The result is a slew of raw, gritty, truly underground movies created out of the dedication and possible insanity of their crews all compiled into one avant-garde occasion. This year, the festival has an entire week’s worth of daily feature showcases, “experimental” nights, late night horror lineups and – because it wouldn’t be an Eastside event without it – nightly after parties at a warehouse in Downtown with equally-as-independent bands (think Warpaint, RESTAVRANT and the Growlers) playing until last call.
Zero Film Fest doesn’t like pansies with investors and isn’t impressed with B-list actors on the bill. They prefer movies like The Closer She Gets — a voice-over and interview-free account of a woman’s brain cancer battle as shot by her 26-year-old son – and opening night’s premiere, Buster, which brags about its “sub-zero” budget, including developing the ?lm “in the sink using cheap equipment secured from Russia” and extracting the necessary sulfuric acid from old car batteries.
With all the theater-hopping and late-night, music-fueled parties, Zero Film Fest has turned a passion for the unloved and underappreciated into a community-wide event, bringing art lovers and mainstream haters together for six days of independent film fury.
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