This post is way overdue. It’s been a little over a month since the screening of “Pecah Lobang (Busted)” at the San Francisco Frameline Film Festival late June. But better late than never.

Was a little nervous that there would be a low turnout because the festival committee had slotted my documentary mid-day, mid-week. Bahhhh, I know. So during the days leading up to the screening, I sent Facebook, Twitter and e-mail shoutouts to everyone I knew who was in the Bay Area. Pretty shameless, but hopefully not too annoying.

Several of us from the SF State j-department and some old friends met up at the memorable Orphan Andy’s diner (shot a scene for a multimedia piece here a few years ago) for a quick bite before slinking over to the grand old theatre. Once inside, I think my mouth just gaped open by the number of folks who actually made it out on a weekday. Possibly 80 percent of the seats in the entire lower house were filled (and the Castro Theatre is huge!). Many thanks and lots of love to you guys, especially those who played hooky from work.

The Q&A after the screening was a little disappointing though. Folks mainly asked about how difficult it was to shoot the documentary and how Malaysians responded to it.

It’s always nice to hear from people who are critical of the film and who might not necessarily agree with the arguments presented. Then again, I guess I’d be hard-pressed to receive such feedback and as many intense questions in one of the most sexually liberated and accepting cities, compared to Kuala Lumpur last September. Still, it was superrific. There’s nothing like having one’s film about the transgender community screened during Pride Week in one of the largest LGBT film festivals in the world.