Battle Plan

Tier 1 People Are Waiting

Do today — someone is blocked or expecting a reply

1. Caroline Lidl — Virgin Hotel Dallas Event Space Comms

Email caroline.lidl@virginhotels.com. Rent same event space as Into the Spotlight premiere (2023). Two nights: April 26 (Rev Daughter premiere party) and April 27 (Sirko fundraiser + slate event). James Faust connected us; Caroline is current contact (Beth/Amber have moved on).

Draft Email

Hi Caroline,

My name is Thaddeus Matula — I'm a filmmaker based in Dallas. James Faust connected us. I'm in the Dallas International Film Festival this year with my documentary Revolution's Daughter, and I'm looking to rent the same event space we used for our Into the Spotlight premiere party a few years ago.

I'd love to book the space for two evenings during DIFF week:
• Saturday, April 26 — after-premiere celebration for Revolution's Daughter (Southwest Premiere)
• Sunday, April 27 — private industry reception for a separate project

Could you send over availability and pricing for those two dates? We're T-30 and I'd love to move quickly.

Thank you, and thank you to James for the introduction.

Warmly, Thaddeus

2. Paul Loyd — Sirko Materials + DIFF Invite Comms

Original billionaire backer (ONE L in Loyd: L-O-Y-D). Asked for Sirko materials end of last football season. Overdue. Also invite to DIFF April 26 event. Wife: Penny Loyd.

Draft Text/Email

Paul, I owe you this. You asked about the Ukraine project at the end of the season and I've been head-down finishing it. Here's where we are: [brief Sirko update].

I'm also premiering my documentary Revolution's Daughter at the Dallas International Film Festival on April 26, with a private industry event the following night. Would love to have you and Penny there if you're up for the trip.

Onward, Thaddeus

3. Suzette Laboy — Miami Party Help Comms

Co-producer. Ask for help coordinating the MFF after-party logistics on the ground in Miami.

Draft Message

Suzette, hoping you can help me with something. I'm putting together an after-party for the premiere on April 10 and could use someone who knows Miami on the logistics side — catering contacts, venue options near Koubek, that kind of thing. Would you be up for helping coordinate?

Thaddeus

4. Robin Moore — Brief Holding Note Comms

VP Comms & Marketing at Re:Wild, Lisbon. Zero Mile connection.

Draft Note

Robin, just a quick note — I haven't forgotten. I owe you a proper reply and I'll have it next week.

Onward, Thaddeus

5. Marklen Kennedy — Reschedule Thursday to 4:30 PM Comms

Conflict with weekly Sirko call. In-person at The Drey or office.

Draft Text

Marklen, can we push Thursday to 4:30? I've got a conflict with my weekly Sirko call earlier in the day. Same place works. Looking forward to it.

Thaddeus

6. MFF — Ask Jasmine About Comps Comms

Ask Jasmine Naylor how many filmmaker comp tickets we get. Attendees: Gilmer + Riki Rushing (2, Apr 10), Javier (2, Apr 18), Alina + 4-8, Tedd + Kristin (2), King. Joe Lamy cannot attend.

Draft Email

Jasmine, thank you again for everything. Quick question: how many comp tickets do filmmakers receive for our screening dates (April 10 and April 18)? I'm building my guest list and want to know what we have before I buy additional tickets.

Thank you, Thaddeus

7. Nikiza — Suggest Monday Evening Comms

N-I-K-I-Z-A (rhymes with pizza). Photographer from DLF Pony Excess screening Sept 2025. DMA has Picasso's Muses, Nasher has Rauschenberg Sculpture + Lichtenstein. Both open Monday.

Tier 2 Has a Deadline

This week — hard dates approaching

8. Walking Toward Crocodiles — PUBLISH NOW Creative

Copy-edited, publication-ready. Was supposed to publish March 24. OVERDUE. Need Substack account (thaddeus@cinematula.com). Review, approve, publish.

9. DIFF Filmmaker Worksheet — March 31 / MONDAY Biz

T-4. Film delivery to DIFF also by March 31.

10. Doc Edge Tech Sheet — Fill Out Biz

Agreement SIGNED. Tech Sheet received. Fill it out and return. EPK deadline Apr 18, film file deadline Apr 25.

11. Austin Film Festival — Submit via FilmFreeway Biz

Austin TX. Submit Revolution's Daughter. Late deadline: check FilmFreeway.

12. Rome IFF Submission — April 15 Biz

Code: 25RICF. 18 days out.

13. Rev Daughter Poster — Design It Creative

Near-final draft exists. Needs: festival laurels (MFF, DIFF), fill bottom third. Thaddeus finishing design. Bass adds laurels and produces variants after.

14. Pony Excess Password-Protected Site Build

Doak building assessment. For private stakeholder conversations at DIFF April 26-27. NOT a public launch. Feb 25, 2027 = real launch target.

Tier 3 Makes Money / Builds Momentum

Important but no one is waiting — do when Tiers 1-2 are clear

15. Festival Master Submission List Biz

Cliff compiling. Turkey, Mediterranean, Italy, Denmark, Romania, Hungary. DocUtah for 2027. Astra flag for 2027.

16. Vex Full Wipe + Reinstall Infra

Decided March 19. Nothing worth saving. Fresh macOS.

17. Bass Soul + Identity — Work With Will Creative

Thaddeus working with Will directly. Also Louie and Gibson soul/identity.

18. Content Rollout Strategy Creative

Bass delivered brief. Podcast, Pixieset, long-form. Bass proposes, Thaddeus approves.

19. Agent Portals — Per Agent + Per Project Build

Bass has 4 portal HTML designs on Lux. Review and decide direction.

20. Battle Plan HTML — Keep Current Infra

This file. Update as items complete.

Tier 4 Fleet / Infrastructure

Delegated or in-progress — monitor, don't grind

21. T3 Cleanup + Obsidian Vault Infra

Riker tasked. Two vault locations out of sync. Need one canonical path. Syncthing audit.

22. Mission Control — Bass Deep Research Done Infra

10 design principles delivered. NASA, Bloomberg, CNN, NORAD reference. Colorblind-safe as principle #2.

23. Himalaya Email — Fixed Infra

Upgraded v1.1.0 → v1.2.0. All accounts working.

24. Riker Memory Audit Infra

Riker diagnosed Allen's problems (Sonnet model, bloated state). Fixed: Opus restored, state trimmed.

25. Cliff Festival Research Infra

Festival master list + Romania/Hungary/Turkey/Mediterranean/Italy/Denmark.

Tier 5 Deferred / Carried

Backlog — no urgency, pick up when there's space

26. Mailchimp subscriber identification

27. ElevenLabs voicemail setup

28. Syncthing conflict cleanup (folded into Riker t3 cleanup)

29. DLF email auth fix (thaddeus@dlf.film app password expired)

30. DoubleLifeFilms@gmail.com password recovery

31. Pax SSH fix

32. Birth certificate (ovra.txapps.texas.gov)

33. Create social@texas.film email

34. Claim @texasdotfilm social handles

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