Normally at this time of year I like to add to the seasonal mood of indulgence by trawling my Shooting People blog posts and regurgitating anything that still comes across smart, useful or funny. This year though I’ve written little worth repeating. I have a good excuse though.

Back in March my brother and I finally premiered our first feature film at SXSW. From there on my year has been a hectic waking dream and my arms have been blue and bruised from a constant need to pinch myself. Though this might have culminated with our lead actress Abigail Hardingham picking up the Best Newcomer award the BIFAs at the start of this month, I think my whole year is best summed up in this film that my brother made whilst we were in Mexico screening the film for the Morbido Festival, a horror movie festival that runs into the Day of the Dead.

Nina Forever: Morbido from Blaine Brothers on Vimeo.

Next year sees NINA FOREVER released in the US by Epic Pictures and in the UK by Studiocanal and there’ll be a deal more roadshow to go as our time with Shooting People’s Mobile Cinema taught us that you haven’t finished a film until you’ve sat in the dark with every audience you can find.

But before all of that I just wanted to say thank you. All of us who are members of Shooting People share a flame for telling stories in darkened rooms and this community – argumentative, passionate, pretentious, practical and vital has never failed to inspire me. So yeah, thank you to all of you who read this blog, all of you who supported this film when it was a dream on Kickstarter. Thank you to all of you who came to see at festivals across the year. Thank you to all of you asking where you can see it next year.

Thank you all. A lot.