DON’T YOU GO NOWHERE, 2022, 8 min
A jazz dynamo belts his way through his weekly set until he makes an unexpected connection with an audience member in this short film about the power of music over memory.
Austin Chronicle article on DON’T YOU GO NOWHERE
Starring: Mac Mcintosh, Tameca Jones, Michael Hale, Jimmy Blazer, Dayne Reliford
Writer/Director/Editor: Bryan Poyser
Executive Producers: Dwayne Washington, Louis Black
Produced by: Jon Michael Simpson
Producers: V. Marc Fort, Cameron Malone
Cinematography: Joey Hunt
Music: “Hold it Right There” by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Acclaimed Austin musicians Mac Mcintosh, the Michael Hale Trio and Taméca Jones star in this award-winning short film shot entirely at the legendary C-Boys music venue in Austin, Texas.
Screened at 40 Film Festivals in 5 countries and won 17 Awards!
Awards:
2022 Austin Film Festival
Austin Movie Gear Texas Short Filmmaker Award
2022 Lone Star Film Festival
Best Narrative Short Award
2022 Hill Country Film Festival
Best Texas Film Award
2023 Denton Black Film Festival
Best Narrative Short & Best Texas Narrative Short
2023 Vero Beach International Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Dramatic Short
2023 Deep in the Heart Film Festival
Best Texas Short Award
2023 San Francisco Indie Short Film Festival
Best US Narrative Short
2023 Centre Film Festival
Juror’s Choice Fiction Short & Best Cinematography Fiction - Short
2023 Fairhope Film Festival
Audience Award Narrative Short
2023 Hell's Half-Mile Film Festival
Best Soundtrack
More Festivals/Screenings:
2022 Woodstock Film Festival
Woodstock, NY
2022 LA Shorts International Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA
2022 Sidewalk Film Festival
Birmingham, AL
2022 Sound Unseen Film Festival
Minneapolis, MN & Austin, TX
2022 Carrboro Film Festival
Carrboro, NC
2022 Dallas International FIlm Festival
Dallas, TX
2022 Newport Beach Film Festival
Newport Beach, CA
2022 Santa Fe International Film Festival
Santa Fe, NM
2022 Montclair Film Festival
Montclair, NJ
2022 Crested Butte Film Festival
Crested Butte, CO
2022 Long Beach International Film Festival
Long Beach, NY
2022 Film Fest Tucson
Tucson, AZ
2023 Sedona International Film Festival
Sedona, AZ, USA
2023 Annapolis Film Festival
Annapolis, MD, USA
2023 Oxford Film Festival
Oxford, MS, USA
2023 Independent Film Festival of Boston
Boston, MA, USA
2023 Mendocino Film Festival
Mendocino, CA, USA
2023 ShorTS International Short Film Festival
Trieste, ITALY
2023 Revelation Perth Film Festival
Perth, AUSTRALIA
2023 Walla Walla Movie Crush
Walla Walla, WA, USA
2023 Music Imbizo Film Festival
Durban, SOUTH AFRICA
2023 BendFilm Festival
Bend, OR, USA
2023 Cine del Mar Festival
Punta del Este, URUGUAY
