Good news! First Death is one of thirty movies selected from over 700 for the ZEBRA poetry film festival in Berlin in October. Congrats to all who worked on it! 

http://www.literaturwerkstatt.org/index.php?id=1169&L=1

John's short films "One Art" and "Sandpiper" are featured this month at the fabulous Coolidge Corner Cinema in Brookline, MA.

http://www.coolidge.org/programs/coolidge-shorts

Rhode Island and Canada's Best

Scouts has been accepted to the Rhode Island International Film Festival -- yay!

And since I have yet to get a single response to anything on my blog -- here's a list that raised some controversy among some of my friends. Anyone got an opinion about this?

J. Scott's list of Canada's best songs:

1. Helpless, Neil Young
2. If I had a River, Joni Mitchell
3. Taking Care of Business, BTO
4. American Woman The, Guess Who
5. Heterosexual, Man The Odds
6. Powderfinger, Neil Young
7. Her Naked Body, Leonard Cohen
8. Four Strong Winds, Ian Tyson
9. The Weight, The Band
10. You Oughta Know, Alanis Morissette
11. The Famous Blue, Raincoat Leonard Cohen
12. Look Out for My Love, Neil Young
13. Coldest Night of the Year, Bruce Cockburn
14. Smoke , Crash Vegas
15. Bury My Heart atWounded Knee, Buffy St. Marie
16. No Sugar Tonight,The Guess Who
17. I Might as Well Be on Mars, The Pukka Orchestra
18. For the Turnstiles, Neil Young
19. Summer of 69, Bryan Adams
20. I’m Your Man, Leonard Cohen
21. Coax Me, Sloan
22. Summer Wages, Ian Tyson
23. First We Take Manhattan, Leonard Cohen
24. Up Where We Belong , Buffy St. Marie
25. Blackfly , Wade Hemsworth

Scouts US Premiere

Dear Everyone:

Please mark your calendars for Saturday April 5th at 4pm and join us
for the US premiere of SCOUTS ARE CANCELLED (72min) at The
Cinemapolis Theatre in downtown Ithaca. This is part of the Finger
Lakes Environmental Film Festival.

Lots of great stuff at the fest -- check it out here.
Yours,

John
magpieproductions.com