We won an award! On the weekend of June 9th, our team entered the 48 Hour Film Project challenge for the first time with a short movie called "Burnout Trail" and we were selected for the "Best of Minneapolis" finals, which took place tonight at the Riverview Theater (one of the last lovely theaters around). The competition was great, the quality of the films was very high and we went home with "Best Ensemble Cast" for Minneapolis 2006! Amazing! Full props go to Leigha Horton, our casting director (she played Counselor in our movie, too) and her cadre of talented and fun people that made up our cast. The award is really all theirs -- Leigha Horton, Elizabeth Hawes (Reef), David Coral (Shroom), Natalie Rae Wass (Speed) and Nathan Surprenant (Frank Mooney, DJ).

On the weekend of June 9th, our team entered the 48 Hour Film Project challenge for the very first time with a short movie called "Burnout Trail" and we just got word that the judges have selected us for the "Best of Minneapolis" finals! Out of 60 teams, we are one of the top twelve! Amazing and exciting beyond words. There were a high number of very good films this year (only the 3rd year for our metropolis) and it is an honor to be amongst the best. It was a super fun experience and we are already looking forward to next year. See the "Best of" screening on June 27th at 7pm at the lovely Riverview Theater!

I forgot to post the news that the Minnesota Snowbate incentive bill passed! This will allow us to attract more movie productions to our awesome state. I'd like to believe that our video piece was the main reason this happened but it couldn't have happened without a lot of support from you as well.