A short romantic comedy written by Tony Award-Winning playwright, David Ives, about a chance meeting of two characters, Betty and Bill, whose conversation is continually reset by the use of a ringing bell, starting over when one of them responds negatively to the other. This film was directed by Emmy Award-Winning Director, Deborah Reinisch. The film recently received a 2014 CINE Golden Eagle Award, the 2014 Virginia Film Festival Programmer's Award for "Narrative Short," and a 2015 Houston Comedy Film Festival Nomination for "Best Original Music." Recently, it was selected as a part of United Airlines In-Flight Entertainment for August 2015 through the Tribeca Film Festival.
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2014 Cannes Film Festival: Short Film Corner
2014 Maui Film Festival
2014 Maine Jewish Film Festival
2014 Gasparilla International Film Festival
2014 Palm Springs Shortfest
2014 LA Shorts Fest
2014 Napa Valley Film Festival
2014 HollyShorts Film Festival
2014 San Diego Film Festival
2014 Mill Valley Film Festival
2014 Hamptons International Film Festival
2014 San Jose International Short Film Festival
2014 Virginia Film Festival
2014 Ojai Film Festival
2014 St. Louis International Film Festival
2014 Virginia Film Festival
2015 Houston Comedy Film Festival
2015 Taos Shortz Film Festival
2015 Annapolis Film Festival
"The Buffalo Kid" Spring 2013
Still haunted by the pain left by his lover's departure, a young trumpet player plays his sorrows away by a street corner in New York City. When he can no longer find the motivation to play, he decides to get rid of the trumpet. His only hope comes in the form of a mysterious stripper who spends her cigarette breaks by the street corner listening to the young man's sad tunes.
This film was directed by Pedro Marnoto-Pereira. It was shown in New York, Lisbon, London, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro among many other cities. The music recently received a 2014 NYU First Run Film Festival Craft Award for Original Score and received Second Prize for "Best Film" at the 2013 NY Portuguese Short Film Festival.
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2013 NY Portuguese Short Film Festival
2014 NYU First Run Film Festival
2014 Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português, in Coimbra, Portugal