Curry Café: Behind the Screens – Year Four of the Wild Rivers Film Festival

Curry Café: Behind the Screens – Year Four of the Wild Rivers Film Festival

Author: Curry Coast Community Radio August 26, 2026 Duration: 59:00

In this episode of Curry Café, host Rick McNamer talks with Wild Rivers Film Festival leaders Bev Juday and Sue Wright to recap the event’s successful fourth year. The festival doubled its attendance, screening 30 films three times each alongside popular networking events in Brookings’ Pocket Park. The guests celebrate award winners and discuss community initiatives like youth filmmaking workshops, a new Founders Circle funding program, quarterly veteran-oriented screenings with the VFW, and Wright’s upcoming memoir and book tour.


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Host: Rick McNamer; Producers: Ray Gary, Rick McNamer

Intro and end music by Kat Liddell. Used with permission.


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