Wholphin

Hallo there-

I attach some photos from the opening night gala & party for the site.
Blurb can read: !f Istanbul, the city’s pioneering independent film festival, celebrated its 6th edition this year, Feb 15-25. Ticket sales were at a record high, with some 50,000 independent film lovers attending the festival’s screenings, held in three theaters across İstanbul. For a second year running, !f screened a Wholphin selection of films.

Cheers!

Pelin Turgut
!f International

[Sevinmek, we say! Sevinmek!]

Wholphin Screening at the !F Festival in Instanbul:

Captivating footage or inadvertent birth of a new fetish? We honestly don’t know, but some of the comments are worrying. Anyway. These are the winners of the Wholphin Raspberry Competition. For those who are interested, here’s how we determined the victors: Filming at a constant frame rate of 400 fps, we calculated the number of frames it took a contestant’s tongue to complete a full cycle to determine the speed. These are the winners by our admittedly clumsy calculations.
Enjoy.

Lisa Q:

Rosemary, of NoisePop:

Our own, Eli:

Allison B:

And the reigning champion Emily, again:

Dirty Dog,

Right now I am fighting a flu and trying to finish up a super short film for Mike Plante’s Lunchfilm. Lunchfilm is this deal where Mike (who is affiliated with several festivals such as Sundance and Cinevegas) buys you lunch and you are responsible for giving him a movie that you don’t spend more on than the price of the lunch. Then he tours the fests with these shorts and shows them to an audience while they eat a free lunch. My short is only 48 seconds long, no words, and really gory.

Carson M.