Vote ImageOut Best Film Festival in Rochester!

The final ballot City Newspaper's annual "Best of Rochester" poll has been released, and ImageOut has made the final four in the category of "Best Film Festival". We're up against some stiff competition, so show your support and cast your vote today!

AFter Ellen reviews an ImageOut 19 highlight

Though we do have a number of premieres each year, some ImageOut films have already gotten stamps of approval from other festivals, blogs, and press. Check out this great review for one of my Indie faves, Jamie and Jessie are NOT Together. You can catch it as program 28 at ImageOut 19.

'We Were Here' Gets NY Times Seal Of Approval

This year's Documentary Centerpiece, We Were Here, was recently awarded the New York Times Critic's Pick of the week. The emotional documentary received a glowing review from critic Stephen Holden, who summed up the movie's ultimately hopeful message perfectly:

"As grim as some of it's images are, 'We Were Here' is above all a film about love: not romantic love but the kind that really matters, in which people selflessly show up and keep on showing up for one another in the worst of times."

ImageOut's online ticket sales begin tonight at 5:00pm, so make sure you get your ticket to what is sure to be the most powerful film screening at this year's festival. And don't forget that our first in-person ticket sale will also be held this Sunday, September 18th, at the ImageOut office in Village Gate.

For full details on purchasing tickets, visit our website.

What's on your must-see list?

Festival Fair Launches 2011 ImageOut Lineup

It's finally here! We are launching the 2011 October lineup tonight at the Festival Fair at the Strasenburgh Planetarium, Rochester Museum and Science Center starting at 6:30pm. You'll get a chance to pick up a copy of the Program Guide and buy tickets in advance before it becomes available to the general public starting September 16.

There will be a cash bar and free tasty hors d'oeuvres while you mingle and chat with other Festival patrons and film lovers. As a special treat, you can hear Michael and Jessica talk about the highlights of the 2011 lineup at 8pm before the free screening of the fab film Christopher and His Kind at 8:30pm.

For more details on tonight's event, check out this page.

Most importantly, we'll have time to post more updates on this blog as we won't be buried in watching DVD screeners and writing program descriptions anymore!