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Two New Reviews of SUMMIT!

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After screenings, I tend to google my name and the film's title for a few days to see if I come across any reviews or social media mentions, and I was pleasantly surprised to see two today! 

 

The first is from ScreenRelish (a site that's kind of a big deal - has a big following) and is a very positive review! Based on how they describe the upcoming screenings of the film, I assume they came across it via the Joblo article from last month. I had sent JoBlo a streaming link in case they wanted to review it and it seems ScreenRelish got the link from them.  

 

The other is from 411Mania (not a site I've heard of, but also has a very decent social media following) and was definitely from the Scare-A-Con screening. It's not a positive review, but not completely negative. It's actually surprisingly flattering despite the writer not fully enjoying the film! I think what they expected to get out of the film is not what I/we aimed to do with it. But their feedback is appreciated nonetheless. Their opinion is sure to be shared by many horror fans. But I'm proud of the direction we went with Summit and it's nice to see 2 out of 3 reviewers (so far) appreciated it.  (Scroll down.)

A Review of SUMMIT!

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In my recap of the Scare-A-Con screening, I wrote that we noticed an audience member taking notes and assumed he was writing a review. Well, we were right! He tweeted at us with a link. Here it is: http://that-one-review.blogspot.com/2015/09/summit.html.

It's pretty revealing of the plot, but I'm okay with sharing it because it's really nice being able to share an unbiased perspective on the film, and I appreciate what he had to say about it! I hope you enjoy the review too, whether you've seen the film already or not. Hopefully there will be more to come!

-Christina

SUMMIT: New Press & Another Screening!

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I sent an email out to a few horror movie news & reviews sites a couple days ago mentioning Summit's upcoming screening at Scare-A-Con. This morning I was pleasantly surprised to see a write-up on the film on the website JoBlo (which I didn't realize is as big a deal as it is until a bunch of horror fans started getting in touch with me, mostly through Twitter.) Here's the link to that article.

That write-up led to 2 interesting messages of the day! 

The first was from the editor of We Are Indie Horror mentioning that he saw the article, took an interest in the film and did a write-up of his own. He also asked if I'd do an interview about the film, as well. I agreed and he sent me some questions, so I'll be sure to send that when it's released on the site. 

The second message was from the co-founder of the Unreal Film Festival. This is what it said:

I'm co-founder of the (admittedly grassroots - in our 4th year) Unreal Film Festival in Memphis, TN (Oct. 4-10), and I'm looking to secure two more features for our fest this year. We got another day's use with the theater we use, and we'd rather screen more films instead of having more panels. SUMMIT sounds like exactly what we'd enjoy, as we are a scifi/horror/fantasy/animation festival specifically. Submission fee will be waived, of course. The film would screen as a special presentation instead of in competition, as well. Still, it's about giving our fan base more of what they love, really. We love and often work in genre based films, ourselves. Again, though, we aren't the richest - just full of passion. We hope that you'll consider us. 

 

I thought that was really cool of him to want to screen my film, and that we have the passion thing in common; I told him, in fact, my team & I refer to ourselves as passionaires because we may not be millionaires but we have endless passion. I also mentioned two things: one, no one from the team would be able to attend, so that would kind of suck, and two, I wouldn't feel comfortable with them screening the film without seeing it. So, I requested that he watch it first and then decide whether or not he wants to screen it. (And I made sure that our lack of attendance wouldn't be an issue. - It would not.) I told him that the film's truly no-budget, with most of the money we raised having gone towards housing and feeding the cast & crew, and attempting to keep them warm. Everything was DIY and not as polished as I would've liked. He said that he loved my attitude and would happily watch the film but knows even more now that he wants to screen it and increase its audience because we seem to be a great group of people with a similar outlook as the festival team. So I agreed to the screening and sent him a link to the film. He did end up telling me that he started watching and is already impressed. So that's cool. In any case, it'll be nice to have a screening for people we maybe wouldn't reach otherwise . I wish I could attend, but they'll just have to let me know how it goes. If anyone is local to Memphis, I'll be sure to let you know the date & time once they tell me so you can check it out!

Maybe the article will lead to even more opportunities popping up. Only time will tell!

Talk to you soon,

Christina