He does, however, enjoy watching people react to his films.

“It’s fun to watch the audience’s reaction and usually they don’t even know you’re there,” Dohrmann said.

Both men said they plan to keep making films and Sharp said he plans to enter “Breakup” in other festivals in the near future.

deadCENTER is expecting more than 6,000 people this year and is set to kick off Wednesday at the Film Exchange Building in Oklahoma City’s Film Row. The festival will run until Sunday at various locations around downtown Oklahoma City. Awards will be doled out Saturday night.

“It’s not a real ‘Hollywood’ or even an ‘independent’ film festival, which I kind of like.” Dohrmann said. “The festival gurus have done an endless amount of work and they’ve done a great job creating excitement around it.”

For a full schedule of deadCENTER screenings and events next week, visit www.deadcenterfilm.org.

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