sunday Feb. 27th
4:30pm-8:30pm 3 Features-$7

2-Day Festival Pass-$14
Students with ID-session tickets for only $2!

The subjects of these films range from zombies to baseball and take place in settings as far away as the Himalayas or as close to home as a camera truck in Richmond, VA.

All films screened are eligible for Audience Choice awards and filmmakers will participate in Q&A sessions after their films.


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