A documentary about the life-changing power of a 2016 California music & yoga festival from the vantage point of 20 diverse millennials, who reflect on the experience in 2020 amid quarantine.
lightning-in-a-bottle: (idiomatic)
Capturing something powerful and elusive and then being able to hold it, and show it to the world.
-Urban Dictionary
World Premiere in Los Angeles
Marina del Rey Film Festival
Cast & Crew
The LiB: AFS World Premiere at the Marina Del Rey Film Festival was a huge success thanks to a collection of some of the most amazing people in the world. I am in deep gratitude for all the feelings, hugs (remember social hugs!?!?) emotions and kind words that were shared about our film. Thank you Marina del Fey Film Festival for giving us an amazing venue, theater and platform to showcase all our hard work.
Winner - Best Documentary Feature
Thank you MDRFF for honoring our film with the grand prize award for Best Documentary Feature! It was so inspirational being around such a diverse group of incredible filmmakers all week. We couldn’t have asked for a better launch for our film and are so honored and humbled by all the love people have shown to us and the film. We can’t wait to share LiB: A Festival Story with ALL of you!
World Premiere Announcement!
Our next screening will be our New York Premiere at the Love Wins international Film Festival on Thursday, June 30th at 6:20pm in Patchogue, NY at the Plaza Cinema & Media Arts Center. We're in the Diversity & Inclusion weekend, tickets here.
Lightning In A Bottle: A Festival Story screened in LA at the Marina del Rey Film Festival on June 20th and it was a huge success as our film took home the grand prize for Best Documentary Feature.
It’s an honor for our film to be recognized for its ultimate message and theme, Love prevails. We’re so thankful and excited to be able to share our film with all our close friends and family on both coasts, and many other places to follow, come join us!
We launched an IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign!
LIB: A Festival Story has already begun to garner attention from film festivals worldwide, but we need YOUR help to get the film to the finish line. We need to raise at least $30k-50k of finishing funds to secure music licenses for the soundtrack of the film, and covering post production such as color correction, sound mixing and marketing costs. The film is so close to being seen, sign up for updates and news about when & where the film will be screening. Thank you!
LIB: A Festival Story
Synopsis
A diverse group of millennials have a life changing experience at a holistic California music festival, Lightning in a Bottle, in 2016. The festival plays out in realtime from their perspective as the present-day, quarantined, versions of themselves reflect on what the festival experience truly means, how the world has changed since, and what keeps them connected to this very day.