The Best Films You've Never Seen

PRLog (Press Release) - Dec 07, 2009 -
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Official Best of Fest
Press Release

SEATTLE, WA - November 30, 2009 - OFFICIAL BEST OF FEST, an international posse of film curators, who through their collective film festivals and contacts manage to see the majority of the 25,000 films made every year, have launched a series of 'The Best Films You've Never Seen".   These compilations are categorized, not by genre but by the experience of watching the film or the company you watch it with.  They include:


*Award-winning films that INSPIRE
*Award-winning films to make you LAUGH
*Award-winning films about REAL PEOPLE
*Award-winning films for FAMILY
*Award-winning CHICK FLICKS
*Award-winning films for KIDS
*Award-winning films for DOG LOVERS
*Award-winning films for a GIRLS NIGHT IN
*Award-winning films for FATHERS, SONS and BROTHERS
*Award-winning films about ROMANCE          
*Official Best of Fest SAMPLER

The Best Films You've Never Seen
These COMPILATION GIFT SETS are in response to those millions of film fans who ask, "Where have all of the good movies gone?"  Official Best of Fest's answer is, "they're still being made, you just need to know where to find them".  OFFICIAL BEST OF FEST definitely has "a bias towards Independent Films" because, as Indie Filmmaker and Founder Rick Stevenson says, "99% of Hollywood Films are already made available to the public while 99% of Indie films get ignored."  Stevenson admits,   "While Hollywood does not have a monopoly on making bad films-Indies make more bad films than anybody else-there are still about 300 wonderful Indie films that do the festival circuit every year that never make it to the public.  Think of a brilliant Indie film that you've seen-Slumdog Millionaire, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption-that has changed your life and now imagine if you'd never had had a chance to see that film.  There are many more like it out there.  You just need some help finding them."

That is what OFFICIAL BEST OF FEST aims to do---"help a quality starved public, junk-food fed audience get cinematic nourishment", says Stevenson.  "These films are not for everyone.  Unlike studio films they are not theme-park movies that have been genetically engineered to appeal to the lowest common denominator.  But that's what makes them special.  That's what gives them a 'voice'.  That's what speaks to the discerning viewer."
OFFICIAL BEST OF FEST is available online at www.OfficialBestofFest.com or in select Nordstrom, Whole Foods, Deseret Book and gift stores nationally.  

Bio printed below:

Director/Writer/Producer  Rick Stevenson is a Seattle native known for his work in film and television in the United States, Canada and Great Britain.  Stevenson's production credits include PRIVILEGED (1983) starring Hugh Grant; RESTLESS NATIVES (1985) starring Ned Beatty, PROMISED LAND (1987) starring Meg Ryan and Kiefer Sutherland; SOME GIRLS (1989) starring Patrick Dempsey, Jennifer Connelly and Andre Gregory: and CROOKED HEARTS starring Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Noah Wylie, Juliette Lewis and Peter Coyote. Stevenson made his feature film directorial debut in 1995 with MAGIC IN THE WATER, starring Mark Harmon and Joshua Jackson.  His next, widely lauded, feature film was THE DINOSAUR HUNTER with Christopher Plummer (1999). This was followed by ANTHRAX (2001) starring Cameron Daddo, David Keith, William B. Davis, Ed Begley Jr.  Most recently, Stevenson directed, co-wrote and produced EXPIRATION DATE (2006) starring Robert Guthrie, Dee Wallace Stone and David Keith, which has garnered 34 awards internationally.  Stevenson has directed many programs for television including ED for NBC and his work as a director of television commercials has garnered a myriad of awards.  In 2004, Stevenson founded thefilmschool with Tom Skerritt and Stewart Stern.   He holds a PhD from Oxford University, a master's degree from the London School of Economics and a bachelor's degree in history from Whitman College in Washington State.  Rick is married with four children.



If you would like a copy of the OFFICIAL BEST OF FEST sampler, or are interested in a giveaway, please send your name and address to:
Rick Stevenson at rick@rickstevenson.com or call 206.719.4141.  For further information on Rick Stevenson, go to www.rickstevenson.com.

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