Interview for the Faithful Film Fanatic Podcast

As promised, here it is!  An interview I did for the Faithful Film Fanatic Podcast.  My first time doing something like this so it was a really fun experience to be a part of.  Had a great time chatting about my film, favorite composers, and a glimpse into other projects I've worked on.  Check it out at the links below!

Faithful Film Fanatic Podcast

A frame of us chatting

And finally, the video itself...

Thanks to Terry Roy for having me on the show!

YouTube Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYbSBWh3eVo

Audio Podcast Link:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/faithful-film-fanatic/id1554833049

As always, looking forward to posting more as I continue the festival run.

- Erik (Director)

Q&A Interview for Cosmic Film Festival

Here's a really special post!  As promised... I'm very excited to share my first Q&A interview for the film (link below)!

https://www.cosmicfilmfest.com/post/erik-margolin-down-the-road-interview

This is the first festival that has given me the opportunity to participate in something like this and I had a blast.  Huge thank you to the Cosmic Film Festival!

As always, looking forward to posting more as it comes in.

- Erik (Director)

Festival Win! Best Feature Film at the Cosmic Film Festival!

Super excited to share an update on the Cosmic Film Festival...

"Down the Road" has won Best Feature Film!

We were also selected as a Finalist for the music score.  Huge thank you to Ranelle Golden and others at Cosmic Film Festival for this amazing honor!

Also, as a result, I may be participating in an episode of the "Faithful Film Fanatic" podcast, and a Q&A session for the festival's blog.  Stay tuned!

https://www.cosmicfilmfest.com/best-feature-film

https://www.cosmicfilmfest.com/additional-categories

- Erik (Director)

Official Selection at the Cosmic Film Festival

Quick update with more exciting festival news!  "Down the Road" is now an Official Selection at the Cosmic Film Festival!

Thank you Ranelle Golden and others at Cosmic Film Festival for this honor!

Looking forward to posting more as I continue my festival run.

- Erik (Director)

I Won at the Bare Bones Film Festival!

Time for a really special post...

I won at the Bare Bones Film Festival!

Thank you so much to the team at Bare Bones for the wonderful honor, and for screening my film!  It was an amazing experience finally being able to watch it with a public audience for the first time!

Shiron "Ironbutterfly" Ray (the festival director) and Oscar (her husband) are very down-to-earth, warm and welcoming people, that really care about shining a light on the truly independent filmmakers who only have "bare bones" resources to make films. The atmosphere was inviting and humble, and set the tone for some great chats with other filmmakers.  Thank you so much for letting me be a part of it!

Now without further ado, let's get started with the photos from my journey to the Bare Bones Film Festival!

Arriving at the Roxy Theater (Muskogee, OK)

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The entrance to the Roxy Theater

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Found my film's poster on the wall!

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My badge

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Guests arrive

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On the red carpet

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More red carpet

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Festival Director Shiron "Ironbutterfly" Ray

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I was on a filmmaker Q&A panel!

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Cameraman filming the awards ceremony

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Me among the nominees for the "Indie Auteur" award

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A bunch of the filmmakers

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I was one of two filmmakers awarded the "Robert Rodriguez Indie Auteur of the Year" award, which was an awesome surprise!

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Me with the amazing Festival Director Shiron and her super cool husband Oscar

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My final awards: "Robert Rodriguez Indie Auteur of the Year" and "Best Original Music Composer"

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And a final picture of the Roxy Theater at night

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Again, a huge thank you to Shiron, Oscar, the team at Bare Bones, and the Roxy Theater for the amazing honors!  It was a wonderful experience!

For more information on the festival, visit their website here: http://www.barebonesfilmfestival.org

- Erik (Director)

Upcoming Screening at Bare Bones Film Festival!

Back again, and extremely happy to announce "Down the Road" will be screening (both live and online) at the Bare Bones Film Festival as an Official Selection!

We have even been nominated for 3 awards: Best Feature Drama, Best Music Composer, and Indie Auteur

Check me out in this lineup with other nominated filmmakers:

And here's a glance at my film's online screening page:

For more information on the live screenings, visit the festival's website here:

http://www.barebonesfilmfestival.org/

For more information on the online screening, visit my film's screening page here:

https://bbff.sparqfest.live/en/2022.00/down-the-road

This will be the first festival to screen my film live and I'm so thrilled and thankful to Bare Bones Film Festival for the honor!

- Erik (Director)

Festival News! "Official Selection" and "Best Music Score" at Blastoff!

Continuing our festival journey, we are back again with more news!

We can now announce "Down the Road" is an Official Selection of the Blastoff Film Festival and has won "Best Music Score"!  Huge thank you to BLASTOFF and festival director Rowan Sutherland for this honor!

As always, looking forward to posting more as it comes in!

- Erik (Director)

Virtual Screening at the Blastoff Film Festival!

Back again with another post from our festival run!  And this time I have something very special to share!

Our film has been selected to be part of a virtual screening!  And a very creative virtual screening at that!  The festival is called "BLASTOFF", and it is being hosted in a fully explorable 3D space on a virtual platform called "Decentraland".   Sounds kind of like a video game, right?  Well, in a way it is!  It's a fun and unique way to showcase these films and I'm happy I could be a part of it!

And now, without further ado, let me take you on a little tour...

Here's virtual me standing in front of the theater, the "Star Cinema".

And another image of just the theater itself.

A clickable sign for the festival.

And now we enter.

The lobby, with posters of all the films.

Wait a minute... is that...?

My "Down the Road" poster!

We then make our way past the concession stand and into....

The theater!  Very cool!

Now to find our perfect seat...

A menu allows us to select and start the films.

And the movie begins!

A very fun and unique experience.  Shout out to Rowan Sutherland and Blastoff Film Festival for creating such a cool online festival!  I am honored to be a part of it!

The films will be streaming from now till March 14 at 6:00 pm.

For more information, visit:

https://filmfreeway.com/BlastOff/tickets

As always, looking forward to posting more as it comes in!

- Erik (Director)

Festival Win! "Best Mystery Feature" & "Best Score" at Pure Magic!

Hello again!  Another festival win for the month of February!  My film just won "Best Mystery Feature Film" as well as another "Best Score" at the Pure Magic International Film Festival!

Thank you Pure Magic for two wonderful honors!

Again, the full soundtrack is currently available to stream/purchase on Bandcamp:

https://erikmmusic.bandcamp.com/album/down-the-road-original-score

It's so great to finally be submitting my film to festivals!  Looking forward to posting more as it comes in!

- Erik (Director)

Festival Win! "Best Score" at the TMA's!

Hey everyone!  Back with another update!  My film's soundtrack just won "Best Score" at the Tracks Music Awards (TMA's)!  Here's the official announcement link:

https://americantracksmusicawards.wordpress.com/january-2022-winners/

Thank you TMA's for this honor!

The full soundtrack is currently available to stream/purchase on Bandcamp:

https://erikmmusic.bandcamp.com/album/down-the-road-original-score

As always looking forward to posting more as it comes in!

- Erik (Director)