IFP/SEATTLE
ANNOUNCES
2008 SPOTLIGHT AWARD FINALISTS

Five Northwest Filmmakers To Interview for Production Grant

Seattle, WA  (October 7, 2008) – The IFP/Seattle today announced the five finalists for this year’s Spotlight Award, a production grant featuring thousands of dollars of in-kind goods and services from the leading Northwest production companies.   This year’s finalists are: 

“Bardroom” from Andy McCone
“Dishonesty” from Timothy Watkins
“In The Trunk” from Ben Andrews
“Night Blind” from Robert Parks
“No More for the Road” from Brooke Swaney

Each finalist and the principals from his / her production team will be interviewed by a panel of industry experts and the winner will be announced at a public event on November 12^th.   Details about the event to follow.

“This year the script submissions were excellent,” said Lacey Leavitt, IFP/Seattle Board President. “It was so exciting to discover that in our sixth year, the entries were more diverse and original than ever. And while there will be only one Spotlight winner, we anticipate that the momentum of the application process will propel other finalists into production as well.”

Past award winners include Heather Ayres’ “My Time with Betty” (currently in production), “Dry Rain” from Matthew Clark, starring James LeGros, Cheryl Slean’s “Diggers,” Dan Brown’s animated “Pierre” and John Helde’s “Hello,” starring Eric Stoltz.

This year’s IFP/Seattle Spotlight Award is being sponsored by:  Alpha Cine Labs, Clatter + Din, Complete Casting, Eastman Kodak, Modern Digital, Oppenheimer Cine Rental and Seattle Grip and Lighting.

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