I just found out last night that Hunting received the Best Horror Film award at the Victoria Independent Film Festival!  I am truly honored and this is our first award.  Unfortunately I wasn’t able to make the trip to Melbourne for the Fest but I’m sure it went well and thank you to the judges!

HUNTING was just accepted into the Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival.  I am totally excited as I have never been the Pacific Northwest before.  Jordan and I plan on traveling to the festival, which takes place in March, and spending some time there as my 30th birthday will be right around the corner.

Here is the link:  http://www.powfest.com/

The Victoria Independent Film Festival was this past weekend and I hope that the screening was well attended and went well. I still wish that I could have gone to Melbourne Australia for that one but c’est la vie.   I also wanted to quietly announce that I am working on something new and hope to be shooting another suspenseful short in either spring or summer.  I’ll keep this blog posted with the details.

2012 is shaping up to be a good year for HUNTING and Maxfly films which is really exciting. I’ll keep everyone posted on any new festivals and exciting happenings.

HAPPY BELATED NEW YEAR!

As the holidays are fast approaching I just got a great Christmas present!  Hunting has been accepted into the Victoria Independent Film Festival in Melbourne Australia!  The Festival starts on January 22nd.  I am very excited to be participating in my first international film festival and also stoked that it’s an Aussie fest.  Sadly I won’t be able to attend the festival (cost and time prohibitive) But I’ll be there in spirit and will contact some Australian friends to see if they can make the screening!

Here is a link to some press for my film from the wonderful Heidi Honeycutt on her blog planetetheria.com

http://www.planetetheria.com/2011/12/02/finally-a-trailer-for-laura-maxfields-horrorthriller-hunting/

I just posted the official trailer for Hunting online right here at Maxfly films. So head on over the “Hunting” page via the films pull down tab and check it out.

This post is a long time coming.  In fact I thought I had already written this post, but apparently my mind is a bit like swiss cheese lately.   Anyway, I’m here now to write about the festival.  NHFF was really great, my only regret is that I wasn’t able to stay for the whole thing.  I had to jet to a prior engagement (bridal shower) in Pennsylvania on Saturday.  However, the two days I spent at the festival were lovely.  Not only was it fun to revisit and hang around in Portsmouth which was a stomping ground of mine when I was an adolescent, but it was also a great opportunity to see the family.  Unfortunately, none of whom were able to come to the screening.  Oh the irony of screening in NY and LA and then NH is the festival that all of my NH relatives can’t come to.  Anyway, enough of that.

My film screened as part of the New Hampshire Nights section of shorts.  It was an out of competition category which featured films that were either made in or made by New Hampshire/New Hampshirites.  It was a good category and I quickly clicked with the director of one of the films “The Man at the Counter” who is from New Hampshire and also lives in Brooklyn!  I hung around with him and his writer and producer a bit at the festival.  I also saw several great programs one of which featured a short that I thought was fabulous about loss and sanity called “Good Morning, Beautiful”.  I also bumped into some old friends and made a few new contacts which was nice.  It would have been nice to get a bit more taste of the festival nightlife but given that I was staying at my parents I didn’t really get the superfun party time which rules at the festivals. I also had the opportunity to attend a panel discussion which included a former professor from my alma mater Drew University.  Buzz McLaughlin was a playwriting teacher and a mentor to my husband.  He left drew to pursue producing film in New Hampshire and has been there working with his business partner director Aaron Wiederspahn. It was a great panel about getting your script from the page to the screen and the struggles business wise and creatively that we all encounter.

I think that had I stayed the whole weekend I could have really worked it a bit more, but so it goes.  It was a good time and I’ll hopefully be on to the next one soon.  For the future look out for my trailer which I should be posting on this website and facebook soon!

I am off to drive the 6 hours to get to NH for my screening tomorrow.  I’ll be in Portsmouth at the Music Hall at Noon tomorrow for the New Hampshire Nights screening. I also plan on taking in as many films as possible over the next 2 days.  Look for the first Hunting trailer when I get back from trip!

I am thrilled to announce that Hunting was just accepted into the New Hampshire Film Festival.  It will be screening in the New Hampshire Nights program on October 13th.   The festival runs from the 13th to the 16th of October.  I am really excited to be bringing my film back to my home state.  I hope anyone who is in New Hampshire will come out for the festival and support it and us.  They will be posting a detailed schedule on the NHFF website in  few days so check back for screening times!

http://www.nhfilmfestival.com/

Hello Everyone,

I am back from Los Angeles and the fabulous LA Shorts Fest.  It was a truly wonderful experience.  I met many talented and passionate filmmakers and saw some amazing films.  If you check out and like http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maxfly-Films/126951190657421 you can see some photos from the festival and check out a few films that I’ve recommended.  ”Hunting” was well received at the festival.  Many filmmakers asked about the time lapse scene and how we’d created it, and everyone wanted to know where I’d found the creepy hallway!  Thank you Christine and Charles for living in such a creepy building in Brooklyn for a time .

Overall my trip to LA was an invaluable experience.  Yuki my wonderful friend, guide and hostess took me around the city and I’ve got a good feel for it from her. I also received some great advice from other filmmakers about online resources and festival strategies.  I am now embarking on a new round of festival submissions.  So watch out world.  I am already committed to submitting to 35 so that’s a start! Cross your fingers and wish me luck!

Lastly, as you will see, and many of you may have already noticed I’ve relaunched my website with an exciting new look and what I hope is a better user interface.  It’s still a work in progress though so new features will be popping up over the next month so check back frequently!

- Laura