Roller Coaster | Mort Laitner

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By Mort Laitner

I tap on my email. My inbox notifies me that 25 news messages await my perusal. I scan down the list. Two back-to-back messages from FilmFreeway say,”Judging Status for “The Stairs” has changed.” My heart beat accelerates as my index finger gets ready to tap on the screen. My brain says,”This is going to be a wild “twofer” roller coaster ride.

Tap.

Congratulations!

Mountain Shadow 2nd Annual Short Film Competition has updated the Judging Status of your submission “The Stairs” to Accepted.

Smile.

One down and one to go.

Tap.

Congratulations!

Indiana Short Film Festival has updated the Judging Status of your submission “The Stairs” to Accepted

A great big amusement-park smile. What A Twofer. Great title for a blog. What a ride. Wins #12 and #13 arrive almost simultaneously. Unrestrained joy.

Having been raise right, I write a thank you note to both festivals. I believe the roller coaster ride is over. Boy was I wrong.

Within the time it takes to tear a amusement park ticket, “A Dear John” email arrives in my inbox.

Thank you for your message, Mort. Unbeknownst to us until now, the FilmFreeway site erroneously generated a message to numerous submissions to our Annual Film Competition. The volunteer who has been handling the FilmFreeway portal has recently corrected the problem and posted a notice. Your film was likely among 164 films placed in an ‘Accepted’ category to be reviewed and judged by our 21 jurors. In fact, only 10 finalists were selected from hundreds and hundreds of submissions for our 90-minute program, and your film is not included in that list. Our apologies for the error, thank you for your submission, and best of luck with your craft.

John of Mountain Shadow

My heart plummets at the speed of the Coney Island Cyclone. Life sure does have its ups and downs.

Well, we did get win #12 and in 2014 the Indiana Short Film Festival was rated the fourth best short film festival in the USA by North America’s Best Short Film Festivals.

View a 39-second film trailer of “The Stairs” at https://mortlaitner.com/the-stairs/.

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