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Susan LaSalle is producing the documentary The Breach starring it's director and local fishing guide Mark Titus, wild salmon, the Elwah Dam, Bristol Bay, Tom Skerritt, Tom Douglas, Bill Ruckleshaus, and Lower Elwah Klallam Tribal Member, and lawyer Russ Busch. Please visit the website to watch the trailer at www.thebreachfilm.com Find out how you can help bring this important story to life. Like Us on Facebook. Thanks in advance for your support.

Lindsay Martin has a short film in the Seattle Center's NEXT50 exhibit: Looking Forward: The New Heroes. As part of the Seattle Center's NEXT50 celebration, photographer Davis Freeman created an installation of photographs, video, and written word about 15 young social entrepreneurs. Videographers Lindsay Martin (Director/ Editor) and Noah Dassel (DP) created a short film profiling the incredible work of those entrepreneurs. Check it out now through October at the International Fountain Pavilion in the Seattle Center.

Jane Charles is producing Sold with Executive Producer Emma Thompson, based on the award-winning novel by Patricia McCormick — scouting in India and Nepal June/July, filming Oct/Nov 2012 http://soldthemovie.com/. See the story on KOMOnews.com

Lisa Hardmeyer (producer) and Virginia Bogert's (writer) documentary, Healing a Soldier's Heart, has been nominated for an Emmy in the Best Topical Documentary category.

Sue Corcoran's feature film Ira Finkelstein's Christmas won Best Comedy Feature at the International Family Film Festival at Raleigh Studios in LA. It screened at the Boston International and Newport Beach Film Festivals and is now Screening at SIFF. WIF members: Susan LaSalle and Jane Charles, Producers; Mark Simon, DP; Steve Colgrove, Gaffer; Angie Bernadoni, AC. Cindy Sangster, Editor. See details at the SIFF site.

Danielle Villegas is busy writing and performing theatrical pieces at OtB, Stone Soup, and ACT while continuing postproduction for her short Dos Almas.

Jeanne Glista executive producer and many WIF members working on Biz Kid$ announce Biz Kid$ National EMMY nomination for Outstanding Children's Series. The incredibly talented team includes WIF members Norma Jean Straw (Line Producer,) Lindsay Martin (Associate Producer), Laura Jean Cronin (Production Manager), Alicia Berger (Writing Coordinator and Writer), Angela Bernardoni (AC), Katie Sullivan, Daniel Hanks, Mike Boydstun, Alicia Berger, Steve Colgrove, and Sherril Johnson.

Kris and Lindy Boustedt will present their feature film, This is Ours, to Hollywood audience. THIS IS OURS will have its World Premiere at the 15th annual Dances with Film Festival, May 31 thru June 7th at the world-famous Chinese Theatres in Los Angeles. Selected from more than 1400 festival submissions, This is Ours explores the heartbreaking and life-changing journey two very different couples take when beaten by the American Dream. Written, directed and produced by the Boustedts, a married filmmaking couple, This is Ours stars local actors Karie Gonia, Ernie Joseph, Wonder Russell, and Mark Carr. The film was shot on location in Eastern Washington.

Dances with Films is the sole film festival in the U.S. that showcases only low-budget, bona fide independent films with no stars in front or behind the camera. The festival typically attracts 6,000 to 7,000 patrons during the week and includes an awards ceremony. www.danceswithfilms.com

Kris Keppeler played the judge/teacher in the film Titles Are Too Mainstream, which screened at NFFTY on April 27 www.nffty.org/event/sex-lies-angst. Kris performed her one woman show, Does This Happen to You - At The Gym on the Double (XX) on Fest Night of Solo Performance April 21. vimeo.com/41627984.

Jennifer Jones produced, filmed, and edited a short documentary film for Pierce County, Troubled Waters, a story of homeowners trapped in the floodway and how the FEMA flood buyout program has become a lifeline for them. This film educates the public about Pierce County's flood mitigation programs. See more here.

Kaitlyn Summerill directed and edited Shed No Tears, a film documenting the lives of child trafficking victims in Benin. Shed No Tears had its festival debut at Artivist Film Festival in 2011 and went on to win Best Documentary at the Global Community Film Festival in Toronto and is an official selection at the Unspoken Human Rights Film Festival. Unseen Stories, the non-profit that produced the film, supports a scholarship fund for former trafficking victims in Benin. www.UnseenStories.com

Amy Sedgwick is currently in production directing and producing Wyatt Steps Out, a children's comedy short.