The Romantic Screening @ the First Glance Film Festival

This looks to be a fun and busy month for people who love film in our fair city. The Romantic a full length animated feature by Philadelphia filmmaker Michael Heneghan will be shown at The First Glance Film Festival this Friday, October 15th at 8pm at the Franklin Institute.

What makes The Romantic such an interesting film is the film not only was the brain child of Michael Heneghan, but was almost completely animated over the course of 5 years by him as well. The film is a labor of love and definitely a great film in time for Halloween. I was lucky enough to catch a showing of it last year went it had just been finished and I was really blown away by the film.  Not only was it beautiful to watch, you could really tell the story was of a single mind which is very rare these days.

The film definitely shows the best case scenario of one person with a vision putting his singular vision on the screen. Part Tim Burton, Part Neon Genesis Evangelion, this film asks a lot of questions about life, love and God and gives you an interesting perspective on all three. Get more info on the film here  www.theromanticmovie.com and get more info on the event here firstglancefilms.tix.com.