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<\/p>\nThe Miami Science Fiction Film Festival was held January 18-19, down in Florida (natch). \u00a0\u00a0 Mike Cassutt and I were there…\u00a0 we had a series of meetings that week, and we’d enetered MARY-MARGARET ROAD-GRADER in the festival.<\/p>\n
The film was well received, as I reported downstream in my post about the festival.\u00a0\u00a0 We came away with four awards.\u00a0\u00a0 Steven Paul Judd took two of them; he took Best Director, and also won the prestigious Russell Bates Award.\u00a0\u00a0 MARY-MARGARET also won honors for its costuming and wardrobe… and Miami was kind enough to present me with a lifetime achievement award.<\/p>\n
We were not able to attend the awards presentation at the festival, and I believe there were some delays with the trophies.\u00a0 They were finally completed, however, and the rockets arrived here in Santa Fe a couple of day ago.<\/p>\n
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The Bates Award was shipped directly to Steven Paul Judd; the other three turned up here, and will be distributed to the winners.\u00a0\u00a0 (Steven’s when he returns to Santa Fe in a few weeks to direct his next episode of DARK WINDS.\u00a0\u00a0 He has been doing an amazing job for us since he joined the show.\u00a0\u00a0 Super talented guy.\u00a0 And DARK WINDS itself has been kicking ass and taking names.\u00a0\u00a0 If you have not been watching it, you don’t know what you are missing).<\/p>\n
And speaking of film festivals… if any of you are in Texas this weekend, do check out the schedule for the Dallas International Film Festival, to be held this weekend.\u00a0\u00a0 Another of our Waldrop shorts, THE UGLY CHICKENS, is entered in the shorts competition.\u00a0 I am told it’s scheduled for Sunday.\u00a0\u00a0 Sid Khalsa will be on hand to help present it.\u00a0 TUC was adapted by Michael Cassutt from Howard’s Nebula-winning short story, and was directed by Mark Raso.\u00a0 The one and only Felicia Day stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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