MOUTH LIKE A DESERT makes it to the 2nd Round of the Austin Screenwriting Competition. From a round of 4400 to the round of 400.

News Section Archive (10/29/07 - 8/13/10)

8.13.10

JUST ANNOUNCED - The official premiere of I AM SECRETLY AN IMPORTANT MAN will be on October 6, 2010 at the Moore Theatre in Seattle.

8.12.10

Happy to report that the feature-length version of PICKUP AND RETURN has been selected as one of IFP’s 25 Emerging Narratives for 2010. INDIEWIRE ARTICLE.

8.10.10

BUMBERSHOOT will be hosting “A Celebration of Steven Jesse Bernstein” on September 4th at 8:30PM. We’ll show 30 minutes of the film, 30 minutes of extra footage that was didn’t make the final cut, as well as readings, music and a Q & A with Pete and I, as well as Jesse’s family.BUMBERSHOOT INFO.

3.9.10

I AM SECRETLY AN IMPORTANT MAN will have its world premiere at the 2010 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

2.1.10

Both THANKSGIVING and PICKUP AND RETURN are now online in the their entirety.

1.7.10

Picture locked on I AM SECRETLY AN IMPORTANT MAN. We have a facebook page, now - please become a fan! I AM SECRETLY AN IMPORTANT MAN on Facebook.

7.6.09

Last leg of filming for Pete Sillen’s doc, I AM SECRETLY AN IMPORTANT MAN about to start. Portland, Seattle and many rural areas in-between.

6.22.09

Rewrites of PICKUP AND RETURN, IN UNITY THERE WAS STRENGTH and MOUTH LIKE A DESERT are done.

1.6.09

PICKUP AND RETURN has been accepted to THE 3RD Annual SOYS Film Festival.

12.17.08

IN UNITY THERE WAS STRENGTH was named a finalist in the Latino Screenplay Competition.

10.18.08

PICKUP AND RETURN has been accepted to the 2ND Annual Vines Short Film Festival.

10.1.08

PICKUP AND RETURN has been accepted to the 5th Annual Big Apple Film Festival.

9.18.08

PICKUP AND RETURN has been accepted to the 8TH Annual Red Bank International Film Festival.

9.8.08

The first wave of acceptances are in for PICKUP AND RETURN. The film will be screened at the 8th Annual Coney Island Film Festival, the 10th Annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, the 14th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival, and the 25th Annual Olympia Film Festival.

4.22.08

LA SOBRINA has been accepted to the 2008 Hamptons Film Festival Screenwriters’ Lab.

3.30.08

Finalizing color correct and sound mix for PICKUP AND RETURN. Special thanks to Goldcrest Post (audio) and Edgeworx (image).

2.26.08

GOLD PAINT is finally up in the film/videos section. A new music video of some old footage from Chris Crofton and the Alcohol Stuntband.

11.21.07

Production stills from Pickup & Return: here.

11.19.07

New, similar website. Simpler, cleaner, easier to update. Enjoy.

10.29.07

Ended principle photography on the new short. Will be cutting into December with probably one day of reshoots in January.

Thanks to all involved.

Back to the Blog

Will start posting here as well as the news section. Massive archive coming up and then single posts.

The blog/news format is dead!

No longer going to use this format for news entries. Redid the website (slightly) and will just update via iweb. That's it, never really did much with this anyways.

Till then, production stills from Pickup and Return are here:
stills.

Check out the newish website if you feel so inclined: I feel SO inclined!

Lenny!

WFMU

FREE AND ACCEPTED site is up...

The website for Pete Sillen's FREE AND ACCEPTED film is live. Check it out. If anyone has any links to Freemasonry, stories, photos or archival footage, please be in touch.

FREE AND ACCEPTED

New website up...

Looks a little like the old one. Alright, pretty much exactly like the old one. But slightly improved. I do hope to get a gallery up soon. The best news is that THANKSGIVING and JOHN: ONE WAY are up in their entirety, in various levels of res. I have finally caught up to the technology of five years ago.

Enjoy.