DETOURS Premiere at the Sunscreen Film Festival

Gary Busey & Tara Westwood

DETOURS had a wonderful premiere this past Saturday at the Sunscreen Film Festival in Saint Petersburg, Florida!  We had the pleasure of shooting the climactic scenes of the movie in the area - including on Tampa Bay - and it was great to be back.

I traveled with our wonderful star and my fellow producer Tara Westwood; we were both thrilled with how well-organized and well-attended the festival was.  It helped that we were interviewed by the lovely folks at Tampa news station Bay News 9 - quite a few people told me that they came out because they saw the interview, which you can check out here:

We had an enthusiastic and near-capacity crowd for our screening at the beautiful Muvico theater in downtown Saint Petersburg - the movie looked and sounded fantastic.

Tara was on a terrific panel on acting with Oscar-nominated actor Gary Busey, who was at the festival with his new feature Candiland. We both had the pleasure of participating in a panel on Women In Film, which was moderated by Linda J. Brown, head of the Cinematography Department at USC and director of the wonderful documentary You See Me. 

It was a great weekend, and we've got more DETOURS screening news coming soon!