Boston 48 "Best Of 2026" Screening!
Fun Night!
Team Friendly Filmmaker's film "Thumbderdog" was screened at the "Best Of" screening for this year's Boston 48 Hour Film Project! What an incredible night overall!
The Boston 48 film community has so many friends that already know each other, so ...
June 12!
Private Screening
I meant to add this to yesterday's newsletter!
We have another awesome film coming out of Third Act Productions! (Which, their films have pulled tears out of me. So good.)
JUNE 12
STUDIO TOUR AND "EXIT" SCREENINGSHREWSBURY, MA7pm
Karin Trachtenberg wanted to share...
Come to the June 8, Boston 48 "Best Of 2026" Screening!
The Finals!
Team Friendly Filmmaker's film "Thumbderdog" was accepted into the Best Of 2026 screening for this year's Boston 48 Hour Film Project! That means, the team of judges honored us with at least one nomination. Like every year, we ...
Glitz and Glam, baby!
On Set
Skipping the news updates this week! I'm on set, I'll fill you in next time :-)
JUNE 8
BOSTON 48 HOUR FILM BEST-OF SCREENINGS & AWARDSSOMERVILLE, MA6:30pm - Crystal Ballroom at the Somerville Theater
The Boston 48 Award Nominee films screen again! And then awa...
Friendship Always Wins
Major Achievements
As promised last week, I wanted to talk about some truly amazing things that the Friendly Filmmaker Community has achieved -- both here in the Newsletter, and in the Paid Community. 2026 is only half over, and we've seen some beautiful and unexpected fe...
What a great night!
Two Thumbs Up!
Thanks to the Boston 48 HFP production team (headed up by Andrew Osborne) for an amazing series of 48 Screenings this past week at the historic Somerville Theater! It was so much pure fun to see our film with an audience. THUMBDERDOG was incredibly well reciev...
Boston 48 Hour Film Project Team Photo!
Success!
Hi Friends! TWO THUMBS UP!What a weekend!Amazing fun, amazing friends, amazing creative energy, and I'll be so real, AMAZING FILM. We made something really special and we had a great time making it. I could not be happier.PreeeeeeZENTingggg.... T...
Location Scouting for the Boston 48!
Short and Sweet
Hi Friends! Today as I prep for the 48 this weekend, I’ll keep it short.
There are fresh gigs and new events to check out! With a huge thank you to all of you for being part of this amazing community.
Enjoy your weekend!
MAY 2
STRANGE MAY...
48!
This year will be the 10th time I do a 48 Hour Film Project. Even something small (which is my goal this year) takes a lot of coordination to put together. More to come on that, but for now, wish me luck!
For now, I wanted to get this newsletter out to you sooner this week because of some of...
SO. MANY. MANNEQUINS!
Buffalo Film!
Huge congratulations to first time Director and Filmmaker Amelia Favata! Her film "Manic" was shot last weekend, and I am honored to have been there as DP/AD/Gaffer on the project. Amelia did a tremendous job producing and directing. Filmmaking is a roller co...
Update on the YouTube video that popped off!
Viral? Kinda!
Just wanted to update you on something funny that happened to the YouTube channel while I was away on my writing sabbatical (still underway).
One of my videos took off. And it's still doing well.
The video is a snappy how-to guide, cal...
Don't freak out, but 2026 is 1/4 over!
MIFF 2026
This weekend marks the start of the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival, organized and hosted by the Shawna Foundation! It is one of the most popular local festivals, and I bet a million Deutschmarks that many of you are already going.
If yo...
