Tag Archives: festival

Learning About Human (and Inhuman) Nature

Posted on September 9, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir It was my last term of graduate school. I’d become engrossed in researching my final thesis paper, “Moral Disintegration in the Roman Theatre.” During its last 100+ years, I discovered, the empire had abandoned the Greek model … Continue reading →

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Dangling by a Thread of Hope

Posted on February 4, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I’d just turned twenty-five, and was recovering from multiple goodbyes, while pushing back against that old recurring sense of purposelessness. So I clung to what remained: I still had friends, even if the tide had carried some away. And … Continue reading →

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And So the Adventure Begins…

Posted on December 1, 2024 by mitchteemley

Advent, the season leading up to Christmas, is the root of the word “adventure.” It means to finally arrive after a long journey. It is about Christ’s arrival. And ours. “The Lord is coming, always coming. When you have ears … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on March 3, 2020 by mitchteemley

Father and Son Being Us “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken” is one of the most popular quotes around. And it’s a good one, although much overused by those desperately trying to be exactly what contemporary culture says they should … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on February 13, 2020 by mitchteemley

Tree Hugging in Florida We aren’t snowbirds; my wife and I like the four seasons. But when our executive producer offered a trip to the Florida Comedy Film Festival for the screening of our movie Notzilla, we jumped (well, flew, … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on September 24, 2019 by mitchteemley

Monster Love! Our feature film comedy Notzilla, an affectionate send-up of old monster movies, has received two new honors! (Click on any image to enlarge, or to start slide show) First, we were chosen to preview exclusive scenes from the … Continue reading →

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Irony Board

Posted on September 7, 2017 by mitchteemley

A quick pre-scheduled post just for fun. I’m currently at the Burbank International Film Festival being mercilessly pursued by paparazzi!

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on September 5, 2017 by mitchteemley

Major Award Nomination We’ll be flying into Los Angeles tomorrow for the Burbank International Film Festival where the movie I wrote and directed Over-the-Rhine will receive its West Coast Premiere this Saturday, September 9. If you live in or near … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on August 1, 2017 by mitchteemley

My feature film Over-the-Rhine has been officially selected for the Burbank International Film Festival! We’ve also been told we may be in the running for an award, but don’t know the details yet. Over-the-Rhine will screen Saturday, September 9, 1:00 … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on May 8, 2017 by mitchteemley

Something Real “Faith-based” movies are in the toddler stage. Hollywood only began to realize there was a large audience for such films when The Passion of the Christ sold massive numbers of tickets to churchgoers in 2004. But it wasn’t until … Continue reading →

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