I am back from my weekend at the Broad Humor Film Festival. I learned a lot and saw some great films.

The weekend proved to be a combination of high energy "industry" moments, and laid back conversation.  It was a great introduction to the festival circuit, because it wasn't a heavy competition atmosphere, but did give a tiny taste of what to expect at other events.

I also met a few cool people. Now, I'm am TERRIBLE at networking just for the sake of networking. If people want to ask me what I'm working on or what my film is about, no problem. But I can't just jump in to a cold conversation and pitch myself.

I can, however, get geeky and fangirl over excellent television shows, which is what I did with the fabulous Julie Gray, founder of The Script Department. She writes The Rouge Wave, which is one of the most informative and probably important blogs for screenwriters. Also, she loves Battlestar Galactica AND she got into it late like I did.

Julie, along with long time in-demand Hollywood script consultant Laura Shapiro, hosted an extremely informative panel about writers and the industry. This was definitely one of the highlights of the weekend.

I was also able to chat with a few fellow filmmakers, particularly a very hilarious pair of ladies with a webseries called Apt45. The series follows the lives of Ileana and Erica, the former playing the straight “man” to the latter's antics. Plots revolve around acting classes and auditions, grocery shopping and to-do lists. Don't let the simplicity fool you, this stuff is laugh out loud funny and won the audience award at the festival.

Here's the first episode.