Filmmaker creates 'Your Consideration Drive-In' to show award-eligible movies
The drive-in venues across Los Angeles can fit up to 300 cars.
LOS ANGELEES (KABC) -- Awards season is upon us. But with theaters still closed across California due to the coronavirus pandemic, many films that are eligible for awards are having a hard time being seen, especially those with a limited budget.
"I couldn't afford the 'for your consideration ads,' and I didn't think that was really gonna get me that much attention," said Phyllis Stuart, director of "Wild Daze."
Stuart spent six years working on her film, an awards-eligible documentary that hopes to save African wildlife.
This year, voters are judging films at home via online links and to provide a better viewing experience. Stuart was inspired to create the "Your Consideration Drive-In" to gives voters a place to watch films the way their creators intended them to be seen.
"If it's close, and you can be in a drive-in in 20 minutes, why not go? The sound comes right into your radio," said Stuart.
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"They're welcome to contact us and we can organize a screening, and they can hit the ground running with it," added Stuart. "I think 300 cars at a drive-in, that's a pretty nice way to show your film to voters."
"Wild Daze" executive producer Cecilia DeMille Presley, whose grandfather was legendary filmmaker Cecil B. Demille, sees this as a perfect solution in a difficult season: "That's where we went when I was a kid, we went to drive-ins and I thought it was a wonderful idea."
For venue details and the movies shown, visit yourconsideration.com.
