For the week of September 18 - 24, 2002

Valley flick 
heads to film fest

Local talent featured in ‘The Mulligan’

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By DANA DUGAN
Express Staff Writer

A short movie made in the Wood River Valley, "The Mulligan," is to be shown in Boise during a debut festival called Coldgrain. Each film chosen for the festival was made in Idaho.

Branson Veal directs during the filming of "The Mulligan" last spring at the Ski View Lodge in Ketchum.

Ketchum resident Branson Veal wrote and directed "The Mulligan" with local talent on both sides of the camera. Made around the valley in the spring and summer of this year, it was shot in two days and is 15 minutes long. Veal’s Ketchum-based advertising company dharmaDesign produced the movie.

It features several local actors, including Hailey resident Doug Robens as its protagonist, and Nina Jonas, Jeff Jameson, Tom Monge, Phil Poynter, Lissa Poynter Veal, James Young, Don Rhinehart, and a "bunch of Hailey girls," Veal said.

All of the actors and much of the crew worked gratis, Veal said. He hired crew locally and from Salt Lake City and Boise.

Coldgrain takes place Thursday at The Flicks, a Boise movie house known for playing independent and foreign movies. All eight films will be shown in succession between 5 and 7 p.m. After the premiere the directors will be on hand for an open discussion.

The movies shown at the festival will be available on a DVD, also called Coldgrain.

Veal announced this week that "The Mulligan" was also selected to play at the prestigious Los Angeles. Short Film Festival. Over 1,100 films were submitted to this year’s festival, from over 37 countries. The festival takes place Oct. 15-20.

Since its inception six years ago, 11 festival participants have gone on to earn Academy Award nominations and three have won the Oscar for their films. This year, "The Accountant" had it's Los Angeles premiere at LA Shorts Fest and went on to received the Oscar for Best Live Action Short.

LA Shorts Fest is one of the largest Academy-accredited short film festivals in the world; last year's festival drew more than 5,000 moviegoers, filmmakers and entertainment executives. Through film screenings and panel discussions filmmakers have an opportunity to interact with their peers and to network with the industry.

 

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