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Rural Route Film Festival

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Alan Webber was born and raised in Elkader, Iowa, 20 mi. west of the Mississippi River and the historic Wisconsin pioneer village of Prarie du Chien. He has been making films and videos since age 16, and obtained his M.A. in Media Studies from the New School for Social Research while apprenticing under director Hal Hartley. Alan's writer/director/editor credits include: Adventures of the Brooklyn Hipster Superhero, Day is Done, and Hawkeye Fever. He has recently shot music videos for rock bands Japanther, Federation-X, and The Silver Jews (click here to view), and has completed a feature-length script about teenage angst in rural Iowa. His latest short film, Dear, Deer features Akron/Family's "Don't Be Afraid, You're Already Dead" and can be seen here.


Severine von Tscharner Fleming raises rabbits, herbs and rare fruit in the Hudson Valley. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in Conservation & AgroEcology, where she also founded SAFE (The Society for Agriculture & Food Ecology). She is currently producing a documentary about America's young farming community, called "The Greenhorns." She also works as a consultant for Slow Food, and advises Rural Route on agricultural issues and co-organization of an extensive new wave agri-film festival to educate the nation.

Don Goodes is RRFF's Canadian Correspondent. From 1984-1995 Goodes was a visual art critic. He has a long list of publishing and lecture credits. With the birth of his first kid, he consciously stepped back from the art world and quit theoretical writing. He began working as a Web developer and as an artist. His mock television series Each & Every One of You, produced at the Banff Centre, has developed a cult following and has been screened across Canada as well as in the US and Europe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHlrE1saOMc). He is presently working on a trilogy of video works on post-peasant identity.


Kevin Goldsmith is Rural Route’s Financial Assistant. Kevin lives in Chicago, IL, where he works in the Community Development Group for Chase Bank. He has extensive rural experience growing up milking cows and bailing hay on the family farm in Northeast Iowa. Kevin strives to continue the agri-fieldwork of his heritage by adopting neighborhood gardens which he prefers to call his "mini-fields".


Rural Route is happy to welcome Véronique Perret, who will be managing special event planning and public relations in the upcoming year. Véronique has worked with Cannes and Studio Canal in France, and the Tribeca Film Festival and Rendezvous with French Cinema in NYC. Check out her own website http://eventpremiere.com for info. on planning your own special events!


David Fishel was born and raised in Rochester, MN. Graduating from the University of Iowa in 2003, Fishel promptly moved to Brooklyn. There, he completed his thesis feature, Exquisite Corpse, and became involved with the Rural Route Film Festival as the Technical Coordinator. While living in France and meandering about Europe throughout 2006-2007, he began this silly project: www.daveydanceblog.com. Currently, Fishel works as the Post Production Manager for CollegeHumor's CHTV. You can see more from him at www.nocinfishel.com


Rodney Linderbaum (aka “Dog”) is Rural Route’s Communications Director. Rodney lives in Iowa City, IA, where he helped design the world’s largest wooden nickel, and serves as an active camper and outdoorsman.


Dominic Bisignano is a an animator in California. He plays music and made this website.