Jun12

Over Two Dozen Titles You CAN’T Swede!

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Over Two Dozen Titles You CAN’T Swede!

Here at the super secret headquarters of SWEDE FEST™ 2 PALM BEACH, we now have 24 films you CAN’T swede for our July 27th extravaganza. The roster this year is decidedly in the SciFi/Fantasy camp, with Drama, Romance, and Horror duking it out for second place.

May we present the latest list of upcoming swedes? They are:

  • Mama
  • The Avengers
  • Life of Pi
  • Little Shop of Horrors
  • Starship Troopers
  • Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
  • Tron
  • Alien
  • Back to the Future
  • They Live
  • Shrek
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
  • Dark Knight Rises
  • Edward Scissorhands
  • Titanic
  • Ghost
  • Ted
  • The Shining
  • The Exorcist
  • Supertroopers
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • Point Break
  • Dead Man Down
  • Goodfellas

And since Napoleon Dynamite already looks like a swede, is it possible that swede of it will look slick and professional? Just asking.

We’re closing in on the submission deadline of July 9th at 11:59 PM. That’s not even a month from now! If you want to have a venue full of people reveling in your cinematic genius, you need to hop on top of things, Coppola. Submission guidelines are here. The rules are here. Last year’s swedes are here. You get two free tickets if you submit a swede, but if you just want to walk the red carpet, get your picture taken in front of the step-and-repeat, and sit in the comfy chairs, tickets are $5 in advance here, too.

SWEDE FEST™ 2 PALM BEACH is 7:00 PM on Saturday, July 27, 2013 at The Borland Center for Performing Arts on Mainstreet at Midtown, 4801 PGA Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens between I-95 and Florida’s Turnpike.

 

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Jun5

We Have Some Reservations…

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We Have Some Reservations…
A director's still from this year's "Point Break" swede.

A director's still from this year's "Point Break" swede.

We have some reservations…for SWEDE FEST™ 2 PALM BEACH, about which we have NO reservations. It’s going to be even more fun that last year!  The list of films upon which your peers have called dibs has grown. We now have the following movies slated to make an appearance…

  • Titantic
  • Little Shop of Horrors
  • Super Troopers
  • Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone
  • Starship Troopers
  • Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
  • Goodfellas
  • Back to the Future
  • Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
  • Edward Scissorhands
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • Dead Man Down
  • Point Break
  • They Live
  • The Exorcist
  • The Shining
  • Shrek
  • Tron
  • Ghost
  • Alien
  • Ted
A still from this year's "Super Troopers" swede. Nice outfit...

A still from this year's "Super Troopers" swede. Nice outfit...

The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, July 9th at 11:59PM. The festival is on Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 7:00PM at last year’s comfy venue (where every seat is a great set), The Borland Center for Performing Arts. Tickets are on sale here, and they’re $5 in advance, $8 in advance for a VIP Ticket that includes our highly coveted SF2PB lanyard. You can buy you advance-price tickets until noon on Friday, July 26th. After that, it’s $6 cash at the door and $4 cash for a lanyard (if we have any left).

We’ll keep you updated on what films are reserved and unavailable for you to swede. If you have any aspirations (heh, now that’s pretty funny) toward making a swede for this year’s festival, reserve it now. Or you could be very disappointed and have to completely rethink your concept. Because they never have to do THAT in Hollywood.

 

 

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May28

The Countdown Is On!

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The Countdown Is On!
Marissa Dimascio, Chris Mash, Nicole Rankin, Kelsie Rybalk, and Sarah Stracuzzi

The cast and crew of the "Hunger Games" swede

Memorial Day is considered the unofficial start of summer, and summer — around here — means we’re obsessing about SWEDE FEST™ 2 PALM BEACH. Did you know you only have 42 days left to reserve your film and get your entry submitted? And that it’s a mere 60 days (2 months!) until we’re all sitting in those comfy seats at The Borland Center for Performing Arts, being heckled by Frank and Jesse (also known as The Jove Comedy Experience), and watching everyone’s 3-minute masterpieces?

For those of you who somehow missed the previous blog posts, emails, Facebook notices, and/or Tweets, here are the details:

FOR ENTRIES…

  • Deadline is 11:59 PM on Tuesday, July 9, 2013
  • Only one swede per film (so reserve yours today!)
  • Entry is free and you get 2 free tickets
  • Swedes must be 3 minutes or less
  • The Rules are here
  • Submission Guidelines are here

FOR THE EVENT…

  • Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 7:00 PM
  • The Borland Center for Performing Arts on Mainstreet at Midtown
  • Tickets are $5 in advance and $6 at the door
  • Ticket sales will begin on this website June 3, 2013

Already, 17 movies are out of the running. If you even THINK you’re going to swede, reserve that movie today! We’ll keep everyone updated on what films have been claimed. And start being very nice to your friends and family — they’re your cast and crew, after all.

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May15

Movie Reservations. Like Dinner Reservations Without the Food.

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Movie Reservations. Like Dinner Reservations Without the Food.

In our effort to inundate you with information until you relent and wearily agree to enter a 3-minute short in SWEDE FEST™ 2 PALM BEACH, we want you to know what films people already reserved for their swedes:

  • Goodfellas
  • Back to the Future
  • The Exorcist
  • The Shining
  • Shrek
  • Edward Scissorhands
  • Tron
  • Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
  • Dead Man Down
  • Point Break
  • They Live
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • Ghost
  • Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
  • Starship Troopers
  • Alien
  • Ted

That’s 17 movies you can’t swede. Don’t let someone else steal your directorial vision! Email us and call dibs on it now. Send the following information to info@swedefestpalmbeach.com:

  • swede FILM TITLE
  • Your full name
  • Your age
  • Your email address
  • Your contact phone number
  • Your city
  • Number of postcards you would like to distribute so people can come appreciate your genius: 5, 10, or more ____

Entry deadline is Tuesday, July 9 at 11:59 PM. SWEDE FEST™ 2 PALM BEACH is on Saturday, July 27, at 7:00 PM at The Borland Center for Performing Arts.

Send us the info and the movie is YOURS. That is all.

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May2

Call for Entries Open: swede fest™ 2 palm beach

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Call for Entries Open: swede fest™ 2 palm beach

It’s THAT time again! The Call for Entries is officially open for our second annual swede fest, boasting the ever-so-original name of SWEDE FEST™ 2 PALM BEACH. You can submit your entries until 11:59 PM on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. How? The bestest best way is via one of the many file-sharing sites like www.wetransfer.com or www.dropbox.com. Barring that, you can send us your 3-minutes-or-less epic on a DVD.

(Cue the sound of screeching brakes)

But wait, you cry! What are the rules? The fees? Who’s in charge? Where?

All of the answers are here, young Jedi. That’s the reason this website exists…

We’ll start at the beginning.

First, there was a little gem of a movie called Be Kind, Rewind. It starred Jack Black and Mos Def. The movie was kinda ho-hum, but it contained the seeds that would grow into a cult phenomenon. Yes, this film is responsible for the existence of the swede (n. laughably bad remake of a Hollywood film), and is therefore like a grandparent to the swede fest™. For a linear timeline, check out the “what’s a swede, man?‘ page.

Lest you think swede fest™ 2 palm beach is nothing more than an amateur free-for-all, we have RULES and SUBMISSION GUIDELINES. First, email us ASAP to reserve your film, because we only want one of everything. Once you reserve your movie, start roping in whoever you can to help with this little labor of love, because you’ll need a cast and a location — even if that turns out to be you, your BF, and your dog in the backyard. A little planning never hurt.

Keep your swede at under 3 minutes, and embrace the amateur nature of sweding. The bigger the original film’s budget and the less you spend on your swede are comedy gold, even if your source material is high drama. Your swede must be he equivalent of PG-13, even if you’re sweding Pulp Fiction. Find creative ways to work around any cussing, nekkidness, or other “grown up” stuff in the original movie, since swede fest™ 2 palm beach is open to all ages.

It’s free to enter a film in swede fest™ 2 palm beach. Tickets to the actual event on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at 7:00 PM are $5 in advance online, and $6 at the door. If you enter a film, you receive two free tickets. Although it’s not a competition per se, the audience that night will vote for their favorite swede and we will award a prize.

Check out last year’s submissions on the “watch our swedes!” page of this site. Or check out the swedes produced for the 10 previous swede fests in Fresno.

We’ll keep you updated here, via Twitter and Facebook as movies are reserved and the entries start rolling in. swede fest™ 2 palm beach will take place again this year at The Borland Center for Performing Arts on Mainstreet at Midtown…

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Mar13

swede fest™ 2 palm beach 2013 dates!

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swede fest™ 2 palm beach 2013 dates!

mainstreet at midtown presents swede fest palm beachSo, swede fest™ 2 palm beach is officially set for Saturday, July 27, 2013, at last year’s venue The Borland Center for Performing Arts. And the entry deadline is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. That gives you FOUR MONTHS to get it together, let us know what film you are sweding, call in favors to cast your masterpiece, shoot it, edit it, and submit it. Overachiever? Let us know now, and there’s virtually no chance someone else will already have your movie reserved.

swede fest™ 2 palm beach is brought to you once again by Midtown. Follow the fest on Twitter (#swedefestpb) or “like” us on Facebook…

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