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Press Release: HIGH THERE wins Viewers' Choice Award at Cannabis Film Festival

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HIGH THERE wins Viewers’ Choice Award at Cannabis Film Festival

Humboldt County, the epicenter of pot culture, embraces reality comedy

HOLLYWOOD (MAY 4) -- HIGH THERE, the nonfiction comedy film directed by and starring "gonzo" television pioneer Wayne Darwen, has won the prestigious Viewers’ Choice Award at the first annual Cannabis Film Festival in Humboldt County, California.

The festival took place in the town of Garberville, at the epicenter of what is known as the marijuana farming capital of the world. The award Sunday morning bestowed High There with a seal of approval from the heart of the pot subculture.

“High There really defined the festival,” said executive director Stephen Quiggle. “All everyone talked about was High There, High There. People loved it.”

The film’s producer Burt Kearns announced at the festival that High There will be released on DVD and On Demand across North America by BRINKvision on June 23rd.

High There is a dark nonfiction comedy following Darwen in the guise of journalist-producer "Dave High," who heads to Hawaii to film a marijuana travel series, only to become lost in a fog of drugs, sex and paranoia as he uncovers a government plot to control the marijuana trade.

High There was written by Darwen and directed by Darwen and cinematographer Henry Goren (who costars as “Roland Jointz”).

Darwen is a veteran tabloid journalist and television producer who was the inspiration for Robert Downey Jr.'s character in "Natural Born Killers," has been compared to Hunter S. Thompson and is credited as a godfather of both tabloid television and "gonzo producing."

High There is produced by Sam Peters International Productions Unlimited, Good Story Productions and Rat Lung Pictures.

BRINKvision is known as "the last real independent film distribution company."

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High There director & star Wayne Darwen meets the press & fans at the Cannabis Film Festival

Wayne Darwen and his now popular cardboard doppelgänger were swarmed by local and national media at the Cannabis Film Festival Saturday. The director and star of the nonfiction comedy High There was interviewed by Sacramento's Skunk TV, and by Kerry Reynolds of KMUD radio's Cannabis Consciousness.

Darren discussed the announcement that High There will be distributed on DVD and On Demand by BRINKvision, beginning June 23rd.

Wayne also posed with fans.

High There star WAYNE DARWEN with producer BURT KEARNS on the Green Carpet at the Cannabis Film Festival

Wayne Darwen & Burt Kearns have been friends and colleagues for more than 25 years. Darwen's exploits and accomplishments were chronicled in Kearns' 1999 book, Tabloid Baby.

'HIGH THERE' OPENS FIRST ANNUAL CANNABIS FILM FESTIVAL WITH DISTRIBUTION ANNOUNCEMENT

Minor technical difficulties aside, the first annual Cannabis Film Festival opened with a bang with the screening of Wayne Darwen & Henry Goren's dark nonfiction comedy High There, and producer Burt Kearns announced that the film has been picked up for distribution by premier independent BRINKvision.

High There will be released on DVD and On Demand June 23rd nationwide.

The High There team made their usual splash at the festival in the heart of the 'pot farming capital" Humboldt County, fanning out among festivalgoers and filmmakers, and setting up a crowd-pleasing life-size cardboard replica of Darwen's Dave High character at the door to the historic Garberville Theatre.

Darwen and Goren signed large posters depicting the High There DVD cover and other items-- including the Cannabis Film Festival t-shirt win by theatre owner Brigette Brannan.

Dave High, Garberville Theatre owner Brigette Brannan and Roland Jointz at a well-stocked lobby concession.

The festival was kicked off just before high noon by the CFF's charismatic director, Kellie Butterfield Dodds, who introduced the day's lineup and handed the show over to Kearns, who introduced High There.