An update from David on the documentary…
Friends of the film,
“Carissa” has just been accepted to Docuweek, … “Carissa” will play at the Arclight Cinema in Los Angeles for one week at the end of August.
The International Documentary Association [IDA] received 120+ documentary short submissions and selected only four. We can add this to the following victories for the film:
* Jury Prize, Best Documentary Short, Newport Beach Film Festival
* Jury Prize, Best Documentary Short, Connecticut Film Festival
* Jury Prize, Best Short, New York City PictureStart Film Festival
* Audience Award, Documentary, Fresno Film Festival
* Featured in USA Today and Good Morning America
[The film also screened] on Friday, July 11 at 8:35 PM at the Roxie in San Francisco as part of the Frozen Film Festival.
Carissa is sponsored by Virgin Mobile and the Los Angeles Dodgers Dream Foundation, executive produced by Jamie McCourt and Davis Guggenheim, and produced by Carissa Phelps, Chad Troutwine and yours truly.
Thanks so much for all your support, and I’ll continue to pass along any big news.
David








