EQUUS Film and Arts Fest

Hello and welcome to the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest Podcast, the premiere program for horse lovers who have a passion for horses in film, art and literature.
In this episode, Lisa and Julianne talk about Bruce Anderson, Julianne's partner, and how the two of them became involved with the festival in 2015. From submitting a trailer for their documentary, "The Edge: Bruce Anderson-Natural Humanship," directed by Trinidadian filmmakers James O'Connor and Dylan Quesnel of The Art of Storytelling, to hosting an annual EQUUS Tour Stop in their hometown of Camden, SC, Bruce and Julianne have spent a good amount of time on the festival team. Here they discuss the film, as well as other film projects such as the Spotlight Rescue Series, produced with Julianne's students in the Fairfield County School District in partnership with the festival.
Julianne and Lisa also discuss the upcoming 5th annual spring EQUUS Film and Arts Fest Tour Stop in Camden, SC on April 17-19. You'll hear what it takes to plan and organize a tour stop and how this city has come together for the past four years to welcome the visiting filmmakers, authors and artists and provide exciting opportunities for equine and film lovers alike. The tour stop is sponsored by The Marley Project in partnership with The City of Camden, The Arts Center of Kershaw County and Camden's vintage Little Theatre. For more information, visit www.equusfilmfestivalcamden.com.
This episode is sponsored by the following:
The EQUUS Film and Arts Fest Camden Tour Stop
www.equusfilmfestivalcamden.com
The City of Camden
www.classicallycarolina.com
The Marley Project
www.naturesview.us
JA Media Productions
www.jamediaconnections.com
To learn more about Julianne and Bruce, tune in to "Whinny Tales: Horse Stories, Pony Legends and Unicorn Yarns," the official podcast of Nature's View and The Marley Project. You can find Whinny Tales on all of the major podcast directories.
For more information about the festival or for links to the films and literature, visit equusfilmfestival.net. Follow us on social media at EQUUS Film Festival. To see the EQUUS films, visit www.filmfestivalflix.com.

Hello and welcome to the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest Podcast, the premiere program for horse lovers who have a passion for horses in film, art and literature. Each week we will have interesting conversations with equestrian filmmakers, artists and authors from around the world, discussing the nature and challenges, as well as the triumphs, of creating their work.
Ready to talk horses in film and the arts? Tune in each week and join your host, Julianne Neal, along with Lisa Diersen, Festival Founder & Director.
In this episode, meet Lisa Diersen, festival Founder and Director, and learn about the festival's early days in Illinois and New York and the new move to the Kentucky Horse Park.
For more information about the festival or for links to the films and literature, visit equusfilmfestival.net. Follow us on social media at EQUUS Film Festival.

Hello and welcome to the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest Podcast, the premiere program for horse lovers who have a passion for horses in film, art and literature. Each week we will have interesting conversations with equestrian filmmakers, artists and authors from around the world, discussing the nature and challenges, as well as the triumphs, of creating their work. 
Ready to talk horses in film and the arts? Tune in each week and join your host, Julianne Neal, along with Lisa Diersen, Festival Founder & Director.

In this episode, meet Lisa Diersen, festival Founder and Director, and learn about the festival's early days in Illinois and New York and the new move to the Kentucky Horse Park. 

For more information about the festival or for links to the films and literature, visit equusfilmfestival.net. Follow us on social media at EQUUS Film Festival.

In this episode, Julianne takes a quick break to speak with Wren Winfield, director of the Lady Long Rider film featuring Bernice Ende. In her incredible memoir, Lady Long Rider: Alone Across America on Horseback we are introduced to Bernice, a solitary figure with the daunting goal of traveling from Montana to New Mexico in a single ride. At the age of 50, Bernice turned south into the unknown and began her first voyage on the way to becoming a world-class long rider. Since that fateful decision she hasn't looked back. Accompanied by her horses and an exceptional dog named Claire, Ende has logged more than 29,000 miles in the saddle, crisscrossing North America and beyond.
Wren, founder of W+E1 Productions, has taken 2 seemingly different career paths in her life: Filmmaker and Healer. With W+E1 she is merging her 2 passions, and literalizing the term 'healing arts ' by making films that she hopes will convey ideas that heal. Wren went to graduate school for filmmaking at San Francisco State University in the late 80's. She won her first two film awards in the 'real world' while still in school.
Wren left film school when she scored her first 'real job' in the Industry, as an assistant editor of television commercials. She was one of the first people in San Francisco to be trained on the revolutionary technology of the Avid non-linear editing system. Having this skill during the dawn of the digital age kept her busy, and she eventually became a post-producer for a San Francisco edit house where they finished commercials for Ad Agencies like Hal Riney, Foote, Cone & Belding, J. Walter Thomson, and others. Wren worked on hundreds of commercials including Levi’s, Taco Bell, Old Navy, the Sprint pin-drop shot by Tony Scott, and many more. That was her day job. By night, she worked on her own films. Wren obtained grants for, produced, directed, and edited two award-winning films: Period Piece (1996) and A Pregnant Moment (1999).

In 1997, Wren felt a different calling and returned to graduate school for a Master of Science in Chinese Medicine. She healed people for years with Acupuncture, and is now returning to her filmmaking roots to heal in a broader way.

To learn more about Wren Winfield, visit https://www.we-1.org/wren-winfield. For more about Bernice Ende and the Lady Long Rider film, visit https://www.ladylongrider.com.
To learn more about podcast host Julianne and her partner Bruce Anderson, tune in to "Whinny Tales: Horse Stories, Pony Legends and Unicorn Yarns," the official podcast of Nature's View and The Marley Project, their equine and arts-based 501 (c)(3). You can also visit www.naturesview.us to schedule an appointment. A documentary about their work and films in the Natural Humanship Training Series, are available on The EQUUS Channel at https://filmfestivalflix.com/festival/equus/film/the-edge/. Julianne is the organizer of the Camden Tour Stop for the fest, so visit www.equusfilmfestivalcamden.com for a complete listing of activities and updates on a possible rescheduling of the spring event for the fall of 2020.
For more information about the festival or for links to the films and literature mentioned in the podcast, visit equusfilmfestival.net. To see the EQUUS films, visit https://horsenetwork.com/equus/.

We're back for another season of the EQUUS Film and Arts Fest podcast! After an extended hiatus with time off for The Mustang Discovery Ride, we'll be bringing in all of the available EQUUS authors, artists and filmmakers to hear more about the work featured in the 2022 EQUUS Film and Arts Fest in Sacramento. From these short WebChats to stories about our partners and sponsors, the podcast will allow us to bring the festival straight to our listeners.
In this episode, you'll hear from long-time supporter of the festival, Mike Dunne of Equine Empowered Therapy (EET.) In this previously recorded interview, Mike discusses the programs that EET provides partnering Veterans and Mustangs. Equine Empowered Therapy (EET) is a fully certified 501(c)(3) charitable corporation designed for veterans who are experiencing difficulty reintegrating into civilian life. The program utilizes natural horsemanship and rescued horses to provide programs that achieve therapeutic success, education, vocational training and relief from PTS in Southern California. E.E.T. is free to all veterans. To learn more, visit https://www.equineempoweredtherapy.com.

To learn more about podcast host Julianne and her partner Bruce Anderson, tune in to "Whinny Tales: Horse Stories, Pony Legends and Unicorn Yarns," the official podcast of Nature's View and The Marley Project, their equine and arts-based 501 (c)(3). Visit www.jamediaconnections.com for more of the JA Media Connections Podcast Catalogue. To see the video version of this podcast, visit the JA Media Productions YouTube Channel.
For more information about the festival or for links to the films and literature mentioned in the podcast, visit equusfilmfestival.net. To learn more about the upcoming 2023 EQUUS Film and Arts Fest, or to submit your film, artwork or literature, you'll find the festival on the Film Freeway website.