I accidently sent a draft of this post on Wednesday, and didn’t plan to send until Saturday. I am posting his latest draft on line without sending it out a second time. My apologies These things happen. I will fail better next time.
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INVISIBLE NATION opens for a week at VanCity tomorrow. Please check it out and order tickets ASAP. THANKS. https://viff.org/whats-on/invisible-nation/
I don’t what you are planning this summer, but I have a bit of a world tour coming up and I hope you can join me.
Biografilm Festival / Bologna, Italy: I am on the jury. Our film INVISIBLE NATION is screening in their Special Events section. It is our Italian premiere! Sunday, June 9th at 9P! Vanessa and I will be receiving the “celebration of lives” award! The next day on Monday, June 10th, at 5P as part of their “Bio To B” Industry program I am presenting a masterclass @ DAMSLab Auditorium: “FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT, KEEP THE FAITH. FROM INDEPENDENT CINEMA TO AMAZON STUDIOS AND BACK” with a Q&A by Massimo Benvegnù , Co-Artistic Director of Biografilm
ECAM Forum / Madrid, Spain: This is the big one. Six hours! “THE TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENT IS NOW!” Starting at 10A on Thursday, June 13th. I have a ton of good secrets to share. https://www.ecamforum.es/
Glendale Laemmle Theater / Glendale, California, USA: 1 night only. June 20th! Please join us.
The Laemmle Royal / West LA / Santa Monica, CA, USA: Starting June 21st for an entire week. 3 shows a day. We will do quite a few Q&A’s and hope to see you.
DocEdge / Christchurch, New Zealand: INVISIBLE NATION will be there on June 29th for our New Zealand premiere at 6P at the Lumiere Theater in Christchurch. Please join us! https://docedge.nz/films/invisible-nation/
More July INVISIBLE NATION news coming soon!
And I assume you read Liza Donnelly’s great substack Seeing Things… since everyone does. If you don’t, you are missing out. She, like Vanessa, was at the Oslo Freedom Forum this week, only instead of screening her movie, she was live drawing it. These are keepers!


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