THE DYNAMITER SELECTED FOR FILM FESTIVAL 11-19-2010

 

A MOVIE FILMED IN THE GLEN ALLEN AND CHATHAM AREA AS WELL AS AROUND GREENVILLE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED FOR THE 2011 EDITION OF THE BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. MATT GORDON, INDEPENDENT MOVIE DIRECTOR FOR THE MOVIE "THE DYNAMITER", WAS INFORMED FRIDAY THAT HIS MOVIE FILMED HERE IN JULY, 2009, HAD BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD. MOST OF THE CAST MEMBERS WERE LOCAL AND MISSISSIPPI ACTORS, AND THE LEAD, WILLIAM PATRICK RUFFIN, IS FROM GREENVILLE. THE BERLIN FESTIVAL RUNS FROM FEBRUARY 10TH TO 20TH.  THE MOVIE IS PRODUCED BY ELYSIUM FILMS. NEXT UP, MATT GORDON AND THE CAST WILL KNOW BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK IF "THE DYNAMITER" HAS ALSO BEEN ACCEPTED FOR THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, THE NATION'S PREMIERE MOVIE FESTIVAL.