Fact Sheet
Official Best of Fest
Series Summary: A television series featuring award-winning short films that Director/Writer/Producer Rick Stevenson and his posse of OFFICIAL BEST OF FEST curators have plucked from film festivals around the world. Each hosted half-hour program will explore various themes, including fate, friendship, saving the world, animation, redemption, and more. Episodes/Length: 13/30 Rights: Broadcast: Unlimited Releases/2 Years April 1, 2011 - May 31, 2013 Radio Simulcast: Granted Non-Commercial Cable: Granted VOD: Granted School Re-Record: Granted 1-year from each broadcast New Media: Streaming over APT or other public telecommunications entity Websites: Excerpts no greater than 5 minutes. Video: SD 4:3 NOLA Code: OBOF 101-113 Base Revision 001 SD Feed for Record: Fridays, April 1, 2011 - June 24, 2011, 2030-2100ET /HD03 Audio/Visual: Stereo/Closed Captioned V-Chip Rating: TV-G/TV-PG Producer: OFFICIAL BEST OF FEST Co-Hosts: Rick Stevenson - Series Creator Director/Writer/Producer Rick Stevenson is 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. Dr. Brandon Whitehead (a.k.a. 'the silent critic') Presenter: KCTS/Seattle Underwriters: Bridgestone Media Group (BMG) Local Underwriting: Local underwriting is permissible. Home Video: 10-episode DVD box set: Volume 1 (episodes 1-10) Volume 2 (episodes 11-20) Volume 3 (episodes 21-30) www.OfficialBestOfFest.com Websites: www.OfficialBestOfFest.com www.kct9.org www.stationrelations.com Episode Descriptions: 101 FRIENDSHIP Teeth (d: Ruairi O'Brien & John Kennedy, Ireland, Comedy, 2 min) Celamy (d: Julie Anne Meerschwam, USA, Drama, 18 min) Our hosts, Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead (aka the silent critic) take a green screen trip to Ireland of the award-winning short film TEETH, a film about friendship, fishing and dentures. The second award-winning film is CELAMY, a film about a little girl and what happens when she outgrows her imaginary friend. 102 LAUGHS Dutch Bird (d: Kirk Weddell, UK, Comedy, 19 min) Our Wonderful Nature (d: Tomer Eshed, Germany, Comedy, 5 min) Our hosts, Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead (aka the silent critic) take a second green screen trip to Ireland for the award-winning film, DUTCH BIRD, a comedy about a lonely widower whose love of life is reignited by something "a wee bit illegal." Our second comedy is OUR WONDERFUL NATURE, a crowd-pleaser from Germany about the little-known love lives of some of God's tiniest creatures. 103 LOVE I Tanghi Argentini (d: Guido Thys, Belgium, Comedy, 14 min) One Lonely Lost Umbrella Seeks Companion (d: Irina Goundortseva, Australia, 9 min) Our hosts Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead (aka the silent critic) go to Belgium to introduce the Academy Award-nominated TANGI AGENTINI, a story about an office worker who convinces his bah-humbug friend to teach him to Tango in hopes of wooing a girl he met on the internet. They then bring us a short from Australia called ONE LONELY LOST UMBRELLA SEEKS COMPANION, a story about a boy, a girl and an umbrella. 104 LOVE II No Parking(d: Jeremy Brunjes, USA, Comedy, 4 min) Love On Track (d: Allison Heather, Australia, Comedy, 4 min) Mr. Thornton's Change of Heart (d: Nic Cornwall, UK, Romantic Comedy, 12 min) Bonus Agricultural Report (d: Melina Sydney Padua, Ireland, Animation, 3 min) Our hosts Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead (aka the silent critic) introduce three more award-winning films about love-one from the states called NO PARKING, one from Australia called LOVE ON TRACK, and one from England called MR. THORNTON'S CHANGE OF HEART. 105 LOVE VII Full Disclosure (d: Douglas Horn, USA, Comedy, 18 min) Lucky Escape (d: Shane McCabe, Ireland, Comedy, 4 min) What's your first date strategy? Hosts Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead (aka the silent critic) show us one man's approach in Seattle's FULL DISCLOSURE before jumping the pond to see how they love in Ireland with LUCKY ESCAPE. 106 LOVE IX The Delivery (d: Virginia Bogert, USA, Romance, 10 min) Academania! (d: Gina Guerrieri, USA, Romance, 8 min) Picket Fenced-In (d: Hailey Bartholomew, Australia, Drama, 4 min) Our hosts Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead (aka the silent critic) show us how love can be found in unexpected places with USA's THE DELIVERY and ACADEMANIA! as well as PICKET FENCED-IN from down under. 107 ANIMATION The Mantis Parable (d: Josh Staub, USA, Animated, 9 min) Smile (d: Chris Mais, USA, Comedy, 10 min) What's Wrong With This Picture?(d: Jeffrey Travis, USA, Comedy, 2 min) Fetch (d: Dana Dorian, UK, Animation, 1:30 min) Snowtime (d: Dana Dorian, UK, Comedy, 1 min) Our hosts Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead (aka the silent critic) present us with five award-winning short animated films. 108 FATHERS & DAUGHTERS Dance Lexie Dance (d: Tim Loane, Ireland, Drama, 15 min) Looking Good(d: Toni Powell & M. Nebauer, Australia, Comedy, 7 min) Our hosts Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead (aka the silent critic) take us to Ireland with DANCE LEXIE DANCE where a girl's love for dance tests her grieving father and then to Australia to spend a day out with dad in LOOKING GOOD. 109 FATHERS & SONS Letting Go(d: Dan Masucci, USA, Family, 4 min) Freesia of Eden(d: Alastair McIlwain, Ireland, Family, 15 min) Our hosts Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead (aka the silent critic) show us how growing up can be hard on everyone in LETTING GO. Next, FREESIA OF EDEN is a film from Ireland about a grandfather's bond with his grandson and how he uses that bond to explain the tough things in life. 110 REAL PEOPLE Elegy for the Elswick Envoy (d: Nancy Willis, United Kingdom, Documentary, 25 min) Our hosts Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead head off to the United Kingdom to bring us ELEGY FOR THE ELSWICK ENVOY. Artist Nancy Willis is on a quest to find just the right home for her much loved but exhausted car - the remarkable Elswick Envoy. A witty and moving double portrait of a unique vehicle and its owner. 111 BOY POWER Snakebite (d: Matt Pinder, Scotland, Comedy, 9 min) Shadowball (d: Ruben Grijalva, USA, 12 min) Our hosts Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead (aka the silent critic) introduce us to Scotland's SNAKEBITE, where a seven year old boy is convinced he's been bitten by a poisonous snake. Next is USA's SHADOWBALL, where everything is real except the ball. 112 GIRL POWER Triple Concerto in D Minor (d: Daniel Mitchell, Family, Australia, 8 min) Clarissa Performs a Magic Trick(d: Virginia Mesiti, Australia, Drama, 9 min.) Ruby Who?(d: Bartholomew, N. Stuetz, Australia, Family, 4 min) Our hosts Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead (aka the silent critic) celebrate girl power with three award-winning Australian shorts, TRIPLE CONCERTO IN D MINOR, CLARISSA PERFORMS A MAGIC TRICK and RUBY WHO? 113 PERSPECTIVE Jillian's Vantage (d: Geno Andrews, USA, Drama, 23 min) Our hosts Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead (aka the silent critic) give us a lesson in perspective with JILLIAN'S VANTAGE, about a man who gets set up on a blind date with a blind woman. CONTACTS: Station Relations & DVD Screener Regina Eisenberg R Eisenberg Presents regina@stationrelations.com 510.550.1706 Publicity & PR: Serena Evers OFFICIAL BEST OF FEST serena@officialbestoffest.com 206.724.7447 Viewer Contact: Tom Niemi KCTS tniemi@kcts9.org 206.661.5445 | 
