TOP TEN REASONS
to be a part of TENTH ANNIVERSARY

"The local herbs!" Heidi Ewing, Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker

"No cell phone service." Robert Stone, Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker

"Kevin Smith's Maverick Award acceptance speech in 2008. I almost spit wine on everyone at my table." Morgan Spurlock, Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker

"The fall in the Catskills - I mean, how can you top that?" Ron Mann, filmmaker, distributor

"Meeting great filmmakers and forging deep friendships." Thelma Adams, Film & DVD Critic, US Weekly

"There's no VIP room--- everyone gets to mingle with everyone else and it creates a spirit that's just wonderful and You can walk from venue to venue without slipping on the ice." Martha Frankel, author and celebrity interviewer:

1) It feels like a fun family reunion, get to see loved cousins that you dont see so often in the City
2) You get treated as a celebrity, even if you're only making animated shorts (a 3rd rate category at some festivals)
3) The location is wild, a pocket full of exotic characters and unusual objects. Surrounding mountains is a big plus, too
4) The selection of the films fits the location - you'll get to see films you wont see anywhere else. Special curiosities.
5) Warmth of the festival organizers
6) Parties where you can meet local people (and they are REAL celebrities, not like you), other filmmakers, and industry people by fireplace, or on a deck in a mountain house, or at some other exotic place
7) Enthusiastic audiences and sold out shows - a thrill for a filmmaker to watch her film in a crowded room!
Signe Baumane, animator

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