LA Film Festival

I returned earlier this week from one of the biggest wake up calls/ learning experiences of my film career. I need to up my game! Not just with making better films, I'm always trying to out do my pervious work, but this was just by chance that the programming director, Drea, saw my music video and invited me to the festival and I could have been entering my work into festivals this whole time. Not only that, but the whole networking aspect. A simple thing like handing someone a business card seemed so foreign to me. I did meet some great directors that weekend and was very humbled by how great they were! I have a new excitement for my craft now. The bar has been raised and I'm thrilled about that!

Here's to next years LA Film Festival and other cities to come!

Here are some of my favorites from the screening:

Hammock - Breathturn from David Altobelli on Vimeo.

MIMS - Move (If You Wanna) from pandaponics on Vimeo.

The Most Serene Republic - Heavens to Purgatory from Arts & Crafts México on Vimeo.

Hauschka - Morgenrot from Jeff Desom on Vimeo.

Major Lazer- "Keep It Goin Louder" from trunk animation on Vimeo.

Bowerbirds "Northern Lights" from matt amato on Vimeo.

Jenny Lewis "See Fernando" from Alan Tanner on Vimeo.

Bubblicious from Rex The Dog on Vimeo.

Trouble in LA

Trouble Hunters: Astronautalis

About a month ago I got a surprising call from my friend Andy saying that there was someone from the LA Film Festival trying to get a hold of me to enter the music video I made for Andy (Astronautalis). I receive a call from the LA Film Fest and get all the info I need shortly after and get Trouble Hunters entered. This still all seems kind of surreal. I wasn't planning on being able to attend the Festival, but my family and friends had a plan in motion to raise money to not only send me, but my girlfriend Martha as well! I can't thank everybody enough for doing that for us.

Also, there's another Jacksonvillian in the Festival line-up: Fur in My Cap: Rob Roy

Astronautalis- Trouble Hunters from Mark Hubbard on Vimeo.

Rob Roy "Fur In My Cap" Director: Ethan Lader from ethandirector on Vimeo.