What's Up with Velvet Candy?

As Michael Champagne might say "Well, it's been quite a year". Velvet Candy may not have been blogging about our many adventures in Tinsel Town, but we have been quite busy with PRETTY (promoting Season 2 and gearing up for Season 3) while making the festival rounds with RUBDOWN as well as high profile screenings of THE MIKADO PROJECT and wrapping up post-production on QWERTY. With no new projects on the horizon, Velvet Candy hopes to soon revisit some older projects that have been "in turnaround" for quite some time.

Meanwhile PRETTY has been continuing to get press coverage - including an article in EMMY magazine, another one in ABC SOAPS IN DEPTH and our second fun appearance on the KTLA Morning News. Web coverage has been non-stop thanks to the fine folks at We Love Soaps, Blog Talk Radio and Mingle Media TV - considering our last original episode premiered months ago - this is pretty big news. We expect the publicity wagon to get rolling again for Season 3 this fall. By the way, Season 3 is being funded entirely by the fervent PRETTY fanbase.

Meanwhile, RUBDOWN is the little short that just won't quit with screenings at Festivals like THE TORIN GLBT FILM FESTIVAL, THE BOSTON LGBT FILM FESTIVAL, NEW ZEALAND OUTTAKES and THE PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORTFEST. There may be a few more on the horizon before this baby is through.

Hope to have more Velvet candy news soon!

What's Up with Velvet Candy?

Hey Velvet Candy fans, here's a quick update on our slate of diverse projects.
• RUBDOWN - Dennis Hensley's sexy short continues to screen at festivals. Upcoming fests include Long Beach Q Festival (October 10), Reeling 2010: The 29th Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival, (November 4-13) and 2010 Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival (November 12-14).
• PRETTY - Season One of Steve Silverman's award-winning web hit will screen Long Beach Q Festival (October 10). Season Two is in production as I type this, with a scheduled November 1 premiere date. Look for a teaser and trailer soon.
• THE MIKADO PROJECT - Chil Kong's gleeful Gilbert & Sullivan musical-comedy continues to screen at festivals. Next up: 2010 Asian Pacific American Film Festival in Washington, DC (October 8)

Other Projects:

• QWERTY - Chil Kong's sexy office comedy is in post-production. More exciting news soon.

• SOCKET 2 - A sequel to Sean Abley's sci-fi thriller is in development as we continue to talk to possible production partners.

• WILDCAT ROAD - It may be on the back-burner, but WILDCAT ROAD is never off the map.

• STRANGE RELATIONS - After some amazing feedback from various sources, a new draft of the screenplay is in progress.

Velvet Candy Update

Hey Velvet Candy fans, just a quick update to tell you what's happening in our world.

• Our most current co-production, QWERTY, an outrageous office comedy from director Chil Kong has just wrapped production. More news on this soon.

• RUBDOWN, a new short by Dennis Hensley premieres at Frameline34 in San Francisco on June 19. More festival dates to be announced soon.

• PRETTY continues to gain more fans and viewers online, as we and Steve Silverman prepare a second sweet and scandalous season and screen at festivals like the LA Comedy Festival where it was named a BEST IN THE FEST winner!

• Chil Kong's THE MIKADO PROJECT had a gala world premiere screening recently at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival with more festival screenings to be announced soon.

• THE DEFENDERS by Keith Hartman has had over 85,000 views on YouTube and will screen at several film festivals including Philadelphia QFest.

• Dennis Hensley's REUNION recently screened at the San Diego FilmOut and can be seen on Logo's website.

• SCREENING PARTY can now be seen in 4 segments on YouTube.

and finally...

• SOCKET continues to gain a cult following as we await the go-ahead on the long-awaited sequel.