Lead Participant and Co-Writer Arnold Trevino with me moments after our pitch!

RELEASE was invited as one of 5 short documentary projects to participate in the IF/Then Shorts x Redford Center Nature Connection Pitch at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana. Lead participant and co-writer Arnold Trevino and I travelled into arctic chill with temperatures plunging down to -27F! Inside, we shared the stage with 4 other amazing projects and ended up all sharing the award money, a nice non-competitive way to approach a nerve-wracking process. Grateful for this seed funding and backing from institutions we respect, including IF/Then Shorts, the Redford Center, Field of Vision and Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

Currently in research & development phase, RELEASE will be a multimedia project: featuring a half-hour documentary, 360 Virtual Reality component, along with a website housing audio and visual ways to immerse in the natural world of the film.

RELEASE: https://fieldofvision.org/if-then/films/release