Rumschringe International Short Film Festival

M'aidez will play at the Rumschringe International Short Film Festival this Friday November 7th during the 5pm screening at Zoetropolis in Lancaster, Pa. I am very excited about this one since I grew up in Lancaster County. I plan on attending and look forward to seeing the other shorts that will be playing with it.

Best Animation at West Virginia FILMmakers Festival

I was pleasantly surprised today to find out that M'aidez won the best Animation/Music Video/Experimental category at this past week's West Virginia FILMmakers Festival. Thank you to the festival for screening it and to those who attended. This means a lot after all of the time invested into the project. Thanks!

Warriors shirts available on Teepublic

I recently added my Warriors poster to teepublic.com where you can now buy it... in shirt form. It comes in three variations and you can select from a number of different shirt colors for each. I am told that they will also be adding prints to their store soon, in which case I will also make it available as a poster.

Festival updates

M'aidez was accepted to three more festival. It was also rejected by several, but let's focus on the positive.

It will play the International Animation Festival in Uruguay which takes place September 17th-19th

 

The West Virgina Filmmaker's Festival will be from October 3rd-6th  

 

And it will be shown out of competition at the Animasyros Festival in Greece from October 2nd- 5th

Film Festivals

I found out recently that M'aidez has been selected to play at several film festivals. I am thrilled that it will get to be seen by a larger audience and am curious/terrified how it will look on the big screen.

It will play the Reel East Film Festival this Friday, August 22nd at 6pm. I plan on attending this one and am looking forward to the experience.

The Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival, which runs September 26th, 27th, and 28th. No word on a specific time for that one yet.

And The Smalls Festival in London September 1st-5th. No time for that one yet either.

M'aidez is coming to an end... finally

I am just about finished with the final version of my animated short, M'aidez. The finished piece is exporting as I type (don't crash don't crash don't crash). Since I am submitting the longer version (about eight and a half minutes) to film festivals, I have pulled the short version off Vimeo. Some festivals don't want movies or even segments posted online, which is understandable. I will update the blog if my video makes it into any competitions so you can see the end result on the big screen. Next year I will post the whole version online once the year of festivals is through.

Ain't It Cool News

Mike, aka Muldoon, over at Ain't It Cool News runs a weekly Saturday short film post. I submitted my short, M'aidez a few weeks back and kind of forgot about it. I was bowled over yesterday when I was perusing this weeks selections to see my name and video posted. This is a big deal for me. I have been a very dedicated follower of Ain't It Cool since about 1999 and rarely go a day without checking in on what's new. Yes, I'm kind throwing all of my geek cards out on the table. I really appreciate the post and kind words from Mike. The post has been a big boost in getting people to check it out. Click the image below to see the page and check out the other animation shorts posted along side mine.