2008 was nuts, to say the least. I’ve worked hard to dial it back in recent months. Have been taking it easy (kind of).

Of course, a new project is in the works. I’ve been developing it for about a year now. It’s a documentary called Mormons Make Movies (about my personal connection to the Mormon film industry). Am gathering funding and putting together crew.

Rhino is off and running. I’m with the film til June’s end. Our trip to IDFA in November was a thrilla, all five screenings sold out. So excellent to have a yum-pile of Kartemquin people rambling around in Amsterdam together. Andrew and Neal met up with us too- finishing off a short European tour.

IDFA is a great festival. I’m still feeling mean and critical about the quality of the short films I saw but my two favorite feature films at IDFA were Nishtha Jain’s Lakshmi and Me and Rick Minnich’s Forgetting Dad. The balance of intensity in both films was incredible, considering both filmmakers were in their own films. So many ways that can go.