Dear LUMPIA Lovers,

Yes it's true and I still can't believe it! After being chosen on June 18 to
be one of four filmmakers to take part in this year's Los Angeles Film
Festival Canon BRING IT 72-Hour Film Competition, I won it all with
my short film "BEING REEL".




We were all required to write, shoot, and edit a short movie about "festival
stories" in just 3 days. The grueling process took a lot out of me as I
fought a sore throat, lost my voice, and shot the movie in the middle of
a summer heat wave. In the end, I barely made the finish line with only
6 minutes left on the clock. On July 23, the audience at an industry
event voted my film as the WINNER. My prize: a brand new HF10
Camcorder provided by sponsor Canon!





You can catch all the drama from each day with our video blogs at:
http://www.kidheroes.net/beingreel


Or catch them in order here:
DAY ONE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6awzkJ6JG8
DAY TWO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJM3rwz63y8
DAY THREE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Mj2SrjOeY
THE FINISH LINE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2foHOC0RbY
THE RECAP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MkpcfiTQec

You can also watch the winning 72 HOUR CUT of "BEING REEL" at:
http://www.kidheroes.net/beingreel

There you can also catch a photo gallery as well as links to all the other
blogs and short films in the competition. We will be working on an
EXTENDED FINAL CUT of "BEING REEL" for future festivals and
screenings. SO stay tuned!

"BEING REEL" stars Phillip Jeanmarie, Bambu (formerly of the Native Guns),
Kristine Sabella, Cyndee San Luis, and Mia Guzman. I'll be writing
about my experiences in detail in my blog this week.

Fat Free Film hosted the Canon 72 Hour Film Competition at the
Los Angeles International Film Festival, in conjunction with film
producing great Effie Brown ("Real Women Have Curves") and her
company Duly Noted Productions. The entries were open to Film
Independent Lab Alums and Project Involve Alums.

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SO WHAT'S NEXT?
This competition has rejuvenated me like nothing before! The fact that
I wrote a decent script in just 5 hours (when I couldn't write anything in 5
years) and then WIN (even though I wasn't 100 percent healthy) has
inspired me heavily. All of you LUMPIA LOVERS have played a special
part in motivating me and I THANK YOU all! The best is yet to come...

Peace and LUMPIA grease,
Patricio Ginelsa
"indie" Filmmaker
http://www.kidheroes.net
http://www.xylophonefilms.com