Rated: NR    Runtime: 70 mins.
Thursday, November 13th – 8:00 p.m.

Join us for this Juried Online-Offline Film Festival presenting the Best in Short-Form Video Entertainment. MetaFest 2008 – a short-film festival marrying the best of the online and offline independent film worlds. 16 films by 14 filmmakers from 6 countries – selected from more than 750 entries by jurors Hillman Curtis, an award-winning filmmaker, designer and author whose books include "Creating Short Films for the Web," and Glenn R. Phillips, who is senior project specialist and consulting curator of contemporary programs for the Getty Research Institute and recently curated the “California Video” exhibition.

Film Descriptions & Details: www.metacafe.com/metafest

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Top reasons to attend MetaFest 2008:
5. Comedy, animation, documentary and the avant-garde – all in 70 minutes.
4. Works by filmmakers from six countries – Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the United States – including local Bay Area filmmakers Christian Simmons and Danny Plotnick.
3. Attendees will select the Audience Favorite Award winner, who will receive $1,000 cash plus DVDs from the Microcinema catalog worth $250.
2. Cheap. Thrills. Just $5 at the door. Drink specials at the after-party. And the chance to win an iPod!
1. Only 68 days remaining in the Bush administration – escape into the magic of film…

MetaFest is presented by Metacafe, the world’s leading short-form video entertainment site, and curated by Microcinema International, a leading international rights manager, short film and video exhibitor, and specialty markets distributor of the "moving image arts."

After-party to follow at Dalva, hosted by the San Francisco Bay Guardian 10:00 p.m. ‘til…
3121 16th St., San Francisco CA 94103
Drink specials for MetaFest ticket holders