Writer/Director Benjamin Pollack’s DARK ROOM THEATER Wins Best Comedy Feature at FirstGlance Film Festival in Philadelphia
Writer/Director Benjamin Pollack’s DARK ROOM THEATER Wins
Best Comedy Feature at FirstGlance Film Festival in Philadelphia
DARK ROOM THEATER to Screen at LA Comedy Festival November 9, 2009
At ACME Comedy Theater in Los Angeles
Hollywood, CA—November 2, 2009 – Benvention Films, Inc is pleased to announce writer/director Benjamin Pollack’s award winning Comedy/Horror anthology series, DARK ROOM THEATER, took home the Best Comedy Feature at the Philadelphia FirstGlance Film Festival over the weekend. On the heels of that award, DARK ROOM THEATER was accepted into the Los Angeles Comedy Festival and will screen at the world famous ACME Theater in Hollywood on November 9, 2009 at 9:30pm.
Benjamin Pollack, who was recently featured on KNBC News with Cary Berglund, won Best Director for DARK ROOM THEATER at the Los Angeles Independent Television Festival (ITVFest) and recently screened at NewFilmmakers in Los Angeles, Shriekfest International Film Festival in Los Angeles, Shockerfest, where it was nominated for Best Horror Feature, and Rome International Film Festival in Rome, GA where it was nominated for Best Narrative Feature. The Comedy Central Stage at the Hudson Theater in Hollywood hosted a special Halloween screening of DARK ROOM THEATER: Love You To Death, last week to a delighted crowd.
Benvention Films, Inc is also pleased to announce that DEAD AFTER TOMORROW, a horror/thriller feature script written by writer/director Benjamin Pollack, won the Best Horror Feature Screenplay Award at Shriekfest 2009, the Los Angeles International Film Festival & Screenplay Competition. Shriekfest took place on Oct 1-4 at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood and screened 40 films, including Benjamin Pollack’s award winning anthology series DARK ROOM THEATER. There were 39 screenplay finalists and over 400 screenplay submissions. In addition, Benjamin Pollack’s feature comedy screenplay, BLUE SUIT ASSASSINS, was a semi-finalist in the 2009 Slamdance Film and Screenplay Festival.
DARK ROOM THEATER will screen at several festivals throughout the fall including, Asheville Film Festival in Asheville, NC, on “Friday the 13th” of November at 10pm., and The Los Angeles Comedy Festival on November 9, 2009 at 9:30pm, at the ACME Comedy Theater in Los Angeles, CA. Tickets are $9.99 online or $12 at the door.
The trailer for DARK ROOM THEATER can be found on the iTunes Movie Trailers section of apple.com. http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/darkroomtheater
About Benjamin Pollack and Benvention Films
Writer/Director Benjamin Pollack is an alumnus of American Film Institute (AFI), whose credits include editor of feature film PLAYED (Executive Produced by John Daly—TERMINATOR, LAST EMPEROR, PLATOON) and Associate Producer / Editor for the feature film, THE GARAGE which won over 50 festival awards and nominations. Benvention Films, Inc. is a privately held production company with the ability to finance, produce and execute digital entertainment products. The company is located in Studio City, CA. In addition to DARK ROOM THEATER, Benvention Films, Inc. has added three new projects to its slate for 2010. DEAD AFTER TOMORROW, a horror/thriller, BLUE SUIT ASSASSINS, a buddy comedy, and FLEOSOURUS, a comedy/scifi romp. For more information, please visit http://benventionfilms.com