This past weekend April 17th and 18th, we attended the first annual WIREGRASS FESTIVAL in Tifton, Georgia.
We arrived Friday night just in time for the special screenings and student work. A bevy of short student films were shown.
The highlight of the night was the James Lipton-like interview/screening of Ron Ellison and his works.
Saturday's screenings were dominated by the Southern Short Circuit's travelling Film Festival. the films are varied and the quality is really high. My film OUR WORLD was a part of the afetrnoon segment. We really enjoyed the the screenings and talked with the other filmmakers.
We were treated very, very well by the festival - we were given rooms at the newly opened Hilton Garden Inn. The cafe served scrumptious meals at very reasonable prices.
After a dinner break we watch several more really wonderful films!
It's great to be able to immerse oneself in film.
We had an amazing weekend. Filmmakers should place this one on their calendars for next year - they mentioned moving it to late February in 2010. Heck, I'll be there!
A special thanks to Tyrie Smith and Wayne Jones for EVERYTHING!!!
