FINALIST AT THE FILMSERIES AT CINEGEAR EXPO

'True Beauty' has been selected to screen at the Film Series at Cinegear Expo. It is one of seven finalists that were selected "based on their illumination of the visual art forms in filmmaking, such as cinematography, art design, set and costume design..." So there, Jas, Diana and Maria. I expect to see you guys there.
The screening is on June 4th at Paramount Picture Studios.

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TRUE BEAUTY'S GOT VISION

'True Beauty' got accepted into this year's Visionfest. The other festival. So they say on their website: it brings "the best of domestic independent cinema to the forefront of the New York City "indie" scene, by showcasing original, unique works, and "bringing you tomorrow's visionaries today." Alright then. I'll sleep standing up tonight. The festival runs June 17-21 at the Tribeca Cinemas in New York City.

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OFFICIAL SELECTION AT TOFIFEST

Gotta love Eastern Europe: 'True Beauty' was accepted at the 7th International Film Festival Tofifest in Poland. The festival takes place in Toruń from June 26th through July 3rd, and according to their website it's the "Polish Sundance" and promotes "a thinking, young at heart, angry feature cinematography from all over the world". Angry Cinematography? Come to think of it, Jas seemed to have some issues on the set...

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TRUE BEAUTY IN THE PALACE

We're getting the royal treatment: 'True Beauty' was accepted into the 7th In the Palace International Short Film Festival in Bulgaria. It was chosen from among 4000 entries. Jeez, who watched all those? The festival takes place June 20-27 in Balchik, Bulgaria. Thank god the cold war's over.

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OFFICIAL SELECTION AT OXFORD FILM FESTIVAL

Sounds British, but it's not: Oxford International Film Festival has accepted 'True Beauty' for this year's festival, running July 23rd through the 26th. That's Oxford, Ohio. The Cincinnati Enquirer calls it "Sundance without snow...", and it was recently named one of the "Top 25 Festivals Worth the Fee" by MovieMaker magazine. I'll say...

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OFFICIAL SELECTION AT DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

30th is a charm: 'True Beauty' has been selected to screen at the 30th Durban International Film Festival in South Africa. Hey, another continent! That makes four. Now only missing Asia, South America and that hotbed of film production, Antarctica.
The festival takes place July 22nd through August 2nd, and I sure wish we had a travel budget.

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OFFICIAL SELECTION AT THE MUSKEGON FILM FESTIVAL

Who doesn't like Michigan? 'True Beauty' will screen at the Muskegon Film Festival, running May 30th and May 31st. Hell, that's in about two weeks. A pity I can't make it up there (or over there?): This year's festival includes a beergarden. A beergarden! That's how a festival is run...

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OFFICIAL SELECTION AT LIBERTAS FILM FESTIVAL

Europe is so cool: 'True Beauty' got accepted into the 5th Annual Libertas Film Festival in Dubrovnik. That's in Croatia, and looking at the past winners, they have a distinct slant towards... well, Croatian people. Anybody Croatian in the crew?

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FINALIST AT THE USA FILM FESTIVAL / DALLAS

Guess "True Beauty" was a finalist at the USA Film Festival this year. Didn't know. Nobody told me. Until today. Got a letter congratulating 'on being selected as a FINALIST in the 31st Annual National Short Film & Video Competition ... selected as one of approximately fifty finalists out of over 600 U.S. entries this year.' Sounds good to me. Got a nice plaque on the wall now. Thank you Dallas!

INVITATION TO THE JUST FOR LAUGHS FILM FESTIVAL

It seems the programming director of the 'Just For Laughs Film Festival' saw 'True Beauty' at the Brussels Short Film Festival and invited the film to the competition this year. How cool's that? He says it's the world's biggest comedy short film festival (who am I to doubt). It takes place between July 16th to the 26th in Montreal.

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OFFICIAL SELECTION AT STONY BROOK

'True Beauty' has been accepted into the 14th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival taking place July 23rd through August 1st. It's a festival near New York, and the east coast is fast becoming my favorite coast!

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OFFICIAL SELECTION IN CONNECTICUT

'True Beauty' got accepted into the Connecticut Film Festival, taking place June 2-7 in Danbury. In Connecticut. I didn't know George W. Bush was born in there. But hey, they like the film, so they're alright in my book.

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OFFICIAL SELECTION AT THE WASHOUGAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

'True Beauty' has been accepted into the 2nd Annual Washougal International Film Festival. The festival runs August 12th-16th. Seems to me they're a great bunch of artists and filmmakers up there (of course), and their website is pretty kickass.

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