Long Ago - a film by Christy Wegener

April 1, 2008

February 19, 2008

October 11, 2007

July 24, 2007

Outfest has just announced a Favorite Girls' Shorts program of selected films that screened at this year's Outfest, including "LONG AGO."

The screening will be on Wednesday, September 26 at 7:30 pm at the historic Graumans Egyptian Theater in Hollywood.
6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028
(2 blocks east of Highland / cross street is Las Palmas)

June 6, 2007

Long Ago will screen at Outfest in Los Angeles on Friday, July 20th at 7pm at the Director's Guild Theater 1 and on Sunday, July 22 at 12pm at Barnsdall Art Gallery Theater.

April 29, 2007

Long Ago will screen at Newfest in New York City on Friday, June 8th at 10:15pm at AMC Loews, theater 10, on 34th Street. The film will screen again on Saturday, June 9th at 1:15pm (same location).
The film will screen at the historic Castro Theater in San Francisco on Saturday, June 23rd at 3:30pm.

April 22, 2007

Long Ago will appear in Newfest, the New York Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in June, followed by Frameline, the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival later that month.
In July, our film will be screened at Outfest, the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

April 7, 2007

People have been inquiring about "Barometer," a song featured in Long Ago by the band Miniature Soap. Download the song here.

April 1, 2007

Welcome to the new Long Ago website, designed by Linealmedia.
We recently locked picture and are in the process of completing post-production sound. We will proceed with our online edit in May.

December 15, 2006

October 29, 2006

Long Ago recently completed principal photography in Echo Park, Silverlake, and West Hollywood.
We will be submitting the film to major festivals beginning in Spring 2007.
Special thanks to those that have contributed thus far. If you have not donated, please consider doing so, as post-production costs are estimated at $5000.

September 28, 2006

Following three weeks of auditions we have assembled an amazing cast.
We recently signed on our camera/lighting crew and an Emmy-winning sound engineer.
We received an incredibly generous film stock donation at our Los Angeles fundraiser. Many thanks to Dave Young and his crew for hosting our event.
Very special thanks to Leslie and the Ly's, Slow Ride for a Dead Bride, DJ Los, Dr. Sleep and Campbell, Mr. Party, DJ Golden, and Lozen. Many thanks to Jessica, Bea Alvarez, Alycia Erin Kelly, Heather B, Gwen, Heather, Bing, Shawn, Santiago, Tim, CyberJava, Stewart and others for taking cash, pouring booze, and offering their time.
Our San Francisco fundraiser was also a success. Special thanks to Karen Opp and the Stray Bar for hosting the event. Additional thanks to Red Bull, Zippy's parents, DJ's Campbell and Dr. Sleep for entertaining and supporting.

September 11, 2006

Our script was recently recognized as a semi-finalist in the American Gem Screenwriting Competition.
We raised $2000 at our Kansas City fundraiser and $1000 in San Francisco. Special thanks to Mary Wegener, Linda Beck, Mr. Downing, and Karen Opp for their support.

August 26, 2006

August 23, 2006

Mr. Joe White, recipient of the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers' Jordan Cronenweth Heritage Award has signed on as our Director of Photography.
We are very excited about the line-up of musicians slated to play at our upcoming fundraising events. The September 16th show in L.A. will feature ***Leslie and the Ly's***.
We are in the process of approaching several actresses to play Maddie and Bev, the principal roles. In addition, we will be having two open casting sessions in early September.
Our shoot dates have been confirmed: October 12, 13, 14, 15.

July 27, 2006

Locations are more or less set and they could not be more perfect. We have an Eastside coffee shop with just enough grit and character. We also found a filfthy hole-in-the-wall bar.
Two new producers, Rachel Garza and Patrece Bryan, have joined our team.