Houston, We Have A Problem

Wasn't planning on posting here today (was preparing a stupid essay on whatever, which will be comming soon), but some recent news caught me right off guard.

First of all:

"No updates for a couple of weeks, since I'm off to Houston for a few days (not to watch, but to be watched); normal service hopefully to resume in the first week of May."

And then...

Malgaat - Drama - 19:40 - 35mm - CYPRUS- Theo Panayides, Director

WHOA!

YAY for Theo! Oh, man, that is such good news. I don't know if this is Theo's directing debut -- I know he was into screenwriting -- but it's the first I heard of it, and it's definitely very exciting. I always wondered when these uber-hipster-pathological-cinephiles were actually going to start making the darn things. I have no idea what "Malgaat" may be about -- I tried googling it and came up with "Seahorse Films" and the Houston Festival site, and that's it -- but sounds very cool. I mean, look at the competition:

Magic Circle - Drama - 6:00 - DVD - UNITED KINGDOM - James Brailsford, Director - ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz... Yeah, whatever.

A Beautiful Life - Drama - 20:00 - DVD - USA - Kenneth R. Williams, Director - Uuuuuuh... No thanks.

The Silent Question - Drama - 16:13 - DVD - UNITED KINGDOM - Steph Busby, Director - No.

Now You See Me, Now You Don't - Drama - 29:55 - 35mm - HUNGARY - Attila Szasz, Director - I'll never you see you. Thanks.

The Good Daughter - Drama - 6:00 - DVD - USA - Curtiss Bradford, Director - Stay away from me.

The Porcelain Pussy - Drama - 15:00 - 35mm - CANADA - Denise Blinn, Director - Ok, this does sound mildly interesting, but it's no Malgaat.

I also noticed that Theo's masterpiece (c'mon, you know it is; it's like an 85, already) is scheduled in the "Shortly Strange" category. Hmmm, shortly strange. I like strange. It makes me giddy. Yo, Theo, be sure to try and upload the movie to the internet so we can all download it and be astounded.

And he shot on 35mm, so maybe there was some independent company backing it or something... I don't know. I wish I could know more about it. Plot details, language, etc.

Maybe someone could provide a link to this mysterious onlike geek chat group he hangs out (I don't believe it's a_film_by) so I can fish for information.

Btw, thanks Theo and Jason for linking. And it's not silly, but I can understand the "I-have-an-awesome-website-and-I-made-Malgaat-so-now-I'm-all-kinds-of-badass-not-just-one-kind" modesty.

PS: Theo downgraded "Not On The Lips" back to a 73. Now I'm positive he's just fucking with me.