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Global Awareness Links Films Selected For This Year’s Rainier Independent Film Festival

ASHFORD VALLEY (at Mt. Rainier), Washington – April 3, 2008 – The Rainier Independent Film Festival has selected 21 compelling, artistic and inspirational films to be screened from May 2 through 4 at three venues in the Ashford Valley, just miles from the Nisqually entrance to Mount Rainier National Park. The festival will also include workshops, social gatherings, panels, audience-voted awards and an awards ceremony. Many of the filmmakers and actors will be in attendance.

Many of this year’s films are linked by subject matter that reveals or addresses issues of global awareness, including environmental and humanitarian concerns. Among them are the explosive documentary Uncounted, by David Earnhardt, who will field audience questions after the screening; Sympathetic Details, with Ryan Sands and other actors from HBO’s The Wire; and film festival circuit favorite, The Rat Thing, directed by Kevin Keresey; and the surreal internal narrative, Soliloquy.

For more information as well as a full screening schedule, please access http://www.rainierfilmfest.com. For destination information, please access www.visitrainier.com.

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