12 Films. 12 Weeks. There are worse ways to spend a summer.

Defending Our Title

There's not actually a trophy involved, but I couldn't find a good image for "bragging rights."

Last year, before all this 12 Films 12 Weeks nonsense got underway, a crew of future 12in12 accomplices assembled for the 2009 New York City Film Race — and totally dominated it.  “The Queen Bee of Mushroomtown,” the bizarre little movie we threw together in 24 hours, took home Best Film, Best Actor, Best Ensemble, Best Cinematography, Best Direction (tie), the Audience Award for its screening block, and the Online Audience Award.  For a group of people just about to plunge into a summer-long filmmaking project of dubious feasibility, all that affirmation was deliciously welcome.

Now the Film Racing tour has come around to New York once again, and, like a pack of fools, we’re back for more.  We’ve brought together most of the original team — actors Mike Lavoie, James Creque, and James Fauvell, cinematographer Robb Stey, composer James Bruffee, and yours truly in the director’s chair — and we’ve added Brigitte Choura, Clint Byrne, Sumi Lee, and Chad Sonenberg, all tried-and-true 12in12 comrades.  Is there any chance we can recapture that “Queen Bee” magic and sweep this year’s awards the way we did last year’s?  I don’t know.  But when Mike, Robb, and I were out scouting locations yesterday, Robb spotted a very promising sign.

Seriously, what are the odds?

Truly the gods are smiling upon us! Or taunting us. It’s difficult to tell.

We are SO HAPPY.

We’ll post the film race results in this space when we have them. Good luck to all the teams!

Okay, fine, this is a pretty good image for "bragging rights."

Posted by Keith