We Go Way Back a BIG HIT in Poland!

As most of you know, I'm a big fan of Lynn Shelton's film WE GO WAY BACK, shot here in the beautiful Pacific North West. We Go Way Back swept the awards at SLAMDANCE film festival when it premiered there. And it just happened AGAIN in Poland at the Torun Film Festival! Best film, best director and best cinematography! ( http://www.toffi.filmforum.pl/ )
This is heartening to me. It's great to see a good film get the recognition it deserves. This is a story that came straight out of a woman's heart, and is still getting noticed in a pretty big way. So I must not despair.
Recently I watched the French film FAT GIRL. That film also got a lot of press when it came out. It is definitely a film that would never have been made by a man. And what about ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW? LOTS AND LOTS of great (and deserved!) press and awards! (Except the New Yorker review made me so angry I boycotted the magazine for a year after that!)

Keri and I worked VERY hard on the CHERRY CHERRY LEMON script earlier this month. It was very exciting to see the screenplay take shape. When this film gets made (not if) I hope people will embrace it for the work of beauty it is. It doesn't hold back. I know it won't be universally accepted (what work of art worth it's salt is, really) because it doesn't sugar coat at all. It can be quite up front. But I love it. I'm thrilled to have this project in the works!!