This past Friday MAF held thier annual winter screening event, showcasing locally produced shorts, and it was also the premiere for local writer David Boyer and his short film “Valentine’s Day”, the winner of last year’s $100 movie, sponsored by MAF.

Each year, MAF screenwriters are given the challenge to write a short film based upon a certain premise, and at the Winter Screening, the scripts are all read to the audience, and the audience then votes for which one to make into a short film for $100, to premiere at the next year’s Winter screening.  Last year’s winner, “Valentine’s Day” was written and directed by David Boyer, and he had been given the task of writing a short centered on the holiday Valentine’s Day in the style of a Silent Movie.  David did a great job on his first short, and we congratulate him on his premiere this past Friday!

This year’s writers had to write a short flick about a blind date in the style of a famous film maker, such as Tim Burton or George Lucas.  After the screening, members of the writer’s group read each script, or I should say, attempted to act out each script in a rather spirited fashion.  The readings were a lot of fun, and the audience really seemed to enjoy the lively action on stage.  We would like to thank each of the screen writers for their scripts, as you all did a great job, however, in the end, there can be only one!  And the winner of the MAF $100 movie screenwriters challenge this year is…

David Boyer! With his short script about a blind date in the style of Judd Apatow called “5cm Peter”!  That’s right, for the second year running, David wowed the audience with his script and his hilarious send up of a, erm, romantically challenged man named Peter and his attempts to find just the right woman.  Congrats David!  You did a great job with your script, and we can’t wait to see “5cm Peter” at next year’s screening!