On Thursday, May 7th I attended the Red Carpet Premiere of Lost Dream at NewFilmmakers LA. Designed to showcase innovative works by emerging directors from around the world, many well known movies have debuted at NewFilmmakers. The screening took place in the Stanley Kramer Theater at the legendary Sunset Gower Studios in the heart of Hollywood.

Twilight's Michael Welch stars in this first feature from writer/director/editor Asif Ahmed. The brilliant ensemble cast also includes Shaun Sipos (The Grudge 2, Comeback Season), Jeremy London (Mallrats, Party of Five, 7th Heaven), and Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement, Strong Medicine).


There was an elegant reception prior to the screening. Ahmed and Welch participated in a Q&A afterward with a raucous afterparty that rocked the Sunset Gower courtyard well past midnight.

The next day Michael Welch sat down with me to talk about his role in this powerful film and to chat about some of the other actors and filmmakers who came out to celebrate the event, including Justin Chon and Christian Serratos from Twilight, Chris and Sean Marquette, Luke Eberl, Aaron Himelstein, Kris Lemche, Shaun Sipos, Lauren Storm, and Jonathan Levine (director of All the Boys Love Mandy Lane and The Wackness).


Michael Welch of "Twilight" after "Lost Dream" Premiere


Later that day I sat down with Michael again for a podcast which will be posted later. In the audio interview we pick up where we left off in this video, talking about New Moon, future films in the Twilight series, and a new upcoming project which Michael revealed for the first time in our interview.