[CounterCorp] Festival follow-up and thank-you's; Animation Fest

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Dear CounterCorp supporter,

	Well, we did again: another successful Anti-Corporate Film Festival  
completed and in the record books. After some much-needed time off,  
we wanted to follow up and thank everyone who helped make the 2007  
Festival a success. Among the highlights at this year's Festival:

-- One world premiere, two California premieres, and a San Francisco  
premiere among the six feature-length films we screened.

-- Four people who were actually featured in the films we screened  
were able to be present for Q & A sessions after their respective  
films. 

-- Coverage in both the San Francisco Chronicle's "96 Hours" weekend  
pull-out section, and on Access SF, our local cable television  
community station, in addition to both weekly papers and numerous  
other media.

-- The Festival was also notable this year for the number of short  
films we received as submissions and screened at the Festival, and we  
think this marks the beginning of a trend toward more citizen-driven  
films. We're looking into ways to utilize this phenomenon to involve  
more people and issues in CounterCorp's programs.

	We want to thank everyone who participated in this year's Festival  
-- audience members, speakers, co-presenters, and of course our  
volunteer Festival staff, without whom we could not organize the  
Festival in the first place: Moira Birss, Nathan Frankel*, David  
McClymonds, Ellen Roggeman, Darcy Sharpe, Olivia Solis*, Ann  
Wemeier*, Dennis Williams*, and especially our Volunteer Coordinator,  
Missy Ablin*. We also want to thank graphic design guru John  
Musgrove*, who designed CounterCorp's "Tipping Man" logo, as well as  
this year's Guardian ad and Festival poster.

  [* denotes returning volunteers from last year's Festival]

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WHAT'S NEXT?

	CounterCorp will be on a programming hiatus until January 2008, when  
we hope to be able to announce several new one-night premiere film  
screenings, two possible "mini-Festivals" in the Spring, and  
CounterCorp's first non-film project. So stay tuned! We are also  
currently in discussions to co-present the theatrical premiere of a  
new documentary film in San Francisco later this month. More news on  
that if and when it happens.

	In the meantime, we still need to raise some money to help defray  
the costs of this year's Festival. If you'd like to make a tax- 
deductible donation before the end of the calendar year so that you  
can write it off on next year's tax return, now would be a great time  
to do so. The most convenient way is to go to our online form at  
<https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?id=695> and select  
CounterCorp from the drop-down menu. Thank you for any amount you can  
afford.

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COUNTERCORP FRIENDS

	Finally, our colleagues at the San Francisco Film Society, who co- 
presented the centerpiece feature film at this year's Festival, the  
Spanish mystery-thriller "The Method" (El Metodo), are presenting  
their own festival this week, and we wanted to support them by  
letting you know about it:


> The 2nd annual San Francisco International Animation Festival runs  

> November 8 – 11 at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema, and  

> features a the boldest and most exciting animated films and videos  

> from around the world, including frame-by-frame and computer- 

> assisted animation. The festival opens with Leslie Iwerks'  

> examination of Pixar -- perhaps the best-known, most successful,  

> and most unusual animation house in the world, based right here in  

> the Bay Area. The director as well as several Pixar animators are  

> expected to be in attendance. The full festival program -- from the  

> lovable children's movie "Komaneko: The Curious Cat" to a  

> collection of the best shorts from the best animation festival in  

> Europe, and an exciting animated music video program, "Play it by  

> Eye" -- along with tickets and more information is available at  

> www.sffs.org.


	So go check out some excellent animation, and support independent  
media in the Bay Area ...

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	Thanks as always for your support -- we couldn't do any of this  
without you!

CounterCorp Core Corps


	CounterCorp: Putting an end to business as usual
        Organizers of the 2008 Anti-Corporate Film Festival
			    www.countercorp.org

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