indie wednesday: JohnBen Lacy



Today I want to share another film from Rivers Edge Film Fest. This is one of our favorite shorts that we've ever seen at any fest and the fact that it was produced for a 48 Hour film contest makes it all the more impressive. Storytime Time is an off-kilter tale of a photographer at the turn-of-the-century who wanted to travel back in time. This thing is weird and, if you know us, that means we love it. But it isn't weird and stupid or weird for weirdness' sake. Storytime is clever, with really funny and smart narration.

It was right up our alley and we were happy to meet two of the filmmakers, JohnBen Lacy and Mike Elsherif who (yep, you guessed it) were nice. Not only are they from Louisville, but JohnBen went to Centre [College]. Hands in the air for the Danville connection and more power to Kentucky filmmaking peeps. Sometimes you just know when to expect big things from people. This is one of those times.