International Film Festival calls Edmonds home
Published on Thu, Jul 22, 2010 by Pat RatliffRead More News
Trevor and Fred Greenfield, a pair of experienced film makers, have announced they are moving the Lakedance International Film Festival from Sandpoint, Idaho, to Edmonds.
The festival will operate under the name Edmonds International Film Festival and run Oct. 21-24 this year.
The Greenfields gave a presentation to the Edmonds City Council Tuesday night to announce their plans.
First, about the Greenfields, son Trevor and father Fred:
Trevor is an award-winning filmmaker and co-founder of the Sandpoint International Film Festival. Films he has directed include “Don’t Call Me A Doctor,” “Champs,” “Railroad Safety,” “High Fire Danger!” and “The Soup Party.”
His duties at the Edmonds International Film Festival will be festival director, chief programmer and technical supervisor.
Fred has spent the last 40 years working on dozens of movies, commercials, industrial films, recreational movies and collaborating with such greats as Saul Zaents (“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “The English Patient” and Warren Miller’s films.
His recent movies include ecology-based docu-dramas “The Treasure of Costa Rica,” and “Eco-Traveler Safari: Sarawak.”
The Edmonds International Film Festival will be an annual celebration of the best films being made around the world, their creators and their stars, held entirely in Edmonds.
It will be a grand event that still retains a small, intimate and focused feel.
The festival will involve the city and people of Edmonds in a number of ways, and contribute much value to the city.
The mission statement of the festival puts it this way:
“We recognize that our event is not just an event in Edmonds, it shares the name with the city, and it speaks for its people. This is Edmonds’ film festival. As such, it is our mission to involve the community in a deep way, in all facets of administration and execution, especially to encourage cultural enrichment and community involvement. This means a film festival that happens throughout town, that involves everyone, and that brings entertainment that can’t be had elsewhere.”
During this first year, films will be shown at the Edmonds Theater, but Trevor Greenfield hopes to be able to expand to use the Edmonds Center for the Arts, the Wade James Theater, the Yacht Club and the Edmonds Convention Center in the future. This includes film showings and related events.
The Greenfields hope to draw around 1,000 participants during their first year in Edmonds.
At Sandpoint, a town around 6,500 population, they were drawing 4,000-5,000 participants after four years.
An Edmonds International Film Festival seems like a perfect match for Edmonds, which has available venues, is a very artistically inclined town, and has a large group of people willing to work to further their town.
For more info go to www.edmondsfilmfestival.com
The festival will operate under the name Edmonds International Film Festival and run Oct. 21-24 this year.
The Greenfields gave a presentation to the Edmonds City Council Tuesday night to announce their plans.
First, about the Greenfields, son Trevor and father Fred:
Trevor is an award-winning filmmaker and co-founder of the Sandpoint International Film Festival. Films he has directed include “Don’t Call Me A Doctor,” “Champs,” “Railroad Safety,” “High Fire Danger!” and “The Soup Party.”
His duties at the Edmonds International Film Festival will be festival director, chief programmer and technical supervisor.
Fred has spent the last 40 years working on dozens of movies, commercials, industrial films, recreational movies and collaborating with such greats as Saul Zaents (“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “The English Patient” and Warren Miller’s films.
His recent movies include ecology-based docu-dramas “The Treasure of Costa Rica,” and “Eco-Traveler Safari: Sarawak.”
The Edmonds International Film Festival will be an annual celebration of the best films being made around the world, their creators and their stars, held entirely in Edmonds.
It will be a grand event that still retains a small, intimate and focused feel.
The festival will involve the city and people of Edmonds in a number of ways, and contribute much value to the city.
The mission statement of the festival puts it this way:
“We recognize that our event is not just an event in Edmonds, it shares the name with the city, and it speaks for its people. This is Edmonds’ film festival. As such, it is our mission to involve the community in a deep way, in all facets of administration and execution, especially to encourage cultural enrichment and community involvement. This means a film festival that happens throughout town, that involves everyone, and that brings entertainment that can’t be had elsewhere.”
During this first year, films will be shown at the Edmonds Theater, but Trevor Greenfield hopes to be able to expand to use the Edmonds Center for the Arts, the Wade James Theater, the Yacht Club and the Edmonds Convention Center in the future. This includes film showings and related events.
The Greenfields hope to draw around 1,000 participants during their first year in Edmonds.
At Sandpoint, a town around 6,500 population, they were drawing 4,000-5,000 participants after four years.
An Edmonds International Film Festival seems like a perfect match for Edmonds, which has available venues, is a very artistically inclined town, and has a large group of people willing to work to further their town.
For more info go to www.edmondsfilmfestival.com
