Adam Kleld. a graduate of
New York University's film school, says it
took him 10 days to shoot "Matt in Love" as
his graduate thesis. The film outlines a
young man's efforts to win back an old
sweetheart who is getting married to someone
else. "It's kind of a romantic comedy in
the Woody Allen vein ..
Mr. Salmi bought the rights to the short
last April when he spotted it at an NYU film
festival. After it was screened at Sundance
this year, Mr. Kleid got a flurry of calls
from interested Internet companies, including
one that wanted to pick up the film
sight unseen.
"It's exciting, but I don't have any expectations,"
Mr. Kleid says. "If a lot of
people get to see my film, that's great. "