01/13/2024
What a fun and amazing night we had at the James River Film Society Short Film Showcase last night. This festival was done in partnership with The Virginia Film Office and was held at the beautiful Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA. There were so many high quality films from narratives, to animation to experimental pieces all of which were well produced and interesting in their own right. Most finalists were from VA Filmmakers (there were a couple entries from LA and France as well) including our very own comedic narrative short, Telephone Bingo. We are so pleased to announce that our short won their very special Kathryn Stephens VA Filmmaker Award honoring the best film from a VA filmmaker! AMAZING!
Thank you to all our families and friends who support us in our filmmaking journey. You all truly know the sacrifice we all make to pursue our dreams.
And to everyone in our crew who contributed to the project thank you thank you thank you.
Jim Klock thank you for continuing to support us in so many ways. You give so much and lift us all up and your success and drive are an inspiration to us all. You challenge us to push our abilities and strive for higher quality and creativity to help elevate us to the next level. Thank you for giving us the opportunities to work on larger projects furthering our understanding and experience in filmmaking.
Phil Snow thank you for producing Telephone Bingo. Your leadership, vision and positive attitude bring great focused energy to every shoot.
Nate Henry thank you for directing this short. Your planning and forethought made for a smooth and fast shooting day. Thank you for giving the actors the freedom and guidance they needed to give us honest performances.
Jon Burns thank you for all the sound work on this. Not many people understand the hours you devoted to this project building a believable world with clean dialogue that hopefully goes completely unnoticed.
Chris Hubbart thank you for the thoughtful production design and being so prepared for all the nuanced details required for this shoot. And thanks for always being there to do whatever is asked and more. You are so talented in so many different ways!
Rudy Lane thank you for stepping into a new role for this one and doing some great camerawork that made everything look awesome.
Jared K. Smith and K.C. Garcia thank you for giving your time and for doing whatever was needed to fill the holes on our production staff for this production. You are both invaluable and much appreciated.
Jonathan Shores, Nathan Gist, Charlotte Hooten, Kevin Henry among all the other hats you wore to help do whatever was needed to make this short come to life, your acting made this short what it was: funny and believable. Thank you all for supporting the production in so many ways.
TC Nelson thank you for your time memorializing our shoot with your amazing BTS photos.
And to our writing team of K.C. Garcia, Jarett Melville, and Phil Snow thank you for bringing this story from concept to script through many revisions. It turned out great!
Last but not least thank you to Teri Burns Standiford for giving us the idea that sparked all this excitement.
We appreciate the love and support we receive from you all and from our community and to get recognized at this festival only fans the flames for us to keep on creating!
