SIFF films feature work of Edmonds filmmaker, Everett actor

  • By Gale Fiege Herald Writer
  • Wednesday, May 20, 2015 1:56pm
  • LifeGo-See-Do

SEATTLE — Edmonds film producer Lorraine Montez is showing her first feature at the Seattle International Film Festival.

“It’s exhilarating to get accepted into SIFF,” Montez said.

Her thriller “The Hollow One” makes its premiere at 3:30 p.m. May 28 at the SIFF Cinema Uptown movie theater, 511 Queen Anne Ave. N.

Meanwhile, Everett High School (Class of 2001) graduate D’Angelo Midili acts in another film making a premiere at the festival. Look for “Valley of the Sasquatch” by John Portanova at 4 p.m. May 26, also at the Uptown.

Montez previously won awards for her short films and has professional credits as a film and theater actor.

“The Hollow One” is directed by Nathan Hendrickson and stars Kate Alden, Tonya Skoog, Jesse James and Chelsea Farthing.

Montez describes the film as a suspenseful horror movie — “more Alfred Hitchcock than hacker/slasher,” she said.

“It offers something to audiences who want a smarter movie,” Montez said. “It’s more about what is unseen, what’s left out, than gratuitous violence.”

The story is about sisters who return home years after their mother dies to find their father gone and the community deserted. The movie is set in Seattle, Duvall and Carnation, Montez said.

“Valley of the Sasquatch” was filmed in Roslyn and near Snoqualmie Pass, said Midili, a popular Seattle-area horror flick actor.

Writer, director and Poulsbo native Portanova wanted to make his “fantasy 1980s movie,” Midili said. “I actually haven’t seen it yet because I don’t like watching myself. It might be equal parts camp and horror, but the Sasquatch costume is very realistic and very scary.”

The costume was created by Hollywood veteran Doug Hudson, who now lives in Woodinville.

The plot is based on stories about a bigfoot attack on a mining cabin near Mount St. Helens and centers on a family who fights back. Midili stars as the uncle, the positive force in this fractured family’s lives.

“It’s totally cool to be at SIFF,” Midili said. “I tried to work in Los Angeles, but I missed the Northwest too much. We have a great film community in the Seattle-Everett area and it’s nice to have a showcase at SIFF.”

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Seattle International Film Festival continues through June 7. For information and tickets, go to www.siff.net. For Robert Horton’s 16 must-see films at this year’s SIFF, visit www.heraldnet.com/siff.

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