Tonight is a very exciting night for everyone involved in making the very funny and wonderfully-executed short film, Gay Baby. Tonight it will world premiere at FilmOut Film Festival in San Diego!
Produced by Wonder Entertainment and directed by Kevin Kelly, Gay Baby is the story of two expectant parents who get some most unexpected news at the doctor's about their unborn, fabulous son. Starring Larry Sullivan, Tye Olson, myself, and Richard Riehle, Gay Baby explores how one father comes to terms with the news, with a little help along the way!
And... the festival programmer was kind enough to pay for my hotel accommodations tonight. Delightful!
Gay Baby was also recently accepted into NewFest 2010 in New York City, Frameline 34 in San Francisco, and the 12th Annual Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. Woo-hoo!
First of all, really? Got the audition through my own submission on LA Casting, where I don't have video to submit, so a little weird to me even to be called in for a film. No script in advance, red flag #1. Huge crowd of 20 somethings waiting outside, red flag #2. Multiple duos of 20 somethings acting out the same scene, so weird to witness and pretty sad in many cases. Not a red flag just painful. Sides are not in script format and are not exciting, red flag #3. So why am I still here? Well, I left my cozy home on Easter Sunday and drove to Van Nuys (insert puke a little bit in my mouth here... we all know how I fell about the good parts of the valley!) because the breakdown boasted the project is going to Cannes. I figured if I have to go to Van Nuys to get to Cannes, I suppose I will.
The verdict? Well if I had to guess, I'd say no one there is going to Cannes anytime soon. Not an overall terrible experience, though. They didn't have a reader, so they brought us in two at a time. Kinda felt like a free acting class where the teacher liked us. That's always nice.
And what else was I going to do today anyway? Sit around and eat Easter candy? Making up for that now!
Happy Easter everyone!!
Last night I attended the premiere of The Lake : The Lake trailer . This well-written, well-directed, well-acted, well-monstered, all around well-made (and yes, scary!) short film, is the newest from Just Chorizo Productions. Written and directed by Jason Dodson, who made his directorial debut in 2007 with the drama, The Accident , The Lake tells the story of a body of water, once believed to have healing powers, which drew in terminally-ill patients, seeking its potential. But what happened to all those patients who came looking for a miracle? A few young campers are about to find out! Production Stills from The Lake
And speaking of potential, The Lake has it. Dodson's plans to turn the short into a feature are in the works, alongside producers Henry Saine and Colin Ebeling. Saine, cousin of Dodson, recently made news when his first ever feature film The Last Lovecraft: The Relic of Cthulhu, made it into the Slamdance Film Festival, then landed a distribution deal with Dark Sky Films. Oh, and who could forget Henry Saine's first two hilarious shorts Not in My Family and Love Royale, starring and written by Beth Shea and Leigh Hall?
When will the feature version of The Lake hit a theater near you? Stay tuned!
