scwfilms | official homepage

Hey Canada! Vengeance de los Muertos is playing this Saturday (5/25) in a short film programme as part of the 8th annual Montreal Underground Film Festival. This is a CANADIAN PREMIERE.

tickets are $5

6pm
Peut-Être Vintage
6029a Ave du Parc, Montréal QC
Canada

I’m happy to announce, my short Vengeance de los Muertos has won the Independent Spirit Award for shorts at this years Fantastic Planet Int’l Film Festival in Sydney, NSW Australia. I had a great time at the festival and wanted to thank everyone involved.

@fpfilmfestival Independent Spirit Award short film 2013 Vengeance De Los Muertos @teadub Steven C Wallace Fantastic Planet Film Festival

— shane k (@_shane_k) April 22, 2013

Vengeance de los Muertos is screening its AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE tonight at 7pm at the Fantastic Planet / A Night of Horror International Film Festival. Its playing in Dendy Newtown, NSW (Sydney) in front of another great film, The Mansion. I will be in attendance. Come out and say hello!

Vengeance de los Muertos is going to be screening at midnight along with the cult classic SAMURAI COP on March 30th, 2013 at the 15th annual Boston Underground Film Festival. I’ll be there. Tickets are $10.

(ticket purchase link below)

https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?w=ddc492dcd92aced8f1986b7da52a688e&t=tix

I’m happy to announce, my new short film ‘VENGEANCE de los MUERTOS’ will be premiering at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival ( SF Indiefest ) on 2/16 @ midnight. I’ll be opening up for Manborg, a Canadian sci-fi film that premiered at last years Fantastic Fest in Austin. I’ll be in attendance for this event as well as some SF Indiefest parties. I’m really looking forward to this, if you’re in the neighborhood swing by and say “hi”. I’d love to see ya.

Address:

Roxie Theatre
3117 16th Street
San Francisco, California 94110

Tickets are $10

The super 8mm music promo I shot for Voodoo Swing’s album ” Keep on Rollin’ ” is an official selection at the 11th annual Super 8mm Fesztivál in Szeged, Hungary.

Earlier today I attended one of the Short Film Corner SFC Breakfast sessions. For those who have a film in the Short Film Corner, you are registered on a number mailers detailing various activities going on throughout the festival. The Breakfast’s are a series of “speed dating” style meetings where filmmakers get to pitch their film’s to distributors, television aggregators and screening venues for 5 minutes in a free-for-all roundtable breakfast setting.

I thought it was a good event, and I have some promising leads for my new short once its released. To be successful, you not only need to have artistic vision, good story telling abilities and all that. You also need to be a solid business person (or work with one). I can’t stress the importance of meeting people face to face in an event like this over blind email submissions.

Some of the companies represented at my sessions were:

SHORT TV AND SHORT HD

L´AGENCE DU COURT MÉTRAGE

FESTIVAL DEL FILM LOCARNO

TV3 TELEVISIO DE CATALUNYA

DAZOO FILM AND MEDIA LTD

etc…

Below is a copy of the email I received informing me I’d been selected

from: sfcbreakfast
to: sfcbreakfast
date: Sat, May 12, 2012 at 6:26 AM
subject: May 20th Breakfast Confirmation – Short Film Corner

Dear participant,

We are glad to inform you that you will be able to attend a Short Film Corner breakfast on Sunday, May 20th at 9 a.m.

This session will take place at the Terrasse du Festival (in the Palais des Festivals, Level 4). Please make sure to arrive on time.

Due to a very high number of requests, please note that:

- Only one person per request and per film will be accepted. If you have asked to attend with one or several collaborators, please choose only one person to represent your film.

- The breakfast time and date will not be subject to any change.

Looking forward to welcoming you in Cannes,

My new short, VENGEANCE de los MUERTOS is going to have a pre-screening later this month at the Short Film Corner, part of the Marché du Film at the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival.

My music promo for Voodoo Swing, Keep on Rollin’ will appear in the inaugural edition of the Long Shadow Film Festival next week. The venue is at the Filmbar in Phoenix, AZ.

Last night I attended the Rémy Martin The Heart of Cognac Experience tasting at the Ebell of Los Angeles in Hancock Park. The event is broken into separate rooms, each focusing on a different theme. They really went all out on this, it was quite an enjoyable time. If you are at all interested in cognac, or liquor, I would highly recommend this event. I should also mention, a strict ‘no photo’ policy was in place, so I have no pictures to accompany this article.

Upon arrival, a suggested charitable donation was encouraged at the door and you are given two tokens redeemable for drinks as you wait for your ‘tour’. The waiting room is adored with quotes and various trivia relating to the Rémy Martin brand and a cognac bar. I ordered two of their sidecars, which consists of:

Rémy Martin Sidecar

1 1/2 oz. Rémy Martin VSOP

3/4 oz. Cointreau

1/2 oz. lemon juice

Shake all the ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an orange peel.

And ‘hey’, they were pretty good.

First, we were brought into a room with a flat screen TV; where they played a video detailing the process behind cognac production and what makes the Rémy Martin house different from other brands. (hint: its the grapes). At the end the presentation you are given a shot of VS cognac.

Next, my favorite part of the tour,  we were brought into a room with hundreds of graduated cylinders. Each was filled with Rémy Martin cognacs of different vintages. The crowd was broken into small groups and it was our task to best replicate Rémy Martin VSOP with 1, 2, 5, and 10 year old cognac blends. Our first attempt was way to strong. However, in the last few seconds, we put together a second milder blend and we tied another group for first place. In addition to the cognac blend that we made, this room was finished off with a shot of VSOP.

Last was a room lined with oak barrels made to replicate the cellars master distillers use to age the cognac. This room was finished off with a shot of XO.

By this time I was properly inebriated. Lucky for my I had a ride home. And that concluded a really great night.

below is my invite

You’re Invited to the Remy Martin Heart of Cognac Tasting Event

The Heart of Cognac Experience

Come join Rémy Martin for
The Heart of Cognac Experience,
an unforgettable evening of good
friends and outstanding cognac.
If you have a passion for fine spirits
and enjoy the thrill of discovery,
this exclusive event is for you.
In addition to tasting some of our
finest spirits, you will learn how
Rémy Martin captures the
Heart of Cognac in every bottle.

You and your guests must be 21 years or older with valid photo identification to attend the event(s).

PLEASE CLICK BELOW to learn more and find the event location in your area.

http://www.heartofcognacexperience.com