Yes, it's a feature film financing quagmire out there! :-) Working to keep my head above water and take it one step at a time. Right now working on trying to gather more funding without losing a sense of what I set out to accomplish in the first place. It's so easy to start catering your project to the money, and lame definitions of what the industry want's to see. I think I'll make Searching for Dragons into a 13 part series with things that explode! YAHHHHH!! not quite. rather I'll stick to the original form and intent of the project working with what is getting closer to the projects final summary,Searching for Dragons is a feature documentary film and visual pilgrimage chronicling the North American dreamscape from the Arctic to Panama. It examines the ebb and flow of civilization, environmental degradation, and our human connection to the natural world. The film reconnects to the fundamental truths of our existence, and leads back toward our collective wisdom. Pausing for a moment in that wisdom, we may discover that the most difficult questions, call for the simplest of answers.
Slow down, visit, and listen…
Constructing a new paradigm from within a technological world requires looking inwards, remembering who we are, and deepening levels of personal and spiritual awareness.
When it comes to this film and the more and more I look into industry film funding, the more I feel justified in following the route of the Independent Art Film. There's something to be said for the independent artist, and the fact that they can make their work to be bold, beyond the conventions of the mainstream industry.
Other than working on the pitch, and financing angles, I've been dumping content from Nepal Film Trek last October with Joan Halifax Roshi. I'll start digging into it in my evening hours when I'm not working on SFD.
What else... well that's about it from the SFD funding quagmire, stay tuned!
Here's a pic of Moses with an Elk Leg.. on guard for coyotes ;-)
peace,d
