David Spaltro's THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND Wins Best Feature at Indie Spirit Film Festival

It's a classic underdog story. Indie filmmaker David Spaltro's second feature, THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND, was a superb film waiting to be discovered. You might recall reading my review of the film and interview with the director, a really nice guy who in the words of fellow excellent indie director, Gary King (HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG), is 'very humble and supportive'. So I was quietly confident that it was just a matter of time before THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND would find its audience. 

The film entered its first film festival, Indie Spirit Film Festival, last weekend. The first screening was early on the Saturday morning and unsurprising, there were only a few people (8 to be exact) in the audience. The good thing was that every single one of them loved the film tremendously, and following the screening, words started spreading that it was the film to catch at the Festival. That, together with Spaltro's diligence in promoting his film, led to the second screening being shown to a packed audience.  

In the end, the audience voted. THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND received the most number of votes and took home the Best Feature Award, no doubt the first of many more to come. So our congratulations go to David Spaltro, and his entire cast and crew, for this truly well-deserved award. 

By the way, David has already started working on his next film, titled WAKE-UP IN NEW YORK, and here is one of the first images of the film.