"The Stakes" Gets It's International Film Fest Premiere

What a crazy year it has been for "The Stakes," a small independant shirt film that was able to cruise its way through two local film festivals and now on to the International scene. 

A year ago, if you had told me that I would be making a film that would be shown in an International Film Fest the following year, I would have laughed, but here we are.

It was another packed house for "The Stakes" and "Fatal Call," the feature film directed by "Stakes" originator, Jack Snyder. We were so lucky to have been paired up with Jack's film from the start and the two pieces definitely complimented one another and made for a HELL of a double feature!

The picture above is of our Script Supervisor, Stacy Singh, Executive Producer, Joshua McNew and myself on the "red carpet."

As we now start the process of making our next film, the fate of "The Stakes" lies in the hands of investors who will hopefully get this film to other festivals around the country and if we are lucky, maybe the world. Keep an eye out and an ear open for more news regarding the film and eventually its release online!

Thanks so much,

-P

Cast and Crew shoot about "The Stakes"

The official Festival Premiere of "The Stakes" is less than ONE WEEK AWAY! and to celebrate, Myself and some of the cast and crew got together to talk about the film and the importance of its FINAL showing in St. Louis at the 2012 St. Louis International Film Festival!

Once again, the info for the screening is:

The Stakes and Fatal Call

Sunday November 11th

at The Tivoli Theatre (University City, MO)

8:30 pm

Tickets - $9

Tickets can be purchased from Landmark Theatres HERE

I hope to see you all at the movies!

-P

"The Stakes" Returns to the screen on 11.11

Sunday November 11th, "The Stakes" will return to the big screen for ONE NIGHT ONLY at the 2012 St. Louis International Film Festival!

The 17 min short will once again screen with the full length film "Fatal Call" directed by "Stakes'" co-creator, Jack Snyder at the Tivoli Theatre in University City, MO at 8pm.

Tickets are available through Cinema St. Louis and Landmark Theatres at:

"The Stakes" and "Fatal Call" at 2012 SLIFF

Once again, here is the official info:

Sunday November 11th
at The Tivoli Theatre (University City, MO)
8pm
Tickets - $9 

See You There!

-P

Just an update... no big deal.

Its been another crazy few weeks since the release of "The Stakes" on July 12th. After the post-festival ceremony, I hopped a plane to Barbados for a week, to enjoy a much needed vacation with my fiancée. Upon my return, my relaxation was immediately crushed by a whirlwind of new projects falling into my lap, including 3 new music videos coming this fall!

I also completed post-production work on a few other projects including Fivefold's music video for their track "Broken." A release date for that should be announced in the near future, but in the mean time, I picked up a few other freelance gigs that saw me editing political ads and fashion events.

Here is a video I worked on for CAMP TV at the Pins + Needles Fashion Show just last month:

In other news, I have been working with a team of improv artists out of St. Louis on a new online Comedy series. We have completed two episodes and hope to have a few more in the can before releasing the brand online. More news about that will be coming soon, but in the mean time you can check out my instagram photos over there ------> to see a preview.

More new stuff is coming soon, thanks for watching

-P

"The Stakes" Wins Best Editing and More!

"The Stakes" is officially an award winning film, taking "Best Editing" in the Thriller category at the 2012 St. Louis Filmmaker's Showcase.

Despite not winning "Best Director" or "Best Short Film," I was more than happy to accept this award being as that it was the one I wanted more than anything.

The awards ceremony, held at Blueberry Hill in University City, MO, was the grand finale of the entire festival and a fitting end to a night that saw the official premiere of "The Stakes" in front of a packed house at the historic Tivoli theatre.

As I sat in the crowd with my family, friends and crew, I went through a roller coaster of emotions that started out as nervousness (for hoe the film would perform) and ended with relief (that it had succeeded).

 The crowd reacted with every twist and turn. Gasping with shock at moments of intesity and hanging on by the edge of their seats in the film's final gripping moments.

Later that night, we honored once more by Cinema St. Louis when they officially invited our short film to be screened at the 2012 St. Louis International Film Festival in November.

Once again the film will play at the Tivoli Theatre, but this time it will be shown with a slew of films from around the world. Last year's Int'l Film Fest saw the premier of "the Artist," which of course went on to win the Academy Award for "Best Picture." While I hope "The Stakes" is honored with such notable company this year, I expect that it wont be headed to Los Angeles any time soon. 

My ultimate goal for the film is to mainly hit a couple other egional film fests and then make its way online for everyone to finally see. It was a wonderful experience to be a part of and I much desire/look forward to making another short film very soon.

Let's just hope it doesnt take another year.

Thanks for listening,

-P