Trail Dance Film Festival

The Trail Dance Film Festival, which took place in Duncan, Oklahoma, was pretty cool. It's a nice festival with a lot of people who are really into film and have a lot of passion for independent filmmaking. It was a welcoming environment.

So we were screening at 10:00 pm Saturday night, so we went down, had a few drinks, then made our way to the screening. We've decided to not watch the film with the audiences anymore because it's just too nerve wracking. I hate seeing and hearing reactions first hand, but it's a trade-off I'm okay with.














Before we screened, we went into the theatre to just look around and this is where we found ourselves: a theatre with weeks and grass growing in front of a large screen. There were also fake deer and other animals littering the area. It. Was. Awesome.

After the screening, we had a nice Q&A with the crowd (most stayed, which was nice) then went to a hotel to have a little party with some good friends of ours. What did we do? Talked about making a movie. And had some champagne.

The next day, we went back for the award ceremony. But this was no normal award ceremony. It was a magic show/award ceremony. Boy, it was something.

So after about an hour, we get to our category: Best Action/Adventure film. Now, okay. Um, what? I'm not really sure how we got stuck in this category. Don't get me wrong. Being nominated was awesome. But, "The Stanton Family Grave Robbery," an action film?

Here was a film we were up against: Target Practice. This film won Best Action Film at the 2008 Action Film Festival.

But what happens? We win. What? Yeah. Here I am, holding the Golden Drover trophy. It's actually pretty bad ass. Heavy, not easy to break.

Here I am, holding the Golden Drover trophy. It's actually pretty bad ass. Heavy, not easy to break.










It's even engraved! But in all seriousness, we were so happy to get this. We're just happy to get our film in a festival that winning awards isn't even on our mind (because we know we won't win them). So this is just great. We're very thankful.

But I think this photo of the award is more appropriate:Explodaboom!

And here is a new trailer for our film, which displays the action/adventure of our film: