The Movie Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi 7-Day Film Project boasts 44 flicks

The 2011 Corpus Christi 7-Day Film Project culminates at the Harbor Playhouse on Saturday with the screening of 44 films, separated into five flights.

The project began as a labor of love for Hilliard, a movie buff who was distressed at the amount of independent films shown in Corpus Christi when he moved back here from Houston. His first step was to form the Corpus Christi Film Society.

"I created the film society with the hope at the time of trying to create a dedicated group of people who would go to art films on the rare occasion they would come to town," Hilliard said. "It kind of morphed into 'let's start a film event.'"

Hoping to draw enough movies to fill up a day, the project started out bigger than they dreamed.

"That first year we did it we had 36 teams show up," Hilliard said. "It's like, 'Wait a second. Who are these people? Where do these people come from?' There was this community of people whose needs were not being met."

The process is simple. The society hosted a casting call on June 22. Then each filmmaker has one week, starting at 6:30 p.m. July 6 to film, edit and turn in a movie not more than eight minutes long.

As word spreads and filmmakers from past years return, the movies are growing more diverse.

"There were a lot of drug deals gone bad the first couple of years," Hilliard said. "I think what people have learned over the years is original story is usually rewarded."

McClung, a veteran of the process despite starting his senior year in high school next week, said the festival has created a network of cast and crews in the area.

"I think it's great and I think it's really, really cool how it's getting bigger," McClung said.

It's getting attention elsewhere too. Willden first heard of the project when he was still in Austin.

Beware Of Corpus Christ: The Movie--even Non-catholic Christians ...

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