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Kinnie Starr Inspires Moving Stories Films

www.movingstoriesfilmfest.com — Moving effortlessly from spoken word to trip hop, funk and pop, from silk screening to graffiti to acting, Vancouver-based Kinnie Starr has been a member of Canada’s creative community since she emerged on the music scene in 1995. “Hip hop aggro-groove,” wrote the L.A. Weekly after the release of her debut album. Her latest album, Anything, combines all of Kinnie’s strongest talents translating them into a dynamic collection of killer songs. Kinnie’s song la le la la from the Anything album is featured here on the Moving Stories Films book preview, to celebrate Kinnie’s first collection of poems and illustrations, HOW I LEARNED TO RUN. The book will be released by House of Parlance Media in September 2008. We thank the artist and her generous publishers for allowing us to inspire the filmmakers participating in Moving Stories Film Festival!

(c) Moving Stories Film Festival is an program of BookShorts Literacy Program. Thanks to BC co-organizers Vancouver International Writers Festival and Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design; supported by Canadian Heritage. OLE Music and House of Parlance Media Inc.

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With the Festival, we have set ourselves the following specific objectives:

1) To develop an engaged, loyal audience whose love of entertainment translates into fans and sales for the artists promoted by BookShorts and Book Expo. We do this by becoming a content aggregator and broadcaster, at the trade show, and by working with other digital, analog and non-traditional broadcasters to get our word-oriented media seen throughout the year. In addition to the live event at Book Expo, our media distribution network includes television, broadband and the Internet, retail and theatrical screenings, CD-ROM and DVD collections, interactive digital TV and more.

2) Our artistic objective is to create and curate high-production value, editorially strong content programming that is distinctly inspired by the written word, by working with publishers and authors in collaboration with screen-media creators and musicians. The resulting media properties can be delivered many times over many media platforms, earning recognition and revenue for the artists involved by means of the extended consumer reach.

3) Our industry objective is to bring together the complementary perspectives and talents of the BookShorts Partners, collectively representing expertise in Book Publishing, Film Production, Interactive Digital Media, Music Publishing, and Television Production, to leverage the incredible depth of expertise across disciplines. By doing so, we are creating exponentially higher return on marketing investment for the entertainment industry at large, and especially for the artists involved in the program.