The last time I wrote a blog post was May 2016. My first and only trip to the Cannes Film Festival. So what's happened since then? Life has happened, lots of ups, lots of downs, however I'm still here striving and trying to make things happen. Rather than write a long blog post, I've decided to share a few pictures from events and things I've been doing. I promise to not let another 2 years go by before I write another post. :-)
So last week, I went to my first international film festival and I have to say I was pretty excited to go. A car was sent to pick me and two other guys up. Manuel, who is a producer and had a film in competition and Henrik, an actor. We of course became fast friends as strangers do in a country where you know no one and can't speak the language. We had 5 mins to change once we got to the hotel for the opening ceremony. (See attached pics) Having never walked down a red carpet to snapping paparazzo and TV cameras, yours truly had to strut her stuff and do the walk. It was a good thing I had my shades on, because the flashes were blinding. What was funny about the whole experience was the fact that none of us had tickets to the opening film and [...]
So yesterday and the day before I was in countdown mode, excited about the fact that More Cake, my short film will be showing at the Raindance Film Festival as part of the Masters programme. That was until I got 2 texts in a row from friends who can't make it for genuine reasons like an unexpected scheduled operation and work commitments. Nothing to say but I hope the op goes well and I'll be keeping my fingers crossed. Which brings me to the nightmare I had last night. The film was being shown in all it's glory and I look across the auditorium and I'm the only person there. Ouch, so now I'm thinking, OMG what if no one turns up. Well I do know 10 people who are definitely coming, had to snag those tickets pretty quickly. I think I have this anxiety due the fact that during [...]
