The film was shown to a 100 strong audience and was received well. It was great to screen The Wake to a completely new audience, people that don't know us and don't have to like it. It played great - people laughed at the jokes and we're hooked on the story and characters - you can't ask for more than that.

The Portobello Film Festival is one of EHP's faves - it's a great chance to show your work no matter what stage of development. Last time we showed a trailer, so it was great to come back with a completed work. The audience is key to any creative process and the festival gives filmmakers an opportunity to see how people react to their films.

We'll be back to Portobello soon with our next project.

PW 03/11/06

Myself and PT are here. It's the beginning of April and we are screening The Wake at the European Film College (EFC) in Denmark. We are picked up from the tiny airport in Aarhus by an overexcited Eugen. All of our crew from The Wake attended the EFC and they have invited us over to show the film to this years students.

We are driven up into the hills, along forest lined roads until we pull into what can only be described as a filmmakers retreat. A huge grey building greets us surrounded by, what we later find out to be, student digs and lecturers flats. Eugen gives us a whistle stop tour of the college and it's an amazing place. The main building has two cinemas Big Bear (where The Wake is showing) and Little Bear, a huge dinning hall, loads of edit suites, a sound studio, a film library and a sound stage. Basically everything you need to make a film.

Eugen then takes us up to the Teachers Assistant flats where he is staying. After completing their year at EFC some students are invited back to spend a further year at the college as TA's. Eugen says he was invited to stay on, but I suspect he just wouldn't leave - camped out on the grounds and refused to be moved.

We met the TA's and some old students Eugen had invited along to see the film. We all bonded over video clips from the internet - there's nothing like a clip of a talking cat to bring people together.

The next day, the Saturday, was the screening. They have a 500 seater cinema that the students can use at anytime, which Eugen often did to watch his DVD collection on the big screen. We had a great turnout and the film when down really well - then after was the Q&A session.

Now, I'm always nervous of these kind of things before hand but once I'm there boring people about film and filmmaking I could go on for hours. And we did. PT, Eugen and me held court for over an hour and a half talking about our experiences making the film.

Our last day was spent sampling the delights of Aarhus and the towns cobbled streets and slanting houses. It had the feeling of a small english village and the people were friendly, but no sign of a pastry any where.

The whole experience was amazing and PT and I felt that over the weekend we made some firm friends and hopefully made an impression on some up and coming filmmakers. Even if that only impression was to never play us at the movie game again. PT and I kicked their collective arses!

PW 13/09/06

What a night! There was glamour! There was backless dresses! There was nervous sweat dripping off the directors brow! Oh, and the screening of two years hard work!

The cast and crew, friends and family turned out all glammed up and ready for a red carpet affair and they got it - apart from the red carpet, it was more blue. Eugen Gritschneder and Johanna Thalmann flew in for Europe and people from across this land we call England converged on the impressive Imax Cinema in the Science Museum to see the fruits of many peoples labours.

As the cinema darkened the audience was treated to a very, very early teaser trailer for EHP's next film. 'What was it?' I hear you ask. Well, you should have been there to find out. But lots more info about this film will be gracing the site very soon.

After the trailer the nervous writer/director, dressed in a striking velvet number, took to the microphone to deliver a unrehearsed speech. It wasn't as bad as Halle Berry's oscar acceptance speech, but it wasn't far off. After which the lights dimmed once again and The Wake rolled...

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