Author: Cindy Baer

Cindy Baer is a filmmaker, actress and founder of Patron of the Arts, a California non-profit company whose mission is to help filmmakers create new works and connect to audiences.  She has directed and produced two features and five shorts that have appeared in almost 100 film festivals and garnered 40 Festival Awards. Her feature “Odd Brodsky”, a quirky comedy about following your dreams, is now available on iTunes.

I was traveling the film festival circuit with my latest feature “Odd Brodsky”. Having just wrapped a successful showing in Chicago, my next stop was upstate New York to participate in a feminist festival that celebrates women filmmakers in leadership roles. Over the years, this particular festival had championed hundreds of creative women, and I was honored to be joining this inspiring group. Although I arrived safely in Rochester, my luggage did not. I scurried to get to my hotel and check into the festival before the opening night film and party. Feeling a little discombobulated, I was intercepted by…

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