The screening of the Hoosier Lens films on Monday evening was a fun and sentimental event for everyone in the audience. Whether you were involved with one of the films, supporting a filmmaker, a proud Hoosier or just surrounded by them, you could feel the excitement in the room.
Two of the Hoosier Lens films, Edge of the Road and the short film Partially True Tales of High Adventure, made their world premiere at this years’ Indianapolis International Film Festival. The short film, Snoozer, made its Midwest premiere. The two remaining shorts, Happiness and Evidence of Life, were screened earlier this year at The Really Big Short Film Festival at the IMAX Theater in the Indiana State Museum. Both were awarded top honors at that Festival.
Three of the five Hoosier filmmakers were present at the Monday night screening, including the director of Evidence of Life and the Executive Director of CENAMA, Steve Marra, the director of Partially True Tales of High Adventure, Murphy Gilson, and the director of Happiness, Duncan Alney. Before the show began, the filmmakers in attendance were introduced and stood up proudly as their family and friends cheered them on and raised their drinks in celebration.
Other notable attendees included Greg Malone of Road Pictures, the director of Red Harvest, Dylan Griffith, film critic for Twitch, Collin Armstrong, cast member of Evidence of Life, Laura Valler, star of Happiness, Joe Vuscovich, Teresa Mann of Mann Made Films, Co-executive Producer of The Curiosity of Chance, Lisa Shahet, Co-creator of the IIFF mascot, Lynette Eklund, Alex Johnson of Venogram Productions, Director of the IUPUI Solution Center, Teresa Bennett, and cultural visionary, Jane Rulon.
-Margaret Henney
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