Romantic Comedy Life with Fiona Nominated for "Best International Feature Film" at Popular Italian Festival; Winner Announced in December 3, 2007
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The selection was extremely difficult due to the high quality of all of the films.” Says Life With Fiona( http://www.lifewithfiona.com ) producer Davis: “The last few weeks have been the kind that get you through the tough ones, honestly.We had an amazing time playing to great audiences in Temecula and as the Opening Night Feature at Estes Park, so the two wins in Colorado were extra-sweet icing on the cake, and then to get a phone call from Italy informing us that we have to go to a black-tie awards gala in Rome this December almost feels like too much – but hey, we’ll take it!” he laughs.For more information on Life With Fiona please visit http://www.lifewithfiona.com and www.myspace.com/lifewithfiona.Following a recent weekend that saw Life With Fiona ( http://www.lifewithfiona.com ) play two film festivals – Temecula Valley in Temecula, CA and Estes Park in Estes Park, CO – and add two more awards to their growing list in the process (winning both the Jury and Audience “Best Feature” prizes from Estes Park on September 16th), filmmakers Davis and Lobb were understandably excited at the news that their film was also the very first nominee ever for “Best International Feature Film” at the soon-to-be named International Feature and Shortfilm Festival of Rome (formerly known as the Il Corto Shortfilm Festival), the largest shorts festival in Europe and one of the biggest in the world.Festival president Mr. Romano Francisci explained, “In the past 4 years we’ve screened more than 2200 short films in Rome, Florence, Pesaro, Naples, and Catania; everywhere we went we were asked when we would open to feature films.The selection was extremely difficult due to the high quality of all of the films.”Says Life With Fiona( http://www.lifewithfiona.com ) producer Davis: “The last few weeks have been the kind that get you through the tough ones, honestly.We had an amazing time playing to great audiences in Temecula and as the Opening Night Feature at Estes Park, so the two wins in Colorado were extra-sweet icing on the cake, and then to get a phone call from Italy informing us that we have to go to a black-tie awards gala in Rome this December almost feels like too much – but hey, we’ll take it!” he laughs.