All parties and networking events are open to all passholders 21 years of age and older unless otherwise indicated.
deadCenter 2017 officially opens with our wildly popular cocktail party on the Oklahoma City Museum of Art rooftop. Come meet the filmmakers and start planning your schedule for the weekend while enjoying complimentary Stella Artois beer and Charles Smith wines. Stop by and party before or after one of our four official Opening Night feature films and two shorts programs!
Open to the Public.
After a night of stellar films relax, unwind, and talk to filmmakers and guests at Fassler Hall. With ample seating indoor and out, a wide selection of beers, and half price house-made sausages, the Opening Night After Party is a great way to cap off Night One of deadCenter.
Passholders only, 21 and over.
After the movies have ended, join 405 Magazine and Dunlap Codding for a raucous dance-a-thon fueled by delicious Stella Artois, Charles Smith Wines, and Svedka Vodka.
Eight-time Emmy Award-winning casting director (Homeland, Desperate Housewives, NYPD Blue) and Oklahoma City native Junie Lowry-Johnson will talk shop with fellow Oklahoma Film ICON, actor, and casting director Chris Freihofer (Breaking Bad), to illuminate the role of the casting director in developing a film or television show.
Oklahoma City native and Oklahoma Film ICON Mike Mitchell, director of Shrek Forever After, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, will pull back the curtain to explore how animated feature films are made, with a focus on his most recent smash hit, Trolls. A screening of Trolls will immediately follow, along with a Q&A hosted by former Oklahoma film commissioner Bud Elder.
Outdoor Dance Party free and open to the public. VIP Party in Garden Pavilion passholder only, must be 21 and over.
Follow the music across the bridge to a FREE dance party for all guests outside featuring a passholder-only cocktail party in the Garden Pavilion.
How are the emerging technologies of 360 video and virtual reality shifting the way storytellers think about the art of crafting compelling story? Join our moderator, WonderTek Labs CEO and Chief Imaginator Kim Voynar and our pioneering panel of 360 storytellers in what’s sure to be a lively and fascinating conversation about the impact of 360 video and VR/AR on the future of cinematic storytelling. Featuring 360 artists Stina Hamlin (Say Our Name), Lacey Leavitt (Eagle Bone and Potato Dreams), and Jess Kantor (La Sorcellerie).
Open to the public, 21 and over.
Stop by to say thanks to our amazing volunteers and offer one last toast to friends old and new at the very last party of deadCenter 2017. TimeOut is a Pop Up Bar along the Bricktown canal that will offer swings, games, music, and tasty drink specials for passholders.
