"But we're a really nice festival, and we go out of our way to be supportive of the filmmakers," said Linda Krapf, the center's executive director.
Last year he put out an album of hip-hop-infused Hanukah songs - "because the music for Hanukah, which is a nice festival for the kids, is just terrible, these terrible nursery rhymes".
Arguably the summer's nicest festival – its closest rival is End of the Road, in Dorset in September – Green Man offers a stunning location in the Brecon Beacons, plenty to do that isn't music, including talks, films and activities, and a list of artists who bathe in acclaim: Belle & Sebastian, James Blake, Julia Holter, Jason Isbell, White Denim, Floating Points and many more.
They give it "Nice, nice," and "I love it," reviews on their last stop at the Holiday Shop Hop, a festival where local businesses stay open late.
He met Armstrong at the Nice Jazz Festival in 1948, and the next year began a working relationship with Bechet that lasted until Bechet's death 10 years later.
I am not used to being in nice, film festival hotels like this," he laughs.
"It says here the county is known for more than 35 wineries, a big artists' community, lots of nice restaurants, festivals, and Sandbanks provincial park, which has one of the most spectacular beaches in Canada".
The Big Chill is perhaps the nicest of all festivals: nice people, nice stewards, nice security.
It's nice to have a festival... where people can just go bonkers in a field".
Attracting donors would be nice, too, given the festival's heavy dependence on corporate and individual donations.
