Super-huge thanks to the fine folks at the Phoenix Film Festival for selecting “Eating in My Car Again” for their festival in Scottsdale (April 9 – 19, 2026).
Featuring Keith Larson as “The Driver,” this video was created by Nico Sotomayor. Many thanks to Keith and Nico and everyone else who played a role in making this fun music video.
“Eating in My Car Again” is a featured tune on my new album “Down at the Polystereophonic Dive Bar,” coming out on March 24, 2026.
Thanks to the fine folks at the Another Hole in the Head film festival for showing “Bird on a Wire” on Day 1 of the festival at the Balboa Theatre in San Francisco.
The art and the music all worked great on the big screen. Thanks to everyone involved in bringing this short film to life.
Huge thanks to the Diwa Filipino Film Festival for selecting “How Much Filipino” for their show on May 31 – June 1 in Seattle. Check out their website for more info.
About the festival: Diwa Filipino Film Festival of Seattle is a community-centered film festival made in cooperation with the annual Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival, celebrating the Filipino spirit wherever it resides, by exhibiting films from the Philippine islands and beyond.
Athens in April anyone? Thanks to the International Video Poetry Festival for making “How Much Filipino” an Official Selection.
Other recent selections include the Home Is Distant Shores Film Festival in Cary, North Carolina, the Monologues & Poetry International Film Festival in Vallejo, California, and the Dreamanila International Film Festival.
All in all, the film has been selected for eight festivals so far. Let’s see what’s next.
Many thanks to the 12th Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition for selecting “How Much Filipino” for their Winter Warmer Poetry Festival. All films will be screened at Nano Nagle Place in Cork, Ireland and streamed online (Nov. 24, 2024).
Judges selected 30 films for the festival from 174 submissions received from 144 filmmakers in 29 countries.
Super-huge thanks to author Maria Victoria Yujuico for focusing on “How Much Filipino” for her Positively Filipino Magazine article on contemporary Filipino artists and historical memory.
Working on this short film has been a true labor of love.
I couldn’t have done it without Rae Steinwand’s animation and an original score composed and performed by Theresa Calpotura.
This film is now heading out to festivals around the world.
Let’s see how it does.
I’m very honored and humbled for “The Missing Book” to be an official selection at the MALDITO FESTIVAL DE VIDEOPOESÍA to be held November 15 at the Teatro Circo in Albacete, Spain.
For those unable to travel to Albacete, “The Missing Book” will also be shown online as part of the festival starting November 16.
Thanks to the Poetry in Motion Film Festival for naming my short film “The Missing Book” as an official selection in this year’s event. Poetry in Motion” is Colorado’s Premier International Poetry film festival.
Here’s a trailer for a short film I’ve been working on for quite some time – like my whole life if you think about it. I plan on sending the film out to festivals and other places soon. Wish me luck.
Very special thanks to:
Theresa Calpotura – original score
Rae Steinwand – animation
Jacob Winik – mastering
