As the last image faded on the screen and the room turned to dark, the sound of thundering applause confirmed what I had believed, in Faith, all along:

This is a very special film.

I turn the lights back on and take one look at my audience. Seventeen people, crammed into my livingroom, sitting wherever they could find a spot... And I could see it on their faces...

The film had deeply touched them... And still had a hold of them even now that it was over.

I noticed there was not a dry eye in my audience.

My friend Oak, who is a seasonned producer and one of the most brutally honest critical guy I know, walks up to me and gives me the hugest of hugs....

OAK: "I am SOOOO proud of you! The film is excellent!!!! The cinematography is amazing! I mean the tunnel sequence, how did you come up with this concept? It is so beautiful! You are a GENIOUS... How did you do it???? Never been to film school and done it all on your own???? HOW DO YOU DO IT???? You are a genious Faith. A genious".

ME:

I thanked him, flattered yes but also embarrassed. I never expected to be called a genious. And maybe he's right about this, but all I could think about at that moment, is that the fim was a miracle and that there no way in hell that "I" could have done it.

Yet I had.

Little Faith + Big God + a little help from friends = Great results

Next comes Brandon, also producer and seasonned critique. He says: "I hope you are prepared for a promising career in filmmaking!"

ME:

Then Robert (high performence engine specialist) leans and whisper in my ear:

"Faith, you have a winner"

ME:

Bliss.

Complete and ulter BLISS.

Tonight is a night I will remember all my life, possibly the most beautiful night of my life.

Tonight I not only got to watch my film for the very first time but I also got to share it with 17 other people. A very first screening of DEUCE OF SPADES.

I have a film.

Better yet, I have a SCREAMING film.

What an amazing feeling... I am in a daze, on a total high... I cannot believe that I, I made this amazing film. It blows my mind. I am unable to wrap my mind around this miracle, how it could be???

But it IS.

I was excited but also apprehensive about sharing the film with these people. They had been picked for their diverse backgrounds... In the audience, several industry pros, several hotrod gear heads, a car customiser, a high performence engine builder, a few everyday people too, including about 6 women who knew nothing about cars and knew nothing about the film. Some of these people didn't even know me. I was hoping to get a cross section of the general public and also a sample of my hotrod audience. and hoping to get some honest feedbacks (hence the "strangers").

Myself included.