Indie Fest USA - the Aftermath

Producer Anthony Sword and director Eric Naughton at Indie Fest USA.

Our screening at Indie Fest USA went very well. While not well attended we had a very enthusiastic crowd of fellow filmmakers there laughing all the way through.

Special thanks to my brother, Keith, and Joel Veenstra for attending the screening and supporting the film. It was Joel's first time seeing the film and he told me that he was really happy with how the film turned out and that it was great to see it on a big, huge theater movie screen (I'm paraphrasing, but accurate...).

Unfortunately, Anthony and I were unable to attend the closing night festivities due to scheduling conflicts. I later learned from Jeanie Clark, director of "Smalltimore" (the feature we screened with) and winner of the Best Director Award, that we were nominated for the Best Comedy Award. The award was won by "The Mel Bourne Ultimatum," an Australian film, but we were happy to receive the recognition.

Congrats to Jeanie! It was a pleasure meeting you, and best of luck to you with the rest of your festival run. Thanks also to Daniel Califf-Glick (director of "The Triumph of William Henry Harrison - an hilarious feature mockumentary) and Jamie Fessenden (director of "Boundaries of Attraction"). I'm looking forward to getting copies of your films!

Stay tuned for more news in the future... We anticipate a new festival announcement soon!

Eric

Indie Fest USA

"Cross-Eyed Dinner Theater Presents!" is an Official Selection in the Indie Fest USA film and music festival. The festival screens at the AMC 12 in Downtown Disney later this month. Our screening date is August 27th, the last night of screenings.

As soon as we have all the information, we'll post it here on the blog including ticket purchasing, festival website, exact screening time, etc... Check back soon for the updates!

Dances With Films Roundup

Cast member Mike Nelson, director Eric Naughton and producer Anthony Sword attend the Dances With Films film festival.

Our Dances With Films experience was quite good. As an alumni of the festival (with Mary/May in 2002), it was great to screen again at this awesome festival. DWF was held at the Laemmle Sunset 5 which was great, not because it's a block away from the Sunset Strip, but because it only took me 10 minutes to get there!

Our screening went well and we had a very good audience reaction, once they warmed up. We were the comic relief in the Short Film Group of Death. Out of the eight films, five were about death and one was a black comedy in which the main character is maimed in a hunting accident.

We were very well represented as Mike Nelson and Loren Lester showed up to see the film on the big screen. I could hear Anthony's kids screaming "Stella" a couple of rows away.

We saw a lot of great films and had a very good experience at the festival. I'm hoping many of you can attend the next one coming up soon...

Eric