Seth Packard knows the expression hottieboombalottie all too well, “that was a term that hot girls like the cheerleaders and dance company [used] for guys they thought were really hot. It was never me but I always wished that it was.”
The slang, straight out of his hometown of Provo, Utah, makes a fitting title for Packard’s debut film about a high school kid named Ethan who loses the affections of his lady love Madison Sweet to his cooler older brother.
HottieBoombaLottie marks the 25-year-old’s first feature film as writer/director/producer and star and his initial introduction into the film festival circuit.
Hollywood.com chatted with the young multi-hyphenate about the journey and the film that led him to the Los Angeles Film Festival narrative competition.
Hollywood.com: You just celebrated the HottieBoombaLottie premiere at the L.A. Film Festival. How was it?
Seth Packard: It was cool because a hundred or so people from Utah shipped over to come and watch it. That’s where we made the film and everything so I had a huge amount of support on my end…I was a little bit nervous but it was great. Everybody liked it, they were laughing the whole time it was really cool. It was a really good feeling and there was a really good applause at the end. I think it went really well.
HW: With all your friends and family in town, it must feel like summer camp!
SP: It seriously is like summer camp at my house right now. I have like 8 buddies at my house right now and my family is all scattered, yeah so it is going to be a fun couple of days.
