First of all, a little while back our company's (True Hype Productions Inc.) first feature-length film, Yesterday had it's official Canadian film fest debut at the Okanagan International Film Festival. The organizers of the festival were kind enough to put us up out there and we got to spend a beautiful couple of days with some great folks talking shop and watching movies. One of the highlights for me was the early morning houseboat tour - very nice. Wait. Let me just make clear that it was a tour on a houseboat around a body of water with lunch and drinks provided... not a tour of the inside of a houseboat. Although if it were a really great houseboat that might be okay, I suppose.
By the way, unfortunately our Whistler 72 Hour Film Contest submission (that was eventually titled Grave Expectations) did not place in the competition... but all is not lost! We still have a lot of faith in what we put together and are currently looking at what other audiences it might be suitable for. I'll be sure to keep all updated to what's happening, unlike the past couple of weeks.
Most recently, members of our company (including myself) were privileged enough to have attended the London International Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Festival! It was one heck if an awesome experience in every way.
It was exciting for many reasons - none of us had ever been "across the pond" so to speak before, so it was a brand new place with a ton of history behind it. The people were kind, professional and beyond supportive. Our film played in the Apollo Theatre in Piccadilly Circus and we were put up in a beautiful apartment at a 15 minute walk away from it all. We were there for just just under 7 days which was the perfect amount of time to do and see a lot but still have a great excuse to come back for lack of getting everything done. I think that I got about 12 hours of sleep total on the trip, but I regret nothing at all. We got to show our movie to a great audience in a wonderful city.
I also got to see Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart onstage in a production of Waiting For Godot! It was, without exaggeration, the best theatre watching experience I have had in my life. Speaking of theatre - I'm also part of a production of Reefer Madness: The Musical at the moment!... but maybe more on that next time.
