Back in the saddle again? Well I'm not really, because I don't really ride horses, but I am back in Alberta, the place it all started, as far as the Zombie film is concerned.
On September 30th we had our world premiere of "8 1/2 Short films About Zombies" at the Edmonton International Film Festival. My wife and I were in attendance and I have to say we were treated royally. The screening was exceptional. The audience was very responsive. For 43 minutes we entertained them with our bizarre zombie art/comedy film. I'm proud to say that they laughed and squirmed in all the places I'd hoped they would, allowing me to experience the film with new eyes. I really enjoyed it.
My short "Dear & Departed" also screened earlier that day. Again a wonderful response. Harder to gage then the zombie films since "Dear & Departed" is not a comedy or a horror film. It's much more internal.
As a bit of a side note, I shook hands with Mr. Stuart Gordon, the director of "Re-animator" and screened his film, "Stuck" with a very enthusiastic crowd.
Local alternative radio station CJSR interviewed me a few days before the screening for a program called Moving Radio. Thanks to Christian Zyp for that. It helps when you've put him in the film of course.
And I'm pleased to include an mp3 of the interview below:
Tuesday, 2 October 2007
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