Hello Dearest Fans and Admirers,
In case you were wondering (I’ll just assume my absence has been keeping you up nights with concern), I have not entirely given up this writing about films lark. In fact I spent last weekend at the most haunted bar in Edinburgh™, Banshee Labyrinth, diving headfirst into the Bootleg Film Festival. And then writing about it.
For any of you that might not be aware, Bootleg is a travelling festival that was started by Tom Wilton in a Glasgow basement in 2008. Run by filmmakers for filmmakers, Bootleg’s raison d’etre is to celebrate the best low- and no-budget shorts and feature films from all over the world in a relaxed (and beer-filled) atmosphere. None of your fancy-pants tuxedos and red carpets here, oh no.
Fronted by Tom and Creative Director Neil Rolland from Write Shoot Cut, the fest ran here in Edinburgh from March 22nd to 24th, and my round-ups appeared in The Edinburgh Reporter. You can read them here:
The next Bootleg Film Festival will be held at the TriBeCa Film Center in NYC this September. If you’re gonna be in the area, you should definitely check it out. Find out more by pointing your pointy arrow thing right here where it says Bootleg, and then clicking that clicky thing. Or tapping it, or whatever.
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Nice to hear from you again ~
Cheers dude!
Hey! Nice of you to make an appearance Ryan. As a Glaswegian, I have to admit to not knowing anything about this bootlegging lark. I’m intrigued though. Good to hear your still alive, kicking, viewing and drinking. 😉
Ha! Honestly, I’d never heard of it until about three weeks ago either, but I’m definitely glad I did. It was one of the best weekends of my life. Not counting that time with Anne Hathaway and Mila Kunis that I’m not allowed to talk about, of course… 🙂
Welcome back 😀
Thank you kindly. It’s almost like I’ve never been away!
Finally. I can sleep again.
I knew you’d be worried
There’s no escaping the blogosphere, Ryan!
Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in!