My short film "Do Over" wins Best Comedy Film at the 2012 Iowa Film Festival!

My short film "Do Over," which I co-wrote and directed, was named Best Comedy Film by the 2012 Iowa Film Festival. Awards will be presented on June 25th. The festival runs June 25th-27th.

I share this award with my chief collaborators - producer Andrew Logan and co-writer/editor Taylor Allen - as well as with a hard working, dedicated Austin, TX based cast and crew.

I've never been to Iowa before. Although the main venue for the festival is in... Illinois? Well, I've been to Illinois already! It's a long story, but oddly enough the awards will be handed out in Moline, IL.

No matter where the award is handed out, this is wonderful news and I am humbled by it as I'm sure there were many great films in contention and many others that were not fortunate enough to be a part of the festival. For as many acceptances and positive feedback we have received, we have also dealt with our fair share of rejection. I write this simply to say to anyone reading this who is currently or about to send their film out into the world via festival submission: It's tough (and it's expensive) but there's an audience out there for your work and it makes the process so worth it when you find them.

Here are the full list of winners of the 2012 Iowa Film Festival.