... A Day's Work is full of meaning and symbolism. The writing is superb. Every line of dialogue works to advance the story. I also like the way that the stereotypes start to deteriorate between certain characters as the story progresses. ... ...This is simply an intense, desperate story that packs an emotional wallop in a short 17 minutes. It's a real treat." Film Review from the New Times SLO Newspaper Latest News To view the schedule of upcoming screenings, please view our Festivals Calendar. To read The "A Day's Work" Blog click on the link June 2008 We've won the BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM prize at the Short Shorts Festival in Japan. We've Won the GOLD MEDAL, the TOP PRIZE for Narrative Filmmaking at the STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS! The award was presented by the INCREDIBLE Academy Nominated director Jason Reitman ("Juno") which was amazing, and it was doubly amazing to sit in a theater and watch the film with the entire Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences!!! I'm honored beyond belief, and I thank everyone again for their support... we're also now qualified to go on and compete for the Best Live Action Short category of the bigger Academy Awards, and how cool would that be :) Pictures of the event and more info can be found here: http://www.oscars.org/saa/2008/index.html May 2008 We have WON a STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD, given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (who give out the Oscars every year). We have the potential to win a Bronze, Silver or Gold Award. If you'd like to attend the awards ceremony, which is 6:00 PM Saturday June 7th at the Academy in Los Angeles, tickets are free but you need to reserve them in advance. You can find all the information here: http://www.oscars.org/saa/2008/index.html "A Day's Work" will have another Los Angeles screening this coming Saturday, May 17th at the Norris Theater at USC. This will be our official on campus screening. More photos from the Gen Art Festival: Our reserved table at the nightclub, and the spread provided! This nightclub, Spotlight Live in Manhattan was amazing. Three stories, packed to the gills with several hundred people, it was amazing. Our award statement being given out. A view of the 600 people at our screening Rajeev answering a question after the screening April 2008 We are a finalist for the STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS! Our film is currently still in the running, we will know soon if we made the cut to be awarded a prize at the Student Academy Awards ceremony at the Academy on June 7th. We have won the Best Student Film Award at the Vail Film Festival This was one of the craziest and best nights of my life. We just finished with our New York Premiere at the Gen Arts Festival in New York. We were paired with a feature called "The Take" and attending our premiere among 500 other people were: John Leguizano, Rosie Perez, Ethan Hawke, Ally Sheedy, Rachel Dratch, and just a lot of other actors and artists I respect. It was, in a word, incredible. Below are some pictures from the event. And, by the way, we won the Audience Award for Best Short Film, and the Stargazer Award for Best New Talent, going to Luis Chavez. John Leguizamo The two leads of "The Take" Me at the theater Ally Sheedy, who was at our screening I have a ton more photos, I'll be posting them soon. We have won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival! We have won the Best Student Film Award at the Method Film Festival This has been an absolutely insane worldwind month for this film. We have won the Special Jury Prize for Best Ensemble Cast at the Florida Film Festival!