Richard Gunn, Tim Youd and Jason Freeland of "Garden Party"
"Garden Party" is a new film set to launch in July revolving around the tangled lives of Los Angeles folk.
Many are living their dream. Others are searching for it. "Garden Party" screened at the Seattle International
Film Festival where Prost Amerika sat down with Director Jason Freeland, Producer Tim Youd and actor Richard
Gunn to talk about "Garden Party". It is Freeland's and Youd's first feature film since "Brown's Requiem"
in 2000.
Read the interview here.
 John Jeffcoat
John Jeffcoat, Director of "Outsourced"
John Jeffcoat is the co-writer and director of the hit comedy "Outsourced", which has won numerous awards and is
currently being developed as a half-hour comdey show at NBC. His previous projects include the feature-length “Bingo!
the documentary” a documentary about Bingo-playing subcultures and the Emmy nominated "Partners in MS" a short
documentary about his wife and her struggle with Multiple Sclerosis.
Read the interview here.
 Chris Bell
Chris Bell, Director of "Bigger, Faster, Stronger*"
Chris Bell's controversial new film, "Bigger, Faster, Stronger*" looks at steroid abuse in the USA.
Mike Caccioppoli sat down with director Chris Bell, who was visiting the Seattle International Film Festival
to talk about his film as well as about steroid use in America.
Read the interview here.
 Lynn Shelton
Lynn Shelton, Director of "My Effortless Brilliance"
Lynn Shelton is the director of a new film about friends falling in and out with each other. “My Effortless Brilliance”
premiered at the SXSW Festival in Austin but more emotionally for Lynn made the selection at her home town Seattle
International Film Festival. Prost Amerika spoke to Lynn about movies, boys and making film in our town.
Read the interview here.
Nanette Burstein, Director of "American Teen"
Nanette Burstein is the director of the breakthrough documentary "American Teen". Nanette was nominated
for the Documentary Feature Oscar in 1999 for "On the Ropes" and she also made the Robert Evans documentary "The Kid Stays
in the Picture".
Read the interview here.
 Sergei Bodrov
Sergei Bodrov, Director of "Mongol"
Sergei Vladimirovich Bodrov made his acting debut in 1960 in a Russian film called "The First Date". He directed
"The Voices of War" in 1974 and then spent some time as a journalist working in the 1970s for the satirical magazine
Krokodil during the time of the Soviet Union. His latest work is a biopic of the early years of Temudgin, or Genghis
Khan as we commonly know him. Selected to appear the 2008 Seattle International Film Festival, "Mongol" has caused
a few controversies about how this legendary historical figure is viewed. Sergei Bodrov spoke to Prost Amerika while
in Seattle to promote the film.
Read the interview here.
 Deirdre Timmons
Deirdre Timmons, Director of "A Wink and a Smile"
Deirdre Timmons is the director and producer of a new documentary about the venerable entertainment form of Burlesque.
She followed ten Seattle women who enrolled in Miss Indigo Blue's Burlesque training school. "A Wink and a Smile"
marks Deirdre's directing debut and has been accepted for screening at the Seattle International Film Festival
2008. Prost Amerika spoke to Deirdre days before her big screen debut.
Read the interview here.
  Lacey Leavitt and Megan Griffiths
Lacey Leavitt and Megan Griffiths of "The Off Hours"
Lacey Leavitt is the producer of new Seattle film "The Off Hours", written and directed by Megan Griffiths.
The film will star Alicia Silverstone and Aidan Quinn, and will be shot in and around Seattle in 2008. It will also
be a trailblazer for environmentally friendly filmmaking. Prost Amerika recently sat down with Megan and Lacey
to talk about "The Off Hours" and a range of other issues.
Read the interview here.
 David Heurtel
David Heurtel, SIFF's New Chief Marketing Officer
David Heurtel is the new Chief Marketing Officer of SIFF Group, and brings an extensive background in Seattle and the entertainment industry to
the position. He recently spoke with Prist Amerika about SIFF, his past work at the Seattle Center and in Quebec, and his dedication to film in Seattle.
Read the interview here.
 A Secret Genocide
Director Alexandre Dereims
Alexandre Dereims is the director of "A Secret Genocide", a documentary on the genocide perpetrated by the
Burmese military junta on the Karen ethnic group, which made a major impact at SIFF 2007. The movie's crew took great
personal risks to bring the story of the Karen to the world, and this passion for truth and justice is clear in our interview,
where Dereims fills in the background to "A Secret Genocide" and speaks about his next documentary, about North
Koreanr refugees.
Read the interview here.
 Senator Lisa Brown
Senator Lisa Brown, Washington State Senate Majority Leader (D-Spokane)
Washington State Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, (D-Spokane), was the prime sponsor of the bill which created Washington
Film Works (WFW), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping filmmakers bring their vision to both small and big screens.
Senator Brown spoke with Prost Amerika about Washington Film Works and
her love of film.
Read the interview here.
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