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It's been a long time, hasn't it?

Hard to imagine that it's been a year since we first premiered The Pharmacist. Since that time we have screen the film in the U.S. and the U.K., won awards and met a lot of great and supportive people along the way.

None, of course, as supportive as you. And once again, our sincerest thanks for making all of this possible.

As with all creations, the time has come to let The Pharmacist go beyond the limited screenings. We have now released the short film on YouTube and for those more select tastes, on Vimeo. Hopefully,this film will continue to find and connect with its audience via the web while we continue to pursue other projects.

Thanks again for coming along for the ride.

Cheers,

Mike

The film may be done, but the updates and the need for your support continues.

I've never been a patient person. So, while we wait to hear back on our festival submissions, we are pushing forward with online distribution of the film through our website:

www.praetorianpictures.com/Landing_Site/The_Pharmacist.html

Distrify, a company out of the UK, offers independent filmmakers a cool new way to distribute their films to wide audiences and earn some income to recoup production costs. It also has an affiliate program that allows those who embed the film on their websites to share in the revenue generated by their embeded players.

While we don't expect to become fabulously wealthy overnight, we believe this platform will help us reach our modest goal: make enough so we can make another film. Online rentals are only $1.99.*

Please, feel free to email, facebook and tweet the link to your friends and family to show them what you've helped to create.

As always, we are forever grateful for your support!

Thanks Again,

Mike

*We apologize. At this point we are restricting viewing inside the UK as we don't want to hamper our festival submissions there. When we hear more news about those submissions, we will immediately open the viewing to the UK.

The other night, in a small little hamlet in Southern California, Hollywood's elite gathered as they do every year to celebrate films and their accomplishments for the year - and to show off a few dresses and tuxes.

At the very same time, on the other side of the planet, in the largest town in the UK, another group of people gathered to celebrate film in their own way. It was the UK premiere of "The Pharmacist" and it also was a celebration: the accomplishment of one of Huddersfield's sons.

It would seem to be a long way to go for a movie. Traveling through the Yorkshire countryside to premiere "The Pharmacist" required planes, trains and automobiles (and a little jetlag) to get to Huddersfield. But I knew from the beginning - given the support of our co-exec producer Iqbal and the slew of UK pharmacists backing this film - it was a trip worth making.

The Pharmacist played along with two other films the a very funny comic, Inel Tomlinson at the Huddersfield Odeon Cinema's Theater #4. Holding 300 seats, I estimate it was about two-thrid's full, with people traveling in from as far away as London to see the show. The screening raised over 1500 GBP (or ~$2400) for local children's charities.

And after the applause subsided, I got a chance to do what I came to Huddersfield for: to thank Iqbal, his friends and family, and everyone else who supported the film and the evening.

And in my mind, that screening was more about what cinema truely is than the glitz and the parties happening a world away.  

In a very short amount of time, I met many wonderful people and cannot wait to return to Yorkshire - next time with the remainder of the Cassidy-clan in tow.

But for now, attention turns back to spreading the word about "The Pharmacist" and finding as many ways as possible to bring it audiences.

We've already begun to submit to film festivals. Although we are unlikely to get into all of them, Iqbal and I have devloped a festival strategy that will ensure progressive success and attempt to reach all corners of the globe.  

The festivals we have submitted to already include:

- The Beverly Hills Film Festival

- Seattle International Film Festival

- Athens (Ohio) International Film Festival

- Edinburgh International Film Festival

- Los Angeles Film Festival

- CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival

- DC Shorts Film Festival

Others that are on the list:

- Chicago International Film Fesitval

- Leeds International Film Festival

- Raindance International Film Festival

- Mill Valley International Film Festival

- Cleveland International Film Festival

- Rome (Georgia) International Film Festival

- and perhaps many others.

If you know of any other good festivals, programmers who might be interested or even others who might be willing to host special screenings, please contact us. We're open to all available options.

And for those looking for DVD's and online rentals, we're expecting an online launch this summer.

Bottom-line: with the DC and UK premieres now complete, "The Pharmacist" is looking to come to a screen near you. Soon.

Thanks to the great work by Russ Morales, our photos from the premiere are up here. It was a great evening all around.

Also, our IMDb page is coming together.  If you've had a chance to watch the film, please go to this link and vote. Love it or hate it, we want to hear what you think.

The Atlanta screening went very well this past Thursday. I got to rub elbows with some other up and coming filmmakers and get some really good feedback on our film. 

Looking forward to the UK premiere on February 26th at the Odeon Cinema, Huddersfield. And then its on to Nairobi, Kenya in late April.

The wild ride has begun.

Cheers,

Mike