The Butterfly Circus

Another short film review. The previous one I watched was dramatic and action packed. This one is feel good and insightful. "The Butterfly Circus" was written by Joshua and Rebekah Weigel, a couple dedicated to the creation of meaningful and inspirational films.  It was shot in only 12 days and focused on the struggles of a limbless man named Will. Who is played by Nick Vujicici, who is not an actor, but travels the world as an inspirational speaker for his non profit organization "Life Without Limbs". Will is befriended by the Butterfly Circus ring leader, played by Eduardo Verastegui. Verastegui's previous work includes "Chasing Papi" and "Bella". I love this film because it is a simple concept, and I have also found I am fond of short films. The butterfly circus is only 20 min long.

Awards
Clint Eastwood Filmmaker Award - 2010 Carmel Art & Film Festival
Grand Prize - 2010 Doorpost Film Project
Best Short Film and Audience Favorite - 2010 Heartland Film Festival 
Best Short Film - 2010 Feel Good Film Festival
Best Short Film and Best Actor - 2010 Method Film Festival
Best of Show - 2011 Fargo Film Festival
Best Short Film and Audience Favorite - 2011 Sedona Int'l Film Festival

I highly suggest you watch this film. It is very feel good and inspirational and fully worth your time. I wanted to take my lesson from the movie... but then I would ruin it. So instead, Lesson Learned: "Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.” - Albert Einstein

Your Lucky Day

"Your Lucky Day" written and directed by Dan Brown (no not the guy that wrote the DaVinci Code). This Dan Brown is a new director and this is his first film. I watched this movie for the first time in late 2010, and after re-watching it today had the inspiration to share it with you all. It is a little over 15 minutes long, but is just as creative, dynamic, suspenseful, and exciting as a 2 hour box office thriller. I do not think this movie received enough credit, nor enough publicity. It premiered at the 2010 Seattle Film Festival. Somewhat predictable, it is still a very captivating 15 minutes of action.  You might even recognize the bad guy as Rider Strong orrr ever better known as Shawn from Boy Meets World.Besides Rider, I do not recognize any of the actors in the movie. But, back to Mr. Dan Brown, he is a Seattle-based film maker and did the opener for the television series House MD. He did some other stuff for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, and also some short commercials for Nike and Microsoft. This is definitely a director to watch!

Lesson Learned: 2 hour movies are over-rated. 15 is the new 120 minutes
Enjoy!!!