November 6, 2013
Tucson, Arizona — Tucson filmmakers Scot Litteer, Marcus De Leon, Fred Porter and Ashley Maddox, and four University of Arizona graduates are joining forces November 12-17 to form Team Arizona as one of five filmmaker teams — and the only team from Arizona - invited to compete in the first-ever, Napa Valley Film Festival, 55-hour, Sony film competition.
The talented, all-UA cast is Mike Reasor (BFA 2012 Acting), RD Mower (BFA 2012 Acting), Samantha Kolko (BA 2012 Theatre with minor in Film & Television) and Geri Courtney-Austein (BA 2012 Mathematics). All are currently launching their acting careers in Hollywood.
Courtney-Austein said, "This sounds so incredibly exciting, I knew I just had to get the time off work and drive up from L.A."
Reasor said, "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I really trust these filmmakers."
"This is going to be insane," said De Leon. "I'm very grateful to Scot for inviting me onto this team. We have the awesome UA cast, I know them all, and each of us filmmakers have areas of experience that should mesh really well in that extreme pressure environment."
Located across the spectacular Napa Valley, the prestigious Film Festival features major Hollywood studio premieres and over 125 films from around the world. This year's Festival also features a tribute to noted actor, Colin Farrell, who will be among the celebrities attending.
On November 12, filmmaker teams will be assigned a story genre — such as drama or comedy — along with a location, line of dialogue and a prop to incorporate into their 5-minute films. They will have until 9pm on November 14 to write, film, edit, score and deliver their films.
For the remaining three days of the Festival, Team Arizona's film will screen in all Festival theaters while an industry panel judges it. The winning film will be announced November 17 during the Festival's closing night gala.
The film teams will be assigned brand new, Sony professional cameras, featuring revolutionary 4K technology. The cameras will arrive in Napa from Asia on November 11, just in time for the film teams to be the first filmmakers to use them.
Team Arizona has already begun preparations in Tucson before they travel to Napa on November 11.
"We feel like we're representing Southern Arizona filmmaking on a very big stage," De Leon said, "and we want to be way ready with story ideas."
For more information about the School of Theatre, Film & Television, please contact Lisa Pierce, Director of Marketing & Development at 520.626.2686 or lisapierce@email.arizona.edu. Website: tftv.arizona.edu.
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