Cam Logan wasn’t sure he’d even be able to get his first feature length film “Bryn Gets a Life” into any film festivals. Not only did it get accepted for 11 festivals, it came home with best feature film awards from three separate ones.
“I always heard that full length features were harder to get into festivals. It did better than my short films,” said Logan.
The film premiered on YouTube Feb. 4.
It was nominated for other awards including Hannah Lori as best actress and best cast ensemble. The best feature nods came from Reedy Reels in Greenville, S.C., Proteus Festival in Virginia Beach, Va. and Southern Film Festival in LaGrange, Ga.
Filmed in the Augusta area just before the start of the pandemic, Bryn is the latest story from the “Bryn universe.” Other films included the shorts “Bryn Gets a Job” from 2017 and “Teddy’s Party” from 2018. The tales are set in the 1980s.
In this film, Bryn gets a job at a record store. Those scenes were shot at the former location of Grantski Records in Augusta. The owner’s prized possession is a gold record that is prominently displayed in the store. When he goes out of town, he leaves Bryn in charge. Bryn’s not too responsible, and the gold record comes up missing when she forgets to lock the building. It’s her job to find the record before her boss returns
The film premiered last year at the Reedy Reels Festival and seeing it with an audience was a treat for Logan.
“It was pretty cool watching it with an audience. It gave me a lot of confidence,” he said. “They laughed at the parts they were supposed to laugh at, and some people told me they cried at the end.”
On the surface, “Bryn Gets a Life” is a comedy about a girl and a missing golden record, but there’s more to the story than that. And that’s probably what garnered the awards.
“It’s really a story between a daughter and her estranged father. It’s about healing old wounds,” he said.
Logan has other film projects he’s got his sights on. One is related to King Arthur, and the other is a historical piece.
So far, he doesn’t have any plans for additional Bryn features, but the door on Bryn’s universe isn’t completely closed.
If asked for more stories from Bryn’s world, he’s not opposed to writing scripts featuring the characters, he said.
To view “Bryn Gets A Life,” click on the YouTube link embedded in the story.
Charmain Z. Brackett is the managing editor for The Augusta Press. Reach her at charmain@theaugustapress.com
