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8-15-2025

pitchdox semi-finalist

Our upcoming documentary is a semi-finalist in the 2025 PitchDox Competition from Hoodox. With your help, we could win $10,000 to support the making of this film!

Please head to this link before Sept. 7th and cast your vote for FOREST FOR THE TREES: THE TRUTH ABOUT WILDERNESS THERAPY.

7-9-2025

JULY 2025 newsletter

Our July 2025 newsletter is out! Click here to view the newsletter Be sure to sign up for upcoming newsletters using the form at the bottom of this page to stay up to date on the project.

6-27-2025

OUR CO-DIRECTORS WIN awards at la film festival

Co-directors Vince Dixon and Mark Strauss both won awards at the 2025 Film Invasion LA festival in June:

Vince Dixon - Best in Fest for Short Film: Sometimes I Imagine Your Funeral
Mark Strauss - Grand Jury Award for Best TV Pilot Screenplay: Nancy

Since documentary projects rely heavily on the same story structure we see in narrative film and TV, Vince, Mark, and the rest of the team are looking forward to telling the truth about Wilderness Therapy in a powerfully engaging way.

6-22-2025

june 2025 newsletter

Our June 2025 newsletter is out! Click here to view the newsletter. Be sure to sign up for upcoming newsletters using the form at the bottom of this page to stay up to date on the project.

6-7-2025

DIRECTORS present at ANNUAL WILDERNESS SYMPOSIUM

Vince Dixon and Mark Strauss were invited to present at the annual Wilderness Symposium and Utah Regional meeting in Salt Lake City Utah. Following an presentation about the film, Vince and Mark participated in an in-depth Q&A with attendees. Topics discussed were the current state of Outdoor Behavioral Health, how the field is evolving, the value of telling all sides of story in our documentary and the impact that will have on public perception.

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Throughout the life of this documentary project, our team will be traveling all over the U.S. to interview a variety of students, families, critics, organizations, and wilderness professionals in order to finally tell a balanced story and get to the truth about Wilderness Therapy. We look forward to sharing snippets of these stories with all of you through this monthly newsletter.

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