Official Selection: Cryptshow Festival & Fright Night Film Fest

WAFFLE has been selected to screen at the Cryptshow Festival, which runs July 11-15 in Badalona, Spain.  www.cryptshow.com

The film will also screen at the Fright Night Film Fest on Friday, June 29. The festival runs June 29 to July 1 in Louisville, KY.   www.frightnightfilmfest.com

Dread Central article about WAFFLE

Here's a great article posted on Dread Central with some really positive words about the film:
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/53182/dig-tense-short-film-waffle

Watch WAFFLE!

WAFFLE is now available to watch online in its entirety. Enjoy!

WAFFLE (short film) from Rafael De Leon Jr. on Vimeo.

Two new WAFFLE reviews

The film has recently gotten two new, positive reviews! One is at the Chuck Norris Ate My Baby blog: http://www.chucknorrisatemybaby.com/2011/11/salute-your-shorts-waffle.html

The other review is at Arrow In The Head: http://www.joblo.com/arrow/dvd_reviews.php?id=2987

Official Selection & Award: GIAA Festival of Short Movies & Screenplays

WAFFLE was awarded "Best Horror" from the GIAA Festival of Short Movies & Screenplays! The screening at that festival will be on Saturday, November 19, 2:00pm at the Anthology Film Archives in NYC.

Official Selection: Royal Flush Film Festival & Fargo Fantastic Film Festival

WAFFLE recently screened at the Royal Flush Film Festival this past Saturday, October 15th in Brooklyn, NY. http://www.royalflushfest.com/

The film will have its next screening this Friday, October 21 at the Fargo Fantastic Film Festival in Fargo, ND!

Official Selection: Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival

WAFFLE has been selected to screen at the Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival, taking place October 27-30! http://film-festival.org/Horror_ri.php

Official Selection: Mayhem Horror Film Festival

WAFFLE will have its UK premiere at the Mayhem Horror Film Festival on Saturday, October 29th in Nottingham! http://www.mayhemhorrorfest.co.uk/

Official Selection: Terror Film Festival & Horror Quest Film Festival

WAFFLE has been selected for the Terror Film Festival where it has received the following three award nominations:

Best Actress - Kerri Ford
Best Supporting Actress - Andrea Shannon Young
Best Horror Short

The festival takes place October 27-29 in Philadelphia, PA. http://www.terrorfilmfestival.com


The film will also screen on Tuesday, October 25 at the Horror Quest Film Festival in Atlanta, GA. http://www.thehorrorquest.com

Official Selection: Freak Show Horror Film Festival

WAFFLE has just been accepted into the Freak Show Horror Film Festival, taking place in Orlando, Florida from October 7-9! http://www.freakshowfilmfest.com/

Official Selections: Coney Island Film Festival & Mile High Horror Film Festival

WAFFLE will screen at the Coney Island Film Festival in Brooklyn, NY! The festival runs September 23-25. If you're in the NYC area and haven't been to this awesome festival yet, mark your calendars. More screening info coming soon. http://www.coneyislandfilmfestival.com


Also, the film will return to Denver, CO for the Mile High Horror Film Festival, which takes place October 7-9. http://www.milehighhorrorfilmfestival.com

Official Selections: Macabro Film Festival, Atlanta Horror Film Festival, Dark Bridges Film Festival

WAFFLE has been accepted into three more festivals. It will screen at the Macabro Film Festival in Mexico City this week on Thursday, August 25th.


A screening at the Atlanta Horror Film Festival will take place on Friday, September 16th.
http://atlantahorrorfilmfest.com/schedule.html


And at midnight, October 1st, the film will screen in front of the feature film RABIES at the Dark Bridges Film Festival in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada! http://www.darkbridges.com/

Official Selection: NYC Filmmaker's Festival

WAFFLE will have its next New York City screening at the NYC Filmmaker's Festival on Saturday, August 27th at 3:00pm. More info here: http://filmfestny.com/

Official Selection: Fantasia Film Festival

WAFFLE will have its Canadian premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal! It will screen as part of the "Small Gauge Trauma 2011" program on August 3rd. Check out the website and complete schedule here: http://www.fantasiafestival.com

Award: Best Horror Short at Puerto Rico International Film Festival

WAFFLE won the award for "Best Horror Short" at the Puerto Rico International Film Festival, Vieques Island! Congrats to the cast and crew! http://priff.org/awards.html

WAFFLE mention in Olympia Awesome Film Festival review

WAFFLE got a cool mention in this blog post about the Olympia Awesome Film Festival, where the film screened on May 14th. http://decorabilia.blogspot.com/2011/05/olympia-awesome-film-festival-lives-up.html

A look back at SXSW and more!

Back in March, I had the pleasure of attending the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, TX, where WAFFLE screened as part of the Midnight Shorts program. The film screened three times throughout the festival week to packed audiences alongside other great shorts at the Alamo Drafthouse theaters. I had read so much about these theaters and about the awesome screenings that have taken place, so I was thrilled to watch WAFFLE there on the big screen.

Aside from all the WAFFLE-related stuff, I had a great time racing from panel to panel, screening to screening in the lively downtown Austin area and meeting new people everwhere I went. I think this was the first film festival I attended where I was actually able to watch a lot of the other films programmed and it was great to see the work of so many talented filmmakers and meet some of them as well. Being at SXSW was an amazing experience and I would love to go back, whether I have a film there or not.

Last month, WAFFLE screened at the Tromadance Film Festival in Asbury Park, NJ. Unfortunately, I was only able to attend for a short amount of time, but it was definitely worth it. I was very impressed with a lot of the short films I saw. WAFFLE played great and the audience responded really well to it. All of the screenings were free too! Tromadance is an awesome festival and I highly recommend it.

On May 3rd, WAFFLE screened as part of a Latin Horror showcase in NYC. There were some really good films on display here. I had already seen a few of them prior to the event, but it was great to experience them again on the big screen and with an engaging audience. WAFFLE had another great audience reaction here as well.

I think it's safe to say that WAFFLE has been having a very successful festival run so far. Audiences are really enjoying it and there will be more screenings to come throughout the rest of the year. Thank you to the great cast & crew and to those who have been supportive of the film.

Stay tuned for more updates!

- Rafael

Article/Review on Latin Horror screening

Here is an in-depth article on the Latin Horror event last week in NYC. WAFFLE gets a positive review! http://horrornews.net/34322/latin-horror-cinco-de-miedo/

WAFFLE screening in NYC tomorrow!

WAFFLE will have its 2nd NYC screening tomorrow at the Anthology Film Archives as part of a Latin Horror showcase. The film program starts at 7:00pm. All the information can be found here: http://www.latinhorror.com/horrorphiles7

Tromadance Film Festival screening info

WAFFLE screens on Saturday, April 23 at 3pm as part of the Tromadance Film Festival in Asbury Park, NJ. The theater is The ShowRoom and all of the festival screenings are free! http://www.tromadance.com