Gotta announce these events coming up on the calendar; if you’re in Los Angeles, hope you can make it out.
First: Freak City / October 25th
A sale event at Freak City’s grand opening of their amazing 5000 square foot space on Sunday, October 25th. Featuring vendors and participants including Dim Mak, Flock Shop, Evil Genius, Delicious Vinyl and Rojas.
Narrow Books will be there offering hardcover titles from Megan Whitmarsh and Esther Pearl Watson, T-shirts by Mark Todd, and this awesome Travis Millard poster courtesy of Blood is the New Black.
2PM to 8PM, followed by an after-party till 2AM with DJs, drinks and… a taco bar!? Yeah.
But also: DesignerCon / November 21st
DesignerCon at the Pasadena Convention Center on Saturday, November 21st.
[Save the date on this one-- I'll have more information on this show soon.]
You might have noticed last week we had a notice up about Texas 1960 being selected for the Dallas Video Fest.
We were recommended for inclusion to the fest organizers on short notice… Unfortunately, it turned out we were selected as part of their “Texas Show” showcase on the final night of the fest, which is reserved for Texan filmmakers. Though it pained me to do it, I had to come clean that we weren’t from Texas. Our cast includes folks from Lousiana, New Mexico, Georgia, even Hawaii… I’m from Missouri… but no Texans.
Of course the film was de facto disqualified, but the organizers were very gracious about the mix-up… they even told us their jurors took an extra bit of time looking for a way to include the film, which was great for us to hear.
But anyway, you heard it here first, and now, if you will, you can un-hear it. Congratulations to our little crew anyway, especially the actors! If a Texas-based festival liked the film enough to include it on short notice, that’s quite a kudos to their performances with regard to dialect and accent. Jessie Birschbach, one of our actresses, took the time to prepare and share a digital package including MP3s of West Texas dialect which we sent around to all the cast before shooting, and I think her work paid off.
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