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February 9, 2011
"mutate" wins at openlens film fest
by sven at 3:37 pm
My short film Mutate just won an award at the OpenLens Film Fest!
There were three prizes: Best of Show worth $500, Honorable Mention worth $200, and Audience Choice worth $100. I was very pleased to walk home with the second place Honorable Mention.
On January 29 I made the 2-hour drive down to Eugene... Which was a bit of a mind-bender, given that I was still in the middle of managing 9 shows for PDX Playwrights at the Fertile Ground Fest just then.
The auditorium, owned by the University of Oregon, was quite nice. Just over a hundred seats -- and good cushy ones, for a change!
Now in its seventh year, the organizers are trying to grow this fest from a local happening to a state-wide event. This was their first time expanding the call for submissions. There were a few technical difficulties during the show, involving a DVD that didn't want to play and a film shown at the wrong aspect ratio... But that's just part of festival life, I think. I enjoyed it and hope to attend again.
posted by sven | February 9, 2011 3:37 PM | comments (12) | categories: exhibits & events
Comments
Congrats, Sven! w00t!
Hey is a post coming about how the plays went for you?
Posted by: Shelley Noble at February 9, 2011 4:15 PM
Congratulations Sven!
Posted by: grant at February 9, 2011 6:01 PM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Mike at February 9, 2011 6:14 PM
yay! congratulations, sven!
Posted by: gl. at February 9, 2011 6:44 PM
That's Awesome!
Posted by: Bridget B. at February 9, 2011 8:00 PM
Are you going to add "Award Winning" to the Scarlet Star Studios web page?
Posted by: Bridget B. at February 9, 2011 8:00 PM
Nice tie!
Posted by: shield at February 10, 2011 10:31 AM
Congratulations on this AND the commercial armature! Man, you're really going places!
Posted by: JON at February 10, 2011 10:07 PM
Congrats man!! Your life has become a whirlwind, but it looks like things are really working out well for you!
Posted by: Darkstrider at February 11, 2011 6:27 AM
woooo freakin hooo man!!!
congratulation dood.
jriggityPosted by: justin rasch at February 12, 2011 9:08 PM
Very excellent!
Posted by: Don Carlson at February 16, 2011 6:22 AM
Thank you very, very much everyone!
Posted by: sven at February 16, 2011 8:01 PM