New England based producers of the feature film Still Green, developed in Massachusetts, will be making their world premiere at the New England Film and Video Festival on Sunday, October 7th at 2:30pm, with an additional screening Monday, October 8th at 5pm, where it will be awarded the Best Narrative Feature.  The festival will be held at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline MA.  After screening at NEFVF, the filmmakers will travel to Portsmouth, NH for a screening at the New Hampshire Film Festival on Saturday October 13 at 7:40pm.
 
Still Green stars Sarah Jones (HBO’s Big Love), Noah Segan (Brick, Cabin Fever II),Ryan Kelley (Mean Creek, Smallville,) and Douglas Spain (Band of Brothers, But I'm a Cheerleader).  Directed by Jon Artigo, (Rutland, USA, Freedom Park),Still Green follows a group of recent high school graduates who rent a beach house for a last vacation together before going their separate ways.  A tragedy tests their friendships, as the characters respond in a controversial manner.

The movie's indie rock soundtrack includes six bands from New England.  Local Producers include Andrea Ajemian and Writer Georgia Menides of Worcester, and Doug Lloyd of New Hampshire.  The team’s last feature film Freedom Park, was shot entirely in Massachusetts and ran for a combined 15 weeks at 9 theaters throughout MA during the fall of 2004.  The cast of the award winning, family comedy Freedom Park included Red Sox legends Jerry Remy and Luis Tiant, and WAAF morning personalities LB and Spaz.  

Although Still Green was shot along the gulf coast of Florida, post-production was done out of their production office in Worcester, which included months of test screenings and new edits. While shooting in Florida during summer of 2005, the crew overcame Hurricane Katrina, sand flea attacks, red tide, major sea turtle interrogation, and a stolen high definition camera. Although producers spent months dealing with the insurance situation, they were able to re-shoot the missing scenes six months later.  “We are finally done with the film and excited to premiere it at home, where I initially wrote the story the script is based on,” says Ms. Menides, as she prepares for the film’s festival run. “This production has left us with the confidence that we are ready for whatever challenges lie ahead.  This is all part of making an independent film.”

The filmmakers are in development on their fourth feature We Got the Beat, a teen comedy set in 1983 about the first ever boyband, starring Michael Copon (One Tree Hill, Power Rangers), scheduled to shoot in Massachusetts during the spring of 2008.

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