Big Bear Film Festival

Tim and were lucky to get passes from a producer I know and we couldn’t miss the opportunity. I love Big Bear because it reminds me of a mountain town I used to go to in Brazil with my family when I was a kid.

And to be able to see some films while I’m there was the icing on the cake. We went on friday night and stayed at this cute little cabins. We were quickly homesick and feeling isolated when we discovered there’s no internet connection accept in the office, but we survived.

Saturday morning I went to the screenwiting panel and got some really great information and met some agents.

Then we rushed to catch a batch of student shorts. We were impressed with the quality overall, but two films stuck out:
Smoke, an AFI short about a couple of teenagers who are car thieves, which actually won for best student short.

Fatherland, a black and white World War II piece in German and subtitled, from Chapman University.

Then in the afternoon, we saw another batch of shorts. Three that we loved were:

Struck, a very cute story about a man who's impaled with an arrow on his way to work. The winner for best short.

No. 6, starring Ron Perlman, in Tim's words: It played like a feature.

The Winged Man, I'm a little biased with this one since I know the producer, and got a chance to talk to the director, but this one was written by Jose Rivera, the story of a young woman who claims she was impregnated by an angel.

They also all stared known actors and had amazing cinematography.

We finished the evening by going to the wrap party and the awards ceremony. We had a chance to try some of the local food and beer at the party, so we had to swing by the Mountain Brewery and buy some to take home.