My short film Maneki-neko won best comedy at the Post Alley Film Festival! I had a wonderful time in this lush, green city. From Pike Place Market to the Underground Tour, I was lucky to pack plenty of sight-seeing into my weekend trip. As far as film festivals go, Post Alley is by far one of the best organized and curated ones I’ve attended so far as a filmmaker.  I was especially impressed with the general attendance. Festival director Virginia Bogert made sure every film had an audience, so I didn’t have to stress about promoting ticket sales in addition to just getting myself to the venue. Had a lovely Q&A afterwards, and got to attend a nice wine & cheese reception where more audience members approached me with questions about my weird little cat drama.

Maneki-neko will be available online soon. In the meantime, here’s a pic of our lead actress, Butter:

Here I am excited to see Miranda July (she wasn’t actually there, but what a cool poster!)

And here’s Seattle in all her glory.