Tales from the Indie Spirit Awards….

(Laura and fellow nominees Gary and John, photo from AJ Schnack’s blog)

So our award was, honestly, totally unexpected. Having rapped with one of the jurors - the venerable AJ Schnack - at the nominee reception a couple nights before, I was completely convinced that we hadn’t won. He positively raved about the film “Running Stumbled” as a powerful and most amazing film and deserving of the highest praise. In fact, I had heard rave reviews about both Helvetica and Running Stumbled and simply felt honored to be in their company. Even when the nominees were read it seemed clear from the audiences applause when both of their names were read that they had genuinely enthusiast fans while our film simply seemed unknown.

So my husband Jef and I approached the afternoon with a kind of carefree enjoy-the-spectacle attitude, sneaking by the hordes of press and photographers on the blue carpet and scoping out whatever non-alcoholic beverages we could find. Having a 2-year old at home, we don’t get out much and aren’t exactly the “socializing” types, but we loved running into several dear friends who have championed our film such as Christian Vesper and Laura Michalchyshyn from the Sundance Channel and our superhuman sales rep Josh Braun wearing an awesome orange shirt. So yes, the win was unexpected and I had nothing prepared to say — not sure how it all came off — but we are very grateful for the opportunity to further the film’s message about protecting the natural world in the face of unrelenting development, and to spotlight our beloved Austin and her treasures still at stake. Congrats to Gary and Brigid on their engagement — we thoroughly enjoyed meeting the lovely couple. And I can’t wait to see both Helvetica and Running Stumbled — how inspiring to meet a community of filmmakers doing what they love despite the challenges along the way.

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