Can you believe already three years have passed since producer/co-writer Randy Sparks finished his short comedy It Don't Rain on Sunny Days? Even more unbelievable is that I and the Volcano still can't shut up about it. Actually, I get into such a forward-thinking mindset, always seeking out the newest local film or up-and-comer, that I find it a rare treat returning to a classic, like checking in on an old friend.

Since its premiere at the 2009 Tacoma Film Festival and a showing at Gig Harbor's festival the following year, Sunny appeared to have disappeared, perhaps away to that big DVD bin in the sky. But it has plummeted back to earth and landed in, of all places, glorious Utah!

Provo, you ask? You wish - the short will screen not once but twice at the Park City Film Music Festival (May 25 - June 3) for its first-ever out-of-state cameo. And no, I didn't forget to put the word "and" between Film Music. Not only has the comedy scored recognition for its tale of a lovable loser who bumbles into a lottery windfall (or has he???), but some folks think its eclectic soundtrack (with music by Sparks and Tacoma artists Dave McKibbin, Leanne Trevalyan and others) rocks too.

"(Sunny)'s still got legs...It really surprised me," says Sparks.

Now living in Park City, the film's star, Joe Rosati, has history with this particular festival. He also starred in and composed part of the score for 100%-Tacoma feature A Perfect Life, which in 2011 took away PCFMF's Gold Medal for Excellence in Original Music for a Feature Film.

Sparks's drive to Utah in a few weeks probably won't take as long as reciting that title, and in any case he sees winning awards for his work as icing on the cake. "Even if we don't win a medal, just the fact that it's playing at a festival of this caliber...It's just a great way to honor those musicians that have contributed to the film."

(Photo courtesy Gerry Collen)