Press Release

THE HIGHWAY HOME by Laurel Hunter WINS PEACE REEL SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD AT 2008 BERKELEY VIDEO & FILM FESTIVAL

San Francisco, CA, October 1, 2008 Award winning independent filmmaker, Laurel Hunter, has received a Peace Reel Special Recognition Award from the 2008 Berkeley Video & Film Festival for her feature film, The Highway Home. The film has also been accepted into the 2008 La Femme Film Festival in Beverly Hills, which takes place October 16-19.

Laurel Hunter is a filmmaker, writer and director based in San Francisco, California. Her first feature film, SOMETHING BETTER, has screened at various film festivals and venues across the United States, including the American Film Institute in Los Angeles (2002), The East Village Cinemas in New York City with the New York International Film and Video Festival (2003), The Breckenridge Film Festival in Colorado (2004) and the Golden Film Festival (2004), who honored her work with Best Feature, Best Director, and Best Actress (Kim Ataide) awards. SOMETHING BETTER also received a Best of Festival Award from the Berkeley Film and Video festival (2003). Hunter's second film, THE HIGHWAY HOME was completed on August 1, 2007 and recently premiered at the California Independent Film Festival (2008).