It is one of the smartest, funniest, and more stylish films I have ever seen. Lisa is a great talent, and I'm hoping we'll work with her again. It's a beautiful story, and the process is exciting, since it's a documentary in its early stages and there are a lot of questions and possibilities. We are juggling about five or six projects right now, but they are in various stages of activity, so there are ebbs and flows. What is good is that we can go into development on some stuff now, and it won't really need our attention until next fall anyway.
Every festival is different.
Some function more as markets and others as artistic exchanges. The markets are necessary to some degree, and the other, mostly regional festivals are the dessert. The filmmaker always has more fun and gets more gratification at a festival where the audience is filled with eager film fans rather than industry folk. And I think the recent surge in micro fests is a problem, too. Every town in the country can't have their own film festival.