A Fine Whistler Fest
Spent the start of December out in snowy Whistler, British Columbia attending the 6th annual Whistler Film Festival, which I am happy to report was a well organized and filmmaker friendly good time. Caught some strong films (many Canadian), stuffed my gob with some decent chow, attended some cool panels and even hit the slopes for a 1/2 day. All work and no play makes Jack a cantankerous ass.
The Perfection of the Moment screened on Sunday night and invited some good laughs and hearty applause at the credits. It played a sold out house in front of Paul Fox's "Everything's Gone Green", which was written by Douglas Coupland (Vancouverite author). And also shot in Vancouver - playing Vancouver (a rarity). In other words, my film received great placement. Thanks to everyone at the festival, especially Director of Programming, Bill Evans and the two wonderful Volunteers I met at guest services and then kept bumping into at a variety of screenings, including mine. Feeling like you are a part of things as a short filmmaker is not easy, as most, if not all, of the attention is paid to the feature length stuff, but Whistler did a nice job. A bright future in store for this fest, especially with the spotlight on them for the upcoming winter olympics. I look forward to bringing my next film back there to kick it up for a few days in the funky Coast Mountain town. Keep your eyes out for Matt Bissonnette's Who Loves the Sun and Ross Weber's Mount Pleasant. Both excellent.
Stumbled upon this site listing Free public domain movies & documentaries. Some are obviously not public domain, but they are somehow out there in cyberspace anyway. I finally caught George Lucas in Love (under Short Films) and some great educational content from the 40's and 50's, including Dating: Do's and Don'ts (1949) and Body Care and Grooming (1947). There is A TON of stuff to check out. Something for everyone. I apologize in advance for the time sucking void you're about to fall into.
Lastly, the folks at Simply Scripts have posted a pdf of Christopher Nolan's latest, The Prestige, a film which will surely lurk among my top 10 for the year. Click here to zip over to Simply Scripts Movie page and check out the goodies, which also includes the script for Hard Candy.
Some project updates coming soon...