Awards
Audience Award for Best Short Documentary, Newport Beach Film Fest
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/newport-beach-film-festival-awards-the-piano-lesson-1236195502/
Trailer
When a rare snowy owl from the Arctic appears in the Southern California suburb of Cypress, three people find that their encounters with this visitor change their lives for the better.
IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33264837/
Production
Producers: Walter Josten, Patricia Josten, Philip Braun, Roy Rausch, Adam Ansari, Denver Holt
Executive Producers: Patrick Josten, Jeff Geoffray, Amy Taylor, Jarrett Mahoney, Kris Beaulieu, Jennifer Durham, Pat Hwang, Brad Costello
Director: Christopher Angel
Editor: Philip Braun
Director of Photography: Charles Swanson
World Premiere
October 18, 2024, 7 PM
In competition at the Newport Beach Film Fest (Oct 17-18)
News Coverage
Fox 11 News Socal Snowy Owl documentary story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIU05TvlFOA
‘Astonishing’ snowy owl spotted in Southern California neighborhood’
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/world/snowy-owl-cypress-california-rare-sighting-scn/index.html
‘A Rare Snowy Owl Is Captivating Southern California’
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-rare-snowy-owl-is-captivating-southern-california-180981382/
‘Extremely Rare’ Snowy Owl Sighting Transfixes a California Suburb’
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/us/snowy-owl-california.html
Social
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