Filmmaker Testimonials

Dear Steve,

We want to thank you for choosing us to be part of the Ojai Film Festival 2003. It was an honor to be there. We felt that everyone was very accessible and we were able to make contacts and get our film out there to audiences who are able to appreciate it on a very deep level.

We wish you the best of luck with future festivals and hope to see you again with our new movie, The Secret Hunter.

Our Best to you,
Stephanie and Jack Cleary

Dear Steve,

The big update about us, which I'm sure you already know, is that Daughter from Danang was nominated for an Academy Award. We want to thank you again for the exposure and recognition we received from the Ojai Film Festival and are still sorry we weren't free to attend.

Thanks again Steve.

Take care,
Gail
Producer/Co-director

Dear Steve,

Thank you for your interest in what we have been doing at Public Policy Productions. We have been very busy as Why Can't We Be A Family Again? the documentary short that screened at your festival [2002], has since screened at San Luis Obispo, Sundance Film Festival, Sedona Film Festival, Victoria Independent and New port Beach film festivals. We also have the exciting news that the film has been nominated for an Academy Award for the documentary shorts category.

As for films we are currently working on - we have two currently in production. One is about teens aging out of foster care and living on their own, and the other chronicles the struggles of the working poor to advance in the workforce and lift their families out of poverty.

It was wonderful participating in the Ojai Film Festival, and certainly when our next films are completed (in the next few years) we will most likely be entering them for consideration.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Jessie Pepper
Public Policy Productions

Greetings,

I wanted to thank everyone involved with the Ojai Film Festival for including my film, JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL/ADVENTURES IN TREE SITTING in your festival, and for staging such a great event. It was very gratifying to have a large and appreciative audience watch the show, and I felt that they truly responded to the spirit of the piece. I have made many contacts, and my friends and I even got taken out to dinner at a posh Ojai eatery as a result of the screening. It is to your credit that in a town the size of Ojai so many people would attend a Sunday afternoon screening, while another was going on at the same time, and I assume it was equally well attended. Congratulations on a fine event, and thanks again.

Lou Angelo

Hello good people of Ojai...

I am the Exec. VP Development and Production at Connection III Entertainment, Los Angeles.

We are an award winning production company that has licensed entertainment properties in both TV and Film to the likes of CBS, HBO, Fox Family (now ABC Family), USA Networks In addition to developing with Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and WB.

I am in constant search for new creative talent, and wanted your help in contacting several writer/directors whose films you screened last year at your festival. Just point me in the right direction and I, or someone on my staff will do the leg work from there.

I truly appreciate your help on this, and look forward to connecting with you in this regard.

All the best,
Brian E. O'Neal
e-mail beon@pacbell.net
phone: 323-653-3400

Dear Steve,

Many thanks for including the film in the festival--a pleasure to be there for such responsive audiences. Your dedicated staff and volunteers were all terrific---a measure of just how engaged they are in the fulfillment of your, and the Festival's, vision. Congratulations, and best wishes for its continuing, expanding success.

Tony Silver (Arisman Facing The Audience)

Steve,

I just wanted to send a note thanking you for all the hard work and planning that were so obvious during the Ojai Film Festival. You should be thrilled with how smoothly things ran (or at least appeared to be running from my vantage point). I met so many wonderful filmmakers and was overwhelmed with the physical beauty of the Ojai Valley.

Congratulations, and thank you for including my film. I am especially grateful for the theme you chose for your inaugural festival: "enriching the human spirit through film." With so much emphasis these days placed on teenage witches and taxicab confessions and other lowest-common-denominator subjects, it was both refreshing to see so many films that embraced the potential of visual media to inspire and penetrate the human psyche. Bravo!

Best regards,
Claire Marie Panke
Producer/Director, "A Chance to Grow"

hi steve,

nice to hear from you. i had a great time in Ojai and especially appreciated getting a chance to
meet and talk with Conrad Hall before he passed away. he said a lot of things that will stay
with me. since Ojai [2002], my short film The Box Man has gone on to win several awards including the audience award at AFI FEST 2002 and best animation at Cinequest. recently, it has been selected by Cannes to screen in this years Cinefoundation for student films.

in other projects since Ojai, i directed the title sequence animation for a feature film called
Willard and am currently finishing post production on another animated short film. i have also
put together a website, www.nirvan.com.

that's my news. hope to have more work to send to you in the future.

best,

nirvan mullick

Hi Steve!

You catch me at a great time, as I just got home from the Sedona Film Fest where my short ‘Valette’ [Ojai Film Festival 2002] won the Best Student Short award. Sedona was wonderful, great writing panels, super-nice people and breathtaking views. Just like Ojai, plus a freak snowstorm! I had such a wonderful time in Ojai that I’ve since been inspired to apply to many more small town film festivals, as it’s so wonderful to see how the whole community turns out and supports both the event and the filmmakers. Ojai was very special, and since then I’ve been to Smogdance in Pomona, Sarasota Film Fest in Florida, and Sedona. Beautiful towns and fantastic audiences.

Thanks again!

Susan

Susan Vaill, director

Dear Ojai Film Festival,

I’ve been meaning to respond to your email for months now, and I’ve kept it in my In Box to intentionally remind me to stop, sit down and type out an email update on what we’ve been up to at Media Projects, Inc.

Ojai is certainly welcome to keep in touch and put us on your mailing list. Although Make Me A Match screened at a number of film festivals, I can’t say that any of them wrote back asking us what we’re working on or to keep in contact. That said a lot to us.

With that I can say that Allen & Cynthia Mondell have been busy wrapping up post-production on their latest documentary film, The Spirit of Women which celebrates the 25th anniversary of the first federally funded women’s conference. A big to do back then for giving national exposure and momentum to the women’s movement. Allen & Cynthia were able to interview such notable women as Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem and former Texas governor, Ann Richards.

Each of them is working on separate and joint film projects. Cynthia is finishing up her intimate documentary of her father’s long fight with Parkinson’s Disease. Allen has been working to produce a film that highlights the tough, emotional decisions that families must make when transitioning to an assisted living arrangement. One that I particularly hope that we get off the ground this year is our project regarding the history of the Texas State Fair.

Make Me A Match which screened at Ojai went on to win The Videographers’ Award for excellence. It has also since Ojai, aired on Trio TV and a local PBS station in Dallas. And it will be showing at the Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia on the 10th of this month.

Our website (www.mediaprojects.org) also has troves of valuable news that you can mine.

Cordially,

Michael Edens

Media Projects, Inc.
5215 Homer Street
Dallas, TX 75206

Dear Steve,

I am currently working hard to raise money to make a sequel to my short film The Wedding that showcased at the Ojai Film Festival. We are applying for funding all over the country.

The Wedding won awards at several film festivals in the US, Houston World Filmfest, New Haven Film Festival. DaVinci Film Festival, and received a Videographers Award, and a Playstream Award and aired on PBS for the past year. It also showcased throughout Europe and South America in the most prestigious dance film festivals. We are also developing a series of instructional video/DVD’s for kids about multi cultural dances performed in our country.

We thank Ojai for including us in your festival. I hope to have funds to create a new film in the next year and hopefully apply to your festival.

Hope all is well.

Liz Milwe

Hi Steve,

The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It has recently won both the John O'connor Film Award from the American Historical Association for the distinguished history film of the year and the 2002 Eric Barnouw Award of the Organization of American Historians. Since winning Best Documentary at Ojai [2001] we've won Special Jury Prize at Canyonlands Film Festival, honors at Ann Arbor and Columbus Film Festivals. We've screened at Seattle - we got great audiences here.

Santa Fe - great hospitality, fabulous time, great events, lots of chances to meet other filmmakers
Doubletake Documentary - best chance to see the best docs.

Hot Springs Documentary - loved the hot springs and hotel-lots of chances to see great docs.

Vermont UN Association Film Festival - this is a very intelligent festival.

Tahoe International Film Festival - misrepresents itself as a real festival.

Pt. Townsend Film Festival - a woman who saw our film here-in response created an incredible organization doing draft counseling with kids, counter - recruitment with parents etc.

Sonoma Valley Film Festival - great hospitality.

Religion the Cinematic View, Trento, Italy

Thanks,

Judith Ehrlich

Dear Steve,

Great to hear from you. I produced The Machine (directed by Michael Craft). The film had done a few festivals before Ojai [2002] and has done a few more since, about 23 in total so far, with Santa Barbara going at the moment, and Houston coming up shortly.

We've since paid to have a 35mm print done of the film, which was pretty costly despite everyone helping us out, so hopefully having it will increase our chances of getting exposure.

In terms of ourselves, Michael is off in London at the moment writing a feature script at the bequest of his management (Mosaic Media Group). He was recently in LA following Sundance and is generally speaking making his foothold in the industry with his powerful visual style and his sharp mind for filmmaking and the game that goes with it.

I'm still based in Queensland, Australia, producing work with another couple of young promising directors, having formed a bit of a fellowship of Australian Filmmakers in the North of the country. On top of the work I've been doing there which I'm quite proud of, I'm actively promoting myself as a director now with the intention of raising my profile (something I've always found abhorrent preferring to pull the strings from the background, but success loves stars. So this year is very much about pulling things together to be able to take the centre stage).

I've got two films I've just finished that I've just started entering in fests as of last Friday, so with all that in mind, I'll be directing another two shorts this year building on what I've done, and focusing on working with children, which is where my personal style lies, whether it's more dramatic a "Kids" type feel or a more playful "Spykids" feel. I come from an acting background so working to get that reality of performance and naturalism that you can get from kids without their inhibitions and tendencies to "perform" I find really fantastic.

So, all up Cheers for the email. I look forward to talking further, and hopefully making it to the US when I have a few of my films screening.

All the best for the meantime.

Cheers.

Judd Tilyard

It's hope hall, of This Is For Betsy Hall [Ojai Film Festival 2001], and it's great to be in touch. I’m still in New York, have a residency for the spring in an 18th century stable under the Brooklyn bridge where I’m starting in on the research phase of an ecological project on water and the lost history of the New York waterways.

Thanks, and keep me posted,

Hope

Dear Steve,

Mark Thompson here from Mother Ghost, last years "Best Picture". We wound up winning four "Best Pictures", two "Best Director", one "Best Screenplay" and one "Best Actor". We are currently talking with Showtime about a possible deal.

I have just finished my first draft of a psychological thriller called Two Thirteen. A couple of people in the business are fairly impressed with it so I am taking notes from friends and will attack my second draft in a week or so. If I ever get it made I will make sure you see it for a possible screening at your festival.

I love your town and your festival. Please keep me posted on your festivities. I would like to attend.

Mark

Hi

Just wanted to let you guys know that I directed a short Film, Sniffer, which
was entered recently by our marketing coordinator Kate Kennedy, with a few
other pretty slick films.

Hope you guys enjoy Sniffer. I made a special point of recommending the fest
after The Machine screening last year, and the personal interest you guys took
in everything. Those touches really make a festival from a filmmaker's point
of view. So I hope things go well this year, and obviously we'd love to be a
part of it all again.

All the best.

Cheers,

Judd Tilyard

Dear Steve,

Thank you for your interest in the progress of my film, "A Conversation with Haris", as well as my career. I am attaching a list of festivals in which the film has screened and/or won awards.

I am currently working on a one hour animated/live action documentary. I received a Guggenheim Fellowship for the film last year. However, I have now gone back to teaching full-time and chairing the Animation Department at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, CA, so it is difficult to set aside the time needed to finish the film.

Good luck with the continued success of the festival.

Sincerely,

Sheila M. Sofian

Festival History
A Conversation with Haris by Sheila M. Sofian

BEST ANIMATED FILM and GRAND JURY PRIZE
New Orleans Film Festival

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Humboldt International Short Film Festival

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Ojai Film Festival

SECOND PRIZE
Black Maria Film Festival

BRONZE AWARD
and HONORABLE MENTION, JOHN MICHAELS MEMORIAL AWARD
Big Muddy Film Festival

“Women in Shorts” premiere screening, American Cinematheque, Egyptian Theater, LA, CA
Slamdance Film Festival, UT
SXSW South by Southwest Film Festival
USA Film Festival, TX Finalist
San Francisco International Film Festival, CA
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, NY, NY
Taos Talking Picture Festival
Santa Barbara International Film Festival, CA
Ann Arbor Film Festival, MI
Aspen Shortsfest, CO
Athens International Film and Video Festival, OH
Nashville Independent Film Festival, TN
Atlanta Film and Video Festival, GA
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, AR
Madcat Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
Hamptons International Film Festival, “Conflict and Resolution” program, NY
Mountainfilm, Telluride, CO
Telluride IndieFest, Telluride, CO
Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival, Cascade, CO
New York Expo, NY
Tiburon International Film Festival, CA
Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, CA
Canadian International Annual Film/Video Fesival 2nd Best Amateur Animation
Zagreb 2002 World Festival of Animated Films, Croatia
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Slovenian Cinematheque, Slovenia
Hiroshima Animation Festival, “Animation for Peace” program, Japan
Krok Film Festival, Ukraine, (Out of Competition)
Cinamanila International Film Festival, Philippines
Cinanima International Animated Film Festival, Portugal
International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany

Dear Steve,

I just finished my third short, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILI, an anti-war comedy. I was moved to write it, produce it, direct it and star in it after my husband was sent to Kuwait to cover the impending war for CBS News. (He's still not home...8 weeks and counting...) The film is premiering at CINESPACE on Hollywood Blvd. on March 4th. Enclosed is the invite. Hope you can make it!

Dawn Westlake (The Mini-Driver Project - Ojai Film Festival 2001)

Dear Steve,

So nice to hear from you. NO TURNING BACK is opening in theatres in the United States on April 25th and I am very excited about that. I'm currently developing a few projects, but one particularly that I am really excited about that deals with the subject of terrorism and how it is affecting our lives. Like in NO TURNING BACK, all points of view are explored. I have also conducted a lot of workshops throughout the country. It is good bread and butter money and I love to reach out to young people and share my passion with them. Please find more details about all this in the attachments.

Peace, Jesus Nebot

Dear Mr. Grumette,

Nice to hear from you. I enjoyed spending time in Ojai during fall of 2000 and thought you folks were so gracious. "Merry Christmas" won 2001 SKYY Vodka Short Film Award and had its broadcast premiere on Sundance Channel this past December. I've recently returned from scouting locations in Scotland for a new project (adaptation of an Ambrose Bierce story) we'll be shooting later this spring, so hopefully I'll have work to share in the near future. Wishing you all the best with upcoming festivals and please keep me posted about your events down the road.

Sincerely,

Paul Marashlian
1222 Bayview Drive
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254

Loren E. Chadima
(Surprise – Ojai Film Festival 2002)

Since a great screening in Ojai, "Surprise" has been seen at the Valley Film Festival and will be at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Loren is starting her second film, Checkpoint about an American doctor in a Palestinian Refugee Camp.

Michael Downing
(Clean-Rite Cowboy – Winner of Best Narrative Short at Ojai Film Festival 2001)

Hey there,

I definitely remember you. I have my trophy on my bookshelf and I see it all the time.

I’m currently living in Los Angeles, directing commercials in Toronto occasionally, doing some writing and developing a couple of features. I’m repped in town by Benderspink and I’ll be going to Mexico City next month to direct a GM commercial.

Things are going pretty well although living in tinsel town puts it all in perspective.

Good to hear from ya'll.

Steve,

Thanks for the email. Here's an update:

In January, "The Book and the Rose" [Ojai Film Festival 2002] was short-listed for an Oscar nomination. The film was selected as one of ten semi-finalists for an Academy Award in the category of Best Live Action Short Film. Although the film was not selected as one of the five finalists, the filmmakers were proud to have received this recognition from the Academy.

In December, "The Book and the Rose" signed with a boutique a distributor, Utah-based Candlelight Media Group. The film is currently lining up television broadcasts, with premieres scheduled in two of the largest PBS markets in the country---San Francisco's KQED, and Boston's WGBH.

For a list of the film's latest festivals, and other info, please visit:

http://www.chartercrest.com/rose

Best,

Jeff

Best,

Ellen Erwin

Steve,

Hello from Sisters Vecchione!

We are currently finishing production on a feature documentary entitled "From Steubenville With Love." It is about the Dean Martin Festival in Steubenville, Ohio and it has been an unbelievable experience.

You played our short documentary "Trip to Tehuacan" in your 2001 festival and we were honored to be there. Since then it's gone on to Sundance and now it is being distributed by Seventh Art Releasing.

Our current address is:

P.O. Box 12882
Marina del Rey, CA 90295

We hope to be in touch.

All the best,

Sisters Vecchione

Thanks for keeping in touch.

Our film, Modern Tribalism, is being distributed by Wellspring and is available on DVD and home video at amazon, netflix, 20/20 video, Barnes & Noble, Hollywood video and others. I'm about to try to do a small theatrical run at microcinemas. If you know of a theater or museum, school or other microcinema venue in Ojai that would want to screen MT, please let me know.

We shot a short doc last weekend that will air on KCET in April or May as part of series called Veritas, and I'm helping a director friend on her first documentary called "Operation Peace." That's all the news. Hope you're well.

Mimi George Kent

My film career is moving along..."Razing appalachia" [Ojai Film Festival 2002] got picked up by the PBS series "Independent Lens" and will air nationally on Tuesday, May 20th at 10pm (check local listings, as they say). so this has been v. exciting, but also a great deal of work b/c I had to quickly re-edit a 53 minute version in order to fit into their time slot. The doc. will also play later this month at the D.C. Environmental Film festival and the Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington, NC.

Other than that, I am muddling through, teaching two wonderful classes here at the University of Iowa - one a 16mm film production class, the other an avid editing class, and thinking about new projects. I find myself quite preoccupied with (and upset by) this pending war with Iraq and feel that my next activist-oriented work might go in an anti-violence, pro-peace direction, but it's alas to early to say what that might be...

My contact info:

Sasha Waters
Dept. of Cinema & Comparative Literature
Room 135 BCSB
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242

Dear Steve,

Thanks for the interest.

After your festival, Poles Apart [Ojai Film Festival 2001] went on to be aired on Nat Geo. in Europe, Asia, and Africa and domestically on the Sundance channel. I toured other festivals and enjoyed meeting other filmmakers and getting acquainted with the world of festivals.

Currently, I am raising money for a doc about Restorative Justice in our prison system. I have access to a juvenile prison where the inmates have to make amends to their victims before they leave the program. It helps the perpetrator and the victim. It is the only program aimed at the victim.

Regards,

Greg Stiever
15616 Normandy Lane
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55345

I certainly remember the Ojai festival [Horses on Mars - Ojai Film Festival 2000]. Thanks for the email. I am working on another short film www.TheLookingPlanet.com) and I just sold a pitch to Columbia Pictures for a feature CG animated project that I am set to co-write.

My current address is:
Eric Anderson
1140 Venice Blvd #209
Venice, CA 90291

Cheers,

Eric

Hi! Thanks for checking in! Did we ever send you Strong Roots, our film about the Brazilian Landless Movement? It is compelling. maisa Mendonca directed it in Brazil, and I produced it here in the US. Also, Vicente Franco, co-director of I Was Born a Black Woman [Ojai Film Festival 2000] has a film up for an Accademy Award.

Hope you're doing well.

Best wishes --

Kit Miller, Producer

Many thanks for wanting to keep in touch. Since screening "Lost and Found" [Ojai Film Festival 2000] at your festival I have completed another animated short called "Honey" which is based on a poem of the same name by American author, Robert Morgan. As it is an experimental animation it has been very hard to place but I have gotten it into a few festivals. The current project on the boards is a much lighter animation based on a parody of a lounge song written and performed by west coast jazz keyboardist Kim Darwin. It should be finished by sometime in the late spring/early summer.

Thanks again for your interest and I hope all has been going well with your festival.

Yours,
Gail Noonan

Thanks for your email - my film, A Chance to Grow, was at your inaugural festival, and this year my friend Alice Elliott had her film there and it won "Best of Festival Theme" or something like that (The Collector of Bedford Street, now up for an Oscar!). I had told her about Ojai and tried to help her find a place to stay while she was out there in your idyllic area.

A Chance to Grow was broadcast on The Discovery Channel (under their title, A Baby's Battle for Life, and, thanks to my foreign distributor Tapestry International, has also been picked up abroad by National Geographic, New Zealand Television, Hong Kong Television, and Swedish Television, as well as having a healthy educational/non-theatrical distribution life here in the States, that part thanks to Fanlight Productions. The film won several awards, including a CINE Golden Eagle, a Bronze Health Science Communication Award, an Honorable Mention from the Chris Awards, and a Media Award from the American Academy of Nursing. I also spoke about the film as a featured guest on the NPR program "Satellite Sisters." (My website is www.littleoneprods.com)

As for my current projects, I have two in development, one about the elderly and the other about identical twins who are living very different lives. (Actually, the one about the elderly might take me to Ojai to portray a character who lives there...it would be nice to return to that area!)

Thanks for your email, and keep me posted on the festival.

Claire Marie Panke
Producer/Director
A Chance to Grow

Nice to hear from you. I’ve been working on a film about the crop circle phenomenon. It was completed in August, 2002, and was released theatrically on August 23, playing at the Nuart Theater in Los Angeles. We’ve played in about 30 cities so far, and the response has been very good. We’ve been in a few festivals, and overall have had a good experience. Our website is: www.cropcirclesthemovie.com. I have more projects in the works, but nothing is done yet. See my company website at: www.openedge.org

Thanks for keeping in touch.

Regards,

William Gazecki

Yes, things are going well. Won Berkley's film festival for Best Promotional Short Film.

We have a full-length feature being cut right now that has a feel of none other. It features 700 interviews in 50 states during the 365 days after the 9/11 attacks.

If you would like to see the trailer please inform me at bfrank@mihp.tv

Thanks,

Billy Frank [The Australian Experience - Ojai Film Festival 2000]
Executive Producer

Hi Ojai!

Svetlana Village: The Camphill Experience in Russia [Ojai Film Festival 2001] had a wonderful one-week run at the Fine Arts Cinema in Berkeley, and showed as part of the Walnut Creek Film Festival's series. As for filmmaking, my energies lately have been directed more toward the stage. I've co-written a brand new musical about the outsider 60's group The Shaggs entitled "Philosophy of the World". It will have a long workshop production in LA in November/December at Inside the Ford, and then will premiere in Chicago at LookingGlass Theatre in May of 2004. My next film? Don't know yet...Time will tell.

All the best,

Gunnar Madsen

Dear Steve,

Sorry for this delay in responding to you - it's so nice that you keep the contact!

I'm glad to tell you that the participation of our 'On Grace Kelly, Money and Dreams' [Ojai Film Festival 2002] in your festival generated interest in the documentary from a few broadcasters, but I've noticed, since the War in Iraq started looming - that the whole world started grinding toward a stand-still. Do you feel the same?

So the making new documentaries became an up-mountain struggle, rather than an up-hill one, just as selling ready programs became.

But of course, I'm a hopeless optimistic, so everything is alright!

Looking forward to hearing from you -

Erga Abrahami-Netz TV Productions

Yes, my documentary THE RETURN OF PAUL JARRETT [Ojai Film Festival 2000], has
won 33 awards to date. I now have two distributors and will represented in Cannes in May.

I am in the process of writing the screenplay on my grandfather's experiences in WWI.

Thanks again for your support of the indie filmmaker!!

Clark Jarrett

Hi Steve-

Thank you so much, again, for accepting my film. You were gracious enough to let me turn my film in a few days late and I appreciate it!!!

The film has been in about sixteen festivals. I was able to travel to France with it this past summer for the Deauville Film Festival. That was quite something. To keep myself fed I'm working at a DVD company on the Universal lot, to keep my soul healthy (and have dessert) I'm editing a feature next month and for future dreams, I'm, of course, writing a script. Please include me on your mailing list.

I hope all is well with you and the film festival!

Best wishes,
Liz Edwards
"Mrs. William Dixon" [Ojai Film Festival 2002]

Sorry this took so long to get out. I have been busy with all the projects at my current job.
"One Small Step" is doing well, we have three festival screening next month. I will be doing a
Q&A at the Maryland Film Festival May 1-4. Pretty exciting stuff considering this project
began as a student project on a shoestring budget and evolved from there. We just got picked up for international distribution and are having our sales launch at MipDoc. Ojai [2002] was
our first festival, it took a while to be accepted to our second, but everything took off from
there. I owe a lot to the festivals that have programmed us and saw that this was more than a
historical documentary about chimpanzees. Thanks.

Best, David Cassidy

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