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Lighthouse Film Festival Recap

Atomic Abe took Long Island Beach, NJ by storm when our award-winning animated short film Message From the Future played the 2021 Lighthouse International Film Festival. Cowriter/coproducer/voice actor Kevin Maher attended the festival and provided the recap below. Read on for more about the festival, and to see an exclusive promotional video created by Kevin around Long Beach Island.

Kevin Maher writes:

As a New Jersey native, I was thrilled to get to screen our short film in Long Beach Island at the Lighthouse International Film Festival.

The four-day festival showcased a "COVIDEO" program of shorts that were made during the pandemic, or about the pandemic. This collection included documentaries, comedies, stop-motion, horror and a mockumentary starring Linda Lavin. (Finally, I can boast that our movie shared the bill with one of the stars of The Muppets Take Manhattan.)

For most of the filmmakers, it was the first time they were seeing their short with a live audience. And for a comedy, that makes such a difference.

After MESSAGE played, programmer Chip Parham brought me up for a Q&A and we talked about how the short was written as a live-action film but because of the pandemic we had to make it as animation.

That night, I hobnobbed with other creators and filmmakers at a packed party at "Bird & Betty's" in Beach Haven. It was the most people I'd been around in 14 months. And because NJ dropped the mask mandate, most people were maskless.

I met up with friend and fellow filmmaker Jeremy Workman, whose documentary feature Lily Topples the World was the closing night film. Jeremy was like the character in a movie who knows everyone at the party and gives you necessary exposition and gossip.

Thanks LIFF and Long Beach Island for a fantastic weekend and a thrilling festival. We'll be sure to submit our next film and bring more of the Atomic Abe team in '22.

Our movie played at the Lighthouse International Film Fest -- and everyone was talking about it! Watch the video diary and Message From the Future below.

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Message From the Future at Lighthouse International Film Festival

We are pleased to announce that our short animated film, Message From the Future, will be screening June 5th at the Surf City Firehouse during the 2021 Lighthouse International Film Festival. Cowriter/coproducer Kevin Maher will be attending the festival. Say hi if you see him!

Lighthouse Film Festival features a wide variety of films from a fantastic lineup of filmmakers. We’re so excited to be featured in a festival that includes Sundance hit John and the Hole and the award-winning documentary Lily Topples the World, directed by friend of Atomic Abe Jeremy Workman.

Come watch our short film and then hit the beach! (Message from the Future will also be available to stream virtually on the Lighthouse Film Festival website starting June 3rd.)

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Message From the Future At the Drive-In!

We’re thrilled that our short animated film, Message from the Future is screening at the Austin Comedy Film Festival this Saturday, May 15th. Director Dano Johnson will be there to represent. Come out if you're in the Austin area and watch our film on the big outdoor screen! Click here for ticket info.

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Message From the Future Director Dano Johnson Interviewed for USA Film Festival

Atomic Abe is proud that our short film, Message From the Future, is included in the 2021 USA Film Festival. (For info on virtual screenings, click here.) In anticipation of the screening, director Dano Johnson spoke with Selig Film News about his award-winning alumni status at USAFF, his UT Austin days and so much more. Check out the interview here.

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Atomic Abe Interviewed About Message From the Future

Matthew Toffolo of the 2021 Feedback Comedy Film Festival was nice enough to interview Atomic Abe about our animated short film Message from the Future, which received excellent feedback at the festival. You can read the interview with Message From the Future co-writer/co-producer/co-voice director Nick Nadel and executive producer Tim Finn here. To watch the glowing audience feedback of Message From the Future, click here or watch below.