Do you remember a few years ago when Mazzy co-starred in a short film called “Harry Grows Up”?
If not, I’ve got the full background here. The movie was written and directed by Mark Nickelsburg (a friend of mine) when Mazzy was about 18 months old and is basically a classic New York love story starring babies. Harry is played by Mark’s son, Lucas, who was almost two at the time. (In addition to being a director, Mark is magical wizard who can somehow get two toddlers to act on cue.)
We got the pleasure of seeing the movie on the big screen a little over a year ago when it played in the New York Short Film Festival. Can you imagine seeing your baby’s face on a movie screen in front of a packed audience? I nearly burst into tears. It was probably about the same level of emotion I experienced when Mazzy was a flower girl a few weeks ago in our cousin’s wedding.
Motherhood, it’s a powerful drug.
Well, since the premiere, “Harry Grows Up” has spent the year on the short film festival circuit racking up a bunch of awards, including “Audience Favorite” at the LA Comedy Shorts Fest and “Best of New York” at the New York International Short Film Festival.
Today, it gives me great pleasure to announce, it is finally available online. You know what that means?
I GET TO POST IT ON MY BLOG FOR EVERYONE TO SEE!!!!
So, without further ado, here is the darkly adorable, “Harry Grows Up”. Do yourself a favor and click the icon to the right of HD to see it full screen.
Harry Grows Up from Mark Nickelsburg on Vimeo.
Thank you, Mark, for giving my family one of the best gifts ever.
And just you can see how much changes in two years, here’s Mazzy and Lucas with Mark this past summer back at the Museum of Modern Art.
Let me know if you have any questions about the film below!
this is the cutest! thank you for sharing 🙂
That was awesome. I had many “awww” moments.
Ive been checking all morning waiting for you to post this. Holy cuteness!! That was awesome. Great film and Mazzy is definitely a star. 🙂
What a lovely film!
This is adorable! Makes me smile!
That is possibly the most adorable thing that I have seen in a very, very long time!
Oh my goodness, that is just the cutest!
Adorable!
Wonderfully done, so cute!
Fantastic! Mazzy is a star (but don’t remind her!)
Absolutely adorable! It makes my heart melt!
That has got to be one of the cutest things ever! It’s so sweet! Is Mazzy watching it on repeat?
ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!
I loved it! And I also really liked her hair cut, haha. You are so lucky to have a such a talented friend.
so cute!!
This is absolutely precious!
Love it!!!!
Soooo adorable!!! It’s so much fun to look back at the wee ones because we forget so quickly!!!
What an amazing film, so well done!
Great film and Mazzy is adorable (of course)
I cannot believe how much Mazzy has grown since then – so surreal. And oh my gosh, the movie is amazing. I totally teared up towards the end!
This is one of the sweetest, cutest, most precious things I have ever watched! Mazzy is a beautiful little one and “Harry” is just precious! This was amazingly talented. How on earth did he get those two babies to co-operate so well? Thank you so much for sharing this. 🙂
Oh my gosh!!! I just sat at my desk watching the movie (in the middle of the work day!) it’s amazing. You must be so proud and excited. LOVE IT.
I just sat and watched that with my Ben (21 months) and we were both mesmerized. 🙂 So sweet! And how exciting for you guys to have adorable little Mazzy in it. She’s a star! Thanks for sharing.
I have been checking all day for this! So so cute 🙂
Super adorable!! The short film made me smile and how i wished that my babies stayed little…hehe…Thanks for sharing. Cuteness overload!
This is one of the cutest films I’ve ever seen! Absolutely precious.
So awesome! Really beautifully shot, even if some of those wide shots of Lucas running solo had me scanning the scene looking for a hidden adult, ha!
I love that you and your hub got credits in the film for Child supervision and safety.
Go to Mark’s vemo page to see the behind the scenes video on the making of this short. It’s AMAZING what he did! The parents weren’t as hidden as we think. 😉
I smiled the whole time! Adorable!
Don’t worry— no toddlers were left unattended in the mean streets of Manhattan! It’s what we call “movie magic”. The kids were always walking next to an adult that was paintbrushed out. In the scene where they are walking together on the sidewalk, that was actually each of them walking with an adult separately and then put together. Mark is crazy talented.
How precious. What a keepsake for each of them. This is one baby video they won’t be embarassed to have their friends see.
Oh my gosh who comes up with this stuff? Loved it!!!
Such a sweet, smart and adorable short movie 🙂
That was so incredibly adorable!! I loved every minute of it!!
OMG this is Precious! The little boy is sooo cute! and Mazzy, she is just the most beautiful little girl! Thanks for sharing!
I LOVED it! Mazzy did such a great job!!!
Seriously amazing. Thanks for sharing. Loved it!
Love it! Kudos to everyone involved!
LOVED it! now that they are a lil older, he should make a sequel lol.
Oh my gosh! SO SO SO CUTE! 🙂
I loved this video so much it made me cry. Mazzy and Lucas were fantastic, and the setting was just beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. <3
Love it! Love Mazzy knocking over the building blocks and eating off his dinner plate. Cutest. Thing. Ever!!
So beautiful, and too funny!! Your friend, and child, are very talented!! 🙂
This is the loveliest, cutest short movie. Lucas and Mazzy are superstars. So adorable. And this is going to be the best keepsake video from their toddler years.
How cute, sweet and adorable. Loved seeing my old neighborhood, too First Avenue! Thank you for sharing this wonderful short!
So sweet- makes me sad that my little baby boy is going to grow up and meet a girl though. I want to be his #1 lady forever!
This was fabulously creative. It captivated me AND my 15 and 12 year olds. They were drawn in by the music, at first protesting, “Who calls an 11 minute film short?” But they couldn’t walk away and gave it an “adorable” thumbs up at the end. Ellen
Beautiful!!
This was incredible! The kids were adorable, the video and the story were awesome. But the thing that got me the most was the level of cooperation that he could get from two toddlers!! Amazing.
OMG I Love it!! 🙂
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Unbelievably adorable! <3
Twist ending lol I loved this! Beautifully done 🙂
this was adorable! After seeing this I realize that I am not the only person who gave birth to clones☺️ all my girls look alike just like Mazzy and Harlow do.
I think I haver never watched something so precious like this short film, extremely sweet, loved it!