Florida Film Festival Premiere Recap

L to R: Michele Feren, Chris Worley, Lauren Brown, Andrew Kenneth Gay, John William Wright, Amy LoCicero, Peyton Lee, Jon Friskics (sound designer), and Marco Cordero.

Well, the Florida Film Festival has come and gone, and with two great screenings under our belt, I’m pleased to say our premiere was a huge success.

Our opening night was met with thunderous applause, a great Q & A, and a rave review from The Daily City:

The story is beautifully set to the music of Jason Kupfer of The Pauses, though the silent spans of the movie provide a thoughtful intensity to the depth of the characters’ actions and thoughts. Chris Worley, in his debut film, portrays Jason with passion and anguish alongside the talented cast. An emblematic and true-to-life piece, UCF Department of Film Interim Chair, Steve Schlow poignantly stated at the premiere that the director had indeed “climbed a mountain” with the making of this film. No relationship is perfect, but the moral of this story seems to be that if there is enough love between two people, then “anything is possible.” Bravo Andrew, A Beautiful Belly is a beautiful movie.

I’m extremely proud of my cast and crew for bringing this film to fruition and thankful to the Florida Film Festival for selecting us to premiere at this year’s festival. We had a great time!

We’ll see you at the next fest soon (we hope)!

Premiere Day!

Andrew here.

Almost four years ago, the germ of the idea that became A BEAUTIFUL BELLY first planted itself in my brain. Today the film will make its world premiere at the 20th Annual Florida Film Festival. We want to once again thank everyone who supported us through this process to get here, and we hope to see as many of you as possible today and at our encore screening tomorrow.

If you spend one day at the Florida Film Festival, it’d be tough to pick a better day that today. Here’s what’s on our agenda:

• 10:00am @ Enzian: Awards Brunch.
• 11:00am @ Eden Bar: Eden’s Farmer’s Market.
• 1:30pm @ Regal: Florida Shorts - The Best of Brouhaha. We won’t actually get to make it to this, but we strongly urge people to support this screening.
• 3:00pm @ Enzian: Standby line forms for A BEAUTIFUL BELLY world premiere! Stand in line for ice cream sandwiches, free music from The Pauses and The Light Exchange, and a chance to win tickets to the premiere or the encore on Sunday!
• 4:00pm @ Enzian: A BEAUTIFUL BELLY premieres! Q & A with the director (that’s me) and principal cast to follow.
• 6:00pm @ Eden Bar: Informal meet and greet with the cast and crew of A BEAUTIFUL BELLY. We’ll continue to answer your questions or just shake hands and share a drink. We want to mingle with our fans!
• 7:00pm @ Eden Bar: Revel 20 – the Florida Film Festival’s ultimate birthday celebration, free and open to the public.

So there’s lot’s going on today, and we hope you’ll join us for the party.