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10.30.06 Photos from the various screenings and film festivals of Still Kicking here.

7.27.06 Still Kicking has been chosen as an official selection of the 7th Annual Port Townsend Film Festival, September 15-17. It will be paired with a film called EMMA, about at 14-year-old bright, but troubled girl who begins to see her way into adulthood.

7.16.06 A screening for Still Kicking on the Monterey Peninsula is scheduled for September 27, 6:30 pm at the Sally Griffin Active Living Center, Pacific Grove. This special event is part of the "Art Knows No Age" series. Local guest artists will also present "Creating in the second half of life." An additional screening has been added: Wednesday, October 11 -- Carmel Foundation, Carmel, 2:30 pm.

6.15.06 Still Kicking has been selected for the 7th Annual Real to Reel Film Festival, Kings Mountain, NC, July 19-22.

5.08.06 A "Creative Aging" screening is set for September 17 at the Berkeley-Richmond Jewish Community Center. In addition to recently released "Still Kicking," two other films will be shown. "Let's Face It," a funny and poignant discussion among a group of friends, ages 45 to 60, about aging, and "A Specially Wonderful Affair," a wonderful film by Nathan Friedkin about old people in a nursing home writing songs with musician Judith-Kate Friedman. Both have screened at numerous film festivals the last couple of years.

3.29.06 Filming has begun on a character based documentary with a long shooting schedule; two plus years. The principle character wants to keep the project under wraps for now, but I can say lots of toe tapping music is planned. Another short documentary (10-15 min.) will start production soon. More on that one later.

Still Kicking, six artistic women of Project Arts & Longevity was completed in early March. Amy Gorman and I visited some of the women to show them the film. You can get updates on all the women in still kicking's latest news. The two minute trailer can be viewed here.

Amy Gorman's book, Aging Artfully, Profiles of Bay Area Women Artists Over 85, with photos of their lives, will be published this summer, 2006.The book includes a CD of songs about seven of the women, by Frances Kandl. For information click here, 510-527-4977.

Filmmaker Profile

Greg Young retired in 2002 after 27 years as an award winning graphic designer for the University of California, Berkeley to pursue his passion for documentary films. His second documentary, Still Kicking, reflects his interest in character driven subjects. Shooting hand held allows Young more intimacy with his subjects, and gives him the ability to be less invasive. "Right now I enjoy making small canvas documentaries that reveal human qualities we develop as we get older." Young lives and edits from his home studio in Pacific Grove, California.

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