Film Festival List

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IFP Market
Palm Springs Int'l Short Film Festival
HatcHfest - Groundbreaker
Flatland Film Festival - Grand Prize Winner
Columbia University Film Festival - Faculty Honors, Kim's Video Award, Hallmark Development Grant
Angelus Student Film Festival - Semi-Finalist
Woods Hole Film Festival
True West Cinema Festival
Idaho Panhandle International Film Festival
Bluegrass Independent Film Festival
Student Short Film Festival
Connecticut Film Festival
Moxie Shorts
American Artist Film Festival
Tacoma Film Festival
Queens International Film Festival
Griffon Film Festival
Three Rivers Film Festival
Santa Fe Film Festival
Spokane International Film Festival
Trail Dance Film Festival
Show-Me Missouri International Film Festival

SYNOPSIS

Fathers and sons on the plains of Montana.

Tom has always lived by and enforced the rules. Now his life is coming apart: his father is losing his memory, and his estranged son is moving away. But Tom is so stuck in what he thinks is the role of father, that he can't see his son reaching out to him with one last chance.

In the tradition of the American Indian spirit quest, Tom travels out across the land to face his ghosts –- his lost father, his own failures, and even himself as a child -- to finally come of age.

All for the chance to become the father his son deserves.

CAST & CREW

CREW:

WRITER-DIRECTOR . . . Tobin Addington
PRODUCER . . . . . . Julian Robinson
CO-PRODUCER . . . . . Mitchell Gutman
EXEC. PRODUCER . . Mark Walterskirchen
EXEC. PRODUCER . April Walterskirchen
EXEC. PRODUCER . . . . Linda McCulloch
EXEC. PRODUCER . . . . Bill McCulloch
EXEC. PRODUCER . . . . . . Kevin Latz
EXEC. PRODUCER . . . . . Adriane Latz
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY . Adam Silver
COMPOSER . . . . . . Thomas M. Newman
COMPOSER . . . . . . . . . Mark Allen
1st AD . . . . . . . . Mitchell Gutman
2nd AD . . . . . . . Aislinn Addington
UPM . . . . . . . . . . . C.C. Webster
LOCATION MANAGER . . . Steve Mitchell
SCRIPT SUPVERVISOR . . . Averie Storck
1st AC . . . . . . . . . Mikey Jechort
2nd AC . . . . . . . Taylor Fitzgerald
SOUND/BOOM OPERATOR . . . . Kurt Enger
KEY GRIP EMERITUS . . . Jeff Addington
KEY GRIP . . . . . . . . . Tony Ballew
GRIP/ELECTRIC . . . . . . Mike Connors
GRIP/ELECTRIC . . . . Graham Murtaugh
GRIP/ELECTRIC . . . . . Steve Mitchell
PRODUCTION DESIGNER . . Brad Anderson
ART DIRECTOR . . . . . . . Kim Walker
CATERING . . . . . . . . . Codi Hansen
CRAFT SERVICE . . . . . Kacey Vittucci
SUP. SOUND EDITOR . . Lawrence Herman
CASTING . . . . . . . . . Andrea Shane
MONTANA CASTING . . . Betty Ann Conrad


CAST:

TOM . . . . . . . . . Randall Newsome
CODY . . . . . . . . . . Miles Gravage
WALTER . . . . . . . . . Ron Crawford
INGRID . . . . . . . . Dee Dee Van Zyl
NOELLE . . . . . . . . . Libby Bugbee
YOUNG TOM . . . . . . Bridger Longtine

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

The script was inspired largely by hunting trips I took with my own father ten or so years ago. It was a real treat for both of us to have him work on this movie -- credited, at his request, as Key Grip Emeritus. I find myself often writing about fathers and sons, even as I try to navigate my own course among them. I feel very lucky to have a father who has come to understand and support my passion for filmmaking. This film is for him.

PRODUCTION STILLS

Montana premiere for Dancing Ground

On July 14, Dancing Ground played to a packed house of 60 at the Garneill Community Center in Garneill, Montana. Host Michael Hausman arranged for a delicious potluck dinner followed by a screening of the film and the behind-the-scenes video Chasing Ghosts: The Making of Dancing Ground, directed by Aislinn Addington.

The community was out in force and I think they enjoyed the show. As Hausman said during the festivities, we rely on friends and neighbors when we make movies in places like Judith Gap and Garneill. Our film would never have come together without the support of people like Steve and Rosie Mitchell, Codi Hansen, the Lemons, the Volfs, the Bergums, the guys from the Carrol Trail Inn, and on and on.

I continue to owe everyone in Judith Gap and Garneill a great big thank you.

Photos from Judith Gap Screening in July

This screening was very special for me -- returning to this wonderful town where we shot Dancing Ground, getting to share the movie with all the generous folks who helped make it happen. (see the post below re: MT premiere) Here are some pictures from the event, starting with the potluck barbecue.



Me with Steve and Rosie Mitchell -- Hausman on the far right, keeping tabs!


The kids help me set up the projector.


Everybody on the deck of the community center.

Two More Fests!

Dancing Ground will play in the Queens International Film Festival, which takes place this year, November 16-19. If you're in the area and haven't seen it on the big screen, here's another chance!







And in the better late than never category, we played the Griffon Film Festival in St. Joseph, MO, in mid-October. Hopefully everyone on the Missouri end of things has had a chance to catch it on the big screen!