In July of 2002, Head of media operations, Burning Man LLC, JimGraham offered Bill Breithaupta spot in the 1st annual Burning ManFilm Festival. Jumping at the opportunity Bill headed to Burning Man for his fourth year in a row, partying and filming the entire week as usual. When he returned home he locked himself in his office and edited. In the three weeks between the end of Burning Man 2002 and the day of the film festival he worked a total of 180 hours. The final result was AquaBurn. The 300 + audience that packed into the Rio Theater that day was astounded. At the end of the film they cheered, then quieted to watch all the credits, and then cheered again. They also gave Bill a standing ovation(at the end of which he thanked his mom). An additional 620hours of editing time was put in and then it was ready to travel. It premiered in New York and London, winning The Coney Island Short Film Festival2003's Best Documentary Award and the Action/Cut Short Film Festival 2004's Documentary Special Jury Award.
photos to be posted to this page, very soon !!!
Coney Island Short Film Festival
- (September 27th & 28th, 2003)
New York International Independent Film & Video Festival
