Marfa 2010 Film Festival in Photos
[Text: Jette Kernion; photos: Chris Hamberlin]
I was lucky to run into Chris Hamberlin at Marfa Film Festival this year. I know Chris from our tech-writing day jobs, but she's also an excellent photographer. The photos I took in Marfa pale in comparison. Chris offered to contribute some of her best photos from the film festival, and here they are, with some brief explanations from myself.
If you want to see more of Chris's photos, from Marfa as well as other subjects/locations, I suggest checking out her Flickr set.
The image at the top is a metal sculpture from Marfa artist Marc Declercq.
Ty Mitchell is considered the "mascot" of Marfa Film Festival by many people -- a year or two ago, someone snapped a photo of him that graced the front page of the fest website. I'm told he'll be an extra in the Coen brothers' remake of True Grit, in which I think he'll fit in beautifully.
A coffeehouse on Marfa's main downtown street, The Filling Station, provided coffee drinks for festgoers as well as a VIP lounge on several days of the fest.
Padre's was the place where I had breakfast tacos and chitchat one morning, and where many people spent their evenings listening to live music.
Marfa Film Festival's main venue, the Crowley Theater, outside and in:
I did dearly love the wooden badges.
Of course you are aware that
Of course you are aware that the "Filling Station" was a totally-temporary-setup-only-for-the-MFF-coffee shop. If you spent your time there, you missed out on Marfa's own FRAMA, the best li'l ol' coffee shop/ice cream store/laundromat around!
Oh, Frama
I don't drink coffee, and the Filling Station didn't offer any other refreshments, so I had to seek hot cocoa elsewhere. Frama and Squeeze Marfa both had very yummy hot chocolate. I think I have some pix of Frama in my own Flickr set from the fest. I may also have succumbed to ice cream there.
ty mitchell
I am proud to say that Ty is my cousin!!!! Love the pic of him hangin out the window!!!