09/09/09 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A WILD WEST DIGITAL FILM FEST
NOVEMBER 20--25
PASO ROBLES, CALIFORNIA AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB
THE STATE AND FATE OF CHILDREN ELEMENT OF THE FILM FESTIVAL
MOVES TO FRONT STAGE, WITH THE LIKES OF MARK LUNFORD, DR.
LOIS LEE, WITH SPECIAL GUEST ACTRESS KATHLEEN QUINLAN...AND
HUMANITARIAN AWARD GIVEN TO KEN KRAGEN.
FILM FESTIVAL IS BEING FILMED AND STREAMED LIVE ONLINE...
The second wild west digital film fest, known as the Paso Digital Film Festival, will
begin to roll out the historic cast of characters, actors, musicians, filmmakers, and VIPs,
to make this roundup as exciting as last year. This cuttin' edge digital fest will be a
true multimedia event, with hours of the festival streamed on the Internet, via websites,
mobile devices, and social networks. A Hi-def DVD of the inside look at a film festival,
is being produced and set for release at the Paso Digital Media Festival this Spring,
in Austin, TX, and multi platform online.
LINK TO THE CAST OF CHARACTERS
Last year the festival was honored to have Clint Eastwood, his son's group, the Kyle
Eastwood Band, who performed for the festival, plus a number of Eastwood's team
from his LA based Malpaso Productions, including his long time associate and editor,
Joel Cox, who received the festival's first Lifetime Achievement Award. All were joined
by actor/musician Kevin Bacon with brother Michael as The Bacon Brothers in
concert, plus the legend Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Johnny Rivers, who performed with
Eagle's songwriter Jack Tempchin, Elton John songwriter Bernie Taupin, producer
and Martin Scorsese associate, Nigel Sinclair, and others from the biz of entertainment.
In the traditon of PDFF # 1, we'll pay tribute to MUSIC IN FILM, and especially music
videos and DVDs, and other digital platforms. As last year, we will honor the musicians,
producers, editors, and film makers of the great music documentaries, as we screen
and pay tribute to some of these great films of music and entertainment history. The
Music DVD/Video Spotlight Award will go to Trey Fanjoy, who has won many awards
for her projects with Taylor Swift, George Strait, Jimmy Buffett, Reba McEntire, Miranda
Lambert, and others. We will also pay special tribute to Les Paul, who was to be
webcast into the festival to accept an award from New York, yet passed away only
weeks ago, while we were making the plans.
Another very important part of the Digital Film Fest, is the Sunday and Monday festival
theme, THE STATE AND FATE OF CHILDREN. The Festival is going to screen some
new and past documentaries, that show the suffrage of children and youth, and honor
some of the great journalist and producers, that cover these concerns on film, television
and the Internet. Ken Kragen, who created, and was executive producer of We Are the
World, and Hands Across America for the homeless will be honored, along with some
film makers, and experts working for better care for our Nations' youth.
Festival Producer, Benford Standley, is deeply dedicated to shedding light in the dark-
ness of the millions of homeless, runaway and missing children, the abused, the autistic,
and those falling between the cracks in our society, and sadly, in historic numbers, here
in these United States. Standley asks, "In the spirit of We Are The World, Farm Aid,
and other great events, where artists and creative people gather to help raise money,
and awareness for important causes in our society, we shall ride that train."
Along with the serious issues of the films and new media screenings, Standley has
created a Forum to look at these dark issues, and brainstorm on how film and new
media can be used to help educate and draw attention to programs that are trying to
help, but as per usual, and now more than ever, are in need of funds for their programs.
Already coming together are some of the top people in the Nation working
with these millions of children in need.
William Bronston, M.D.
CEO & founder Tower of Youth
Maureen Blaha, Ex Dir National Runaway Switchboard
Joe Campo, Ex Producer The Human Experience,
Dir of St. Francis House in Brooklyn, NY
Osiris Castaneda, Dir. Youth CineMedia
Denice Ann Evans
Writer/Director of the Spitting Game
Rich Ferguson,
Magician and Kid advocate
Wavy Gravy the best of all clowns, and a Saint of Peace
Janet Grillo-
Ex. Producer Autism: The Musical
Aaron Guerraro, Hollywood Dir, Stand Up For Kids
Phillip Hain Ex Dir, L.A. Chapter Autism Speaks
Alison Hurst, Venice Outreach Dir, Stand Up For Kids
Julianne Yamamoto King, Dir/Producer
Beautiful Son
Vikky Mullin, Dir. of Singing Hands, Paso Robles
Diane Nilan, Pres, Hear Us Inc., Dir My Own 4 Walls
Kathleen Quinlan, Actress and Child advocate
Judy Ranan, Executive Dir. of Stand Up For Kids
John Reid, Executive Dir of Child Help
Benford Standley Producer/writer/ Some Ran West
Dr. Laura Vazquez, Producer My Own 4 Wall
Katy Walsh, Dir.
Development Runaway Switchboard
THIS LIST WILL DOUBLE IN SIZE BY FESTIVAL TIME...
THIS IS IMPORTANT
Last year the festival set up a link with Kevin Bacon's online charity organization,
sixdegrees.com, to network with this charitable element of the event, and direct other
funds and donations to charity. Area youth will be involved with the actual production of
the festival, and programs are being set up with paypal.com and a celebrity online
auction with ebay.com. The Festival encourages viewers, visitors and fans to go to the
groups own websites and donate, or help them network with others, and travel Kevin
Bacon's site to help where you can.
Building on the momentum of last year’s inaugural festival, this year’s aims to re-define
how traditional film festivals operate.
The evolving Digital Worlds are part of the
evolution that we're seeing now in the entire entertainment business. New media, social
networking, and the multi-platform delivery of music, film, TV, VOD and the convergence
with the Internet, mobile and the 3rd screen, 3-D, user generated content, and other
innovations that are just now being released, will be part of the of this Virtual Wild West
Digital Film Fest...the future is now, and we'll take you after the future. Maybe we can
show you things that have not even been invented yet. Think about it...
Paso Digital Film Fest announced today that they have partnered with
B-Side Entertainment to provide
their audience with the most interactive, easy-to-use, and valuable experience possible on our website.
By partnering with B-Side to create a Festival Genius site, the wild west digital film fest will allow
audience members to interact with filmmakers, rate and review movies, build and share personal calendars,
and stay in tune with festival buzz during the course of program events.
CANNES, FRANCE (May 15, 2009) - World Cinema Foundation (WCF) Founder and Chairman Martin Scorsese announced today that the organization, which is dedicated to the preservation and restoration
of neglected films from around the world, has formed separate partnerships with B-Side Entertainment
and virtual cinematheque The Auteurs to market, promote and exhibit a slate of restored WCF titles.
B-Side’s technology service, originally launched in Nov 2005, now fuels over 250 international festival
websites. The B-Side Festival Genius service replaces traditional online film schedules with a highly
interactive program guide that helps audiences connect with fellow film fans, filmmakers and films they
are most likely to love.
The user base for B-Side is about 4 million, many of whom offer direct feedback
through the company's proprietary technology that influences acquisition and marketing decisions. In April
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