Beverly Hills Short Film Festival and AFI Dallas orientation

We screened at the BHSFF last night, and it was an interesting experience. Unlike some of the other festivals, this is a smaller affair, in a city that literally has hundreds of film festivals (compared to say, Omaha, where we played last week, where it really is an event). That said, they played us in a spectacular theater, the Fine Arts Theatre, and the image looked fantastic on screen.

It was funny though because we were part of a “Thriller” block, and I think someone gets shot in almost every movie, so it almost began losing its impact

My favorite film playing with us that night was called “Samaritan”, largely because it actually had me guessing, wondering where it was going and interested in the answer… a cool little film.

The other thing I did today was attend the AFI Dallas film festival orientation, held at the AFI conservatory. It’s a completely different affair, a huge festival spanning two weeks, red carpets every night, with a press coordinator working to get your film coverage and seen… it was amazing, and I cannot wait for it. I also met some of the other filmmakers playing the festival, and they seemed like a really savvy, talented group… one man described a film called “Filthy Food” that sounds like it is genius, apparently it has been playing the circuit very successfully for a while, and I cannot wait to see it!! Look it up, seriously, it’s worth your while…