Latest on ‘AKA’ as dog days of summer approach
AKA was one of the short films juried into this year’s Fort Myers Film Festival. It’s a homegrown affair, having been adapted for the screen by Sanibel filmmaker Julia Mann from a 1981 novel by Tristan Jones and filmed by a local production crew that included videographer Rusty Farst of Sanibel, visual and sound editor Dave Beaty of Dreamtime Entertainment, and 
Captains Bill Cromie and Billy Kirkland.
AKA premiered at the Glendale International Film Festival in California in October of 2018, where it was awarded “Best Short Made By a Woman.” Since the Fort Myers Film Festival, AKA has been screened at the 
Austin Revolution Film Festival (where it is a nominee for best U.S. Sci-Fi/Fantasy Short), the Florence Film Awards (Honorable Mention: Fantasy), Jersey Shore Film Festival 2019 (Best Environmental Short) and Myrtle Beach International Film Festival. It has also screened at Sunshine City Film Festival in St. Petersburg, Florida 
(where it earned an honorable mention) and Big Apple Film Festival Florida Filmmakers and Screenwriters Showcase in Fort Lauderdale.
AKA is an Austin Revolution Film Festival 2019 nominee for Best U.S. Sci-Fi/Fantasy Short and an Official Selection of the Catalina Film Festival, which runs September 25-29, 2019.
July 27, 2019; August 12, 2019.
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.