ABOUT
OUT AND ABOUT - AROUND THE WORLD

Life is that kaleidoscope where each colourful grain is like the shining facet of a gem.

With every twist of the kaleidoscope a newly cut gem emerges; a fresh mosaic where every grain finds a slightly or profoundly new place in relation to the whole.

Whether in travel, fundraising, learning, working or socialising, here are some of my colourful gems…

(Travels to Marina Del Rey, California USA; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; London, England; Paris, France: Castries, St. Lucia; Rome, Pompei, Capri Italy; Prague, Czech Republic; Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Canada; Vienna, Austria; Riga, Latvia; Cancun, Mexico; Bermuda Island; New York, Scottsdale, San Francisco, Paradise Valley, USA.)

GALLERY

Boxers Art 'One Glove' Jimmerson & Mike Tyson

with Boxer/UFC Pioneer Art Jimmerson in LA December 2023

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Art Jimmerson

Art Jimmerson's Famous UFC Shorts - Fight against Royce Gracie

Art 'One Glove' Jimmerson & Royce Gracie

Manny Pacquiao with Art Jimmerson

Art Jimmerson & Royce Gracie

Art 'One Glove' Jimmerson - UFC Pioneer

Los Angeles Christmas 2023 - Security

Balboa Blvd.

Academy of Motion Pictures Museum - Los Angeles

Clark Gable's Oscar - 'Gone with the Wind'

Hattie McDaniel Oscar - 'Gone with the Wind - First Black Academy Award Winner

Barbra Streisand Oscar - First Woman to direct, produce, write and star in a major studio film

with actor John Henry Richardson

View from Academy Museum with Hollywood Hills

Playa Del Rey 2023 with Happy English Bulldogs

Marina Del Rey 2023 with Happy English Bulldogs

Playa Del Rey December 2023

Marina Del Rey

Marina Del Rey Christmas 2023

Marina Del Rey - California 2023

Marina Del Rey - December 2023

with Artist Pascale LeFebvre - Amsterdam 2023

with 'Faeries' - Amsterdam Red Carpet 2023

with Director Sally Cheng Awards Audience

with Andy Barecca, Alessandro Vantini, Lydia Van Laar

Nominated 'Best American Actress' - Septimius Awards 2023 Amsterdam

Septimius Awards 2023 - AIT Amsterdam Internationaal Theatre

Amsterdam Internationaal Theatre

with Director Don Clovis 2023

Red Carpet with Director Don Clovis

with Directors Vera Fogwill & Don Clovis

with Director Vera Fogwill watching Panel Discussions

with award winning: Director Alejandro Monteverde, Costume Designer Jenny Beavan, Producer David Parfitt

with Directors Sally Cheng & Katja Sallay

Amsterdam Reception - Septimius Awards 2023

GRAND WINNER 2023 - Cannes World Film Festival - Cannes France - Best First Time Filmmaker 2023 - Cannes, France

June 16, 2023 - Red Carpet w. 'The Fairies' Performers - Cannes, France

'The Fairies' - Performers, Cannes France

Leee John Performing - Cannes World Film Festival 2023

With Leee John at Cannes World Film Festival 2023

Leee John + 'Imagination' performing Cannes World Film Festival 2023

Backstage w. Leee John, Karolina Bomba Director, Festival Winner little Sophia Nesterova

Calgary, Canada Paulina Mitchell and little girl at Roi's Celebration of Life August 2022

Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival Nov 10-13 Vancouver Canada

Some words by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

VISAFF - The Yesterday film 'Official Selection' Screening

Arriving at the VISAFF Gala Dinner Nov 10, 2022

VISAFF Entertainment

Red Carpet VISAFF Gala - My film Premiere Screening

Red Carpet VISAFF with IATSE Sponsor

Dec 2021, London - The Yesterday - Soho Hotel London, Private Cast & Crew screening Dec.

Outside of Vue Cinema London - Private Screening CAADT

with actors Roberto Turri, Giselle Wolf and director Nathalie Lamprecht

with director Nathalie Lamprecht Sept 16, 2021

Cast & Crew dinner invitation to Granaio Restaurant, London

Sept 16, 2021 Dinner invitation by our director to Granaio

London - August, 2021 Green Park

Arriving at London Film School

In class at LFS

with London Film School classmates

In class at London Film School (LFS)

Riga, Latvia - on EXT Location for Proschay shoot

New York

Macy's, New York

On top of Camelback Mountain - finding Santa?

Sedona Chapel of the Holy Cross, Arizona

More stunning Arizona red rock formations

Hiking in Arizona

Capri's iconic sight - The Faraglioni rock formations

View from the island

Capri

Riga, Latvia ancestral home

Rundale Palace, Latvia ('Catherine the Great' film location)

St. Lucia, Caribbean

The famous 'Pitons' (peaks) of St. Lucia

St. Lucia

Sugar Beach, St. Lucia

St. Lucia natural mud baths

The famous Pitons of St. Lucia

Sugar Beach Gardener

Paris, France

Fundraising for Diabetes with Nick ('Danger')Lees

Fundraising in Edmonton at the Holly Ball

Fundraising at the Hotel McDonald, Edmonton Canada

Vienna Opera House

Prague, Czech Republic

World Hockey in Prague - Canada won

On top of Prague Clocktower

Cheering for Canada at the World Hockey Championship

Costa Rica with Manager and sloth

At home in Edmonton, Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

Leaving my home for England

Yermala beach, Riga

Cancun, Mexico

Underground caves in Costa Rica

Toronto Sports Museum

Vienna Summer Castle

Vienna Museum

Vienna National Museum

Vienna Opera House Restaurant

The Colosseum in Rome, Italy

Paradise Valley, Arizona

View over Paradise Valley, Arizona

New York view from Rockefeller

Sedona, Arizona church

Cancun, Mexico ruins

Bermuda island, UK

Bermuda

New York Yankee Stadium

Rome, Italy ruins

Pompei, Rome ruins after Mt. Vesuvius eruption

Pompei

Outside of San Jose, Costa Rica

Ziplining in Costa Rica

Grand Vienna Hotel

Barcelona

Hiking in Malibu, California

'O' Arena in Prague

Washington, D.C. pic

Alcatraz

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

Mexico

View from Mexican Pyramid

Vienna Opera House

Across the street from Vienna Opera House

Vienna Opera restaurant

About Benita

Applying her diverse experience in leadership and aesthetics, von Sass is currently completing her Master’s Degree in Film Directing at the historic and prestigious London Film School in England to realise her life work.

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