Arts & Entertainment
Your Guide to This Weekend's Uptown Film Festival
Stars, movie premieres and parties to infuse a little taste of Hollywood into Birmingham during the two-day event.
The stars are due to descend on Birmingham at the end of the week for the two-day . The Friday-Saturday event is a celebration of films made partly or entirely in Michigan, with screenings and premieres at the and theaters.
Five feature films will premiere during the festival, including Kill the Irishman, starring Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer and Fray Stevenson, and Things Fall Apart starring Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Ray Liotta.
The festival will also coincide with the Michigan Film Awards Show, held in conjunction with the Detroit Independent Film Festival on Saturday evening at the Palladium. Awards will be given to filmmakers in various categories, with the show emceed by Fox 2 News' Lee Thomas. On Saturday morning, the festival will also host a panel discussion for Michigan filmmakers and others interested in being involved in the Michigan film industry.
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Tickets for the shows and events are available at the festival's website, ranging from $10 per showing to $150 for a VIP two-day pass.
The events begin Friday at the Palladium:
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Friday, 7 p.m.
- VIP charity event at the Palladium 12, lobby
- Lucky premiere at the Birmingham 8, Theater 3
- Murder by Proxy, How America Went Postal premiere at the Birmingham 8, Theater 4
- Bilal's Stand at the Birmingham 8, Theater 5
Friday, 9 p.m.
- Kill the Irishman premiere at the Palladium 12, Theater 10
- MFA Nominated Docs Program at the Birmingham 8, Theater 5
Friday, 9:30 p.m.
- Answer This premiere at the Birmingham 8, Theater 3
- Starlight & Superfish premiere at the Birmingham 8, Theater 4
Saturday, 11 a.m.
- Panel: Michigan's Movie Industry, at the Palladium 12, Theater 1
- MFA Honorable Mention Shorts Program at the Birmingham 8, Theater 4
- Grown in Detroit at the Birmingham 8, Theater 5
Saturday, 1 p.m.
- Love is a Thieves Game at the Birmingham 8, Theater 2
- MFA Nominated Shorts Program 1 at the Birmingham 8, Theater 3
- Detroit Wild City at the Birmingham 8, Theater 4
- Runways & Bunkbeds at the Birmingham 8, Theater 5
Saturday, 3 p.m.
- Not As I Pictured at the Birmingham 8, Theater 2
- MFA Nominated Shorts Program 2 at the Birmingham 8, Theater 3
- MFA Nominated Academic Shorts Program 1 at the Birmingham 8, Theater 4
- Annabelle & Bear at the Birmingham 8, Theater 5
Saturday, 5 p.m.
- Demoted at the Palladium 12, Theater 10
- Butterfly Kisses at the Birmingham 8, Theater 2
- MFA Nominated Shorts Program 3 at the Birmingham 8, Theater 3
- Handlebar at the Birmingham 8, Theater 4
- Grey Skies at the Birmingham 8, Theater 5
Saturday, 6:30 p.m.
- Televising a Revolution with Spoken Word at the Birmingham 8, Theater 4
Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
- Things Fall Apart premiere at the Palladium 12, Theater 10
- MFA Nominated Top 5 Shorts at the Palladium 12, Theater 11
Saturday, 9 p.m.
- 2nd Annual Michigan Film Awards at the Palladium 12, Theater 11
Saturday, 9:30 p.m.
- VIP afterglow party in the lobby of the Palladium 12
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