Lance Trumbull in Nepal5th Annual Bendfilm Festival! - Everest: A Climb for Peace
By admin | August 24, 2008
Yes, it has been a very good few weeks as far as film festival are concerned. This is the fifth festival we have been accepted into over the last several weeks and the 10th overall. I have only heard incredible things about the BendFilm Festival and I am very excited and honored to attend - especially since I have never been to Bend before. I guess that is bad of me since Bend, Oregon is only about 3 or 4 hours away from Portland.
However, this trip over to Bend will be a bit more complicated…for our film - Everest: A Climb for Peace has also been accepted to the Mt. Shasta film festival and will be showing the same weekend, and so I will be driving to Shasta - attending the gala dinner on October 9th, speaking at the screening of my film the following morning (11am on Friday). And then as soon as the event is over, I will be driving (probably very fast) up to Bend to make it for my Friday night screening in Bend, Oregon! The film will also be screened the following evening. And so it will be a wonderful few days! I am very much looking forward to it.
The BendFilm Festival: www.bendfilm.org
Against the backdrop of the majestic Cascade Mountains, the rustic recreational haven of Bend, Oregon, is transformed for four days into a bustling center for filmmakers and film lovers alike. The 2007 BendFilm Festival featured over 85 films on four screens, filmmaking lectures, a frenzy of parties, and special events for thousands of alternative cinema lovers.
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Tonya Riggs in Portland
By admin | August 22, 2008
EPP climber Tonya Riggs is in town this weekend to run the Hood to Coast run. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hanging out with Tonya. Although we stay in contact via phone and email it had been a while since we have seen each other. As you may recall Tonya was on our Climb for Peace Everest expedition and was one of the team members who summited Everest; she is also an important part of our film - Everest: A Climb for Peace. I filmed her a bit while she was here - for in the next incarnation of the DVD (whenever that happens…), I wanted to include more special features bonus material. Everyone always asks me, what happened to Tonya? Well, I wanted to answer that…and so I let her answer those questions for me…
We also hada nice (and interesting) talk about politics over a very good dinner at Marconi Grill. It was great seeing her.
Currently I am in the comfort of my home, while Tonya is somewhere running her heart out near Mt. Hood. And soon Tonya and her new hubby Brad Clement (our EPP cameraman - yes, Tonya and Brad met on Everest, summited Everest together, fell in love and are now married! - the Everest LUVVVVV Project!!!) - they will be climbing Annapurna. For more information about their climb please go to: http://www.daretodream2008.com/expedition.html
Tonya Riggs and Lance Trumbull near Portland, Oregon
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International Outdoor Film Festival - Czech Republic
By admin | August 18, 2008
I am happy to announce that our film - Everest: A Climb for Peace has been accepted to another great film festival - this time, one in the Czech Republic. This is cool news for me since I have a couple of friends (and former relatives) in the Czech Republic and hopefully they will all get a chance to see it. I have been there many times; it is a beautiful country and a wonderful place to visit.
From my understanding the film festival starts in early October and runs until mid December and will be a film festival tour that will go around the entire country. More info coming as the festival gets closer.
To learn more about the festival, please go to: www.mfof.cz/
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Mount Shasta International Film Festival
By admin | July 29, 2008
This morning I was awakened from my sleep from a very enthusiastic phone call from Jeffrey Winters the Mount Shasta Film Festival Director. I had sent him a copy of my film at the last possible second (as I did not hear about the festival until the other day) - he told me that he screened the film last night with his wife and they absolutely loved it. I was of course, happy to hear this (it is always nice to hear that people truly enjoyed something that you created). And so my film - Everest: A Climb for Peace will be at the Mount Shasta Film Festival. The festival dates are from October 10th - October 12th.
And so I have had a nice string of Film festival successes - well, at least with getting into them, which can actually be quite difficult. Many months ago before starting this film festival quest I was under the impression that it was a slam dunk to get into festivals, but that is definetely not the case; if you get into a third of the ones that you enter, you are doing well…and with the normal cost for each festival that can add up quite quickly especially since there are literally hundreds if not thousands of film festivals to enter…
Some information about the Mount Shasta Film Festival: www.shastafilmfest.com
The Mount Shasta International Film Festival programs films differently than many urban and larger film festivals…we choose documentaries that are compelling and bursting with human drama, love, dreams and the quest for a better life.
We take great pride in choosing the greatest movies we can find and inviting the filmmakers up for Q & A’s with the audience after the film. What’s particularly satisfying is how often filmmakers tell us they go to festivals around the country and really love our festival. They tell us the mountain hospitality, the wonderful volunteers, the programmed films and the relaxed beauty of Mount Shasta make this a special experience for them.
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Global Peace Film Festival - Orlando Florida
By admin | July 29, 2008
I am very happy to announce that our film - Everest: A Climb for Peace has been accepted to the Global Peace Film Festival in sunny Orlando, Florida. The festival occurs during the United Nations International Day 0f Peace - which falls each year on September 21st. The festival runs several days long from September 17th until the 21st and hopefully our film be actually be shown on the 21st?! We will see and I will keep you posted.
More about the festival: www.peacefilmfest.org
With a mission to educate and inspire through the art of film, the Global Peace Film Festival uses the power of the medium to move people beyond their political, geographic and personal boundaries to embrace peace. Patrons will have the opportunity to enjoy a variety of independent films from a multitude of countries; all exploring issues of faith, nonviolence, reconciliation and the environment to overcome the impasses against realizing peace and healing – both spiritual and physical.
More soon…
Lance
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Graz International Mountain Film Festival
By admin | July 24, 2008
We are proud to announce that our film - Everest: A Climb for Peace will has been selected to Graz International Mountain Film Festival in Austria. This is a great honor as this is one of the more prestigious mountain film festivals in which only a small portion are excepted. All of the details have not yet been confirmed (date and time of the screening/s) - but the festival runs from November 12th thru the 15th.
I am very excited and hopefully our film we continue to get selected to more festivals across the world. Stay tuned…
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Heal the Rift
By admin | July 21, 2008
This weekend I had a wonderful time in New York. I had the honor and pleasure of speaking at the first annual Heal the Rift gathering in New York. HTR 2008 was in Washington Square Park in downtown New York. And during the heat of summer we had an incredible gathering of music and speakers.
Throughout the day, thousands of people heard inspriational music and speakers talk about healing, peace, and reconcilliation. I spoke for approximately 15 minutes about the important of getting involved in our own lives and the communites that we all share; I also of course, spoke about our history-making climb and the film - Everest: A Climb for Peace. It was a wonderful gathering that I believed truly inspired and educated people of all walks of life that were present. The event was also heavily attended by the press with both local and international media including the VOA, the New York Daily News, and I believe the BBC…? Fun was had by all!
Here is an overview of Heal the Rift and their Web site: www.healtherift.org
“Heal the Rift was an idea thought up by four college students, two from the West and two from the Muslim World. These four friends refused to accept the “status quo” of increasing polarization between the West and the Islamic world. Through their event, HTR 2008, they will accomplish the simple, long-awaited task of finally bringing their two civilizations together in a public forum of truth, respect, and reconciliation.”
Lance with the Heal the Rift founders - Alex, Shujaat, Nick, and Saad
Lance Trumbull speaking at Heal the Rift
In peace…
Lance
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Erik Mongrain and Bobby Standridge
By admin | July 6, 2008
Hi Everyone,
I thought I should include another reason why people should see our film - Everest: A Climb for Peace: to hear the incredible guitar work of guitar virtuoso Erik Mongrain; several of his songs are featured on our documentary. To learn more about Erik Mongrain, please go to his site: www.erikmongrain.com - to download his songs or buy his CD, please click here . Erik will hopefully have a new CD of music in the coming months.
I first learned about Bobby Standridge by seeing his incredible animation of the song YYZ by Rush that he did several years ago; being a drummer I was amazed how the animation was perfect to the actual drumming - check it out here. I emailed Bobby and asked him if he would do Everest animation sequences for our film. He enthusiastically said yes. I was stoked - and I was even happier when I got some incredible fly over high resolution images of Mt. Everest in Tibet. Armed with these and an incredible gift for animation - Bobby put together the best Everest animation sequences out there. Recently Bobby has done an official video for Rush and some great work for ESPN. He was recently featured in Rolling Stone magazine; but my biased opinion says his best work was on our film! To learn more about Bobby, please check out some of his animations: www.bobbysbrane.com/animation-fun/animation-fun.html
Thanks again guys!
Lance Trumbull
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Distribution and Vegas
By admin | July 5, 2008
Hi Everyone,
Sorry I have not written in a while…A couple of weeks ago I went to the Home Media Expo in Vegas (damn it was hot!) for we are currently looking for a new distributor / sales rep. (a long painful story). I told my wife before I went that she should be happy that she has a husband that does not drink, smoke, or gamble and that the thing that I was most looking forward to was staying at a hotel that had a big movie theatre inside!
Being an independent filmmaker and getting a good distributor that believes in your film, will work hard for you, and that will not take advantage of you is a process that is about as fun as going to the dentist for a root canal…promises, long complicated contracts, lawyers, facts and figures that never seem to add up in your favor, revised contracts, more lawyers…are we having fun yet?!
Anyway, I met a few interesting companies and we shall see how the next couple of weeks plays out.
The best part of the trip was the journey home - the taxi guy was this really interesting man from Ethiopia - we had a wonderful talk about politics, hope, Barack Obama, and peace. I told him to make sure to have all of his friends vote Democrat in November and left him with a free copy of my film. At line in the Southwest airlines cue it got even better - I saw Erik Weihenmayer - the blind Everest climber. I had met him before a few years ago at the SF premiere of his film Farther than the Eye Can See and was happy to run into him once again. When you meet him you cannot help but get a warm feeling - he seems like an honest, kind and gentle soul; we had a nice talk and I gave him a couple of copies of my film. Although he is blind - he had sight until he was 12; I am not sure how he experiences films, but hopefully he appreciates the dialogue and the music and that the sound brings up descriptive images in his mind; hopefully the rest of his family will enjoy it as well. Erik does not use a cane, he has one of the sweetest German Sherpards I have seen as a service dog.
Anyway, back to the distribution - we have a great film with several companies now interested and I promise that at some point soon we will have our film on TV and DVD worldwide - that is my mission and I am determined to make it happen! Stay tuned….
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New EPP Video Gallery
By admin | June 16, 2008
Hi Everyone,
I am proud to say that I created (through the help of an amazing program) a really cool new video gallery. It took a while to figure it all out: but I am most happy because it came out looking so nice; I was even able to match up all the colors with the Web site so visually it fits right in. The most time consuming part was the touch up work with the videos, and the encoding into flash videos took the longest. I am hoping to include more video soon. I also included a nice little EPP promo in front of each video (some might find this annoying…but it is good for branding.) Thanks to Bobby Standridge the animation hero.
And so without further delay…check it out!
www.everestpeaceproject.org/dvd_video
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