Festival Updates

Clermont-Ferrand was an absolutely amazing experience. The films seven screenings were full including the two in the largest space which has a capacity of over 1300; for that matter nearly every screening at the festival was full. The festival attendees have a fervor and passion for short films that borders on religious devotion. Each day there are buses of school groups, crowds of locals of all ages, filmmakers, etc lined up and discussing what films they will see that day.

Although we did not win any awards the crowds at our screenings responded enthusiastically to the film and many approached Bernard or I to offer praise. In addition we received write-ups/reviews in two newspapers, including one in Il Manifesto; both write-ups are very positive, the French concluded by saying that "this is a film we will remember for a long time".

Along with the praise from the general public and the positive reviews we received invitations to have the film screen at a number of festivals in Europe, including one in Québec (see details below). We also met with a number of distributors and anticipate accepting an offer to have the film available for TV broadcasting in the near future.

UPCOMING FESTIVALS:
We have confirmed screening dates for Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose. A BIKE RIDE will screen on 3/4/2010 at 9:45 PM and again on 3/6/2010 at 11:00 AM.


The film will be screening at the International Family Film Festival in Holywood on Sunday March 14th @ 12:00pm at the Chaplin Theatre on 5300 Melrose Avenue.

This year IFFF chose films from a record number of submissions representing 23 countries, 24 states and 29 film schools. We are excited about the invitation and hope that those of you in the area can come out and see the film in this unique setting.

We have also been invited to attend the Saguenay International Short Film Festival in Québec. This festival is Québec's most important short film rendezvous and one of the leading short film festivals in North America. The dates for the festival are March 10 2010 - March 14 2010 and the film will be screening on Sunday March 13th at 13:00 & 19:30.