In light of Alex Rudloff’s excellent continuation of our’Orlando’s Venture Needs‘ conversation and to serve as a comment to Cory Collier’sOrlando Is More than Mickey‘ post, I wanted to mention yesterday’s Film Slam at the Enzian Theater. This monthly event draws some truly talented filmmakers from the Orlando area to debut their latest projects on the big screen.
Yesterday was no exception and I would posture that it was the Film Slam’s finest showing to date. With a record breaking 90 attendees and some seriously thought provoking film, the Slam is only getting better each month. Fellow Florida Creative, Mark Baratelli’s animated short Lady Raptastic kicked off the the Slam with panache and was followed by some of the finest films the Slam has debuted.
See we’re not just a one Mouse town. There is plenty of culture to be found in Orlando beyond the tourism corridor, you just have to know where to look. With the recent positive vote from the city and the county to move forward with building of the new arena, performing arts center and to provide a major Citrus Bowl renovation, Orlando’s future just keeps getting brighter.
Wish I could have made it out there, sounds like it was a blast!
As the host and co-producer of the FilmSlam, I welcome everyone to come out and see what the event is about. We can only keep events like this going with support from local filmmakers and attendees.
The next Slam is this weekend, Sunday the 9th at 1:00pm. See you there
FilmSlam rocks. It’s an excellent opportunity for local filmmakers, like myself, to network and be seen. Word of mouth travels and it keeps getting bigger every month! Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinal posts a blurb about it every month too. John and Brian do an excellent job co-hosting/producing!