Offer me the chance to spend a Saturday night in June on the ocean and what am I going to say? “No?”
And so it was this past Saturday when I was honored to be asked to be a juror for the Lighthouse International Film Festival, in Long Beach Island, New Jersey. But with the enchanting lull of waves outside my window on a warm summer night, came a serious responsibility. As a juror you decide which film wins a category of competition.
All these filmmakers invested their heart and soul into making their movies, I’m sure, and I gave each film I judged a thorough screening without the slightest distraction. I really had a strong feeling about doing this, I think because I would want the same treatment of my own work when it’s being judged.
The festival set-up computers and dvd players right in my hotel room and hand delivered the movies to me. The decision took a lot of thought because a number of the movies were so well done. Some films and short films you may want to check out if you get the chance…”The Apostles” a short form comedy, and “Bowling Blind,” a documentary about a league of blind bowlers in New York who make the seemingly impossible, possible.
A lotta movies, almost no sleep, a little beach time, and I loved it!
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