Pirates of the Great Salt Lake

Opening night of the festival is Wednesday, February 28. Festivities will kick off with a reception at the Union Station at 6pm. Then over to Peery's Egyptian Theater for the screening of Pirates of the Great Salt Lake at 8pm.

Produced by Christian Vuissa and starring Kirby Heyborne, Larry Bagby, Trenton James, and Emily Tyndall. Pirates of the Great Salt Lake has been winning awards at festivals all over the country, but it has never played in Utah before. A lot of the cast and crew will be there for the screening.

Also: look for Larry Bagby to perform an acoustic music set later in the festival.

 

Two for one

 
Go ahead, print it out and use it. You'd think we'd know how to spell 'Napoleon' before we publish it, though, wouldn't you? 

David Trottier - How to Break Into Hollywood as a Screenwriter

 
On Saturday, March 3 at 10am, David Trottier, author of The Screenwriter's Bible, will teach a two-hour workshop titled "How to Break Into Hollywood as a Screenwriter"

Last year I attended a screenwriting workshop led by John Moyer (writer of The Singles Ward and Writer/Director of Mobsters and Mormons) at the LDS film festival. John held up the Screenwriter's Bible and said it was the best book he'd ever gone through for screenwriters.

It's a huge honor to have Dave Trottier lead a workshop for us.

The workshop is only $10, which is a huge bargain for a workshop with Dave Trottier.

Tickets are available at Peery's Egyptian Theater Box Office, or by phone at 801-395-3227 or online at https://www.peerysegyptiantheater.com/ticket.asp (service fee may apply) 

Blind Dating

 

Blind Dating stars Chris Pine (Just My Luck, Princess Diaries 2) and Eddie Kaye Thomas (American Pie). It was shot in Ogden, Utah, so a lot of people are excited to see the film at the festival.

In the film, Chris Pine plays a 23-year-old blind man. When his brother, played by Eddie Kaye Thomas, finds out he knows absolutely nothing about women, he sets up a series of hilariously awful blind dates. Real love appears in the form of newcomer Anjali Jay, but as their relationship progresses there turns out to be a new problem.

Blind Dating plays Saturday night as the closing event of the festival. The film will open in theaters nationwide later in March.

Watch the trailer at http://www.blinddatingmovie.com

 

Here we go again

 

It's time for my film festival again, and I've been so busy for the last few months I haven't even blogged about it.

After last year's festival we got a lot of attention from filmmakers telling us how valuable the relationships are that they built at our festival, local government leaders telling us how valuable the festival could be for the city, audience members telling us how many people they want to bring back with them next year, and even members of the press who were upset we didn't do a good enough job of letting them know ahead of time how cool it was going to be.

This year we have even bigger things going on. I'll fill in the details in future posts.

http://www.foursitefilmfest.com