We emerge victorious from DSFF!!
Updated! Two more pics from my acceptance speech added (thanks to Mikel Weisler!) See bottom of the post for all pics.
“In the Dark” has taken home the “Best Sci-fi/Horror” award from the Dam Short Film Festival!
Tara Shayne (and her brother) and I attended the festival the last 2 days and it was a great experience. A wide variety of work was shown, covering everything from comedy to documentary to horror (of course!). As mentioned earlier, our movie was programmed into the best time block, around midnight on Friday the 13th! Everyone enjoyed the screening, including Mr. Desi Arnaz, Jr., owner of the Boulder Theatre, where the festival held its screenings.
The following day, after the remaining movies were screened, DSFF held their awards ceremony, complete with limo ride and the red carpet treatment. My first thought when I heard them announce “In the Dark” as an award winner was, “Oh, no, I’m going to have to get down there and pretend I’m not freaking out!”
I had Tara come up with me and so she was the first one I thanked, and everyone applauded her. I then thanked the cast and crew because without them nothing would’ve happened. And I ended by saying, “Let’s hope this is just the beginning.”
We met lots of great people, surprisingly many from the LA area (or soon to be). Before our screening I found out that “In the Dark” was accepted into Backseat Film Festival in Philadelphia (look out, Philly!) and after the awards show, I was personally invited by the director of the Las Vegas Latino Short Film Festival to submit “In the Dark”.
So all around, a successful festival visit!!
Check out some pics from our visit -
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