Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

Well we landed in big sky country. What a beautiful place and what an amazing festival. We have seen some really amazing documentary films and have met a ton of talented filmmakers. The staff here are true film lovers and Missoula is a real suprise to me - the restaurants here are amazing, food is unbelievable, amazing coffee shops/cafe's - there is so much the town has to offer even thought it is compacted into a smaller space than a larger city. I am impressed.

Our film plays on Monday at 3:00 and I think the turn out will be good. I will post my sense of the movies a bit later on. I have included a quick clip here.

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Home From Victoria

Well I'm home. It was a thrilling ride in Victoria. Playing to a full house and getting great feedback. We spoke with Distribution Reps, met other filmmakers and had an all around good time. My producing partner, Laura Bernieri, always said the film would have a life and it certainly had one of its best days in Victoria. Now we are onward to the Big Sky Documentary Festival in a few weeks and I am truly looking forward to that.

I have included a video of the beginning intro to the film and some of the clips with the audience response, they said not to bring cameras but I guess I'm allowed right?

Let me know what you think!!!

Sunday Feb 1 - Screening Tonight

Well we screen tonight, and as mentioned before we are sold out which is exciting. We have seen a few film here and one I truly recommend is called "One Week" and another is "50 Dead Men Walking". One Week is an inspirational story about someone coming to terms with a life threatening issue and the woman he intends to marry while he drives his newly acquired motorcycle across Canada. 50 Dead Men is an IRA/Irish story that is compelling and fierce.

Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan, Flags of our Fathers) is here and has been really cool to all the filmmakers and Charles Martin Smith (American Graffitti, Never Cry Wolf) s here too. The Victoria audiences are very enthusiastic film goers and more than one person told me - what else is there to do at night. Well for me, there are terrific pubs, restaurants etc. But it does get kind of chilly at night.

Festival Director Kathy Kay (pictured above) has been tremendous and I highly reccommend coming to this festival if it ever should be available to you. I have gotten to speak with distribution folks at Bravo, Foundry Films, IFC and still have a few more folks to speak with. I hope the screening goes well and am really looking forward to it. I'll let you all know how it goes tomorrow.

Michael