Coming up April 30th 9:30am - Director, Center for Student Wellness & Health Promotion Doug Everhart, UC Irvine shares details about the Comprehensive Wellbeing Initiative Town Hall May 7, 2025

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This week marks the inaugural U.S. Health Promoting Campuses Week in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Okanagan Charter, which was developed by health promotion professionals to guide colleges and universities to be leaders for developing and modeling health-promoting principles. (UC Irvine adopted the Okanagan Charter in 2021.) As part of this effort, the campus is hosting the Comprehensive Wellbeing Town Hall on May 7 in Middle Earth housing, where students, staff and faculty are invited to learn more about what we are doing to support being a health-promoting university.
Event Overview

In 2001, UCI became one of the first eight campuses in the United States to adopt the Okanagan Charter and become a globally-recognized Health Promoting University. Since that time, we have worked to put into place the infrastructure to support this project, called the Comprehensive Wellbeing Initiative (CWI). This CWI Town Hall is an opportunity to share what has been going on with the initiative over the last few years, as well as an opportunity to get personally involved.

The Town Hall will feature:

– Updates on the four pillars of the CWI: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; The Natural & Built Environment; Sustainability; and Culture of Wellbeing

– Guest speakers from Cornell University and the University of Saskatchewan (Canada), will share their experiences and research with health-promoting universities

– Opportunities to network and engage on priorities for the future.

We are pleased to announce that lunch will be served following the presentations, providing an excellent opportunity for networking and further discussion. In order to support a sustainable/green event, remember to bring your reusable silverware, and refillable water bottle as there is a water filling station in the foyer.

This is a fantastic opportunity to engage with the UCI community and contribute to the ongoing development of our campus wellbeing initiatives. We look forward to seeing you there!

Please RSVP by Friday, May 2.

Coming up April 29th at 9:00am - Ivan Williams – Award-Winning Producer, Entrepreneur & Changemaker

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Ivan Williams is the powerhouse behind films like LARPer fan favorite Knights of Badassdom, romcom Big Stone Gap, the dramedy Ramona at Midlife, the film festival sensation Secret Mall Apartment, the acclaimed National Geographic–linked documentary The Wonder and the Worry and the recent German Academy award nominated film Köln 75. After a successful corporate career at ARCO and BP, Ivan transitioned into entertainment, producing socially resonant projects across film, Broadway (First Date), digital series, and the top-ranked podcast Hidden History Happy Hour. His work explores everything from AI and disinformation (How to Build a Truth Engine, executive produced by George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and their Smokehouse Pictures) to climate change, urban resistance, and gender equity (This Changes Everything, American Academy-recognized documentary on gender misrepresentation in Hollywood).


His films have premiered at many key festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival, South by Southwest, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Bentonville, Woodstock, Hot Docs, Cleveland International, Leeds (UK), Big Blue Festival in Newport, Oregon, Woods Hole (MA), and Newport Beach, California. He even screened his climate change-related films in front of world leaders at events like the Aspen Institute’s Climate Summit and in Dubai at COP28.

A veteran Naval Reserve intelligence officer, Ivan holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Oregon State University and an MBA from UC Irvine. He lectures as an adjunct professor, participates in major university initiatives, and speaks at campuses across the U.S. He is also the founding CEO of Outer Limits Productions, Wildbrush Media, and Nexus4AI—ventures redefining storytelling at the intersection of entertainment, technology, and impact.

In addition, Ivan co-founded Eco ArtLab and Eco DesignLab, two nonprofit organizations that develop ecologically themed performances, films, and digital tools for creatives.

Don’t miss this inspiring conversation about how one producer is using Hollywood—and beyond—to drive real-world change.

Ivan's recent film KÖLN 75 just earned four German Film Academy Award nominations!  That’s Germany’s version of the Oscars!!!

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-german-film-award-nominations-announced-1236164986/

Following our phenomenal world premiere at Berlinale, a small group of our cast and crew embarked on a cinema tour across 10 cities (Köln → Bonn → Düsseldorf → Frankfurt → Wien → München → Zürich → Leipzig → Hamburg → Berlin). Along the way, we were met with sold-out theaters, fantastic discussions, and standing ovations—a truly unforgettable experience.

Since then, our theatrical run has only grown! KÖLN 75 opened in 138 cinemas across Germany, and this week, we are expanding to 144 cinemas. Even more exciting, we currently have the highest “admissions per screen” average of all films! The hope is to stay in theaters for a long time, and I couldn’t be happier

Are sales are moving fast! You may have seen the announcement in Deadline: https://deadline.com/2025/02/berlin-film-koln-75-mala-emde-john-magaro-sells-europe-asia-1236304997/. We have closed deals for 14 territories so far and are in negotiations for the UK and US. Other major territories, including Asia, Australia, and Latin America, are still to come!

On the festival front, KÖLN 75 will be screening at Sofia, Barcelona, Istanbul (opening night film), Copenhagen (opening night film), and Taipei. Our Italian distributor is also targeting the Rome Film Festival, with more festival announcements to come!

As for release dates, we already know:
• France – June
• Italy & BeNeLux – Fall

https://variety.com/2025/film/global/koln-75-ido-fluk-vera-brandes-keith-jarrett-koln-concert-1236306623/

Additional projects:

Ivan will about some of the following latest films that have just been released, about to be released or are on a special screening campaign:

• Ramona at Midlife (released i2/2025 on TVOD platforms)
• How to Build a Truth Engine (George Clooney executive produced this with us and we are doing special screening events in Europe and soon in the U.S.)
• Black Diamond (released 1/2025 on TVOD platforms)
• Köln 75 (World premiered at Berlinale last month and is already in over 200 theaters in Germany, and the Benelux countries. In the next few months it will be in theaters in over 14 other territories across the globe.)
• Secret Mall Apartment (begins touring the U.S. with a launch In the Providence Place Mall (site of the secret apartment), in Providence, RI on 3/21/25, and them get to L.A. on 4/3/2025 at the cool Eagle Rock Vidiots store and then in DTLA at the Alamo Draft House theater on 4/4/2025).

RAMONA AT MIDLIFE


Trailer
RAMONA AT MIDLIFE - Official HD Trailer - Comedy (Rosemarie DeWitt, Yvonne Woods, Josh Radnor)
youtu.be


The film is currently streaming on Amazon, Apple TV and Google Play and will be screening in person for one night at The Wayfarer Cinema in Highland Park, IL, on May 8.


SECRET MALL APARTMENT

Secret Mall Apartment | Official Trailer HD
youtu.be

We have been or will be on over a 100 theater screens around the U.S. since March 21st.


BLACK DIAMOND
After moving into a secluded cabin, a young woman and her boyfriend meet a local cowboy handyman, turning their idyllic life into a deadly triangle of lust, obsession, and murder.

Black Diamond Trailer #1 (2025)
youtu.be



Along with KÖLN 75, Ivan helped release four feature films in the last four months.


But more are on the horizon…..,


I have another film I produced called, THE WONDER AND THE WORRY, coming out later this year. The documentary explores the careers of Chris Johns, former Editor-in-Chief of National Geographic, and his daughter, Louise, a freelance photographer, through the lens of family, photography, and the power of visual storytelling . It examines the soul of journalism and its role in preserving a planet facing environmental challenges. The film also delves into the history of National Geographic and the transformation of the media landscape





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Ivan Williams
Producer and CEO
Outer Limits Productions, Wildbrush Media and Nexus4AI
FoothLLrancher@gmail.com
949-632-2172