Overdue... a lovely review...by The Independent Critic

Thank you to Richard Propes at The Independent Critic for this lovely review of Overdue!

https://theindependentcritic.com/Overdue

"...the screenplay for Overdue is impressive and this is a short film that beautifully weaves together a tapestry of both comedy and drama..."

”…Howard Hendrix Powell and Jeanine Bartel are impressive here. Powell radiates sincerity while playing completely intoxicated. He's a charmer, obviously far less mature than Maureen but mature enough that we can believe in their spark. Bartel dazzles as Maureen, a woman who feels weary, though she still has a warmth in her eyes and is completely and utterly compelling.”

Honored by Austin...

Blown away and grateful for the many Award Nominations @austinrevolution has bestowed upon Overdue and Robot. Thank you to James Christopher Dziedzic & Jessica Bybee-Dziedzic and the amazing team at ARFF!!!

So very excited to be nominated as both a writer and an actor…

My first submitted screenplay, Scarred, has been nominated for Best Short Screenplay; Drama and placed me among the many talented nominees for Screenwriter of the Year!
and I’m honored to be mentioned among so many talented ladies for Best Actress in a Short and The Margaret Ann Garza Actress of the Year honors.
Congrats to the cast & crew of Thomas Ryan’s thrilling short Robot!
Nominations for…
Sci-fi Short Film
Editing -Short Film
And Congrats to all who worked on Penny Jackson and Melissa Skirboll’s beautiful film Overdue…
Nominations for
Romance/Rom-Com Short Film
Produced Script Short Film
Actor in a Short Film- Howard Hendrix Powell
And it’s accompanying music video: Down & Out
And to our incredible Director, an inspiration to me as a writer/filmmaker, and my dear friend, Melissa Skirboll…
Congratulations on your abundance of well-deserved nominations.
In addition to those listed above for Overdue and Down & Out; she received nominations for:
TV Screenplay-Genre: 7 Years Later (pilot)
Short Screenplay Comedy: Blood is Thicker
No wonder she is also nominated for Female Filmmaker of the Year as well as a category I’m shocked to be in and so excited to share…Screenwriter of the Year!
So excited to celebrate all things film and filmmaking with all the nominees and Official Selections in February!

Robot heads to Boston!

Robot is an official selection at the Boston Sci-Film Festival!

Check out the fest and fab line-up here!

Scarred is an Official Selection at Austin Revolution

This one I had to let set in for a minute.

Last year at ARFF, I sat there, taking in all the artists, celebrating old & new friendships and meeting future collaborators, and celebrating the love & spirit of filmmaking. I remember feeling grateful as an actor for the honor of having my work appreciated and my film screened and being inspired for more… to be one of the ones making it happen, from the start.

I thought to myself… I want to be here next year with a script, or at least have one I felt proud enough to submit ( it wasn’t about the acceptance, but more about knowing I had been encouraged to make it a possibility. )

I love short stories and have been writing them for some time but I thought, what if…

and that “what if” became a script and I’m a bit shocked and also so incredibly grateful to @austinrevolution for accepting Scarred and helping me celebrate the other sides of myself as an artist.

And maybe this year as I sit there, among my filmfam, I’ll see in me the possibility of the director I’ve always hoped to be… with this incredible community of artists… who knows what’s possible next???

Together, we get to dream!

Thank you to Jim and Jessica and the incredible ARFF team