I love independent film, but honestly if I didn't attend Project Resolution last month - I never would have heard about the Iris Festival. There was almost no marketing. Which is a real shame - because at this level the best thing you can do for a film-maker is to give them exposure. Even within the film community there wasn't a lot of exposure for this festival. Richmond is a quilted city - full of isolated groups - crossing over them to get a larger portion of even just the film community aware of your efforts is quite a challenge. I want to encourage the producers involved in this project - it is quite a daunting task to try and do what you are trying to do for the film-makers of Richmond, and I commend you for it. If anything could be done to make the next fesitval a bigger success - it would be to have more posters and promotional material to let people know about the festival.