RIFFXI

There is no other way to begin this post than to say we are deeply honored.  

We are honored to have been given the chance to tell the stories of 3 amazing women: 
Anna Mann, Sonia Kendrick and Althea Raiford.

Thanks go to them for trusting us to present their stories honestly. Their courage to lay themselves bare, to share their experiences of what it was like being in war and coming home and finding themselves changed in ways they could not at first understand, was humbling for us.

Making TERRA FIRMA challenged us in many ways. We wanted to push our own documentary filmmaking skill set to the edge and then see how much further we could go beyond that. It was not always easy, but we came out on the other side intact and still together.  Knowing what these three women went through, what other veterans have gone through, what they are still going through, guided us through our darkest days- we could not allow ourselves to give up on our mission to get this project completed. And that is what kept us going. 

Thank you to the staff of the Rome International Film Festival for selecting the film, and to all those involved in giving TERRA FIRMA the Special Jury Award for Documentary Feature Film and presenting us with one of the best festival statues, The Sylvia.

The award is for a thoughtful film that raises awareness about an important issue from a sensitive vantage point.

TF at RIFFXI: QandA

At The DeSoto Theatre
for the Q&A after the screening.

Photo courtesy of  
Ryan Simmons/RIFF

All Roads Lead To ROME!

A brief history...

Our first film, the documentary short FARM! was an Official Selection at RIFF 2009.

Shot entirely on a Flip Ultra, (really), we were pretty blown away by how good it looked on the DeSoto Theatre screen.

And we got the film bug...

Encouraged, we acquired a better camera and got to work.

In 2011 we released the feature length
documentary GROW!.

GROW! was an official selection at RIFF 2011 and went on to win Best American Documentary.

Which brings us to this:

Our third documentary film to be accepted into the Rome International Film Festival.

We are honored to be an Official Selection at RIFF 2014 with TERRA FIRMA.



See you there.

Watch FARM! (Director's Cut)

FARM! imdb.com

growmovie.net

GROW! imdb

terrafirmafilm.com

TERRA FIRMA imdb

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www.romeinternationalfilmfestival.org/

TERRA FIRMA - Official Selection/In Competition

TERRA FIRMA Official Selection at the 2014 Rome International Film Festival- Rome, GA

Screening:
Friday 11:00AM ONLY
DeSoto Theatre
530 Broad, Rome, GA.

Filmmakers in attendance.








Our first attempt at filmmaking, the documentary short "FARM!" screened at RIFF in 2009.
It was the beginning of a new direction for us.
In 2011 our first feature length documentary "GROW!" won Best American Documentary at RIFF.
We are excited and honored to have TERRA FIRMA an Official Selection at the 2014 Rome International Film Festival.

TERRA FIRMA is in competition for Best Documentary

www.terrafirmafilm.com

We are pleased to announce...

GROW! picked up the Best American Documentary Award at the awards ceremony Saturday night.

ROME Film Festival Screening

Juried Award Nominee GROW!

This Saturday, Sept 10th, GROW! will screen at the Rome International Film Festival at the DeSoto Theatre in Rome, Georgia at 7:00pm.

We will be in attendance for this screening and hope to see you there.

There will be a Q+A after the film.

For info: growmovie.net

More info: www.riff.tv

FARM! in ROME, GA

We're just back from the Rome International Film Festival where FARM! premiered. Next month we go to Athens for the EcoFocus Film Fest.

Christine with Filmmaker/animator Yoram Benz outside DeSoto Theatre before FARM! screening.