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2008
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2007
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February* May * July *
October
May 2 If you happen to be in the Pacific NW around April, don't miss the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. The colorful fields were nearly spent by the beginning of May, but we caught the tail end of it. |
 March 1An experiment in Bloggimation. I've begun bloggimating! Check my blog for weekly updates of short (and I mean short!) bits of animation. For the Masses snowballs on the festival circuit! "For the Masses" starts making rounds in the Environmental and Animation festivals this year. Premiering at the Taiwan Animation Festival in July, it quickly was snatched up by Wild and Scenic in Nevada City, and will be traveling to Vancouver, Chicago, Austria, the Czech Republic, Newport Beach and Tiburon, CA in the next few months. Just last weekend, the Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival bestowed the "Best Student Short Award on the film. For upcoming screenings click here. |
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October 9 I am starting an 8 week residency to do some creative research and development. Perhaps this is the beginning of the next film? I make no promises.
My object in living is to unite For more thoughts from the stomping ground, visit my first attempt at a blog.
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July 20-21 - New Zealand Premier of "Conversing with Aotearoa/New Zealand at Homegrown 07
"Conversing" wins Best Film on Mountain Culture and Environment at the Wanaka Mountain Film Festival.
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Cannes 2007 |
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of May, I joined a team of faculty mentors for the Reel Ideas Studio
at Cannes '07. It was the 60th anniversary and the glitterati were out in
force. Our 40 students were charged with documenting one aspect of the
festival. Each of the 10 teams chose their subject, did all the filming and
post production in 10 days! Needless to say, it was a bit intense at the
end, but the final results were amazing. You can see the finished films and
their online journals of the process on the
Reel Ideas website. |
students in the final hours
time for a break!
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In the midst of all the activity I did manage to find a few
spare moments to enjoy the Cote d'Azure. The yachts got bigger each day, the
parties later, and the films better. Here are a few of my top picks.
Look for them when they are released in the US.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir realized through the artistic vision of French director Julian Schnabel. Persepolis - Iranian graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi animates her life story. Eagle vs. Shark - a kiwi film in the vein of Napoleon Dynamite |
10 Feb: I had been indoors for 3 days watching steady rain disintegrate the last patches of snow in the front yard. After a January of warm, sunny days without the hint of snow for the suffering slopes, this, the 'first major front of the winter,' was adding insult to injury. By Saturday afternoon I had resorted to cleaning out the downstairs storage closet to combat the winter rain blues. Around 3:30pm the house suddenly brighted and looking up from a pile of old blankets and random picnic supplies, I saw sunlight streaming in the window through a hole in the clouds. I threw on my boots and hat, and tucked my camera under my jacket because you never know... Sunshine and a rainy breeze chased me down to the lake and I could see sheets of rain on Mt. Tallac debating whether they would make the dash across the lake to Nevada or hover in the higher elevations. My walk would be short-lived but at least I was outside. After about 15 minutes down the shore the spotty showers started getting heavier and so I turned around...
And, man, was I glad I brought my camera! Sometimes a change in perspective is all we need. Walking along facing the weather wondering when the next storm will hit and bracing for the worst, simply putting our backs to the wind for a moment is all it takes to redeem the day. As a friend pointed out last night. "Yeah, there's no snow and it's raining. But we live in Lake Tahoe!"
And now it's raining again. Back to the closet...
14 Jan: The report from the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival in Nevada City, CA - This is my second time screening a film at this festival and the people and activities certainly lived up to my high expectation. A very organized, friendly festival staff put together a great weekend with lots of filmmakers in attendance. After seeing dozens of films over the course of the weekend, my top two recommendations in case you ever come across them, or even better search them out:
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QUEEN OF TREES shows this delicate dance of survival in exquisite detail,
including spectacular close-ups of the wasp's remarkable life inside a ripening
fig. To capture such incredible images, filmmakers Victoria Stone and Mark Deeble spent two years camped out near a giant sycamore fig in Kenya's outback,
documenting the tree's pivotal role as a source of food and shelter for
everything from gray hornbills, Africa's largest bird, to swarms of invading
insects searching for food. In a surprising turn, some insects come to the
tree's aid -- sparking a battle you won't want to miss. This certainly deserved
the Best of the Festival prize it was awarded.
A stunning look at the world’s most pressing problems through the eyes of nine Nobel
Laureates, Nobelity follows filmmaker Turk Pipkin’s personal journey to find
enlightening answers about the kind of world our children and grandchildren will
know. Filmed across the U.S., and in France, England, India, and Africa,
Nobelity Combines The Insights of nine distinguished Nobelists with a
first-person view of world problems and the children who are most challenged by
them. Featuring Nobel Laureates: Steven Weinberg, Jody Williams, Ahmed
Zewail, Rick Smalley, Wangari Maathai, Sir Joseph Rotblat, Dr. Harold Varmus,
Desmond Tutu, Amartya Sen. A Film by Turk Pipkin.
For more information visit The Nobelity Project
January 2007:
I've moved from Los Angeles to Tahoe! 5 years without winter and I'm back in the snow!
"Conversing with Aotearoa/New Zealand" is now playing on the
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Don't miss Corrie's newest film about the New Zealand Wilderness experience when the tour comes to your area. Contact your local host to see if it will be playing near you. Local contacts and venues can be found on the Banff Tour website.The film is also playing in festivals around the globe. Check out the upcoming screenings page >>
This page was last updated on 06/28/08.
