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What
People Say About Us:
"The
Great Lakes Film Fest is a festival where people who are passionate about films get a chance to show
their work before the public and get some feedback. And both sides can talk to
each other about movies, the business, or whatever's on their mind."
Dave
Richards -
Erie
Times News
The
Great Lakes
Film Fest gave me my start. In 2005 my screenplay Santa Claus Goes to
Pirate
Island
was a runner-up. It went on to place at the Beverly Hills Film Fest, The Phoenix
Film Fest, The Script Dig Film Fest, and was named one of the 20 Best Scripts of
2006 by Script P.I.M.P. Santa Claus is now in development with the producers of
the soon to be released film Car Babes. If it weren't for the initial success at
the GLIFF, it might still be sitting on my shelf!
Erie
is a fun place and I'm glad it all started there at the Roadhouse for me!
Pat
Bates - Scriptwriter
From
being picked up at the airport by a really cool local filmmaker, free beers,
live music shows, great selection of films to watch, riding in a limo with Terry
Moore, more free beers, great vibe and constantly being treated as a VIP I
couldn't have had a better experience than the 2006 Great Lakes Scriptwriting
competition and Film Festival. You guys rock,
Michael
Engel - Scriptwriter
CONGRATS.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU MADE THIS THING A REAL DEAL.
BESTS.
OTTO
FELIX – Filmmaker/Producer
I
was a script writing participant and one of the winners in the
Great Lakes
Film Fest. I went to
Erie
for the occasion and found it to be a delightful town with many wonderful sights
and great dining places. The officials at the Festival were helpful and
courteous at all levels and made my visit a pleasure. They had time for their
guests even while conducting the major task of keeping things running smoothly.
I take my hat off to Steve Opsanic, his hard working assistant, Kelly, and to
all of the others at GLFA who helped make this event such a success.
Bill
Wellborn - Scriptwriter
"A
great festival in a great theater with great people. The
Great
Lakes
Film Festival was a whole lot of fun.”...
The
Flying Canter Brothers - Filmmaker
The
Great Lakes
Film Festival was a great experience. I have been to several events of this
nature and I have to say that I met such a wide diverse of talent and made film
industry friends that I continue on staying in contact with. I watched some
great film work that makes me proud to be in the Independent Film Industry.
Also,
the festival staff is very accommodating and friendly and the theater acoustics
are awesome.
Our
film (The
Derby
Stallion) won Best Narrative Feature, which was cool of course, but my opinion
would be the same regardless. I highly recommend the
Great Lakes
Film Festival to anyone who has an interest in this direction.
Leisa
Coffman - Tonja Walker Productions
Director
of Marketing
The
Great Lakes
Film Festival rocked… Steve, Kelly, and Christian couldn’t have been
cooler! Great people, damn good music at the bars, and a shit load of fun…
I’ll be back Mr. Opsanic and yes that is a threat!
Joel
Miller
Your favorite roadie/filmmaker
KillerWolf
Films had a terrific experience working with everyone at the
Great Lakes
Film Festival. We were treated very well, and
Great Lakes
came through on delivering everything it promised and then some! You can see
the effort that Steve and everyone puts into this festival and I would not
hesitate to submit my work to the festival again.
Len
Kabasinski /KillerWolf Films
The Great Lakes
Independent Film Festival is an amazing collaborative effort that brings
together so many talented people. The films are amazing, the people are amazing,
and the interaction between filmmakers, writers, and the staff is truly
exceptional. The intimacy of collaboration and connecting is literally
personified at this festival.
I have received
countless requests for my screenplays as a result of my selection to the Great
Lakes Film Fest. Without their hard work and dedication, this would not be so.
And for that I'm grateful. I can't wait to see what next year brings.
Matt Croyle,
Screenwriter
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