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FEST HONORS
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Barbara Vancheri, Movie Editor August 11, 2006 Two made-in-Pittsburgh movies were honored at the Indie Gathering Film Festival this month in Cleveland. “Dumpster,” a Three Rivers Film Festival selection written by Jim Daniels, won first prize for drama/comedy while “Doing Therapy” was the top film in the comedy/romantic category. “Dumpster” stars David Conrad as a long-in-the-tooth frat boy and Jeffrey Carpenter as a college maintenance worker. It was shot for roughly $10,000 in five days on Carnegie Mellon University’s campus. Joe Giacobello wrote and directed the lighthearted “Doing Therapy” and also appears in it alongside actress Barbara Winters. Set in present-day Pittsburgh, it tells the story of a Hollywood actress who develops a problem with panic attacks. |