Naturally Optimistic

Wow - there's been a lot happening in the last week or so... First of all Fargo. We had an awesome time. We met some great people, saw some great (and mediocre) films, and had a stellar screening on Friday night. TONS of people there, the old dude playing the Wurlitzer beforehand, lots of Q's during the Q&A, etc. It was a blast. We sold some project, shook lots of hand and made some excellent contacts. The "Framed by Women" lunch panel was not as dreadful as I thought. I was with 4 other very talented & interesting women and it went by really fast. I only said a couple of things that made me sound like an ass. I also ended up being on the lunch panel (unbeknownst to me!) on Saturday. "Unfiltered: Guests of the Fest tell All" it was a LOT of fun. I sat next to Melody Gilbert (who is quite the documentarian -from St. Paul - we met her during the 2007 Fargo Film Festival). She was awesome and I thnk could be a valuable resource & mentor. We also met...

I'm sitting on a panel today for a luncheon entitled "Framed by Women" - uh, about women filmmakers. I'm dreading it. GAH. Yesterday there were only 2 people on the panel. I hope there are more on it today. I will be quite happy when we move on to the 2nd session this afternoon. Wish me luck!

I'm here in Fargo tonight. We arrived about 3pm this afternoon after 5 hours in the car. It wasn't such a bad ride, considering I was in back not paying attention for quite a while. heh. Tonight we checked in, got our credentials, went to the Opening Night Party and watched the invited film ICE PEOPLE. It's been a good day, I'm missing Miss Dahlia a bit, but I know the break will be good. Of course I miss Steve too...by tomorrow it's going to be crazy intense...I'm trying to relax and enjoy it anyway... We screen on Friday and already people have been coming up to us and telling us how much they love our film! whohooo!

Perhaps if I just keep bitching enough I'll get what I want.... GOD ROCKED just took 2nd place (honorable mention) in the narrative feature category for the 2009 Fargo Film Festival! YEEEE-HAW! The email that they sent was incredibly kind & complimentary and I think we get hooked up with accommodations & travel.....now to find a(nother) babysitter for a week in March! egads!!

(not where we screened but the main venue of this event which was very cool.)

All is good. Both items were turned in to the theater by this morning. YAY!!!!!! :)

I'm so bummed out right now. After returning to the hotel last night following the last film. I realized I didn't have my cell phone! I dumped out my purse & the bag I've been toting around all weekend and it wasn't there. I rushed back to the theater in hopes people would still be there...they were. I checked the counter, I checked the seats, the floor, etc. No sign of it. Back at the hotel, I checked my bag & purse again. Nothing. Then I realized "crap! What if it was in my popcorn bag and I threw it away?" So, I rushed back to the hotel where I looked through the garbage (it wasn't that nasty) and found my little popcorn bag (I knew it was mine because there was a diet coke can in it and it was upright in the can. Nothing. I rechecked the theater & the bathroom to no avail. Back to the hotel. I decided to cheer myself up by looking at the pictures I took around Fargo today in slideshow format when I realized....HOLY SHIT! I don't have my...

Greetings from Fargo Film Festival! Our film screens in one hour and we're hoping for more than 6 people to be in the audience. hee hee.... we're having fun and watching lots of flicks!

Okay - I'm just about peeing in my pants because.... NEWTON'S DISEASE is an official selection at the 2007 Fargo Film Festival ! I was just checking my excel spreadsheet (I'm a dork I tell you!) that has my list of festivals submitted to and rejected from and I hadn't heard from a few of them. This post was originally going to be about me NOT getting into the DC festival (which we didn't - but I browse the films anyway) and went over to the Fargo website and lo and behold! THERE WE WERE!!!!!!!! Of course I immediately called Jason because I'm so excited! And I also practically simaultaneously called Steve and was excited all over again! The festival is March 7-10 so they're not too timely about letting their filmmakers know, but that means I CAN GO because I will be at my new job! Eeeeeeeeeek! I'm just beaming all over the place. Finally a chance for people who don't know us to see the film IN a theater (which very much helps with this film). Oh god,...