The 1st Annual Big Bear Film Summit Announces Film Lineup for Virtual Film Festival

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Published on Wednesday, 13 May 2020 13:54
Written by Hildy Johnson
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The 1st Annual Big Bear Film Summit announced the lineup for the festival's debut taking place virtually on June 12-July 12, 2020. The inaugural edition will present 52 films, twelve feature length and forty shorts and music videos.

Created to encourage artistic production in and around Big Bear Lake, California, the Big Bear Film Summit made a quick pivot to the virtual space like many film festivals have done since March.

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"While we looked very forward to welcoming filmmakers, film artists, and industry veterans to the beautiful locale of Big Bear Lake to enjoy and discover great films, have discussions about their work and about the art of filmmaking in this amazing setting, we all currently face the reality of the limitations created by the pandemic," said BBFS Executive Director Michael P. Hanson.

BBFS CEO Gabriel Horn, added, "The priority with a film festival always begins and ends with the films and filmmakers, so while we will wait until next year to celebrate the art of independent cinema against the backdrop of this historically Hollywood-friendly area, celebrate those films we will. The debut of the Big Bear Film Summit will be a testament to the ability of the filmmaker to persevere."

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Made possible in great extent thanks to Visit Big Bear, Big Bear Film Summit will feature film competition categories including: U.S. Narrative and Documentary Features and Shorts, International Narrative and Documentary Features and Shorts, Experimental and Animated Shorts, Student Shorts, Music Videos, and a Screenplay Competition.

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Highlights include the virtual world premiere of Noah Warner's THE TRAP DOOR AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE about a private detective whose new case involving a priceless stolen heirloom is about to reveal a secret about himself he didn't see coming,  Mindy Bledsoe's award-winning road trip drama THE IN-BETWEEN, about two women on the road together with different missions, and Lucas Astrom's HARD PLASTIC starring Andy Dick and his real life daughter Meg Dick in a story about an aspiring disc golfer out to prove her self to her father after getting kicked out of the nest.

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Documentaries include David Around's THE ONE AND ONLY JEWISH MISS AMERICA, about Bess Myerson, the talented beauty queen from the Bronx, who faced anti-Semitism and closed doors at race-restricted venues which did not allow Jews, JT Bruce's THE DEVIL'S ROAD: A BAJA ADVENTURE, about a group of adventurers set out across Baja California on a 5,000-mile journey to recreate the century-old expedition of two prolific and obscure naturalists, and Andrew Shebay's WOKE THE MONSTER, about Army veteran Shawn Livingston's struggle back from a heroin addiction, and facing a 20-year prison sentence, takes the challenge of a 100-mile trail race through the rugged terrain of the Appalachian Mountains to redeem himself.
 

To purchase passes, tickets, and find additional information, please go to: https://www.bigbearfilmsummit.com.
 
 

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