About a year ago, Blake and I decided to enter “We Need Rent Money” in the Central Florida Film Festival.
We had a plan.
If Blake’s movie was selected to be screened, he’d fly in from Oregon, his mom, Shelley, his brothers, Jason and Travis and Travis’ wife Kat would meet and celebrate WNRM’s Florida premiere in Mount Dora.
About a year ago, my wife and I booked a cruise never thinking about the Central Florida Film Festival. Yes, we are poor planners
Well, you know what happened?
Of course you do.
The congratulatory email arrived and said:
Dear Blake,
Congratulations, your film submission has been entered into Official Selection for the 17th Annual Central Florida Film Festival!
Your film will be screened during our next festival which runs the weekend of January 20th through January 22nd, 2023.
Our judges have hard decisions to make each year, given the many great entries we receive and we’re honored that you have been accepted into our 17th Annual International Film Festival!
We are screening all films at EPIC THEATRES AT MOUNT DORA, located at 2300 Spring Harbor Boulevard, Mount Dora FL, 32757.
Our festival begins the morning of Friday, January 20th, 2023 and will close at our after-party following our award ceremony on the evening of Sunday, January 22nd.
All show times will be announced in early January, 2023.
Kindly check our Facebook and Twitter pages and our web site www.CentralFloridaFilmFestival.com for additional information and updates as they become available.
Congratulations again, and I look forward to seeing you at the festival!
Well, you guessed right.
The family reunion ain’t happening because of that damn cruise.
C’est la vie.
And this episode of life reminded me of two of my favorite sayings :
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. (Robert Burns) ;
Make plans and Hashem laughs (an old Yiddish proverb and Woody Allen).
Well, thanks Central Florida Film Festival for your loving acceptance. We are sorry to say, “We can’t make it because our plans went awry, G-d laughed and we’re terrible planners.
Hopefully, our friends and fans in the Orlando area will fill some of your theater seats.
