“Dear Filmmaker,

We regret to inform you we were unable to include your film in the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival. Slamdance is limited by space constraints in Park City to screen less than 100 films, though the quality of submissions would allow us to program many more. This year, Slamdance received more outstanding film projects than ever before – just over 5,000. There were so many amazing films that deserved to be in Slamdance; it was an incredibly hard decision for the programming committee.

Please don’t take this as any indication of the quality of your submission, or its potential for a successful, well-regarded future for your film. We wish you the best and look forward to seeing more of your work. Keep in mind that we have shown many films by directors who hadn’t made the final cut in previous years. We appreciate your ongoing support of our festival and thank you for submitting.

Warm regards,
Slamdance Programming Department”

My only thought on this is that I need to do another one soon.

Sometimes my younger brother shows up at random times and demands that I entertain him, so we decided to go out and watch Inglourious Basterds. It was my second time to see it. My emotions were fully engaged in a whole new way… I guess as much as they can be, when you see a compelling movie at the discount theater, with its bad speakers and dim screen and everything.

In other news, Bread and Butter didn’t make it into the Santa Fe Film Fest. It’s still up for Slamdance, but I think it’s about time to work on another short.