Hari Leigh

UGG!!!!!!

2012-01-24T15:32:00.000-08:00

So I'm about to head off to Sundance, the land of fuzzy boots and scanning eyes. Looking forward to being recognized as "not recognizable" to all of the freezing cold cinematic elite.

In case you were worried, I chose to go under the moniker "Hari LIegh" for this short film, because it's small and I didnt want to take the attention away from the film by being a "name", so thats why the website has me billed that way. It's certainly not because of a typographical error that I have been begging to be fixed.

Hari Liegh = Me. The cats outta the bag.

Sundance!

2011-12-14T17:56:00.000-08:00

A very cool indie short I shot earlier this year has just been accepted to Sundance. (see disembodied hand above)

Ever since I was a little girl watching the IFC channel (you feel old now, huh?) I dreamed of having a movie play to the furry booted film community drinking free Boku in Park City Utah. Well, that day has come.

If you happen to be at Sundance this year, Check out '92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card. Directed by hyperkinetic genius Todd Sklar (Box Elder), and starring Alex Rennie, James Pumphrey, and myself.

Showing times are here:
http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120172/92_skybox_alonzo_mourning_rookie_card

T is for Twin - The ABC's of Death

2011-10-03T14:35:00.000-07:00

Check out the fantastic Ben Martin's super spooky psychotrip, Harror Show. T is for Twin.

If you like it, you can vote at theabcsofdeath.com

Thanks!
Hari

T is for Twin

2011-10-02T17:16:00.000-07:00

Happy to have yet another Ben Martin short competing for horror bragging rights.

Please vote for our little film here http://26th.theabcsofdeath.com/t-is-for-twin/

Or I will kill you. Hahaha...hmm....HAHAHA...hmmmmmm

This is Scoop Newsworthy Reporting Live...

2011-08-25T13:46:00.000-07:00

Big things happening besides Earthquakes in places where they rarely happen.

Small Pond is showing this Sunday at The Sidewalk Festival in Birmingham Alabama.

http://almovingimage.org/sidewalk-fest.html

Director Josh Slates will be in attendance on its behalf. I will be avoiding getting trapped in airports in Hurricane free Los Angeles and gearing up to record my very first cartoon voiceover for a new Nickelodeon pilot.

Stay tuned for more info about The Sidewalk fest, and my transformation into a television cartoon character, as opposed to the really animated person I've always been.

-Hari

*****UPDATE******

Small Pond took the Programmers Choice award at Sidewalk this year. Congrats to Josh Slates! And many many thanks to Rachel Morgan, Dave West and all the kind folks of Birmingham for the honor. See you next year!

Reel Deal.

2011-04-29T11:29:00.000-07:00

Hari Leigh's Demo Reel from Hari Leigh on Vimeo.

Small Pond to premier at Maryland Film Fest (yay!)

2011-04-15T13:58:00.000-07:00

We’re pleased to announce the dates and times when “Small Pond” will be screening as part of its world premiere at the Maryland Film Festival.

Director Josh Slates, producer Kim Sherman and cast members Hari Leigh, Susan Burke and Josh Fadem are all currently slated to be in attendance at the festival as well (in addition to many local Baltimore crew members and some last-minute surprise guests) …

http://www.md-filmfest.com/film-guide-2011.cfm?id=58

SMALL POND (Josh Slates)
Directed By: Josh Slates
Starring: Hari Leigh, Amy Seimetz, Susan Burke, Josh Fadem, Ann Magnuson, Boson Au

(77 minutes)

Some people need a kick in the face before they realize it's time to grow up. Twenty-something Kirsten (Hari Leigh) is one of those people. She's a rudderless hipster working minimal hours at a pizza-and-beer joint. She isn't exactly a bad person, but a little of her goes a long way. To her put-upon roommate, Katie (Amy Seimetz), she's a nightmare who drinks and eats everything in the house; after all, doing her own shopping would require too much forethought. Even Kirsten's best friend Mike (Josh Fadem) is growing weary of her dip-shitted aimlessness. As summer drags on in her emptied-out college town, Kirsten tries in vain to fight the inevitable boredom and figure out what to do with her life between beers. Then a hit of nitrous oxide helps her figure it out.

Baltimore transplant Josh Slates has staked his claim on dialogue-driven, satiric short films. His feature debut is a sincere coming-of-age story with enough laughs to catch you off guard. Small Pond is an unabashed love letter to his hometown of Columbia, Missouri, where the rent, beer, and part-time jobs are cheap—like the way Baltimore used to be. It's also worth noting solid lead performances by Hari Leigh and Amy Seimetz, plus an appearance by '80s club staple and Bongwater vocalist Ann Magnuson. (Joe Tropea)
Screenings:

May 7, 2011
07:30 PM
Charles Theater 4

May 8, 2011
11:30 AM
Charles Theater 5

CARE CENTER SLAUGHTERHOUSE

2011-04-02T16:27:00.000-07:00

Please use your voting finger to help Care Center Slaughterhouse win the "Hobo With a Shotgun" trailer contest. It was written and directed by my dear friend Ben Martin and was a labor of love that shines above the rest. True Grindhouse.

http://ca.hobowithashotgun.com/contest/vote/

Ain't It Cool News gave it their seal of approval. It's official. We're cool.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/49120

Stand up at Sunday Sunday Sunday

2011-03-25T12:16:00.001-07:00

I will be appearing on April 10th at:

The Improv Space
954 Gayley
Westwood, CA

Show starts at 9:30.

Check it out.

Small Pond Trailer

2011-02-13T18:09:00.000-08:00

The trailer for 2009's Small Pond. Shot in Columbia Missouri. By director Josh Slates.

"Small Pond" (teaser trailer) from Josh Slates on Vimeo.

In the meantime..

2011-01-27T21:57:00.000-08:00

While I try to figure out how best to present myself to you on this blogger page, please enjoy this video while your party is being reached...

Blackswan Dodson - watch more funny videos

Soon to come...

2011-01-06T20:15:00.000-08:00

The shameful self-promotion of Hari Leigh.