Movies You Made: “When Harry Tries to Marry”
For several months, I’ve been tagging a bunch of emails from filmmakers who have contacted me about their film projects, so I figured we should feature them this May. If you have a movie, either short-form or long, with which you were involved — writer, actor, director — please either email me or post details in comments. Happy to promote them on GITS.
Today we feature the feature length film When Harry Tries to Marry from co-writer/director Nayan Padrai. Some background from Nayan:
Hi Scott
I just read the Movies You Made section, which I think is an awesome idea. Selling scripts is one thing, having them made is a whole different ball game and can provide a lot of insight to aspiring and established writers. I had a conversation with the Writers Guild of America (W) education committee co-chair last year about increasing the business aspect of making movies for writers.
So here’s my plug :)
When Harry Tries to Marry: A romantic comedy about not falling in love.
Filmmaker Nayan Padrai
Official Site
Available on Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, Amazon, and everywhere else.
Winner: London Asian Film Festival — Audience Award for Best Film, Best Crossover Film, Best New Talent
Winner: Jersey Shore Film Festival — Best Feature Film (Comedy)
Official Selection: Austin Film Festival Marquee Screening
Official Selection: Mumbai Film Festival
Official Selection: Gold Coast Film Festival
Top-ten finalist (script) — Creative Screenwriting Magazine contest 2009
Winners’ Circle (script) — Texas Film Institute Screenplay Contest
Winner (script) — High-Value category in the Empire Screenplay Contest
Featured Project: Sundance Producer’s Lab (2004)
The movie’s trailer:
For anyone who is interested about making independent feature films, and releasing them, these are a couple of blogs I wrote about the process of making the film and releasing it.
Wall Street Journal: I Promised Myself I’d Make a Film Before I Turned 35…
Filmmaker Magazine: How We Financed When Harry Tries to Marry Through Staged Readings
IndieWire: Hope for Film Blog: “Why We Call It DIRECT DISTRIBUTION Instead Of DIY”
Twitter @nayan1875
Blog
Thanks, Nayan, and good luck with When Harry Tries to Marry and everyone involved with it.
Again if you have a film project you have been involved with and would like me to promote it on GITS, and I can embed it, email me or post details in comments.
May is Movies You Made month. Let’s celebrate your cinematic creativity!
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