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Update #22: Support Indie Filmmakers - Going Down in LA-LA Land!
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all doing well. Thanks to all of you, Judas Kiss is entertaining and inspiring people around in the world.
I want to take a moment and chat about another award-winning film that I watched during our film festival run, Going Down in LA-LA Land. Like Judas Kiss, it's a compelling indie movie with high production values, a captivating story, and strong performances.
And now the director, Casper Andreas, is raising money on Kickstarter for self-distribution. Your support will earn you a digital or hardcopy of the movie, VIP tickets, or even screen credit in the movie.
To learn more about Casper and his movie, please head over to his project page on Kickstarter.
Warmest regards,
J.T. Tepnapa, Director
Trivia: Casper Andreas cast both Charlie David and Sean Paul Lockhart in his movies. You can check out A Four Letter Word for Charlie and Big Gay Musical for Sean Paul Lockhart.
LINK: http://kck.st/zHrwkl
Update #21: Judas Kiss Receives Four Gaybie Nominations.
Greetings to all our Kickstarter Backers!
Film Distributor and online retailer TLA Video has nominated Judas Kiss for four major awards in its annual TLA Gaybie Awards, including Best Drama, Best Lead Actor (Charlie David) and two Best Supporting Actor nods (Richard Harmon and Sean Paul Lockhart).
We are honored that the film has been nominated, and proud of our cast members for the recognition of their stellar performances. Anyone can vote as many times as they like at the TLA website. So please do! And tell all your friends!
HOW TO VOTE --
Website visitors get to pick the winners from among the nominees in each category. Simply click on the nominee you prefer in all the categories you want, then scroll down and press the VOTE button. The winners will be announced April 15.
Voting is open to everyone. There is no limit on the number of votes you may cast. In other words, to quote Huey Long, “Vote early and often.” Ballots can be cast until March 31.
Thanks! Please share this link with all your friends! http://bit.ly/gaybies
Warmest Regards,
J.T. & Carlos
Update #20: Thank you for putting Judas Kiss and Blue Seraph Productions on the map!
Happy New Year!
I want to send a huge thank you to all our Kickstarter Backers! You have made our dreams come true not once but thrice! If it were not for your generous donations, we would have not been able to make Judas Kiss the multi-award winning movie it has become.
In addition to helping make Judas Kiss, you also helped put Blue Seraph Productions on the map. People are noticing the amazing work we’ve done with Judas Kiss and they want to see it happen again.
As many of you know, Blue Seraph Productions joined forces with Jade Knight Productions to produce the novel, Something Like Summer to screen. Carlos Pedraza will be adapting the screenplay, while I have been signed to direct. We are still in the early stages of development, but I urge you check out this best selling coming-of-age love story. Amazon listed the novel as one of the best books of 2011.
And if one isn’t enough, Blue Seraph has also acquired another screenplay, an original mystery-thriller called The Dark Place; written by Judas Kiss co-producer, Jody Wheeler. And both Sean Paul Lockhart and Timo Descamps have signed on to star in major roles. We are looking to complete casting and financing, with a view to shoot later this year towards a 2013 debut.
Thank you for believing in us! We love making movies, and now we get to do it all over again. If you have any questions about Judas Kiss or any of our upcoming projects, please feel free to contact me.
Best regards,
J.T. Tepnapa / Director
Blue Seraph Productions / www.blueseraph.com
The Dark Place Links:
www.facebook.com/TheDarkPlaceMovie
http://twitter.com/darkplacemovie
Something Like Summer Links:
Update #19: Judas Kiss Available on October 25th!
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Update #18: Miami Festival to Screen Judas Kiss April 22
Miami is the second festival exhibition for Judas Kiss, where it will screen on Friday, April 22, at 9 pm at the 13th Annual Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (MGLIFF).
The festival is presented by HBO and Miami-Dade County, beginning April 21, and continuing through May 1, featuring more than 50 feature and short films from 15 countries. Multiple screenings and events will take place at the Regal Cinemas South Beach, The Colony Theater and Coral Gables Art Cinema.
MGLFF brings the best of LBGT/Queer cinema to Miami and South Florida film lovers, with a multitude of world, North American, East Coast and Florida premieres. Visit the MGLIFF website for more information about the films, tickets and volunteering opportunities.
You can also visit our Web site or Facebook for the latest details!
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J.T. TEPNAPA received a bachelor’s degree in acting at the University of California, Irvine. He has appeared in many award-winning plays, features, shorts, and commercials, and was awarded The Ticketholder Award for Best Supporting Actor in “Spinning Into Butter” in 2001. In 2001 he directed, wrote, and starred in his first short film, Sunflowers, which appeared at that year’s Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and Tuscon’s Outwest 2001.
The creation of Sunflowers also marked the birth of his own production company, now named Blue Seraph Productions. In early 2002, J.T. teamed up with longtime friend Charlie Gage to create Masturbation: Putting the Fun into Self-Loving. Masturbation went on to become a smash hit, screening in countless film festivals in six countries, receiving numerous awards, international distribution, and has even been featured in sex-education classrooms and documentaries.
J.T. then went on to write, direct, and produce two more short films, Drag Queen Heist in 2004 and Begging for Change in 2006. Both films received Best Short Honors at QCinema’s Fort Worth International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
Capable and skilled in writing both comedy and drama, J.T. has been described by festival director Barbara Lee as “more than just the director of comedy films. He has become an artist of film; able to reflect to us reality whether it is absurd and laughable or serious and important.”
J.T.’s screenplay, Outing Joey, received top honors in Rhode Island’s Barren Branches GLBT Screenplay Competition. Competition coordinator Adam Short described the film as a “twist on contemporary gay and straight stereotypes bringing perspective to the tension between these two groups and our society’s need to push for greater acceptance of all its diverse segments.”
For nearly a decade, J.T. has appeared on of the longest-running Web series, Star Trek: Hidden Frontier, where he plays the openly gay Lieutenant Commander Corey Aster. He most recently was cast as Lieutenant Commander Hikaru Sulu in the Hug0-nominated Web series, Star Trek: Phase II, winner of TV Guide’s Online Video Award for Best Video SciFi Series. Featured in Variety, Frontiers, Fab magazine, the Today Show, MSNBC, and other international news outlets, J.T. is honored to be a part of the phenomenon that brings gay and science fiction together in the same sentence.
J.T. is producing his first feature project, the fantasy-drama Judas Kiss. His second feature screenplay is co-written by longtime friend, screenwriter and journalist, Carlos Pedraza. Although J.T. Tepnapa started his career off as an actor, he has found life to be quite rewarding as a filmmaker. He is honored to not only to have a career in filmmaking, but is also happy to share his journey with his husband, Adam Browne.
