Now that the summer is about to begin, it’s time to apply to some festivals for fall screenings. Here is the latest list, which has a few more in Europe I still need to add. If anyone has a suggestion for other festivals (shorts, experimental, sports) let me know! You can also DONATE HERE and help me pay for the application fees. Crossing fingers!

Check it out! I was one of the directors interviewed at the Indie Spirit Film Festival. I found this on David Spaltro’s facebook page for his ISFF Best Narrative Feature Film – Things I Don’t Understand. A really cool guy and an amazing film!

Check it out! Leon Paul posted a nice comment and shared my cousin’s link of Speed of Fencing on their Facebook page! Combine our two YouTube pages and the Vimeo page, there are OVER 30,000 VIEWS!!! Not too shabby 😉 Click on the image and “like” Leon Paul’s page.

Also related to Leon Paul, I will be releasing the behind-the-scenes video to the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP US Men’s Epee Team photo shoot. Here’s a sneak peak of Ben Bratton in action at the shoot. Thanks to Michael Dote for getting me involved in the Leon Paul shoot!

I’m proud to announce that Speed of Fencing is screening in New York again! It is the first short film to play at the NewFilmmakers Spring 2012 show on April 15th. Unfortunately, once again for me, I won’t be able to attend because of US Nationals. (I swear, it’s like they knew.) Anyway, below is more about NewFilmmakers from their website. Come and check it out if you’re in the area!

The NewFilmmakers Series was begun in 1998 by NYU Film Students in order to show their work and promote themselves in New York film community. Then, and now, most festivals and screening programs in the city only screened known and established filmmakers and there were few that are open to new filmmakers.

Without sacrificing our original mission NewFilmmakers has grown into recognized international
screening series and over the past fourteen years has screened over 600 feature and 2,000 short films. In 2000 we brought the Havana Film Festival to New York and in 2002 we started the highly successful NewFilmmakers Los Angeles. Recently we started NewFilmmakers Online.

NewFilmmakers screens a wide range of films including animation, documentaries, shorts, and features. Many are films and videos overlooked by traditional film festivals. NewFilmmakers NY screens every week and sometimes more at Anthology Film Archives on the Lower East Side. NewFilmmakers also programs the Soho House Screening Series in New York & Los Angeles.

My second film festival acceptance! I’m very excited to announce that I will also be ATTENDING the 5th annual Indie Spirit Film Festival in Colorado Springs, CO. I have been accepted in the Short category and will be screening on April 20 and 21st, Friday and Saturday. 🙂

About the Indie Spirit Film Festival:

ISFF has showcased an average of over 100 films from all over the globe, covering a variety of subjects and genres in its first four years. The festival has quickly become Colorado Springs’ largest film festival, with numerous filmmakers and film fans attending screenings, Q & A sessions, filmmaker panels, parties and receptions.

Boasting a broad, unrestricted selection of films, ISFF presents genre-specific awards, as well as Best Short, Feature, Documentary and Festival Director’s Choice. Several films from previous years have achieved further success on the festival circuit and many films from all four years are available on DVD.

Now in its 5th year, the 2012 Indie Spirit Film Festival will take place April 19-22, 2012 on the Colorado College campus.

The first acceptance has come in! Speed of Fencing will show in the 3fest category at the River Bend Film Festival in South Bend, Indiana…at the same time as the US Nationals. The timing means I won’t be able to attend the festival, but I’m very proud to have been accepted. 🙂

Junior Olympic Fencing Championships Come to Salt Lake City This Weekend | News | USA Fencing.

Good luck to everyone competing in the Junior Olympics this weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Especially to my NYAC and Empire United teammates.) A long, long time ago, I fenced in my first Junior Olympics and they were also in Salt Lake City, Utah. I remember going to a Chuckie Cheese, a T.G.I.Friday’s, and a good Mexican restaurant that had a waterfall show. I don’t know what’s there now, but hopefully some other good stuff too.

Another country has reposted my video…Italy! I found this page while browsing the youtube stats and saw I had a huge spike in views after this posting. After further pursuing of this blog, it seems to cover all Italian results and posts pictures from various tournaments. I don’t speak Italian, but it’s a pretty nice fencing site. And they found my film. Fantastico!