Detroit’s Jamaican Queens to Kick Off Music for HHM9
What better group to kick off the music side of the Hell’s Half Mile Film & Music Festival than this sensory-stimulating trio? Jamaican Queens—vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Ryan Spencer, guitarist/bassist Adam Pressley and drummer Ryan Clancy—deal in nuanced and trippy electro pop that is as catchy as it is experimental, merging disparate styles into an infectious concoction. Frequently bittersweet […]
HHM 2013 Award Winners
The jury awards have been decided and the audience ballots have been counted and we are very happy to announce the award winners from HHM8. This year we had one of our best film programs ever, making the choices for jury and audience award difficult. Here are our 2013 award winners: Jury Awards Best Feature: […]
Cabin Fever added as Special Screening
As if we didn’t have enough fun movies to watch! What is a film festival to do when two of the stars of the 2002 horror film Cabin Fever are scheduled to attend? Well, show it as our late night screening, of course. Both Rider Strong and Joey Kern will be attending the screening and […]
Spotlight: Interview with Producer Shaun O’Banion
Shaun O’Banion, who has come to the festival in years past, is busy working out the details of his newest project: a dramatic comedy about dating in your 30s. “I was looking for something a little lighter in tone that could also take me into a different direction,” O’Banion said. With his previous two films, […]