The first festival for our first feature film

We've been to the deadCenter Film Festival two times before, in 2006 for our first official short film, "Owen's Predicament" and in 2007 for "For the Love of Family" and "Building Imagination." Kevin's short film "Internship" was also in the festival that year.

But to have a feature there was a completely different experience. First, we had to deal with the fact that people had to like our film for longer than 10 minutes. With a short, you think, "Oh God, this is terrible. But it'll be over in a few minutes." With a feature, you think, "Blugh," which is the way I write out the noise for vomiting.

This is Cole before the screening. Very nervous. Or constipated. Or something:


Here is Brand before the screening. Very windswept.


This is Kevin before the screening. He is out in Los Angeles. I don't know if he works in this area though, so this photo might not be accurate.


And here I am before the screening, holding a pug.


Cole and I sort of have a nice relationship when it comes to screenings: I am incredibly nervous and he is calm. It keeps things normal and makes the whole process go smoothly. It sounds weird, but it works. Before one screening, Cole was nervous and it really made me mad because that's my gig, not his.

But the screening went great, minus a few technical glitches (which were apologized for very much by the festival, but come on, it isn't their fault. Stuff happens.)

We even got our first review out of it! Check it out here.

So 2008 was the best deadCenter Film Festival we had ever been to. Our good friend Don Swaynos' film, "Year at Danger" won best documentary too. It's a fun festival to attend with some truly great people involved. Thanks to them for the opportunity to show our film for the first time.