Followed Special Screening draws nearly 200
SAVANNAH, Ga., May. 23, 2011 - Macon Film Festival held a special screening of JamesWorks Entertainment's Followed, celebrating the completion of the film in the host city featured in the film. Nearly 200 visitors packed The Edge 14 Cineplex in North Macon to see the film for the first time.
Actresses Edith Ivey, Sylvia Boykin, and September Carter joined director James Kicklighter, co-screenwriter Mark Ezra Stokes, and producer Kasey Ray-Stoke for a half-hour question and answer session, moderated by Macon Film Festival's Terrell Sandefur.
Followed will be released to film festivals everywhere in Fall 2011.
About Macon Film Festival
The Macon Film Festival was created to celebrate the art and craft of the moving image, and to introduce independent films that rarely appear in Macon, Georgia. MaGa is dedicated to entertaining, educating, and inspiring audiences and filmmakers alike by offering innovative and imaginative films both mainstream and independent in nature. We also strive to introduce visiting filmmakers and guests to the Central Georgia community, and to promote film production in the area. The festival is open to filmmakers working in all media, genres, and themes. Learn more at http://maconfilmfestival.com/
About Followed
Based on the story by 2010 Hugo-winning writer Will McIntosh, Followed is a socially conscious monster movie in which zombies symbolize society's disadvantaged and oppressed. Features the American debut of actor Erryn Arkin ("Home and Away," "CIA: Crime Investigation Australia"), Edith Ivey (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Sylvia Boykin (The Tenant), introducing San Francisco's Abigail de los Reyes.
JamesWorks Entertainment presents, in association with Bright Blu Sky Productions, a Park Bench Pictures/Fat Man production, Followed, directed by James Kicklighter. Based on the short story by Will McIntosh, the screenplay is by Maureen Cooke & Mark Ezra Stokes. The producers are James Kicklighter, Kasey Ray-Stokes, Mark Ezra Stokes, and Elliot Dunwody. The executive producers are Mark Johnson, Alex Johnson, John C. Arnold, R. Lee Arnold, Ylian Alfaro Snyder, A.B. Lancaster, and Jerry Gilliam. The cinematographer is Jason Winn, edited by Greta Sullivan, with sound design from Kurt Pierce. The original score is by composer Bruce Kiesling, featuring "Glory" by Essie Jain.
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