Mini film festival a success
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Attending the Peace River Film Festival mini-festival were Thalia St. Lewis and Barbara Albin.
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Seen here during intermission, Kathy Neal and Mary Tetreau said they “enjoyed it so far.”
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The men behind the scenes of “Catch of the Day,” which was shot in Punta Gorda: local residents Patrick Mitchell, who did the audio; Jon Rubin, who wrote, directed, produced and edited the film; and Tom Hamilton, holding the iPhone he used to do the video. They took part in a question-and-answer session.
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Nearly half of the audience stayed long after the mini-festival ended to ask questions regarding what went into the making of the film "Catch of the Day."
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Peace River Film Festival committee member Lee Stein welcomed the audience to the first mini-festival at the Punta Gorda Civic Association.
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Film attendees Cheryl Temple, left, and her husband, Ralph, right, with Marcia Rubin, wife of Jon Rubin, and Patrick Mitchell.
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The men behind the scenes of “Catch of the Day,” which was shot in Punta Gorda: local residents Patrick Mitchell, who did the audio; Jon Rubin, who wrote, directed, produced and edited the film; and Tom Hamilton, holding the iPhone he used to do the video. They took part in a question-and-answer session.
SUN PHOTO BY DONNELL BATES
Attending the Peace River Film Festival mini-festival were Thalia St. Lewis and Barbara Albin.
SUN PHOTO BY DONNELL BATES
Seen here during intermission, Kathy Neal and Mary Tetreau said they “enjoyed it so far.”
SUN PHOTO BY DONNELL BATES
Film attendees Cheryl Temple, left, and her husband, Ralph, right, with Marcia Rubin, wife of Jon Rubin, and Patrick Mitchell.
SUN PHOTO BY DONNELL BATES
Nearly half of the audience stayed long after the mini-festival ended to ask questions regarding what went into the making of the film "Catch of the Day."
SUN PHOTO BY DONNELL BATES
Peace River Film Festival committee member Lee Stein welcomed the audience to the first mini-festival at the Punta Gorda Civic Association.
The Peace River Film Festival held a mini-festival at the Punta Gorda Civic Association on Friday for those who could not attend the Film Festival in September. Eleven films were shown, with the last one written, directed, produced and edited by local resident Jon Rubin. His movie, called “Catch of the Day,” was shot in Punta Gorda at the Marathon gas station by another local resident, Tom Hamilton. Hamilton shot the entire short film on his iPhone.
The audio was done by yet another local, Patrick Mitchell. A question-and-answer session was held after the viewing of the films, and the mini-fest received such an overwhelming positive response that Peace River Film Festival committee member Lee Stein announced that he would like to have one each month.
