Female-led Films
We are nominated for Outstanding Short and Outstanding Direction. So happy this little Covid film is seeing the light of day at such a great festival.
I will be attending the festival. If. you’d like to purchase tickets, click this link:
https://filmfreeway.com/theMassachusettsIndependentFilmFestival/tickets
Comme Le Vin Productions is proud to partner with Weird Sisters Productions to bring All Wounds to life. Shooting will take place this summer. Stay tuned for more news as we head into production.
Who says writers can’t do both drama and comedy?
I’m very proud of this result because this was a low-cost contest, and they got a ton of entries. These are the top 100 of combined features and TV pilots. The competition was wide and not divided by medium. And, two of my scripts made the semifinals–Trap Doors and Les Go!
We are nearing completion on IRA: Cashing In. Just a few more tweaks this week, and I will call it done. Suspended has a few more hands to go through but is expected to be done by May.
I’m turning my producer’s brain to the development of Trap Doors. We are knee-deep scheduling and budgeting but should be ready to go out for financing this spring. The production is slated for July 2021.
In addition to producing, I’m also writing a couple more scripts at the moment. I apparently don’t enjoy sleep, relaxation, or my family. Just kidding, Charlotte. (My daughter thinks I’m in my study too much.)
I’ll be cutting my director’s reel soon and am looking forward to having some actual video on my production company’s website.
That’s it for now. Stay tuned.
The following is the first draft of the IRA: Cashing In poster. What do you think?
Principal photography has wrapped for IRA: Cashing In. It was an amazing experience making this film with an incredible cast and crew. BTS photos are coming soon.
Today I found out that the screenplay has been nominated for Best Comedy Screenplay at the Austin Micro Short Film Festival. The festival is this Sunday, and it marks the first time, but hopefully not the last, that something of mine is in competition at a film festival.
I’m excited to announce the cast for IRA: Cashing In. Some are familiar faces from my first film, Suspended. I’m honored they are willing to jump on board another of my projects and also thankful that superb new talent is also joining us.
Gary Clarke is Liam. Gary has had a long and storied career in the film industry, most notably on television in the series The Virginian and Hondo and more recently in the films Parkland, the Paper Boy, and Tombstone.
Bernadette Maloney is Fiona. Bernadette has appeared in several films, including Duncan, and Fishsticks as well as taking roles in theater, and a web series.
Kelly Dealyn is Aisling. Kelly played Mom in Suspended and has had numerous leading roles in film and on TV, including most recently: Iron Orchard, Ivory Seed, Fetish, and Switch.
Ryan Paul is the Bartender. Ryan played Mr. Gonzales in Suspended and also appeared recently in Murder Made Me Famous: Bin Laden. He had the lead in Ahmed the Philosopher: “The Event,” as well as numerous appearances in theater, commercials, and industrials.
Natalie L’Amoreaux is Ciara. Natalie has experience in film and theatre. She has been in many Shakespearean shows, as well as farces and several TV pilots.
The amazing Celtic band String Theory has agreed to let us use one of their songs in IRA: Cashing In. If you haven’t had the pleasure of listening to their music yet, visit their website at: www.stringtheoryirish.com and give them a listen. Their musicianship will get you off your bloody arse and up doing a jig!
Go see them at their next gig at The Celt in McKinney, one of Texas’s most famous Irish pubs. Their next appearance there will be September 5–plenty of time to plan a trip.
String Theory is a Celtic folk band that specializes in high energy Irish trad tunes and songs. Recently ranked one of the top 4 Irish Bands in Texas by the Dallas Observer, the band features Jesse Ramirez on guitar and mandolin, D/FW fiddle legend Linda Relph, Nathan Kennedy on fiddle, Bill Zauner on upright bass, and Matt Cook on vocals, octave mandolin and bodhran.
The band premiered in 2015 with performances at The Celt and Trinity Hall and has since had over 60 shows between those two pubs. In 2015 they were selected to open for Celtic Thunder’s Emmet Cahill. They performed at NTIF in 2016 and 2017, Irishfest Atlanta in 2016, the 2015 O’Flaherty Retreat, the 2017 and upcoming 2018 McKinney Celtic Music Festival, 2017 and 2018 Sherman Celtic Festival and 2018 Irving Canal Fest. The band was the headline performer at the 2016 and 2017 City of Allen’s Shamrock Shindig St. Patrick’s festival. They also have an active Celtic wedding and private party schedule. You can find them at StringTheoryIrish on all social media and www.stringtheoryirish.com. Their recently re-released CD self titled String Theory is available at Amazon and iTunes.
My screenplay for IRA: Cashing In was officially selected for the Austin Micro Short Film Festival. Not sure what this means, but I’ll take it! I’m looking forward to seeing all the micro shorts at this festival and meeting groovy people.
The shoot for IRA: Cashing In is slated for early September. Stay tuned for more updates.
https://info.filmfestivalcircuit.com/blog/austin-micro-short-film-festival-2019
The BTS photos are up on the Suspended page in the menu. Huge thank you to Brandy Fabian, makeup artist. Here’s the one shot I took of Brandy in action.
