Reno Film Festival Announces New Officers & Board

Reno Film Festival Announces

New Officers & Board, Deadline for

Screenwriting Contest

KTVN news anchor Bill Brown has been elected president of the Reno Film Festival and will lead the volunteer board as it plans for the upcoming 10th season. Elected as officers along with Brown were Vice President Paul McFarlane, Washoe County School District teacher and Challenger Space Center Command Center; Secretary Joan Rogers, D&D Roofing; and Treasurer Heidi Nussbaum, Morrison University.

Re-elected to board positions were McFarlane and Rogers along with Lani Bonar, community at large. Elected to join the board were Temma Hammond, H&A Productions; Christine Lazzarini, local filmmaker; Mike Ross, Harrah’s retiree, and Brian Wells, TMCC. Returning board members along with Brown and Nussbaum include Michael Albright, Project Moonshine and Moonpix; Amy Burdick, Integrity Casting; Yvette Fintland, self-employed; Jeff Janke, Children’s Cabinet; Bobbi Lazzarone, KNPB Channel 5 Public Broadcasting; and Neil Siegel, TMCC.

The festival’s first-ever Reno Screenwriting Synopsis Contest is underway and the deadline for entries is August 31. This contest is drawing entries from around the country and the winner will be named at the festival’s Saturday, September 26 Screenwriting Workshop. The contest is open to all writers that do not currently make a living writing for film, TV or stage and the work submitted has to be original. H&A Productions in Reno, the co-sponsor of both the contest and the Screenwriting Workshop, has entry forms and additional information at their website, www.handaproductions.tv.

Along with the contest and Screenwriting Workshop, the Reno Film Festival will again host the Manhattan Short Film Festival finalists in September. Screenings will be Friday and Saturday, September 25-26 at the Joe Crowley Student Union at UNR.