Ballardite to debut her first film at the NW Film Forum's 5 minute remake challenge
Last month, the Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) put out a challenge for the "intrepid film maker" in Seattle to remake their favorite film into a five-minute short.
Together with James Grindle, Ballardite Rachel Livingston has taken on the challenge and will be premiering her first film as a director tonight at 8 p.m. at the NWFF.
"I’ve secretly always wanted to make a movie," Livingston said.
A NWFF volunteer, Livingston calls herself a " lifelong cinefile".
"I fell in love with the movies the first time I saw “The Wizard of Oz” at the age of three or four," she said.
"My parents always took me to see foreign or independent films that played at more avant garde theatres in Seattle long before videos or DVDs when people depended on movie theatres to see art house movies."
"I practically lived in The Neptune during college back when The Neptune played old movies and foreign films that ran for a day to a week only. It’s not an exaggeration to say that these early film viewing experiences helped shape how I view art, the world and my own life."