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2009 Calendar!
April 18, 2009 ...	Allison, My Love...	Wildwood Film Festival ...	Appleton, WI ...
April 30, 2009...	Mass Romantic ...	Encore Chicago screening ...	Chicago, IL ...
May 2, 2009...	Mass Romantic ...	Black Point Film Festival ...	Lake Geneva, WI ...
May 5, 2009 ...	Mass Romantic ...	British Film Festival LA ...	Los Angeles, CA ...
May 14, 2009 ...	Allison, My Love...	Boston LGBTQ Film Festival ...	Boston, MA ...
June 24, 2009 ...	Allison, My Love...	Frameline Film Festival ...	San Francisco, CA ...
June 30, 2009 ...	Mass Romantic ...	DVD Release...	...
July 2009 ...	Mass Romantic ...	International Film Festival Thailand ...	Phuket, Thailand ...
September 19, 2009 ...	Allison, My Love...	Fresno Reel Pride Film Fest ...	Fresno, CA ...
October 10, 2009 ...	Allison, My Love...	ImageOut: Rochester G&L Film & Video Fest ...	Rochester, NY ...
October 10, 2009 ...	Allison, My Love...	Sacramento Intl Gay & Lesbian Film Fest ...	Sacramento, CA ...
October 19, 2009 ...	Allison, My Love...	Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival ...	Seattle, WA ...
November 9, 2009 ...	Allison, My Love...	Olympia Film Festival ...	Olympia, WA ...
November 16, 2009 ...	Allison, My Love...	Art Haus Filmmakers Lounge ...	Chicago, IL ...
January 2010 ...	Mass Romantic ...	Bridgetown Film Festival ...	Bridgetown, Australia ...

Allison, My Love has been selected for Art Haus
-- When: November 16, 2009 . 8:00pm
-- Where: Chicago, IL
-- Location: Scarlet 3320 N. Halsted
-- Members of the cast and crew will be in attendance.

Allison, My Love has been selected for Olympia Film Festival
-- When: November 9, 2009 . 3:30pm
-- Where: Olympia, WA
-- Location: The Capitol Theater, 206 5th Ave SE

Mass Romantic is an Official Selection of the Bridgetown Film Festival
-- When: January 2010
-- Where: Bridgetown, Australia

Allison, My Love has been selected for Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
-- When: October 10, 2009 . 7:30pm
-- Where: Sacramento, CA
-- Location: The Crest Theater, 1013 K St

Allison, My Love has been selected for Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
-- When: October 19, 2009 . 6:00pm
-- Where: Seattle, WA
-- Location: The Egyptian Theater, 801 E. Pine St

Allison, My Love has been selected for ImageOut: The Rochester Gay and Lesbian Film & Video Festival
-- Screening with: So-Called Living
-- When: Saturday, October 10, 2009 . 9:30pm
-- Where: Rochester, NY
-- Location: Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue

Allison, My Love has been selected for Fresno Reel Pride Film Festival
-- Screening before: And Then Came Lola
-- When: Saturday, September 19, 2009 . 8:00pm
-- Where: Fresno, CA
-- Location: Tower Theatre, 815 E Olive Ave

Allison, My Love has been selected for Frameline Film Festival
-- When: June 24th, 2009, 7:00PM
-- Where: San Francisco, CA
-- Location: Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St.
-- Director Richard Paro and members of the cast and crew will be in attendance.
-- UPDATE: Screening completely sold out!

Allison, My Love has been selected for Boston LGBTQ Film Festival
-- When: May 14th, 2009, 6:00PM
-- Where: Boston, MA
-- Location: Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave

Mass Romantic has been selected for British Film Festival LA
-- When: Tuesday May 5th, 2009 . 8:00pm
-- Location: The Custom, 8639 Lincoln Blvd
-- Where: Los Angeles, CA
-- Director Richard Paro and members of the cast and crew will be in attendance.

Mass Romantic is the Saturday night feature at Black Point Film Festival
-- When: Saturday May 2, 2009 . 7:00pm
-- Where: Lake Geneva, WI
-- Location: The Geneva Theatre, 244 Broad Street
-- Director Richard Paro and members of the cast and crew will be in attendance.

Mass Romantic Encore Chicago Screening
-- When: Thursday, April 30th, 2009
-- Time: 6:30pm: Meet & Greet with the Filmmakers and Cast
-- Screening: 7:30pm
-- Location: Landmark's Century Centre Cinema 2828 N. Clark St
-- Admission: : $10
-- A limited quantity of advance DVDs will be available, two months before the June 30th street date!

Allison, My Love has been selected for Wildwood Film Festival
-- When: Saturday April, 18, 2009 . 7:00pm
-- Where: Appleton, WI
-- Location: Fox Cities Performing Arts Center - Kimberly Clark Theater, 400 West College Avenue
-- Director Richard Paro and members of the cast and crew will be in attendance.

Mass Romantic has been selected for International Film Festival Thailand
-- When: Tuesday July 14th, 2009 - Sunday July 19th, 2009
-- Where: Phuket, Thailand

Allison, My Love now completed!
-- Directed by Richard Paro
-- Written by Richard Paro, Cyra K. Polizzi
-- Featuring Breahan Eve Pautsch, Cyra K. Polizzi, Christopher Weiher

Mass Romantic is an Official Selection of the Reel Time Film Festival
-- When: Friday, December 12, 2008 . 3:00pm
-- Where: New York, NY
-- Location: Baruch PAC, 55 Lexington Ave off 25th St.
-- Admission: Only $2!
-- Director Richard Paro and members of the cast and crew will be in attendance.

Mass Romantic is an Official Selection of the Vacant Era Film Festival
-- When: October 4, 2008 . 9:00pm
-- Where: Norman, OK
-- Location: The Sooner Theater, 101 E. Main St
-- Director Richard Paro and members of the cast and crew will be in attendance.

Mass Romantic is an Official Selection of the Illinois International Film Festival
-- When: September 20th, 2008 . 3:00pm
-- Where: St. Charles, IL
-- Location: Arcada Theater, 105 E. Main St
-- Director Richard Paro and members of the cast and crew will be in attendance.

Mass Romantic is a Drama Day Selection of the Deep Fried Film Festival
-- When: August 13th, 2008 . 7:00 PM
-- Where: Lanarkshire, Scotland
-- Location: The Georgian, 26 Lefroy Street, Coatbridge

Mass Romantic is an Official Selection of the Portobello Film Festival
-- When: August 28, 2008 - September 14, 2008
-- Where: London, England
-- "The biggest celebration of independent film in Europe" - The Independent

Mass Romantic to be awarded Honorable Mention at The Indie Gathering International Film Festival
-- When: Friday, August 1, 2008 - Sunday, August 3, 2008
-- Where: Cleveland, OH
-- Producer Cyra K. Polizzi will speak on the Casting Panel Discussion on Sunday, August 3rd at 4:00pm. "Cyra will discuss the unique experience of casting 40 actors on the micro-budget film Mass Romantic, as well as the insights she has gleaned working on numerous films as a director and actor."

Mass Romantic selected for DIY Point program of Entzaubert Queer Film Festival
-- When: Thursday, May 15th 2008 - Sunday, May 18th 2008
-- Where: Schwarzer Kanal, Michael Kirch Str. 20, Berlin, Germany
-- As a radical, non-commercial festival, Entzaubert Queer Film Festival compiles a DIY Point program. DIY Point films are offered to viewers throughout the festival in a separate viewing room regardless of the scheduled films, giving viewers more choices in creating their own experiences.

Mass Romantic Trailer screening at Looptopia
-- When: May 2, 2008 from 5:00pm to Midnight
-- Where: 1 E. Jackson Blvd (at State), Chicago, IL
-- Filmmakers will be in attendance
-- Screening on a loop as part of Film Loop...topia with 13 other shorts, trailers, animation, and music videos.
--"Presented by the Chicago Loop Alliance, Looptopia is a free, all night celebration of arts, culture and the Loop... an amazing success, with over 200,000 participants creating and experiencing art in dozens of locations throughout the night."

Mass Romantic is an Official Selection of the Women's International Film Festival
-- When: Sunday, March 30th 2008, TIME CHANGE: 4:30pm
-- Where: Miami, FL
-- Location: AMC Cocowalk 16, 3015 Grand Ave
-- Director Richard Paro will be in attendance
-- Special guests at WIFF 2008 include Oscar nominee Ruby Dee,
Ally Sheedy and Chelsea Handler

Mass Romantic World Premiere & Official Party -- COMPLETELY SOLD OUT!

Join us in Chicago on Thursday, March 13th for this exclusive one-night event! Members of the cast and crew will be in attendance, most of them viewing the film for the first time, right along with the audience.

-- Screening: Thursday, March 13th, 2008 at 7:30pm at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema (2828 N. Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657)
-- Q&A: Immediately following the screening there will be a brief Q&A with the director, cast and crew.
-- Official Party: Join the cast and crew after the screening at Mickey's Grille & Pub (just across the street at 2831 N. Broadway). Bring in your ticket stub for a free drink during the party!
-- Admission: $15 General Admission, $10 Artist/Industry/Student/Senior/Low Income/FiLM Club

Mass Romantic: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack CD
-- Now available on our Store page and at CD Baby

Mass Romantic completed!
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UPDATE! Mass Romantic rough cut awarded "Best Director" at Fest
-- Rough cut of Mass Romantic gains early acceptance into LINK Film Festival
-- Director Richard Paro and cast members in attendance for Q&A
-- When: Thursday, October 4th
-- Where: 610 Columbia St., Olympia, WA 98501

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