JUST KEEPS GOING
Sept. 12 – Ah, San Francisco. Yeah. We screened there as part of the San Francisco International Short Film Festival. Great crowd, fair projection and lots of very good company in attendance.
↑ On the ride up, we passed a display of flags honoring the victims of 9/11 on the lawn of Pepperdine University
→ Best meal this trip goes to the House of Nanking. It was a recommendation from David Green, the director of the short film we were there to see.
↑ David Green, “Meltdown” director looking dapper just before the show.
→ Our screening venue, the Red Vic Movie House.
↑ Producer Ryan Hendricks up in front while we answer questions about the film.
Good times had by all. We screened at three other festivals that week and got another Audience Choice Award in Chicago and DC Shorts. Yeah us! They like us, they really, really like us.
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE…
Aug. 12 – I just got an email that “Meltdown” also won an Audience Choice Awards! Yeah, us!
MELTDOWN WINS BEST NARRATIVE AT HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
Aug. 09 – A big congrats to David and Ryan (and by extension, myself) on winning Best Narrative last night at HollyShorts Film Festival in Hollywood. First of many I’m sure. It was the best part of what was arguably a rough night.
On the heels of the very well run Palm Springs festival, I was a bit disappointed with the way this festival was organized. This list goes something like this:
* More than an hour late to start our screening and if it weren’t for the fact that I kept asking what the hold up was, we would have never known. No one came out to make an announcement despite the fact I could clearly see all the festival planners milling around outside the theater. If you’re gonna make us wait, serve drinks!
* The shorts we were grouped with were strangely incongruous. Unless there’s a thread of commonality I missed, homeless runaway kids who kill someone on their way to a commune should hardly be mixed with food fighting for there survival against a wrathful growth of ice!
* It may sound petty but the parking validation machine didn’t work. Not a big thing usually unless you’re asked to pay $24 for parking! Really!!! And when the issue was brought to the attention of the organizers and theater manager, the response was almost laughable. The theater owner said to us, “if you drive real close to the car in front of you at the exit, you can probably slip through the gate”. Not the response I would have liked. Or the event organizer who said, “whoa that sucks” *(REALLY!) and could do nothing despite the fact that the program ran an hour late plus the awards which we were not aware where taking place after our screening. Fortunately (and surprisingly) we did find a parking attended who could do something for us – it still is going to cost us $12.00 for the privilege.
Venting is done now back to the positive. We won something and that’s really is great. We had a chance for several of our friends and family to see our little movie that we’re all very proud of and to spend some time together. That’s what matter.
I’ll add some pictures from the night later today…
