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Shh !
Keep this under your hat!
Big  News
This is NOT public knowledge yet! Aside from folks in the Friendly Filmmaker Community, no one knows.Â
The news is....
*drum roll*...
We are working on our first Feature Film!
Kara, Claudia, and Jessica are typical roommates. They love tv marathons, matching...
Nov 22, 2025
Happy
Thank you for the birthday love!
Thank  You !
I got several warm emails and messages (and even a kind donation!) over the past week, and I just wanted to thank everyone for the loving energy celebrating 2 years of this newsletter, and beyond.
I love doing this. I love this community and all the...
Nov 15, 2025
2 Years !
I just realized, last month was 2 full years of writing this newsletter!!!
Over 120 emails, 600 gigs, 80 events, and at least a dozen fundraisers within our growing filmmaking community alone. Happy Anniversary!
I just want to thank you all for enjoying this ride with me! I'm excited to see wher...
Nov 07, 2025
Halloween!
A Spooky Retrospective!
I just finished another blog for you filmmaker friends out there! There is so much going on in the local film world, I wanted to try to capture at least part of everyone's successes.
Special Shoutouts include Nicky Lowney, Rebecca Hickman, Ashes Homon Rahall, Patrick Rah...
Oct 31, 2025
Oct 24
New Photo Blog!
If you like my photo blogs, you'll love this one! I finally finished my latest patented photo blogs (and a related one on ko-fi!) from the Amazing Fantasy Film Festival in Buffalo.And if you want to check out the official photo recap on the AFFF page, with even more photos from ...
Oct 24, 2025
Friendly Filmmaker Friday
No News
Let's just jump right in!
Oct 23-26
ARLINGTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALARLINGTON, MA
Arlington International Film Festival (AIFF) serves as a bridge between the global and the local. We are committed to showcasing films that inspire audiences to be curious, empathic, and creative ...
Oct 17, 2025
You Rock!
THANK YOU
No Friendly Filmmaker updates to report this week, aside from my gratitude to you all! Special hugs to the Community Members and Ko-fi Friends. I have some major blogs coming for everyone next time!
Oct 11
"OLD FRIENDS" PREMIEREEASTON, MA
Filmmaker Allison Rothwell built a team to...
Oct 10, 2025
Pure Gigs
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THANK YOU
This week has seen a lot of trouble shooting on the community platform and I wanted to publicly thank everyone who submitted a form, sent an email, or texted me to ask a question. Every problem solved makes the site more awesome for everyone! Every teeny optimization matters, and ma...
Oct 03, 2025
Amazing Buffalo!
The "Mother Grimm" screening at AFF!
AMAZING FEST NEWS
Our trip to this year's Amazing Fantasy Film Festival was incredible. Most of the cast and crew of "Mother Grimm" made it all the way out to Buffalo for the weekend, to take in as many indie films as we could possibly see, and to share our ...
Sep 26, 2025
Screenings and Gigs!
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Mother Grimm BTS throwback!
MOTHER GRIMM BTS
As we look forward to the Amazing Fantasy Film Festival screening "Mother Grimm", which is nomated for...
* Amazing Short Feature* Amazing Director* Amazing Female Performance for Isabel Deschamps* Amazing Female Performance for Sissy O'Hara
... I ...
Sep 12, 2025
Back to School!
Happy September!
AMAZING NEWS
(pun intended!)
The Amazing Fantasy Film Festival (in Buffalo next week, deets below) just release its list of nominations. Jason Lake, (first time director, I remind you!) has A LOT to be proud of. This film really is a wonderful piece, and I'm happy to announce t...
Sep 05, 2025
Ko Re!
Anime, anyone? "ko re!" means "take that!", as in, this is one super exciting issue!!
COMMUNITY Â MILESTONE
You might have seen on the blog entry this week, we hit a pretty amazing milestone in the Community. This week, for the first time, we posted gigs to the Community that were either filled ...
Aug 29, 2025