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End of summer

It’s almost the end of summer and there are a few things I’ve gotten used to that I know I’m going to miss terribly when school starts. Having my coffee and checking my emails, while the kid practice their violin and piano, first thing in the morning. The seemingly non stop shrieks and squeals of laughter from them playing tag through the house and finding safety on my lap or under my desk, as I work on Storie Productions. Accidentally stepping on a few toy arm men in the darkened living room as I lock up at night, only to find, after I’ve limped over to turn on the light, that I’ve stepped into a great battle field of carefully placed forces, stretching from the front door to the back patio. Sleeping late and then letting them in my bed to snuggle and not jumping out of my skin, when they put their freezing little hands on my tummy. I am sorry that summer is almost gone. I have cherished it.

CHECK IT OUT

Make sure to check out the film's website for updates on screenings and awards.
www.jumpingoffbridges.com

Even More Screenings !!!!

The screenings for jumping off bridges, has really taken off!

There has been such wonderful feedback about this film. Won’t be long now until we have all of our venues set and then we’ll start on spreading the word. Let me know ASAP if you want to bring this film, jumping off bridges, to your area and I'll work on setting it up.

Next week we start on publicity.

whew!

MORE Screenings !!!!

Here’s our most recent screenings and awards.
Screenings (more screenings TBA)
· 8/9, Dallas, TX, Dallas Video Festival, Angelika Film Center, 7pm
· 8/11, Lubbock TX, Flatland Film Festival
· 9/13, Seattle, WA, Broadway Performance Hall
· 9/15 - 9/21, Overland Park, KS, Kansas City International Film Festival
· 9/30, San Antonio, TX, Historic Guadalupe Theater at Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, 7pm
· October, Baltimore, MD, TBA
· October, Washington DC, TBA
· October, Chicago, IL, TBA
· October or November (week run), Jacksonville, FL, San Marco Theater, TBA
· 10/3, Austin, TX, Alamo Drafthouse South, 7pm
· 10/3 - 10/8, New Haven, CT, Connecticut Film Festival
· 10/6 - 10/7 (weekend run), Tallahassee, FL, All Saints Cinema
· 10/7, Boston, MA, Capital Theater, 6:30pm
· 10/14, Nashville, TN, Belcourt Theater, 2pm
· 10/14, Houston, TX, Rice University Media Lab, 7pm
· 10/26, Portland, OR, The Hollywood Theater
· November, Los Angeles, CA, TBA
· 11/2, Montclair, NJ, Montclair State University
· 11/3 and 11/4, New York City, NY, Pioneer Theater, 7pm

Awards
· 2002 Chesterfield Fellowship Finalist (Script)
· 2002 IFP Market Emerging Narrative Participant (Script)
· 2002 Semi-Finalist Sundance Screenwriter's Lab (Script)
· 2005 Texas Filmmaker's Production Fund Grant
· 2005 IFP Rough Cuts Lab Participant
· 2006 Semi-Finalist, Women in Film Foundation Finishing Fund
· 2006 Official Selection, South By Southwest Film Festival
· 2006 Official Selection, Jacksonville Film Festival
· 2006 Official Selection, Waterfront Film Festival

YEA STAN!!!

Stan, the short is fantastic! It looks Great, the talent is solid, it’s damn funny and I’m so glad to be in it.

It’s really super.

Watch out film festivals cause Stan's, "Self Help" is on the way!

Congratulations!!!

Boston, Here we Come!

We've added Boston to the premiere.

Check it out!

Capital Theatre, Saturday October 7th at 6:30 pm.

See you there!

Jumping Off Bridges World Premier!!!

It’s happening.!
Come this Fall, we’ll have our world premier of jumping off bridges, in cities across the nation. I’m so excited that it’s coming together.

Here’s our current screenings and awards:

screenings (more screenings TBA)
· 8/11, Lubbock TX, Flatland Film Festival
· 8/8 - 8/13, Dallas, TX, Dallas Video Festival
· 9/13, Seattle, WA, Broadway Performance Hall
· 9/15 - 9/21, Overland Park, KS, Kansas City International Film Festival
· 9/30, San Antonio, TX, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, 7pm
· October, Baltimore, MD, TBA
· October, Washington DC, TBA
· October, Chicago, IL, TBA
· October, Boston, MA, TBA
· October or November (week run), Jacksonville, FL, San Marco Theater, TBA
· 10/3, Austin, TX, Alamo Drafthouse South, 7pm
· 10/3 - 10/8, New Haven, CT, Connecticut Film Festival
· 10/6 - 10/7 (weekend run), Tallahassee, FL, All Saints Cinema
· 10/14, Nashville, TN, Belcourt Theater, 2pm
· 10/14, Houston, TX, Rice University Media Lab, 7pm
· November, Los Angeles, CA, TBA
· November, New York City, NY, TBA
· 11/2, Montclair, NJ, Montclair State University

awards
· 2002 Chesterfield Fellowship Finalist (Script)
· 2002 IFP Market Emerging Narrative Participant (Script)
· 2002 Semi-Finalist Sundance Screenwriter's Lab (Script)
· 2005 Texas Filmmaker's Production Fund Grant
· 2005 IFP Rough Cuts Lab Participant
· 2006 Semi-Finalist, Women in Film Foundation Finishing Fund
· 2006 Official Selection, South By Southwest Film Festival
· 2006 Official Selection, Jacksonville Film Festival
· 2006 Official Selection, Waterfront Film Festival

Check out www.jumpingoffbridges.com for the latest most updated screenings.
If you want this wonderful film to screen in your area, tell me now, and I’ll see if we can bring it to a theatre near you.

family vacations

There is the Florida that most tourists see: white sandy beaches, Disney, buildings newly painted in ocean foam green, vibrant tropical shirts over 3rd degree sunburns.
Then there is the Florida that I see: 600 year old gnarled old man oak trees, manatee sliding through greenish hued waters, the light crunching sound when walking on a deep bed of pine needles, the luring smell of magnolias and jasmine.
I grew up in north central Florida and I recently went back for a family vacation. The highlights were: boating in Crystal River with my mom, dad, brothers, sister, husband and kids, to a nothing special waterside restaurant, canoeing around the small islands in the morning and listening to the soft sounds of the canoe paddle pulling through the water, and the surprise of when a manatee bumped the bottom of my son’s canoe and almost sent him out of it! Then while in Tampa Bay, watching my sons experience the thrill of catching sharks, and holding on to my kids and onto dear life, as one of my brother’s boats skipped across the water at 65 miles per hour.
A harder part of the trip though, is the emotional. For the first time in my life, while in Tampa, I was boating with my all of my siblings, but my dad (who had gone back home) wasn’t there. When I realized the reason for my odd feelings, I almost cried. I know he would have been out there if his health would have allowed it. He would have been at the helm. And when we landed on a barrier island, he would have been walking with that bouncy walking style, down the beach to explore with my mom (who would have already served our lunches and made sure everyone had on sun block).
We were there for a week and now I’m need some down time. Family vacations are not relaxing. Everyone is constantly trying to make up for lost time. It’s can be raucous, intense, loving, sweet and bitter sweet.
It was hard to say good.