Battle Plan
March 28, 2026 · Updated 10:00 PM CDT
Overall: 23 done / 39 active
45%
🎯 North Stars
February 25, 2027
40th anniversary of the death penalty. Pony Excess awareness launch.
April 10, 2026
MFF World Premiere — Revolution's Daughter. T-13.
Sunday, April 26, 2026
DIFF Southwest Premiere — Revolution's Daughter.
June 24, 2026
Doc Edge — Auckland, NZ. Official Selection.
🔴 Do Now / Urgent
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Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma — SUBMIT
55 years · Oscar qualifying
TOMORROW Mar 29
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Cambridge Film Festival — SUBMIT
45 years · BAFTA qualifying
TOMORROW Mar 29
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DOC LA — SUBMIT
12 years · doc-specific
Mar 30
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DokuFest Kosovo — SUBMIT
25 years · BAFTA qualifying · post-authoritarian programming
Mar 31
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DIFF Filmmaker Worksheet
Required for screening
Mar 31 (Monday)
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Doc Edge — sign agreement
Link provided. Must be signed personally.
Overdue
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Doc Edge — 5.1 audio (stereo vs surround)
Resolve before Tech Sheet submission
ASAP
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MFF — badge/credential registration
Must be done personally
ASAP
❓
Astra Film Festival email — verify sent
Draft ready in vault. Did you send it?
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MFF social post — sign off on draft
Will has 4 options ready since Mar 17. workspace-will/memory/milestone-prep.md. Quiet teaser, cast/collaborators, director voice, countdown.
12 days to premiere. Window closing.
🟡 This Week (Mar 29 — Apr 4)
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Hamptons IFF — submit
34 years · Oscar qualifying
Apr 2
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DOC NYC — submit
17 years · Oscar qualifying · biggest US doc fest
Apr 3
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Galway Film Fleadh — submit
38 years · Oscar qualifying · pairs with Cork
Apr 3
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NYFF — submit
64 years · BAFTA qualifying · most prestigious US fall fest
Apr 5
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Chicago International — submit
62 years · Oscar qualifying
Apr 7
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Bolton International — submit
10 years · BAFTA qualifying
Apr 7
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Tribeca — submit
22 years · Oscar qualifying
Apr 8
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Marklen meeting prep — Thursday 4:30 PM
The Drey or studio · King + Tedd in person · Larry + Terri via Zoom
Apr 3
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Pony Excess pilot revision
Ongoing. Thaddeus + Doak.
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PE password-protected stakeholder site
Doak + Bass · target Apr 5, live Apr 12
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Rev Daughter poster — finish
Bass · before DIFF
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Mission Control dashboard — design options
Bass · tasked tonight
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Agent/project portal designs
Bass · tasked tonight
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MFF — comp count from Jasmine, buy extras
Allen · before Apr 10
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VEX reinstall — full wipe
Allen · wipe decided Mar 19
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"The Comfort of Being Sad" — second-half notes
Thaddeus said "I'll sit with the rest tomorrow" on Mar 25. Draft v2 at workspace-will/drafts/
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Walking Toward Crocodiles — bio update
Copy-edited, ready since Mar 17. One section: Thaddeus's bio. Then publishable.
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DIFF social post — prep for after MFF
Will has draft. Post ~Apr 12 or pull from MFF premiere energy.
📋 Next Week+ (Apr 5 onward)
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Hawai'i IFF
Apr 10
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SF Doc Fest
Apr 11
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AFI FEST
Apr 12
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Rome IFF (code 25RICF)
European premiere available
Apr 15
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Zagreb
European Film Award qualifying
Apr 15
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Edinburgh
79 years · BAFTA qualifying
Apr 17
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Vancouver
44 years
Apr 17
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New Orleans
36 years · Oscar qualifying · personal connection
Apr 24
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PriMed Marseille
Mediterranean doc fest · FREE
Apr 27
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Hot Springs Doc
35 years · Oscar qualifying · FREE
May 1
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Santa Fe
18 years · Oscar qualifying
May 6
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DIFF event — Park House or Old Parkland
Apr 25 or 27 · combined SIRKO + Pony slate
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Spring Ball shoot — seed capital
Marklen / investors · ongoing
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Obsidian Sync decision
$8/mo vs iCloud hack · decide after sleep
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DIFF strategy: Rev Daughter / Pony Excess sequencing
Will's memo: Apr 26 = Rev Daughter. Apr 27 = Pony. Don't do both same night. Decide before DIFF.
❓ Maybe Done — Needs Confirmation
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Astra email (Romania)
Draft ready in vault. Did you send it?
❓
Walking Toward Crocodiles
Overdue since Mar 24. Published?
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Gibson/Bass/Louie soul overhaul
Thaddeus + Will started Mar 27. Gibson SOUL + IDENTITY done (Will delivered). Bass + Louie?
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"Being the Lighthouse" draft
At workspace-will/drafts/being-the-lighthouse-DRAFT.md. Has Thaddeus seen it?
📊 Fleet Status
Allen
✅ Active
Battle plan, ops, Bass tasking
Riker
✅ Active
Folder strategy, Dropbox management
Will
✅ Active
Voice work, festival targets, soul work
Doak
⚠️ Corrected
4 errors fixed Mar 28. New permanent rules.
Bass
🔄 Tasked
Mission Control + portal designs (tonight)
Cliff
🔄 Tasked
Full festival tracker build
Luca
✅ Active
PE business case, financials
Ivan
✅ Producing
SIRKO analysis
Beane
✅ Trading
Kalshi · $402.98 total
✅ Completed (March 27-28)
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Marklen group email sent
Exec brief + deck + talking points + 3x zip packages
✅
Executive Briefing — full revision
Pages + PDFs corrected. Emmy/Peabody wins, True Sports, 10 episodes, ESPN rating.
✅
6 festival submissions
AFF, Cork, TIFF, Melbourne Doc, Newport Beach, Portland
✅
37 festival targets compiled
Allen + Will quorum. Master list in vault.
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Pony Excess docs — all corrections
15+ files across 3 machines. Synced via Syncthing.
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Vault pushed to iCloud
181 → 770 files. Phone access restored.
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New Yorker covers — 2 versions, 4K PNG
THE NEW YONKER. Printed.
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Rev Daughter websites — Saturday → Sunday fix
4 live pages + all local files corrected.
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Riker: vault merge + folder strategy v3
120 files merged, 5114 conflicts → 0, 15-section strategy
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Doak: talking points + vault reorg
132 files, 8 subfolders (before corrections)
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Will: DIFF strategy + voice pass + festival targets
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Will: Gibson SOUL.md + IDENTITY.md (final, live on Lux)
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Will: Will IDENTITY.md + Bob Flegel integration
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Gigi DCP confirmed delivered
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King Hollis credits captured
Chuck Berry doc (full estate), Spaghetti Wars, Quakertown USA
🔗 Mission Control Design Options
All 7 Options — Full Page
Option A: The Flight Director — 3-column NASA MOCR layout
Option B: The Bloomberg — max density data grid
Option C: The Superdesk — narrative-first, warmest (Bass recommends as default)
Option D: The Call Sheet — single column, mobile-first
🔗 Agent / Project Portal Designs
All 7 Options — Full Page
Option E: Project Portal (SIRKO example)
Option F: Agent Portal (Doak example)
Option G: Combined Portal (Bass recommends)