Festival Update

Hey Everyone,

It's been a while but the good thing is that we've been super busy with the film. Hopefully, by the end of the week we'll have all the new screening info up on BSW so you can see what's been going on and where we've been. We have a few new festivals we're going too. So, check out all the info. I'll put their websites at the end of this blog.

In just a few weeks all of us are heading off to LA for the FAIF-IFF. It should be a ball. If you know anyone in the LA area or are going to be there yourself please come out to the screening -- would love to have a packed out theater. You can get tickets online here: http://www.ticketbiscuit.com/IndieFestUSA/IndieFestUSA.aspx?Page=http://www.ticketbiscuit.com/IndieFestUSA/EventListPage.aspx

Some other very exciting news to be told, Soon No Country for Old Men will be released and based on the trailers looks like Zach Hopkins, one of our leads in BSW, will be making the final cut. You should definely go see No Country for Old Men. Here's a link to apple's website where you can check out the trailer. In one of them there is a full on shot of Zach. He looks great. Can't wait to see the film. http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/nocountryforoldmen/

The film festivals that are coming up:

Oct. 19th to 25th -- Indie Memphis Film Festival: Soul of Southern Filmmaking
http://www.indiememphis.com/festival.html
Schedule not posted yet

Nov 9th to 11th -- Poppy Jasper Film Festival
Screening on Nov 9th at 9pm
http://www.poppyjasperfilmfest.org/index.html

Nov 8th to 11th -- Asheville Film Festival (Asheville, NC)
Screening on Nov 9th at 7-8:30pm
http://www.ashevillefilmfest.com/

Nov 15th to 18th -- Big Easy Short Festival (New Orleans, LA)
Screening on Nv 17th at 3:30pm
http://www.bigeasyshortsfestival.com/


So there it all is. Hope this fills you in and I'll keep you updated. It's great that BSW is having such a great run.

EIFF Awards Nominations announced

I am very excited to announce that BSW was nominated as Best Narritve Short Film at the Everglades International Film Festival. I'm so sorry we can't make it to the festival because it actually looks like it's going to be a really fun festival. But our thoughts will be with them at the end of Sept. especial on Sept 29th when the awards are announced. If you want to check out their website or see who else is been nominated please do so. Their websites is http://www.amritsa.com/noms07.htm .

It is a great honor to be nominated and we wish everyone good luck. Two of the films in the running with us Monica and I saw at the CIFF festival earlier this year. They were both cool films and the filmmakers were great. Good luck to everyone.

LA Shorts Fest 2007

Hey all,

We have been accepted in to another festival, The LA Shorts Fest 2007, which is coming up on us pretty quickly. The dates for the festival are Sept. 5th - 17th. We will be screening at the AMC Burbank Town Center 6 in Burbank, CA. on Sept 6th, 2007 at 3:00pm. I will be attending the festival for a few days. Looks like it'll be a fun festival of all shorts, which makes this our first shorts festival to get into. Very excited about that. If you're in LA or have friends in the area please encourage them to come to the screening. There is more news to come...keep checking back.

For more info on the festival: http://www.lashortsfest.com/

Festival Updates!

Hey all,

Have a few updates on the festival seen. First, INDIE Fest Chicago ended up canceling. They lost their screening theater and weren't able to find a new home for the festival. We were pretty disappointed but it's the way it goes. Anyway, we have our fingers crossed that another festival in Chicago will screen our film. Sorry to those of you I know in Chicago. I promise we'll get it there soon. We also wish Indie Fest the best of luck.

Another change has come with the FAIF Festival. They too had lost their location at the Mann's Chinense Theater but fortunite enough they were able to partner up with another festival Indie Fest USA and we will be showing at the end of Oct. Here's their website for more info http://www.indiefestusa.com/. The festival takes place at AMC 12 theaters in Downtown Disney, (in Disneyland, very cool) from October 26th to November 2nd. Screening schedules have not been post as of yet.

That's all the festival updates I have for now. We've got alot of things in the works right now so keep checking back here.

Blue Suede Wings to be screened in Austin

Hey All,

A little short notice news for today. BSW will be screening at the FAM Festival this weekend. It's a new festival here in town in it's second year, it benefits Big Brother and Big Sister. The schedule is below. We're showing on Friday night during the short international for all ages, 6pm to 8pm. Directions are below. You can also check out their website at http://do512.com/event/2007/07/20/fam-2007-film-art-and-music-festival. Hope to see you there.


About FAM

The FAM Fest: Film, Art, and Music Festival was born when a small group of filmmakers, artists, and musicians got together and wanted to throw a good party. After the success of last years FAM Fest we have decided to make it bigger this year. It will include more artists, photographers, musicians and video installations, and will include a full night of international short films from as far away as Germany, Ireland, and a few from the United States. This years festival will benefit Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central Texas. The point of this festival is to give an opportunity for people from all styles and genres to show their talents. This year at FAM 2007 we have a very eclectic and talented group of artists and it shall prove to be one heck of a show.


Friday, July 20

3:00 p.m. - The FAM Gallery opens. Entry is free from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

6:00 - 8:00 p.m. - International Short Film Festival (all ages)

8:10 - 9:00 p.m. - Intermission. A variety of music videos will be played, giving people an oportunity to look at the gallery and have a drink.

9:15 - Midnight - The second portion of the International Short Film screenings. (Fairly Mature Content)

Midnight - 1:00 a.m. - Mixer/Gallery

Saturday, July 21

1:00 p.m. - The FAM Gallery opens.

3:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. - Gallery and Musical performances.

Rachel Loy

Jabarvy

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Aaron Franz

Gia Mai Qua

and many more...

Cost

$15 Friday

$10 Saturday

$20 Both days

Location

The Pump Project Artists Complex

702 Shady Lane

Austin, TX 78702


Directions

From North or South Austin, take 183 and exit at 7th Street

Go West on 7th Street

Go Right/North on Shady Lane

Look for the bright orange building on your left- there is a automotive shop on one side of the building and the gallery is on the right.

Another screening schedule posted

Hey everyone,

I have another screening schedule to let you know about. The Gloria Film Festival has posted their schedule you can check it out here: http://www.gloriafilmfest.org/festival.php?num=2#anchor4.

This festival is also screening a short film called Sadie Turns Seven. It played with us in Tupelo and was sooooo cute. If you go to Gloria FF it's screening in our program.

Real to Reel screening schedule posted

Hey all,

Just wanted to let everyone know that the screening schedule for the Real to Reel Film Festival has been posted. You can check it out here: http://www.ccartscouncil.org/realtoreel/real2007.htm. Looks like it's going to be a fun one.

Keep checking back, more information to come.

Real to Reel Film and Video Festival

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Well I have great news, we just got word that we're playing at the Real to Reel Film and Video Festival. It takes place July 18th to July 21st in King Mountain, NC. You can check out their website for more information. http://www.ccartscouncil.org/realtoreel/real2007.htm. They haven't posted the screening schedule as of yet but it should be up soon.

Really looks like a fun festival and in a beautiful part of our country. If you know anyone in the area please encourage them to go to the festival and check out the film. I'm not sure if we'll be able to attend since we've got several other festivals going on at the end of July beginning of Aug already. But we'll see once the schedules are up.

EIFF screening schedule

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The Everglades International Film Festival screening schedule has been posted. You can check it out here http://www.amritsa.com/eiff/screenings.htm. Looks like we'll be playing on Friday, Sept. 28th, 2007. All the films are screening at The Everglades Country Resort Dargle. They start the films at 10am...we're playing third in our section.

Come back soon, we've got alot more news to post.

Moondance Semi-Finalist

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I am very proud to announce that we made the semi-finals at the Moondance Film Festival. You can check out the whole list of finalist and semi-finalist on their website http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com/01-Home.html.

We are very honored to have made it into the semi-finals. Unfortunately, semi-finalist are not shown at the festival but it is wonderful that BSW was recognized. This is the short film that could. It just keeps on keeping on.

Everglades International Film Festival SA 2007

Hey All,

Another film festival has accepted us. I truly wish we could go to this one. Looks like alot of fun. It's in Dargle, South Africa from Sept 24th to 29th. It's our first foreign festival and by the looks of it, in a very beautiful location. Really wish we could attend, but alsa we can't make every festival. So, for anyone out there from the area I hope you can make it out and hey let us know how it goes and what you thought. For more info on the festival check out their website. http://www.amritsa.com/.

Zach's made the Coen Trailer

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I have some really fun news. While we were shooting BSW one of our leads, Zach Hopkins (Beau) landed a part in the new Coen Brother's film No Country For Old Men. He plays a deputy at the beginning of the film and is murdered by the lead baddie. Anyway, I just saw the trailer for the first time and there is Zach. It doesn't show his face but it's him. Blond hair and all.

Between the time we shot in March to our re shoots in May Zach had been out to Santa Fe, NM to do his part. He had some very fun stories about working with the Coen's and it really made me excited for him. Now that the trailer is out I'm more then ready for the film to come out and for people to see what a awesome actor Zach is. I really hope this opens many doors for him. Though, I hate to see such a nice guy get got in such a horrible way but it looks to be a very intense scene.

At the moment the trailer can be seen on Variety.com. http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=VideoBC&bcpid=987390441&bclid=1021004993&bctid=987200355

More festival news

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Seems like it's announcment time for festivals. Just received an email congratulating us to The Gloria Film Festival in West Valley, UT. It takes place Aug. 1st - 4th, right after the Chicago fest which is kinda cool. Looks like we'll be pretty busy at the end of July beginning of Aug. For more info check out their website at http://www.gloriafilmfest.org/festival.php?num=2#anchor2. They have posted the films that will be shown but a schedule is not up yet. As always please past the word around if you know anyone that lives in or around the West Valley area. We'll continue to keep you post as more info comes available.

Screening at Indiefest

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Hope you all are doing well. We're doing good here. Things are still rocking with BSW. We were accepted to a new festival. We will screen at Indiefest 2007. It's held in Chicago IL July 26 - August 2, 2007. You can check out their website http://www.indiefestchicago.com/ for more information. They will have film screening info up soon. We're all very excited about heading off to Chicago. If you have anyone you know living in the area please let them know about the showing.

Also in May, Blue Suede Wings appeared at two film markets in Europe. The Short Film Corner Market which takes place during The Cannes Film Festival and at The Oberhausen International Film Festival Market. At The Short Film Corner BSW was viewed by several distributors. So, we'll see if anything comes out of that. It was very cool to know that little BSW played at Cannes.

I'll keep everyone up to date as things come in. Hope you all are doing good and staying busy.

Award Winning Short

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I just received word from Houston Worldfest that Blue Suede Wings was awarded a Silver Remi Award. This was a great surprise and we are very honored to receive this award. If you want to learn more about the Remi or Worldfest check out their website http://www.worldfest.org/. We are now officially an award winning short. How cool is that? Way to go BSW!

Home from the Tupelo Film Festival

Hey Everyone,

Well, Elizabeth and I are back from Mississippi and what a good time we had. The Tupelo Film Festival was a great festival and the people were so kind and friendly. Haven't had someone say thank you so much as when we were there. I want to thank Pat and the rest of her festival volunteers for making us feel so at home and apart of the family. The screening was great, had a good audience, and one guy really was enjoying himself. Could hear him laughing and at one point even say, "Oh no." We were very happy with the way things went. Our parents were there as well. Drove all the way from Midland, Texas to join us. This was their first time to see the film up on the big screen and with an audience none of us knew. I think they quite enjoyed it.

I do have a story to tell on us. After BSW showed we stayed around and watched a few other films then decided to go grab a bite. Unfortunately, we ended up missing our group Q&A while we were gone. When we walked back into the theater door all the volunteers started to come up to us. "Where did you disappear too?" "We looked all over for you?" Even one volunteer had come looking for us downtown and she almost found us if only she'd come two more store down. Thankfully, Pat got us into the next Q&A and all was fine. But I know she was thinking, "those Yeager girls."

So, to wrap up...We had a great time. The screening was fun, the other films were good, and they feed us great food and treated all us filmmakers like family. It was a festival I highly recommend to all my fellow filmmakers. You will have a great time and this festival really celebrates the great accomplishment of completing a film.

Going To Tupelo Mississippi

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I'm very very excited to announce that we have been accepted at the Tupelo Film Festival, in Tupelo Mississippi. For those of you who aren't familiar with Elvis, this is where he was born. So, it means alot to me that we are getting a chance to show there. The dates for the fest are May 17th to 19th. We're showing on Thursday May 17th at 1:35pm over at the Lyric Theatre. You can check out the festival website for more info and see the schedule at http://tupelo.net/filmfest/. This one is going to great fun because not only are we being screened and getting to go to Elvis' hometown, my folks will be joining us. I'm so honour that they will be there and take part.

So, as always if you know someone in that part of the country or want to join us yourself please do so...the more the merrier.

We might even take a little road trip up to Memphis to see Graceland...now wouldn't that be fun!

Please keep checking back I'm sure we'll have more info after this weekend.

CIFF was a great success

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Just got back from Calinfornia...well late last night Monica and I flew in. We had a great time. We were very excited to meet up with another Austin filmmaker, Rowdy Stowell. He's feature Mexican Sunrise screened on Friday. It was very cool. I really enjoyed it and am so proud of Rowdy. He did an amazing job and it was his first feature. You rock Rowdy. Also, I was really impressed by the actors. I know I worked on the film and was there to watch every move these guys made but they really did give their all and it's up on the screen. Great work Rowdy. Hopefully, we'll get a chance to screen at another festival. It was kinda nice having another Texas filmmaker around.
Now on to our screening... it was a great success. We had an awesome audience that happened to be filled with lots of kids and parents. They laughed so many times it just made me and Monica a little misty. I wish that you all could have been there. The Q & A went off without of hitch. Actually, I think we might have had one of the best Q&As of the festival. Lots of questions about the actor's and where the story came from. They seemed to really get it and enjoy it. After the Q&A I was approached by a woman. Her son, who was attending NYU, was having his very first showing later that day and she said that he was very nervous about the screening since he has never shown to an unknown audience and he wasn't sure it was going to go over well. I told her that most filmmaker's have nerves about screening but in the end didn't we make them to be seen by an audience. She smiled and said I'll tell him that. I think it's true that we all get nerves at our screenings because what we really are hoping is to get an audience that gets it and loves it. I think we had an audience that really got it.

So, now we're preparing for our next festival which is in just a few days. The Austin Women's Film, Music and Literary Festival starts up April 26th. We screen on the 29th over at the Carver Theater at 3pm. I hope some of you can come out. Anyway, keep your eyes peeled...more new to come.

Official Selection at the 2007 FAIF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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I am so excited to announce we are going to Hollywood! We are an “Official Selection” at the 2007 FAIF International Film Festival. The festival that has all it's screenings at the famous Mann’s Chinese Theaters in Hollywood, California. The dates are September 13th - 19th, 2007. Here's their website for info about the festival http://www.magicalfilmfest.com/index.html and you can view a tentative festival schedule here http://www.magicalfilmfest.com/45.html . The actual screening times for BSW is not up yet being as it's quite early for that. But check back in July for the official schedule and of course you can check here, BSW's screening page and MY Productions website. If you know anyone in the LA area encourage them to come out. Be sure to let me know if you can make it or if friends will be attending. This is so super cool.

BSW is going to the County Fair

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I am proud to announce that BSW will be participating in the San Diego International Children's Film Festival's Summer SunScreen series taking place from June 10-July 4 at the San Diego County Fair at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. What's cool about this is that over a million people attend the fair and we'll be with several other films being play everyday. It makes me really excited to know that so many will get a chance to see the film. Many that might not attend a film festival or rent a short film DVD. So, if you know someone in the San Diego area please let them know. Here's the website http://www.sdchildrensfilm.org/ They currently have just a blurb about the Summer SunScreen with a contact number.

Info. about the films and filmmakers have been posted on the Austin Women's Film, Music and Literary Film Festival website. http://www.blowinupaspot.com/Frames/FRAME-WELCOME.htm. It looks like BSW will play on Sunday April 29th at the 3-6pm Matinee Screening and Q&A. Hope to see you all there.

Well, that's it for now. Will keep you updated as things come in to me. Until then...

Austin Women's Film, Music, & Literary Festival

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Some more exciting news to announce. Received an acceptance email today from the Austin Women's Film, Music, and Literary Festival. The Festival runs from April 26th thur April 29th. We'll have just gotten home from California and had a few days rest. That couldn't have been planned any better. Anyway, you can check out their website at http://www.blowinupaspot.com/Frames/FRAME-WELCOME.htm . They should have info up soon about screening times and such. You can also check on BSW for times and dates. I'm very excited about this showing because this is our first Austin Festival. I hope this means that we'll see alot of familiar faces in the crowd. Let me know if you'll be making the screening.

As always keep checking back here for the most up to date info. I promise there will be more to come.

Screening schedule has been posted

Hey all,

Just wanted to let everyone know that Calinfornia Independent Film Festival has posted the film schedule. So, if you know anyone who lives in the San Fran area please let them know and encourage them to come out and see our film. Of course, if you would like to come we would love to see you there. Be sure to let me know if your coming. Here's the web address to check out the schedule. http://www.caindiefest.com/gpage1.html We're showing on April 21st Sat. morning from 10am to 12pm in the Children & Family screening over at the Vine Cinema...Debi Derryberry, the voice of Jimmy Neutron, will be hosting our screening.

Also, Blue Suede Wings has been submitted to IMDB and hopefully in the next few weeks to a month it will appear. Be sure to check and make sure you made the credits and if not please feel free to add yourself.

I think that's it for the time being. We have a few things in the works so keep your eyes peeled here. Also, I'll be posting about the film festival experience very soon.

Oh and something that some of you will be interested to know is that Mexican Sunrise Rowdy Stowell's feature that many of us worked on will be screening as well at CIFF. I was very excited to see that and look forward in seeing the film, since I was unable to make the screening here in Austin. I hope some of the MS folks make it up to the fest. Congrats Rowdy!

That's it for now. Check back soon for more thrilling info.

Announcing our first film festival acceptance!

Hey everyone,

Well I'm very happy to announce that I just received our first acceptance letter from The California Independent Film Festival in Livermore, California. The festival runs April 18th thru April 22nd and takes place in the Valley wine country. You'll be able to get a screening schedule here on Blue Suede Wings but also keep your eye on the CIFF's website as well. Their site address is http://www.caindiefest.com/index.html. It's a bit early for them to have information up but keep checking back. I'm very excited to make this announcement and hope some of you will be able to make the festival.

Happy New Year and 2nd screening

I know it's been a while from the last post, but be assured that we've been working very hard sending out BSW to festivals and looking for a distributor. Hopefully, in the next few weeks we'll start hearing things.

I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope that we all have a wonderful and exciting new year ahead of us.

The party and 2nd screening this weekend was great fun. It was nice to see you all and hear how everyone has been so busy. If you are in the crew and haven't gotten your copy of the film please email me and we'll get that to you.

I've been ask several times when or if we will be selling copies of the film. We will but since we're just beginning the festival circuit we need to wait and see how things progress. Keep your eye on the website for news and available copies to buy.