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It never ceases to amaze me, the life that this little film has!

In 2003, my wife and I wrote and produced a short film called “My Small Italian Shotgun Wedding”. We assembled a great little crew (including myself as Director and Editor), and made the Tropfest Shortlist that year. Since then, the film has featured at or made the finals of about 7 short film festivals.

And there’s life in the old girl yet, as the film has made the final of the ViVa Leichhardt Short Film Festival this coming Long Weekend!

Along with 13 other finalists (including Dianne Ellis from the Parramatta Filmmakers Club), the film will be screening at Martini Bar, 99 Norton Street from 5pm Sunday, 10 June.

For more info check out the CO.AS.IT website.

After a couple of solid weeks, I’m now settling in nicely to my Supervising Editor role on “Things To Try Before You Die”. We have no firm air date yet, but it looks like July. Stay tuned for a firm date when it comes to hand.

For a sneak peek: http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/firstlook.aspx?_cobr=optus

The show’s looking great, and the more stories come in, the better they are looking - it’s really good stuff, and a nice mix of adventure and heart.

Yesterday I received the biggest compliment I have been given in regards to my TV work - after screening a cut for a Producer, his first remark was: “Thanks for keeping the heart. You’re obviously thinking about what you’re doing and not just going through the motions.”

The poor guy was expecting all the life and soul to be sucked out of his story, and was genuinely surprised to see that the story still had the depth and emotion he had shot.

Awesome.