<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="4">Films "One Year" and "drift" to be screened at L.A. International Festival of Cinema and Technology</font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Richard Lainhart, award-winning composer, filmmaker, and author, is pleased to announce that two of his short films, "One Year" and "drift", have been accepted for screening at the International Festival of Cinema and Technology's Visions of Movement, Art and Sound, Saturday February 7th in Los Angeles. </font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">'One Year' is a</font></font></font><font style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> year-long timescape of a maple tree in Lainhart's backyard, photographed daily with a digital still camera under computer control and assembled and processed in Adobe After Effects. The soundtrack is computer-processed bowed vibraphone, played and recorded live. 'drift' is an abstact HD film created entirely in Adobe After Effects. The soundtrack is an improvisation for lapsteel guitar processed with the Symbolic Sound Kyma System.</font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The International Fest of Cinema and </font></font><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Technology</font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> (IFCT) takes place at the Downtown Independent Theatre at 251 S. Main Street in downtown Los Angeles. This festival will be screening films from filmmakers around the world. The IFCT, (</font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><a href="http://www.ifct.org/"><font><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">www.ifct.org</font></font></u></font></a>) now in its 6th year, specializes in screening new animation and experimental film. The festival line-up also includes an array of exceptional narrative and documentary features and shorts.</font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The IFCT is designed to give exposure to independent films, many of which previously had been underexposed to the public. The festival's motto is it seeks to "discover the undiscovered film." The "technology" in the festival's name occurs both in the content of the festival, which tends to focus on themes of technology or feature unique creation techniques, as well as in the method of showcasing content at the events.</font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Richard Lainhart's "drift" and "One Year" will receive their L.A. premieres at the Festival's Visions of Movement, Art and Sound, Saturday February 7th. This showcase features cutting edge films with an intense focus on </font></font><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">music</font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> and equally dynamic visuals. Along with Lainhart, presentations include 10 new and innovative music videos including Katy Davis' "Stay in My Memory" video for Bimm, SHTIL Music Video for Infectzia, and Hillside Music Video directed by Nir Ben Jacob for the band Sidewalk Fiction, among others. Other films in this screening sequence focusing on strong sounds and mesmerizing visuals include "Himalyanwalk" directed by Jeanet Snijders, "Motion" directed by John Osborne.</font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">• For more information about Visions of Movement, Art and Sound </font></font><a href="http://www.ifct.org/ifctshortsdancemusicsound.html"><font><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">http://www.ifct.org/ifctshortsdancemusicsound.html</font></font></u></font></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">• The festival website is </font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><a href="http://www.ifct.org/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">http://</font></font><font><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">www.ifct.org</font></font></u></font></a> </font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">• A schedule of festival screenings and directions to the venues can be found at </font></font><a href="http://www.ifct.org/ifctschedulelosangeles09.html"><font><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">http://www.ifct.org/ifctschedulelosangeles09.html</font></font></u></font></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">• For information on tickets or schedule contact </font></font><a href="mailto:admin@ifct.org"><font><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">admin@ifct.org</font></font></u></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">.</font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">For more about information about Richard Lainhart, visit </font></font><font><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><a href="http://www.otownmedia.com/">http://www.otownmedia.com</a></font></font></u></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">For a full size frame grab from "drift", click here <a href="http://www.otownmedia.com/drift.jpg">http://www.otownmedia.com/drift.jpg</a></font></font></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">For a full size frame grab from "One Year", click here <a href="http://www.otownmedia.com/One_Year.jpg">http://www.otownmedia.com/One_Year.jpg</a></font></font></span></span></font></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Richard Lainhart</div><div><a href="http://www.otownmedia.com/">http://www.otownmedia.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.downloadplatform.com/richard_lainhart">http://www.downloadplatform.com/richard_lainhart</a></div><div><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/rlainhart">http://www.vimeo.com/rlainhart</a></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/rlainhart">http://www.youtube.com/rlainhart</a></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>