Saturday & Sunday Recap
This recap is brief and likely unintelligible…and lacking hyperlinks. I need sleep. It’s been a long weekend. Next year, I need to do this blogging from a laptop. After I sleep, perhaps there will be a final retrospective post. We’ll see…
After boarding the dogs Saturday morning, Sarah and I headed back downtown. We were looking forward to our room at the Colcord Saturday night. The room did not disappoint. Red & black & white. Simple and modern. And, after calling downstairs for an iPod docking station alarm radio, our room was complete. But, alas, we didn’t just come back downtown for the hotel room:
SATURDAY
2:30PM | Screenplay Table Read @ OKCMOA
5:30PM | Unsolved | @ OKCMOA
While I had a few minor problems with it, overall this Oklahoma City University debut feature was very solid. As a university project, it was quite good. I thought it lacked a bit of passion and style that could have made it an exceptional film. But, I was impressed and really look forward to what comes out of OCU in the future.
9:30PM | American Teen | @ Harkins
I really loved this. And, walking through Bricktown on the way back to our hotel room that night, it was evident that things don’t really change. The people I hated in high school grow up to be the people I hate now. Still, there are people like Hannah that make life worth living…they just seem to be unseen minority around these parts.
11:30PM | Awards After Party @ Nonnas
We just stopped in to check out and have a few bites of the food. Neither of us was really in the mood to party or mingle. We really just had our minds set on some of Nonna’s butterscotch cream pie. So, we grabbed one on the way out and headed back to the hotel room. We unwound there with some wine and the pie.
SUNDAY
12:00PM | Brunch @ Soleil
Since we were staying at the Colcord, we decided to just go ahead and have brunch early before all the deadCENTER people had arrived. I had their Hollandaise (one ham, one smoked salmon) and a bloody mary. Sarah had the Poached Eggs with Braised Endive and a couple of mimosas. It was all delicious.
2:00PM | Best of Fest Shorts @ OKCMOA
Best Animated Short – A Faery’s Tale
Okie Short – A Beautiful Day
Okie Short – The Pink Shorts
Best Student Short – The Aviatrix
Best Documentary Short – The Jump
Best Narrative Short – Damn the Past!
