Coming to DVD!

Wolfe Video has picked up Butch Jamie for DVD distribution! The film isn't available on their site yet to order, but I'll keep you updated. It's expected to be released this summer or fall.

Wolfe is one of the leading gay and lesbian film distributors. As I mentioned in my blog awhile back, they are also distributing one of my shorts, Half-Laughing, on a compilation called The Ultimate Lesbian Short Film Festival


They will be releasing Butch Jamie in the U.S. and Canada, although we'll hopefully find distribution in other countries as well. Also, let's cross our fingers for a kick-ass DVD release party...

As I posted in my blog awhile back, I went to the Chicago Reeling Film Festival where Butch Jamie won an award for "Best Narrative Feature."


I also got the chance to interview for the lesbian film site Tello Films. The interview is in three parts, two of which I already posted; to watch part one you can click here; to watch part two and the outtakes, click here. And here is part three -

If You're Gay and You Know it, Clap Your Hands

I just found out that Butch Jamie won the Jury Award for "Best Narrative Feature" at the Chicago Reeling Film Festival! The festival was in November, but they just announced the winners (you can check out my blog posting about Chicago here).

As I posted last week, I interviewed with Tello Films while I was in Chicago. Below are some outtakes from our interview. I wish I could say that I was drunk or something - I mean, whatever I'm laughing at, was it really necessary to clap, laugh, and twirl around?



I also have another section of the interview to show you (the video screen size is smaller because of the way it's uploaded). The first section of the interview was posted in last week's blog if you haven't seen it yet. This second one's not bad if you can get past me plugging my websites for the first half of it...

Chi Kind of Town

Right before I went to the Long Island G&L Film Festival (here's a link to my Long Island blog entry), I went to Chicago to represent Butch Jamie at Reeling, the Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival. I'd never been to Chi-town before (that's what the locals call Chicago; at first I thought it meant Chinatown, but it doesn't. Also, the "chi" is pronounced like "shy."), so I stayed a couple extra days to sight-see.



Above are pictures from Millennium Park, an outdoor center for art, music, architecture, and landscape design. I loved it -- it was one of the highlights of my trip. The park cost $145 million to build although it's free to go to, and it opened only a couple of years ago. It gives Chicago a very modern feel. I spent several hours looking around, taking photos, listening to this awesome soundscape thing they had (shown in the second picture above), and then after it got dark, I watched an artsy video presentation with images of glaciers and human figures. The whole place was kind of like an outdoor museum. There were several sculptures, including a big, metal sphere/blob thing that reflect's Chicago's skyline.




Here are some reflections of the sphere taken from my camera phone at night:



As for the film festival, it was a lot of fun. We had a Friday night screening of Butch Jamie with an after-party at a local hangout. Saturday night I went to another party where I met Peter and CeJae, two guys who had seen the movie the night before.



CeJae (the one in the second picture) wanted to pretend that he was my girlfriend for the night. I let him kiss my cheek for the photo, but that was it.

Sunday I interviewed with Tello Films, a new online video site that features films for/by/about lesbians. The interview isn't up yet, but I'll keep you updated.

After my interview, I met up with some other filmmakers and actors for brunch.


So that's it for Chicago--I hope to be back again soon. It's my new favorite city!