from Tarantino to Brilliante Mendoza

Note above was written by Quentin Tarantino in May 2009 at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. In it, Tarantino congratulates fellow nominee Brilliante Mendoza on his film Kinatay, a movie which triumphed at the festival and beat Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds to win the Prix de la mise en scène (Best Director). 

My Best Friend's Birthday (Quentin Tarantino, 1987)

My Best Friend's Birthday is the first movie written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It was was shot on 16mm and made in between 1984 and 1987, and the original version clocked in at about 70 minutes long. The film had caught fire in a editing lab and most of the ending of the film was lost. The surviving part of the film can be seen above.

And you can also see the whole script here.