Elfenworks Film Official Selection of Mendocino Film Festival

Jazz Pianist Tammy Hall Performs at Gala Opening Event
     Festival guests include Sydney Pollack, Laszlo Kovacs, Rich Aguilar.

"Against a montage of urban landscapes from New York to San Francisco, or lightning flashes in the sky and pools of tropical fish swimming in sync or in patterns, Tammy Hall plays her jazz piano pieces live in Oakland. With images of hanging fuchsia or palm trees blowing in the Maui breezes, this remarkable pianist interprets the sounds as the visuals keep changing."
   ---Mendocino Film Festival Program Guide

We all enjoyed our time at the Mendocino Film Festival, where Tammy Hall: Reflections was selected for festival programming and jazz pianist Tammy Hall performed at the gala opening event. This was an historic occasion - it was the inaugural festival - and it ran from May 18-21 2006 in Mendocino, California. Because each chapter of our film Tammy Hall: Reflections can stand on its own, the chapters were treated as shorts, and programmed along with other films, enriching the festivalgoers' experience. We were excited to be paired with the following feature films: Callback, Mr. Dungbeetle, Self Medicated, and The Garage. Judging from the number of movies which included mental anguish as part of their story line (the first three), we can't help but wonder whether perhaps the festival programmers thought thought a little beautiful piano jazz would be an appropriate beginning, soothing the audience before their filmgoing experience.

About the Mendocino Film Festival

The Mendocino Film Festival is dedicated to providing quality independent films, documentaries, foreign films, short films, and animation to audiences of all ages and cinematic tastes and to educate film and video students in the art of filmmaking and production. About 25 independent films were shown over the four days of the Festival.

About Mendocino California

Mendocino is a magical place for film and all creative arts. Over the past 101 years, Mendocino has been the location to over 60 films including East of Eden, Summer of '42, and Same Time Next Year. With its stunning scenery and historically preserved town, Mendocino is the perfect setting for film locations as well as film festivals.

About the film

Tammy Hall: Reflections - In this film of jazz favorites and original compositions, the musical artistry of jazz pianist Tammy Hall (captured live in concert at the famed Yoshi's Jazz House) is combined with cinematography by the elfenworks team and visuals by master editor/animator Tim Schaller. The blending of Hall's performance with dream-like imagery invite you to escape into a world of visual metaphor inspired and driven by the emotional qualities evoked by the themes of the music. Directed by Lauren Speeth. More information about this film is available in our film detail page.