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- 16 World Premieres from 2004 to 2009
- Midwestern Premiere of 2009 Academy Award Winner Man on Wire
- Midwestern Premiere of 2006 Academy Award Winner of March Of The Penguins
- Michigan Premiere of 2006 Academy Award Nominee Murderball
- Michigan Premiere of 2005 Academy Award Winner Born into Brothels
- Midwestern Premiere of 2005 Academy Ward Nominee The Story of Weeping Camel
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Over 100 Midwestern Premieres from 2004 through 2009 including:
Napoleon Dynamite, The Descent, Open Water, Pittsburgh, Riding Giants,
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, Word Play, Memories of Tomorrow, The
Sasquatch Dumpling Gang, Dakota Skye, The Linguists, Chapter 27, Waiting for
Ophelia, Women in Trouble, Peter and Vandy, World's Greatest Dad, Sundance
Grand Jury Winner American Splendor, Sundance Grand Jury Winner Primer,
Sundance Grand Jury Winner Eagle vs. Shark, AFI International Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize Winner St. Nick
Daryl Hannah - Actress, filmmaker, and environmental activist who has appeared in countless films, including "Splash" and the "Kill Bill" series.
Kirsten Haglund - Miss America 2008
Yeardley Smith - voice of Lisa Simpson on Fox's award winning show, "The Simpsons"
Jason Ritter - Best known for his role as Kevin on the TV show "Joan of Arcadia"
Sebastian Gutierrez - Screenwriter best known for "Snakes on a Plane" and "Gothika"
Janet Lockwood - Director of the Michigan Film Office
Ruth Buzzi - Golden Globe Winner who gained worldwide fame as a key cast member on the TV comedy show Laugh In.
Mary Lynn Rajskub - Best known as a co-star of Kiefer Sutherland on the popular television series 24.
Rick James' Original Stone City Band - the legendary band providing the sound that has been heard on recordings by Rick James, The Temptations, and Smokey Robinson for over 30 years.
Justin Long - Star of "Sasquatch Dumpling Gang" and "Dodgeball"
Alanna Ubach - Actor ("Meet the Fockers") and Founding Member of Velcro Troupe
Kip Pardue - Star of "Remember the Titans" and "Farewell Bender"
Emerson Hart - lead singer of Tonic
Ryan Devlin - Host, ET on MTV
Skyler Stone - Star of Comedy Central hit "Con" and Founding Member of Velcro Troupe
Joey Kern - Star of "Sasquatch Dumpling Gang" and "Cabin Fever"
Jeremy Coon - Producer of "Napoleon Dynamite" and "Sasquatch Dumpling Gang"
Wendie Malick - Two-Time Emmy and Golden Globe nominee who is most well known for her widely acclaimed role as Nina Van Horn in the NBC hit comedy, "Just Shoot Me."
Robert Forster - Actor, Nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown."
Tom Bernard - Co-President and Co-Founder of Sony Pictures Classics, distributing and financing many Academy Award winning films.
Patrick Sheane Duncan - Award-winning screenwriter, penning numerous screenplays including "Mr. Holland's Opus" starring Richard Dreyfus (in his Oscar winning role) and "Courage Under Fire" starring Matt Damon and Meg Ryan.
Adam Herz - Screenwriter of the box-office smash hit trilogy, "American Pie", "American Pie II", and "American Wedding."
James Marsden - Star of TV and Film (starring as "Cyclops" in the "X-Men" trilogy, as well as "Disturbing Behavior," "Gossip," and "Alley McBeal").
Jason Lewis - Star of TV and Film (recently starring as series regular "Smith Jerrod" on the final season of HBO's smash hit "Sex in the City").
Grant Show - Star of TV and Film ("Six Feet Under", " Melrose Place ").
Vicky Jenson - Director of "Shrek" and "Shark Tale".
James Karen - Star of TV and Film for over 50 years.
Bob Brown - Film Producer/ Co-Founder of Purple Rose Films with Jeff Daniels.
Joseph Beyer - Assistant to Director of the Sundance Film Festival.
Brian Vander Ark - Lead singer "The Verve Pipe."
Erik Palladino - Star of TV and Film ("ER", "Finder's Fee"); at the Festival 2002 and 2003.
Jay Kenneth Johnson - Star of Daytime Television as "Philip Kiriakis" on "The Days of Our Lives", also starred in the Aaron Spelling pilot "HOTEL," and starring in the new show "North Shore."
Christine Elise - Star of TV and Film ("ER", " Beverly Hills 90210"); has written several scripts that have been produced for TV, as well as for "Seventeen Magazine."
Eion Bailey - Star of TV and Film ( "Fight Club", "Almost Famous", HBO's "Band of Brothers" series, and opposite Antonio Banderas in "And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself").
Brendan Fehr - Star of TV and Film (" Roswell ", "Disturbing Behavior", "Final Destination").
David Deluise - Star of TV and Film ("Jessie", "3 rd Rock From the Sun").
Kristen Minter - Actress ("ER", "Myopia").
Dash Mihok - Star of TV and Film ("Felicity", "Finder's Fee", "Basic", "The Perfect Storm", Connie and Carla).
PJ Posner - Critically acclaimed Director; Co-created "Getting In", which helped launch the careers of Matthew Perry and Calista Flockhart.
Maggie Lawson - Star of TV and Film.
Brian Dannelly - Director and Writer of "Saved!", starring Mandy Moore.
Lisa Linde - Actress on "Days of Our Lives."
Shane Carruth - Director and Writer of 2004 Sundance Grand Jury Winner, "Primer".
Jennifer Howard - Spokesmodel and Actress (Comedy Central's "The Sweet Spot" with Bill Murray ).
Morena Baccarin - Star of TV and Film (FOX's "Firefly", "Way off Broadway").
Brad Beyer - Starred opposite John Torturro in TNT's "Monday Night Mayhem."
Robert Hawk - Independent producer and consultant credited with discovering and nurturing the talents of such filmmakers as Kevin Smith (Clerks), Ed Burns (The Brothers McMullen). He has served as a member of the advisory selection committee for the Sundance Film Festival since 1987.
Chris Gore - Author of "The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide"; Creator/Editor of FilmThreat.com - the number one most popular movie web site with over 10 million hits a month. Gore has also been a featured film reviewer on many television shows including CNN, MTV and Fox.
Jay Froberg - A former Vice President of MGM; Co-founder of ROAR, a production and talent management company based at MGM Studios.
William Ward - Talent Agent at super-agency Endeavor for three years before leaving to Co-Found the talent management firm, ROAR, representing clients including Aisha Tyler ("Talk Soup" and "Friends") and 2004 Academy Award Nominee Ken Watanabe ("The Last Samurai").
Sean Elliott - Talent agent at one of LA's top agencies, Endeavor, whose clients include: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore and Dustin Hoffman.
Craig Kestel - Talent agent, William Morris Agency
Jennie Frankle - Vice President of Literary for Zied/Perry Entertainment ("American Pie" trilogy).
Andrew Ruf - Talent Agent, Paradigm Talent Agency.
Nancy Rainford - Talent Manager, Producer and former Agent; author of "How to Agent Your Agent."
Steve Pink - Screenwriter ("Grosse Pointe Blank", "High Fidelity") and Co-Founder of New Crime Productions with partner John Cusack.
John Woodward - Academy Award Winning Writer/ Director of "Disciples of the Crow."
Guy Ferland - Writer/ Director ("Delivered", "The Babysitter", "Telling Lies in America ").
Gill Holland - Producer ("Spin the Bottle", "Desert Blue").
Gedney Webb - Music Supervisor for many films for Director Ron Howard, as well as Academy Award Winner "Chicago."
Jacques Thelemaque - Co-Founder/ President of the Filmmaker's Alliance , working with filmmakers for over twenty years.
Lt. Governor Dick Posthumus
-- And many, many more Directors, Producers and Actors attending with their films.
Man on Wire - Midwest Premiere - 2009 Academy Award Winner
March of the Penguins - Midwest Premiere - 2006 Academy Award Winner
Murderball - Michigan Premiere - 2006 Academy Award Nominee
Born Into Brothels - Michigan Premiere - 2005 Academy Award Winner
The Story of the Weeping Camel - Midwest Premiere - 2005 Academy Award Nominee
Napoleon Dynamite - Midwest Premiere - 2004 Smash Hit!
Primer - Midwest Premiere - 2004 Sundance Grand Jury Winner
American Splendor - 2003 Sundance Grand Jury Winner
My Flesh and Blood - 2003 Sundance Documentary Winner
The Accountant - Midwest Premiere - 2002 Academy Award Winner
Helicopter - Eastern US Premiere - 2001 Academy Award Winner
By Courier - Eastern US Premiere - 2003 Academy Award Nominee
Winged Migration - 2003 Academy Award Nominee
The Next Big Thing - 2001 World Premiere
Ellie Parker - 2001 Midwest Premiere - starring Naomi Watts
Shaolin Soccer - 2003 Miramax Midwest Premiere
City of Ghosts - 2003 MGM Michigan Premiere- directed by/starring Matt Dillon
Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her - 2000 MGM Eastern US Premiere- starring Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, and Holly Hunter
The Claim - 2001 MGM Michigan Premiere starring Wes Bentley, Milla Jovovich, Natassja Kinski
Barenaked in America - 2000 Midwest Premiere - directed by Jason Priestley, starring The Barenaked Ladies
Wildflowers - 2000 Midwest Premiere - starring Daryl Hannah and Clea Duvall
On Edge - 2001 Eastern US Premiere - starring Jason Alexander
The Last Waltz - 2002 MGM Re-release 25 th Anniversary of Martin Scorsese's classic film.
This is Spinal Tap - 2000 MGM Re-release
The home of Waterfront Film Festival is the summertime resort village of Saugatuck , Michigan - about a 2 to 3 hour drive from both Chicago and Detroit .
The Waterfront Film Festival was launched in 1999, and is a volunteer-based, non-profit organization.
In 2003, Jerry Davich of LAKE Magazine titled his article about The Waterfront Film Festival as "The Sundance of the Middle Coast".
The Waterfront Film Festival has its' own brand of beer - "Waterfront Brew" - brewed by local New Holland Brewing Company.
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