Already time to look back?

Now that IN THE COOLER has been launched, I have been busy registering the film at the short film depot site, and sending it out to festivals. After the holidays, I will actively be seeking a distributor, and taking care of various accounting details.

I am a creative person by nature and daily practice, but film history is filled with examples of creators who produce. And I find that, the older I get, the more it is becoming apparent to me that there will be no substitute for rolling up my sleeves and getting my hands dirty. This is not only true re: COOLER, but on other projects that I hope to be able to blog about in due course.

In the meantime, here is a short clip I shot with my Sony Mini HD camera back in September, at the Corona. It shows Jacob directing the crew and the cast, and give the viewer some idea of just how smooth the process was.

In The Cooler shoot from tony babinski on Vimeo.

Thanks everybody!

We premiered our film to friends, cast and crew last night. We were completely spoiled - many came out despite the first snow storm of the year, and, worse, one of the metro lines breaking down,

Laughter and warm applause, lots of encouragement, and universal appreciation of the cast's work.

Exhausted today. But this is just the beginning. There are special people to send the film to, festivals to enter, the Bravo! broadcast in Spring, and there was talk last night of lining up a distributor.

But for now, we'll let the Cooler hum quietly by itself until the New Year.

Here is a shot of the theater at Concordia, plus a couple snapped by my son Max, who was running around after the screening with my camera.