Is she even 30 years old yet? Quite an accomplishment, regardless, but particularly so if she's in fact that young. Best of luck.

Glad to see this fantastic local institution getting back on its feet.

Welcome Courtney, and please pay no attention to the failed filmmaker @1. He's still sore because his 5-hour biography of Tesla was rejected for the Local Sightings festival.

@4:

It probably wouldn't have been rejected in the first place, if he'd only done the documentary on the early 20th Century inventor and genius, and not on the marginal '80's band of the same name.

@5 Yes. And using puppets made from materials scavenged from Goodwill donation bins as your main characters is always a dicey concept.

Exciting news!!! It's no easy feat running an arthouse cinema in this day and age with so many competing screens; she's done an amazing job growing audiences so far and bringing allies into the space. Courtney deeply cares about film & community building - a winning combo. With dedicated support from the NWFF board & members she's bound to do even more! Go Courtney!

I've really enjoyed NWFF programming this last year. Mostly, I just came to say Courtney is, in my few times talking with her at various functions, a very sharp and delightful person. And patient. Since I was usually drunk and probably very weird.

So. Congratulations!

The background of her portrait is appropriately cinematographic: gritty urban rooftop, with puddles reflecting sky and trees. (I don't know what I'm talking about, but cinematographic sounds right)

Every now and then, I wish I was heterosexual...