Mar 17 2010

Official Selection at West Chester Film Festival Again!

We’re returning to West Chester! Level Up has been selected to screen at the 6th annual West Chester International Short Film Festival. This is really exciting, because first, they run a great festival, and second, Tripping Up was awarded Best Comedy at West Chester last year!


Nov 4 2009

Watch Tripping Up in HD!

Missed Tripping Up at the film festivals? Now you can watch our award-winning short film right here at crossbowstudiofilms.com! You can even view it in HD if you like. Enjoy.


Oct 25 2009

Tripping Up Wins Best Comedy at FirstGlance Philadelphia

Leo, Greg accept award for Best Comedy in Shorts Too category

Leo, Greg accept award for Best Comedy in Shorts Too category


Tripping Up was awarded Best Comedy in the Shorts Too (Under 10 min) category at FirstGlance Philadelphia. The event was at the Franklin Theater at the Franklin Institute (a beautiful theater by the way).


Sep 21 2009

Filmmaker Spotlight on film.org

Greater Philadelphia Film OfficeThe Greater Philadelphia Film Office profiled the local filmmakers who will be screening at FirstGlance Philadelphia in October. It’s exciting to be included in such a diverse and talented group. Read about the Philadelphia filmmakers and their films here. Then plan on coming to the festival!


Aug 15 2009

Action/Cut Short Film Competition Semi-Finalist

Action/Cut 2009 Short Film CompetitionTripping Up was just named a Semi-Finalist in the Action/Cut 2009 Short Film Competition. This was the 6th annual competition run by Action/Cut, and received more than 1,000 entrants from all over the world. Action/Cut was founded by Guy Magar, an accomplished film and television director.  A while back I took a film making workshop conducted by Guy, and found his direct and practical approach extremely helpful. I highly recommend the two-day Action/Cut workshops if you are looking for solid advice on film production, including networking and film funding. He knows his stuff and doesn’t mince words.


Aug 11 2009

Got a mention in citypaper

Citypaper covered the recently announced line-up for FirstGlance Film Festival and Tripping Up got a mention. The screening schedule should be announced by the end of the month, so stay tuned!


Jul 28 2009

Official Selection at FirstGlance Film Festival Philadelphia

FirstGlance PhiladelphiaTripping Up has been selected to screen at FirstGlance Film Festival Philadelphia! The longest running indie film festival in Philadelphia is in its 12th year, and will take place October 22-25. Mark your calendars, we hope to make a lot of noise with our little 5 minute story. More info at: www.firstglancefilms.com.


Jul 3 2009

Praise for Tripping Up from DC Shorts

DC-ShortsFF-logoThe selection committee from the DC Shorts Film Festival wrote about Tripping Up, calling it, “a sweet, simple story that is told in a way that still appears refreshingly young and innocent.”


Jun 1 2009

Level Up Cast

Laura Piccoli as MaggieLeo Koorhan as Tim in the film Level UpMia Vallet as Amanda in the film Level Up

Laura Piccoli and Leo Koorhan, the young stars of Tripping Up, play the parts of Maggie and Tim in the film Level Up. Mia Vallet, another beautiful and talented actor from Lower Merion, plays the part of Amanda.


Apr 27 2009

Tripping Up wins Best Comedy at West Chester Film Festival

Sunday night was a good night. Tripping Up won Best Comedy at the 2009 West Chester Film Festival, and was runner up for Best Film by a Pennsylvania Filmmaker. Leo accepted the award. The awards party was held at The Note in West Chester – cool place if you are ever out that way.