It's been all quiet on the western front for awhile, but this past week, Willy got an audition for a Disney TV series and we learned that his film was selected for the Sundance Film Festival! Not just selected but is in the the top 16 films competing for the prize. Almost 4,000 independent films were submitted, 115 chosen and 16 compete in each of two categories, Dramatic and Documentary. Having gone through several title changes, while it was called The Reasonable Bunch during filming, it is now being referred to as the Untitled Sam Levinson Project! Rather than changing the title multiple more times, I guess they decided to wait until they had a title they really liked!
So, we are taking Willy out to the Festival and have booked our flights and will stay at a friend's place. Getting tickets to the premiere of his movie, however, is proving more difficult than I imagined! By the time the movies are announced, most of the tickets have been sold! What tickets are left don't guarantee being able to see a specific selection and are mostly for movies towards the end of the festival. We will be there at the beginning and hope to be at the world premiere of the movie on Sunday, January 23. Willy's manager has assured me that she will come up with tickets for us somehow!
In the meantime, Willy has met with his local acting coach, Steve Blackwood, to prepare his sides for the Disney audition. We plan to tape it this Sunday so I have to come up with his "anime geek" costume asap. I have to admit that his practices of the scenes are looking quite good. I'm beginning to think maybe he can act after all!
