World
Premiere of S.F. Bay Area Filmmaker’s “The Highway Home” slated to
screen with the 10th Annual California Independent
Film Festival
San Francisco, California , April
1, 2008: “The
Highway Home,” a feature film by award-winning independent
filmmaker, Laurel Hunter, will have its World Premiere
at the 10th Annual California Independent Film Festival.
The screening will take place on Sunday, April 20th, 12:00
pm (noon) at the Livermore Cinemas, 2490 1st Street, Theater
12, Livermore, California.
 About
the film:Following the journey of a disillusioned
teen, this experimental interpretational drama examines
relationships born and secrets brought to light in the
wake of tragedy and disaster. Themes unfold as a young
runaway girl encounters a deluge of strangers whose actions,
both generous and unkind, propel her toward a harsh and
ruthless fait accompli. This charming and unconventional
16mm film was shot on location in Colorado and transferred
to digital media for editing, color correction and special
effects. In the spirit of true independent film, it was produced
under a Screen Actor’s Guild Experimental Agreement,
without the assistance or backing of any established industry
professional or movie studio. More than 100 artists, technicians
and crew members volunteered their time or worked for percentage
points to bring this project to fruition, including mesmerizing
musical compositions by Ted Mentry, Colorado
based songwriter, producer and guitarist.
For more information
and to view the movie trailer, CLICK
HERE.
Erika Frost:
The film introduces Erika Frost who,
in addition to her acting pursuits, currently works as
a paranormal media personality and resident psychic aboard
the Queen Mary. She has been seen on such TV shows as the
Sci Fi Channel's "Ghost
Hunters," the Travel Channel's "Most Haunted," KCAL
Channel 9's "Lisa's It List" and "Tyra Banks." More
recently she has been heard on international radio on "Coast
to Coast AM With George Norry" and has been featured
in various newspaper and magazine articles. Frost has an
extensive and award winning theatre background. This is her
first feature film.
 About
the Filmmaker:Laurel Hunter is a filmmaker, writer,
director and actor who lives in Emeryville, CA. Her first
feature film, “Something
Better,” screened at the American Film Institute in
Los Angeles (2002), The East Village Cinemas in New York
City (2003) with the New York International Film and Video
Festival, The Breckenridge Festival of Film (2004) and The
Golden Film Festival (2004) where her work was given Best
Feature, Best Directors, and Best Actress awards. Additionally,
The Berkeley Film and Video festival (2003) acknowledged
the film with a Best of Festival award. Hunter, whose roots
are in live theatre, has directed numerous stage productions
on the East and West coasts, including JP Allen's one man
show, “Gambling,” at the Victory Theatre in Burbank,
which received critical acclaim in the Los Angeles Times
and the L.A. Weekly, and has since been made into a feature
film winning a Best Feature award at the Telluride Independent
Film Festival (2005). Her theatrical collaboration with New
York based actor, Bill Smartt (AUNT JACK) ran for three weeks
at the 78th Street Theatre in New York City. After developing
it with Smartt at the Marsh Theatre in San Francisco, it
premiered at the Theatre Rhinoceros Studio Theatre, also
in San Francisco. Ms. Hunter received her degree in playwriting
from San Francisco State University and has received multiple
playwriting awards, including a Lawrence and Lee Playwriting
Award, a Highsmith Playwriting Award, and also won the Bay
Area Women's Playwriting Competition who produced her play
at The Studio Eremos Theatre in San Francisco.
About the Cinematographer:
Tarina Reed has directed photography on four feature films
and numerous documentaries, and has photographed notable
film stars such as Danny Glover, Elle Fanning, Michael Madison,
Wes Studi and Seymour Cassel. As a cinematography intern
with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and a participant
in the Sixth International Student DOP Workshop, she studied
under renowned cinematographers James Chressanthis, ASC,
Laszlo Kovacs, ASC and Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC. Before relocating
to Los Angeles, Reed served in the U.S. Army Reserve for
11 years as a combat photographer in diverse, sometimes hostile
environments, including Bosnia, Egypt and Germany. She received
a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Cinematography from the
North Carolina School of the Arts.
Company Background:
Formed by Laurel Hunter in early
2007, Blu Fly Productions (formerly Lucky Dog Films) seeks
productions that stretch
the boundaries of film as an art form. “The Highway
Home” is Hunter’s second project and the first
Blu Fly production. The company currently has two films slated
for production. Hunter has also recently partnered with Nazareth
born award winning filmmaker, Shady Srour (Sense of Need).
Together they have formed the production company, World Clique
Cinema, dedicated to works that enhance humanitarian and
political perspectives of America and the Middle East. Hunter
and Srour have one project in development called the Dark
of Night.
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