behind the scenes at a truly indie film fest created by filmmakers for filmmakers -- the second annual ShortFest is April 2007 in Tucson, Arizona!

Monday, April 17, 2006

THANK YOU, ARIZONA!

OK, I took about 12 hours off on Sunday to recuperate from the incredible high of Saturday's ShortFest. I'm working now on updating the Web site with all the winning films, fest photos and info on the online version of the festival that will go up soon. The ShortFest is just getting started, folks!

The mini-report: The first TucsonFilm.com ShortFest was a huge success by anyone's critical standard. Our humble gratitude to the hundreds of filmmakers and film lovers who came to Tucson from all over the West, and to those who unwavered in their support for the quality of our filmmaker seminar and the film selection itself.

Thank you to all whose vision, loyalty, understanding and passion matched our own. Mike Rom and I have already put many hundreds of hours of work into this fest, and it was so gratifying (and a great relief) to see our efforts embraced by the people whose opinions and input mean the most to us: our fellow filmmakers.

Complete details will be at TucsonFilm.com and on this blog later today!

2 Comments:

Blogger Scissor Circus said...

No doubt in my mind that your Shortfest was all-substance and lo-fluff, which is saying alot in this town. Great films on Saturday! Sarah and I had a great time. Thanks El Super Ocho (ESO) for the chance to get out, see good film, and meet new faces from around Arizona. Hope to see you this Friday at our Alumni in the Business event, or at the afternoon screenings at the Gallagher.

8:34 AM

 
Blogger El Super Ocho said...

These kind words are so welcome -- you cannot imagine how deeply they touch Mike and I. Thank you.

The "new faces" part of the fest was especially fruitful -- I met many, many filmmakers I never knew before. And guess what, it seemed they felt comfortable enough in the atmosphere of this festival to talk to each other! :)

Best wishes for the screening this Friday at the UA, and hopefully we can join forces in the future. I'd love to give back to my UA community as I've tried to give outside of it...

"ESO" ? Sounds like a new TV network, lol.

8:41 AM

 

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