News
7.22.10 : Crest Pictures is proud to announce The Irate Birdwatcher has been accepted into the Port Townsend Film Festival to be held on Sept 24-26, 2010. Hope to see you all there.
3.03.10 : Exciting News! Crest Pictures' latest documentary The Irate Birdwatcher will be broadcast on KCTS in April. KCTS is Seattle's PBS station – it broadcasts on channel 9 in Western Washington and also serves Yakima and Central Washington and parts of British Columbia. For more information, including dates, times and channels see Events at the right.
1.20.10 : Hot off the press...Crest Pictures' latest film Right Here, Right Now...about wilderness BASE jumping...is a Seven Summits Award Winner at the 2010 Mountain Film Festival to be held Feb 26 and 27 in Mammoth, CA.
11.25.09 : The Irate Birdwatcher DVD is here now – just in time for the holidays!! See our Store to purchase.
11.20.09 & 11.22.09 : Crest Pictures is proud to announce that both The Irate Birdwatcher and Right Here, Right Now -- our two 2009 productions make their festival debuts at the Rossland Mountain Film Festival in Rossland, British Columbia
11.05.09 : The Irate Birdwatcher premiered to a big house in Seattle last evening. Our dear friend Betty Manning, wife of the late Harvey Manning, and several of their closest friends were in attendance, as well as so many others who know him through his inspiring books and monumental achievements for wilderness preservation. Thanks to the Mountaineers Club for hosting the event; with special thanks to Helen Cherullo of The Mountaineers Books for her constant support, and to Richard Barringer and Brooke Miller of the Mountaineers Productions for putting on the show.
11.03.09 : Jake Lynch, Editor of the Sammamish Reporter, writes up an inspiring story about The Irate Birdwatcher and the making of the film. Read it here.
09.30.09 : The Irate Birdwatcher is awarded Honorable Mention for "Creative Approach" at the 6th Annual Montana CINE International Film Festival
07.23.09 : "I don't like to call it an extreme sport; I like to refer to it more as an adventure sport. But it's certainly the kind of sport where the consequences of error are pretty high." Watch for our new film Right Here, Right Now, where wilderness BASE jumper Tom Dancs reflects on how this sport fulfills his inner needs, the ongoing efforts to legalize BASE again in U.S. National Parks...and what it takes, both mentally and logistically, to step off the edge each time.
Events
Friday, July 30, 7:00-9:30 pm : The good folks at the popular "Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies" series in Seattle's Wallingford Neighborhood will be sponsoring a free screening of our film The Irate Birdwatcher. The public is welcome to join in the festivities. For more information go to their website
Friday, March 19 at 7 pm : The public is invited to attend this free screening of The Irate Birdwatcher – sponsored by the Tacoma Mountaineers at their clubhouse, 2302 North 30th St, Tacoma, WA (map)
April, 2010 : Don't miss the broadcast of our latest documentary The Irate Birdwatcher. The film is all about wilderness preservation told in the words of Harvey Manning – the legendary Northwest writer and conservationist. An abridged half-hour version of our longer 55-min film - to fit their programming - will air on KCTS television in early April. KCTS is Seattle's PBS station and broadcasts on Channel 9 in Western Washington. It also serves Yakima and Central Washington and parts of British Columbia. The airdates are as follows: Thursday, April 1 at 10:30pm; Monday, April 5 at 4:30am; Sunday, April 11 at 6:00pm. To locate a channel in your area go here: http://kcts9.org/tvschedule/channels
Press Releases
June, 2010 – Harvey Manning Speaks for Wilderness Preservation in The Irate Birdwatcher: A New Film from Crest Pictures
March, 2007 - Not Just Another Mount Rainier Film ~ Below the Clouds to screen at 2007 Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival
October, 2006 - Premiere on KCTS Public TV: Not Just Another Nature Film
July, 2006 - Not Just Another Mount Rainier Film - a sensory experience with stunning imagery and a captivating score
July, 2006 - A personal journey to discover Rainier "The Mountain"