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“The film-festival crowd is a completely different animal. These people seek out movies at festivals . . . that they might not otherwise have the opportunity to see.”
Chris Gore
“We know that South by Southwest doesn't care about us. That festival is not about hometown heroes. It's about bands from everywhere else but Austin, for the most part. The last couple of years we're not even close to Austin when South by Southwest starts.”
Chris Klinck
“A lot of people who are not familiar with film festivals need to see stars in their movie to make them want to see the film. Our hope is they'll see all the programming we have and want to see the other films, too.”
Chris Lamont
“Movies about movies play really, really well at film festivals because the people who go to festivals love films and the processes of making films, and they know how hard it is to make independent movies.”
“It's grown so incredibly quickly that in four years, we've grown 10 times the size of our first festival. People have really embraced this festival. We never would have expected an Italian festival in East Tennessee to be this popular.”
Chyna Brackeen
“This is our first time in the festival, and we are really looking forward to the parade.”
Cindi Kohler
“The festival itself has reached a point where we need to decide whether it's going to grow bigger, stay the same or take a different direction.”
Cindy Kaleh
“Even though we're not having the full-blown festival, we are working toward great things in the neighborhood.”
“In the country, we dance for everything - the pets, the flowers. This one is a combination of every festival. We just want to show the spirit of the festival.”
Claire Ick
“I want to bring recognition to our program by winning festivals and drawing interest to our school.”
Cole Mueller
