Countdown to Santa Fe: 3 weeks

The countdown begins... three weeks from today, at 10:00am, Dream will be playing at the Santa Fe Film Festival! If you can't be there in person... be there in spirit!

Don't be alarmed by the time, I hear 10am is the new 8pm. Plus, everyone there will have nothing to do but run back and forth from one movie to another soaking it all in. At least that's my plan.

Flight and hotel are secured. Festival pass is on hand. All that's left to do is get myself from the airport in Albuquerque to Santa Fe. That and connect with the other Dream cast for happy hours in the filmmakers' lounge!

If you haven't had a chance to watch, rate and comment on the trailer - click me - and see what all the hype is about.

Now to check my closet for clothes that can stand up to highs in the mid 4o's and lows in the teens! The teens!

"Dream" Goes to the Santa Fe Film Festival!

As many of you know... in the summer of 2007 I quit my perfectly good job, packed up a video camera and went to Africa in search of people making a difference in their communities. All the while, I was recording video diaries of my exploits and sending them to a filmmaker in Boston who was putting together a documentary film called "Dream" which documents the journeys of six people who are attempting to achieve our various dreams.

I'm happy to report... the film is finished and will be shown Thursday, December 3rd at the Santa Fe Film Festival!

Check out the trailer below and please... share comments, rate the video, make it a favorite, pass it on... all these things help create buzz and buzz is what our film needs!

And if anyone wants to join me in Santa Fe... call me up and let's make it happen!

Cult Fiction wins at Scary Cow

Earlier this year, I signed up on a Scary Cow team to make another film. Knowing I had no more interest in holding the boom pole and doing location sound, I said I was interested in helping the producer. What a good way to learn, I thought.

Well, the producer backed out before the project got started and I ended up as the executive producer on the film, learning as I went along. Luckily for me there were fabulous people on our team and we worked together really well.

Yes, yes, how wonderful you think. But what was the outcome of all those lost weekends and filming at Green Apple Books at 5:00am on Easter Sunday? Given that you've read the title of this post, you will not be surprised to learn that the movie Cult Fiction took the top award at the Scary Cow screening last Sunday! Fantastic!

The movie is embedded below. Look for me in 2 small cameos as the reporter and one of the cult women. Congratulations to the team and stay tuned for the next film!

Cult Fiction from Dead Set Films on Vimeo.