HDFest's Day of Hi-Def Hits Central Cinema Sunday

For one day only, the HDFest is in town at The SunBreak sponsor Central Cinema. (Round of applause!) Screenings will run all day tomorrow, December 6, from 1:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Tickets are just $10, but if you're among the first ten people to tell the box office, "The SunBreak sent me!" you get in free. How wonderful is that. That way you can spend that $10 you saved on pizza and beer, which will be delivered right to your table.

At the festival you'll see a variety of shorts and features shot in--wait for it--the high definition format all the kids are talking about. I am told the program includes the documentary film Down Days (shot in Haines, Alaska, it takes you inside the life of the big mountain extreme skier) and the U.S. premiere of the Scottish eco-thriller Dark Nature, along with animated shorts and music videos.

In theory there is more information at the HDFest website, but it's down as of my typing this. it's up again. Animated shorts come first (1:30-2:30), then music videos (2:45-4:15), then short films (4:30-6:00). Each of these showcases is $10, I think. At 6:15, it's a documentary on how to colonize the stars, and Down Days screens, followed by Dark Nature.

• HDFest runs Sunday, December 6, at Central Cinema, from 1:30 to 10:30 p.m. The first ten people to tell the box office, "The SunBreak sent me!" get in free. Otherwise, it's just $10.