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A Cinematic event, an event like no other. This unique gathering of amateur artists, conmen, and freaks who meet up before they're too famous or fabulous to partake in this event. WIPE is not just a crappy amateur film festival. WIPE is a state of mind, just like Coney Island used to be. WIPE takes the typical cheap-ass underground film festival on a spin. The festival space is not a cinema hall but an open space, where different moments follow one another and sometimes merge like milk and cookies on X-mass Eve or Hannukah or whatever, you catch our drift... from screenings to music performances, stand-up comedy and, of course, a bar that allows the audience to connect before, during, and after the screenings. This little island makes everything even more tolerable. The whole shebang is just an excuse to create a complexity of elements going on for eight years. Each and every year is memorable for at least someone. Maybe this year, it will be you. The movies are usually sincere. They haven’t been tainted by greedy producers, film critiques, rejections, and mold. It is the best way to start or end your career, or you can simply pass by and compare a Philipino Horror short to Godard’s earliest stuff while drinking some exotic cocktails concocted by a midget wearing a rental tuxedo or the guy next door.

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