1 Year Later...

Wow! It's super hard to believe it's been nearly a year since we've updated this blog. Does that mean we are out for the count? Nope, not at all...much has taken place with our project behind the scenes--so much, that we haven't had time to post it all.

For those who have been wondering where we have been, here's a brief recap:


May 2011 marked a pivotal point in this project when our short film "A Little Bit of More" was chosen by the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, as a Court Metrage--Short Film Corner selection.

In August 2011, we saw our little film that could make its way up to the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival; another win for the team.

Next, fast forward to November 2011, when one of our good friends--SoSoon--invited us down to his weekly residency at Gizzi's Cafe to screen and discuss the film. Of course, he performed the title track "Zemira" that he penned especially for our project. The awesome guys of Division X were there too. A very wonderful Bronx inspired evening.

Which brings us up to the first quarter of 2012 where we finalized a licensing agreement with ShortsTV--the short film channel. This agreement was another big win for our team as it means that our film will receive international airtime via On Demand outlets such as DirecTV and iTunes! (PS we linked up with ShortsTV through our trip to Cannes!)

Ok, now that we have that out of the way, you're asking what next? Well, you're going to have to check back for our next post in order to get the scoop! LOL! Seriously though, we're nearing the finish line. Thanks for sticking with us this far.

From NYC to Cannes to...

We're two weeks back from our 2 1/2 week trip spent at the Cannes Film Festival and we thought it was high time that we update our supporters on where we've been and where we're headed. Words cannot express what an honor it was to have been able to screen our short film, A Little Bit of More, at the world renowned film festival. An extra special thanks goes out to the folks at Creative Minds In Cannes for facilitating the opportunity, as well as to all of our friends and family who contributed in one way or another to our travel fund. Our lives have been changed as a result forever more.

In addition to screening our film at the festival's Court Metrage, we got to check out some fantastic films (We Need To Talk About Kevin and Drive = brilliant!), meet a ton of new faces (contacts, contacts, contacts!), and learned a lot (more) about the film industry.

The Palais De Festivals

Mecca with actor Hakeem Kae-Kazim & actress Fumi Desalu-Vold at the Diversity In Cannes panel.

Curtis at the International Village

While we were gone, our good friend TastyKeish hit us up for an interview for REAL Time Travlr. You can read it here http://realtimetravlr.tumblr.com/post/5758055200/flight-path-concretepearl

Also, the good folks over at Shadow and Act took a moment to pick our brains on camera about our Cannes experience. Check us out: http://bit.ly/k36RAQ

So, after this whirlwind experience where do we go from here?


Well, for starters there's lots of follow-up being done with all of the industry contacts we made at the festival. We have a couple of them reading the script for the feature, Concrete Pearl, moving us just a little closer to making the production a reality. While we wait to hear from those contacts, Curtis and I will be making plans to head out to Martha's Vineyard in August. We just received word that the short was selected to be a part of the 2011 Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival! Talk about keeping it moving. We'll be filling everyone in with more details about the festival as we get closer to the date.

Until then...can't stop, won't stop.

-Mecca