Upcoming Screenings

If you live in or nearby Cleveland or Atlanta in the next couple of weeks, you'll have a couple of great opportunities to catch ARTICLES OF WAR in glorious 35 MM on the big screen!

First up is the Cleveland Film Festival, and then in April is the Atlanta Film Festival, which just released its schedule. I'm positively thrilled to be playing in a program along with animation legends Bill Plympton and Don Hertzfeldt!

Cleveland International Film Festival

Independent Shorts Program #7

Tuesday, March 24 at 4:20 PM

Tower City Cinemas

230 W. Huron Rd.

Cleveland, OH 44113

(216) 621-1374

TICKETS

Atlanta Film Festival

Animation Extravaganza 1

Friday, April 17 at 10:30 PM

Monday, April 20 at 5:00 PM

Landmark Midtown Art Cinema

931 Monroe Drive

Atlanta, GA 30308

(678) 495-1424

TICKETS

2009 Atlanta Film Festival

I'm thrilled to announce that ARTICLES OF WAR will be playing in the 2009 Atlanta Film Festival, which takes place from April 16th to April 25th!

The exact screening times haven't been announced yet, but I'll post an update as soon as I find out.

In the meantime, I'll be attending my Cleveland screening in person. ARTICLES OF WAR is playing at 4:20 PM on March 24th in the "Independent Shorts Program #" at Tower City Cinemas. Tickets are on sale now!

Cleveland International Film Festival

I'm very proud to announce that ARTICLES OF WAR has been accepted into the Cleveland Film Festival, which takes place from March 19th to March 29th deep in the heart of the Rock 'n Roll Capital of the World.

The film will screen on Tuesday, March 24th at 4:20 PM as part of the Independent Shorts Program #7, which looks like a really cool batch of new films.

If you're a Clevelander and you love movies, then please come out and support the CIIFF!

Film in can, ready to roll

Thanks to the pros at Alpha Cine Labs, I now have a brand spankin' new 35 MM film print of ARTICLES OF WAR. It looks (and sounds!) fantastic - I spent so much time watching the movie on my (relatively teensy) computer monitor during production that it was a genuine thrill to finally see the movie projected on the big screen.

I'm currently keeping this sucker safe and sound in my closet, but I'm looking forward to showing it to... well, everyone. Film festivals, here we come.

The DVDs have arrived!

I just opened up my first batch of ARTICLES OF WAR DVD screeners, and they're all earmarked for various film festivals around the world. I've spent the past few hours filling out entry forms - it's a pretty painless process these days, thanks to the Internet (in the past, I remember cursing my horrible penmanship skills while filling 'em out by hand). I just hope I spelled everything correctly.

Once the movie finishes the film festival circuit, I'll be releasing a fancy DVD with some cool extras, like a behind-the-scenes look at the Skywalker Sound scoring stage - my editor, Jeff Yorkes, is cutting it now, and I'm thrilled with how it's turning out.

Of course, the dream has always been to see the movie with a big audience on 35MM film, so I'm really hoping the festivals I've entered will feature the film. Fingers crossed...

NY Independent Animated Features Panel

I'll be screening a 2-minute clip of ARTICLES OF WAR at an ASIFA-East panel called "The State of NY Independent Animated Features" on Tuesday, September 23rd at 7 PM on the 3rd floor of SVA (209 East 23rd Street) in New York City. Admission is free. 

I'll probably be taking notes up on the stage, 'cause this panel has some real experts, like the great Bill Plympton, who's made about a zillion awesome cartoons in the time it took for me to complete my movie.

ARTICLES OF WAR goes to Skywalker Ranch

I just added a new production feature on the site, "Skywalker Ranch," detailing my recent trip to Lucasfilm's Skywalker Sound. It's all about how Ryan Shore wrote and conducted ARTICLES OF WAR's original orchestral score.

I've always wanted to work at Skywalker, and the place more than lived up to its reputation... a real dream-come-true type of situation.

But hey, enough spoilers, it's time to visit...

Skywalker Ranch