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CENTRAL FLORIDA FILMMAKERS HONORED IN PENNSYLVANIA FILM FESTIVAL

9/3/2003

Blue Juice Films' award winning independent short film THE TREATY has been accepted into it’s seventh festival. The Great Lakes Film Festival takes place every fall in the great city of Erie, PA and this years Fest will be held
September 11-14th.

Blue Juice Films is very pleased to congratulate two other Central Florida Films, iWonder Films HEREDITARY MISFORTUNE and Stars North’s TIME & AGAIN, for also being selected into the Great Lakes Film Festival. Tom Mumme stated, “It
goes to show the heart, soul, and talent of the Central Florida Filmmaking community, when the films are being so widely accepted.”

THE TREATY
Blue Juice Films
Written and Directed by Mike Horan
Produced by Michael Misconi
Starring Ryan Smith and Christine Johnston

What if your destiny had already been decided?

Joe is a corporate underachiever who discovers that his soul is owned by the Devil in an agreement between Heaven and Hell. Joe now finds himself doing odd jobs for his new boss. But when he sees the consequences of his actions,
can he break from the contract or is redemption out of reach?

The 19-minute Super 16 mm film was shot entirely on location in Gainesville, Florida by EMMY Award Winning Director Of Photography Thomas Mumme. For more information contact Michael Misconi at misconi@bluejuicefilms.com or visit
www.bluejuicefilms.com

THE TREATY has so far enjoyed a successful festival run, winning Best Film at the Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival, an Award of Merit at New York’s Domani Visionfest, Honorable Mention for Best Narrative at the Carolina Film
& Video Festival, and as an Official Selection of the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival, the Brouhaha Film and Video Showcase in Orlando, and the Da-Vinci Film and Video Festival in Corvallis, Oregon.

In Addition, THE TREATY received four stars from FilmThreat.com reviewer Brad Slager. "...delivered with a deft touch and a lighthearted sensibility..." and "...this film worked so well..." are just a few of the excerpts from the review. For the complete review go to http://www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?Id=4251.

HEREDITARY MISFORTUNE
an iWonder film
Written & Directed by Ian McCain & Krystian Lagowski
Produced by Anna M. Elias, Ian McCain & Krystian Lagowski
Starring Jonathan Slavin

What if you could pass on destiny to your offspring? What if that destiny was to die?

For Adam Smith there is no question that he will die like the rest of his family has, in a humiliating and unbelievable circumstance. For the Smiths there is no such thing as a "chance occurrence," everything has been scripted so that each lifetime is a comedy of errors, and the final act always ends the same way.

HEREDITARY MISFORTUNE won the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Beverly Hills Film Festival, as well as being a Finalist at the USA Film Festival, and Official Selections at Wine Country Film Festival, San Diego Film Festival,
Blue Sky International Film Festival, Cinema Paradise, New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, ValleyFest, Brouhaha, Tambay, and DaVinci Film and Video Festivals.

For More Information go to www.iwonderfilm.com


TIME & AGAIN
a STARS NORTH film
Starring: Academy Award-nominee Seymour Cassel and Margaret Blye
Written and Directed by: Todd Thompson
Produced By: Balinda DeSantis, Kathryn Ruscio Kelly and Todd Thompson
Executive Produced by: Gary Turchin and Kenny Taht

Steve Peters has discovered a way to control time, but how can he change destiny if fate has a mind of it’s own? Acclaimed actor Seymour Cassel (Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums) stars as an elderly clockmaker who magically "turns back the clock" in order to redeem time with his dying wife. Margaret Blye co-stars in this poignant fantasy that pulls at the heartstrings.

TIME & AGAIN was named BEST SHORT FILM at both the 2003 Tambay Film & Video Festival and 10th Annual Independents' Film Festival and is the recipient of 3 Florida Crystal Reel Awards including BEST SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL SCORE and BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR.

FOR MORE INFORMATION on TIME & AGAIN and Stars North, please visit their Web site at www.starsnorth.com, or call (407) 292-6240.

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