Virtual “Stephen King Rules” Festival Will Screen Short Films Based on Stephen King’s Short Stories
As part of his “Dollar Baby” arrangement, Stephen King allows students and aspiring filmmakers to adapt his short stories in exchange for a single dollar, and later this month the Stephen King Rules: Dollar Baby Film Festival will showcase more than 20 of those shorts!
The free festival will be streaming online from April 23rd to April 25th.
The team explains, “Hosted by Canadian film production company Barker Street Cinema, the virtual festival, called STEPHEN KING RULES, will screen 25 submissions by filmmakers from all over the world, many of which have never been seen by a global audience before.”
“Since 1977, the Master of Horror – Stephen King – has allowed emerging filmmakers to adapt his previously unproduced short stories into films that may help launch their careers through what is called the Dollar Baby Deal. Barker Street’s STEPHEN KING RULES Dollar Baby Film Festival will showcase an exciting line-up of these independent movies, including interviews and panel discussions with the filmmakers themselves.”
“Barker Street Cinema partners James Douglas and Norm Coyne will lead the festival three years after making their own Dollar Baby adaptation of King’s Sherlock Holmes mystery THE DOCTOR’S CASE, which will also screen at the festival. Douglas points to the film as the launch pad for his film career and the remarkable effect the program has had for so many.”
Stephen King Rules will be hosted on Barker Street Cinema’s YouTube and Vimeo channels. Check out the full schedule below and also make sure to follow @StephenKingRlz on Twitter.
