So after having the best spring skiing of my life in Steamboat Springs Colorado, I brought my sun burnt face down to Durango for the Durango International Film Festival.Funny enough, this was the first festival I have ever attended, and a film I worked on was in it!

It was a great time and I got to meet some really cool people. Highlights included Chuck Disney, Brad Kammlah, and Johnathan Browning. Chuck, the nephew of Walt Disney, was a great guy. He just finished Producing Portal, and has a couple cool projects in the works. Brad was the writer/director of Purge, one of the films showing at the festival. He and his girlfriend had traveled from LA to be at in Durango and were a great dou, I hope I can work with Brad in the future. John was a great panelist who spoke at a free forum. He is a regular contributor at the Durango film festival, this year presenting his short: The Party. During the forum he spoke about the ins and outs of festival hopping, I deffinatly learned alot of things I didn’t know about entering festivals.

I also finally got to meet Justin Evans, and Arthur Love. Justin is the director I am working under for A Lonely Place For Dying, and Arthur is the Camera Op and Visual Effects supervisor for the film. It was great to finally meet them both in person and discuss some exciting things for the future.

As an added bonus, A Lonely Place For Dying won the Jury Commendation Award. Considering the version shown is a picture lock work print, it’s a good start to the festival season. This is good motivation to continue to keep pluging away at post production.

All in all, I had a great time. Whether it be because this was my first festival or not, I definitely learned alot, and I hope to have more great experiences at festivals in the future!

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