A year ago this weekend…
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A year ago this Memorial Day weekend, we began production on “the best part of my day”. Time flies doesn’t it? I think back to where I was living (a pretty tiny flat in that courtyard), what I was doing, and who I was doing it with, and it really gets to me how far I, and everyone else, have come. Really puts things into perspective.
So I personally feel like I have a lot to thank so many people for. This film has absolutely changed my life in a positive way. Here’s how.
1.) Fests: Heartland Film Festival (Primary Goal Achieved, EXTREMELY positive experience), Cleveland Int Film Fest (First Professional Award garnered, and a happy one at that, huge street cred, won back half of my investment), Big Island Film Festival (took me to a place off-continent finally, and we made some great film friends).
2.) Noteriety: Our website has breached the 10,000 hits mark, not too shabby. Peaks occur right after fests. There’s a ton of people who actually know who we are in Indy as well, including several peeps from the 48 hr film fest. Google our film in quotes. You’ll see us on a ton of movie review blogs. Very fun.
3.) Professionally: The company I work for, was able to sell a huge job to one of the biggest clients we could ever hope for, due directly to the success of our film.
And the ride (hopefully) isn’t over yet. We’re waiting to hear back from Amsterdam, Feel Good Film Fest, St. Louis Film Fest, and Harvest Moon. I still plan to submit to Cannes, Tribeca, and with Cinequest and Slamdance, I plan to re-submit there. We plan to sell the film to raise funds for the next film, and after we hear from all the fests, we’ll finally post online publicly and notify every major movie blog about it.
Thank you, the blog reader, for reading and supporting our filmmaking efforts. Without your support, your viewership, this wouldn’t be art. It’d just be a bunch of people making fast-moving pictures together. : )
Recap of BIFF!
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So I was lucky enough to attend Big Island Film Festival 2010, and it was an awesome time. We spent a few days in Honolulu, then headed to the Big Island for the festival. From the VIP gala, to the swank resort (Mauna Lani), to the various Hawaii-only activities we participated in (boating to a small island, snorkeling with the sea turtles, and exploring the volcano/lava fields), I couldn’t have asked for more. Mahalo for having me BIFF!
View from our room… you could literally walk out to the hottub (left) or ocean (right).
VIP Reception
Chilling with Stuart and Tracey, the stars of Tick Tock, at the VIP Reception.
During the festival there were several showcases, and I was able to attend a few. There were a some films and filmmakers I was very impressed with, and I want to highlight them below…
An ACCEPTANCE and an AWARD @ CIFF!!
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Hey everyone! So fantastic news – “the best part of my day” has been ACCEPTED into the Big Island Film Fest, and has WON the “Clover and Maggie Award” at the Cleveland International Film Festival! That’s right – we’re up to three acceptances and one award, making the film AWARD WINNING!!
This is monumental. I can’t begin to thank everyone involved at the CIFF for awarding us this honor, we’re truly touched. More details to come on this exciting award and the Big Island Film Fest in the next post!