More Talent for Inspiration

As Memorial Day weekend kicks off the start of summer, we're happy to welcome a new member to our scrappy team of filmmakers. Glen Livolsi has joined the Board of Directors of IS Films, the developer for Inspiration. As a software executive, Glen brings a wealth of marketing knowledge, a fat Rolodex of contacts, and a lifelong personal dream of making films. Of course, IS Films works to make dreams come true, so this is a perfect fit!

Glen has already provided great insights and assistance in planning our fundraising efforts... and will bring much value to Inspiration and IS Films as we move forward. Welcome to the team!

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Lots of other activity underway. More exciting updates in the coming days!

Roaring Out of the Gate

As Memorial Day fast approaches, the Inspiration team is geared up for a whirlwind summer to put a thousand pieces in place and begin shooting the film in late September. But wait.... we're getting ahead of ourselves.

Inspiration is a 23-minute, 35 mm film that follows precocious young Claire's journey of self-discovery through a portrait she is secretly painting. The film is the cornerstone project of IS Films Inc., a Boston-area nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding opportunities for college and high school students to create, work on and learn about film and media productions.

Inspiration is directed by the vivacious Emerson College BFA candidate Jackie Carr and written by Emerson alum Michael Gray Beckett, based on his short story. The miraculous Martin Zaharinov is Executive Producer and chief bulldog for the ambitious endeavor. A talented posse of creative and producing talent round out the team... and will be introduced over the coming weeks.

Since Martin and Michael first connected at Christmastime, a tremendous amount of work and planning has been underway to get to where we are now... looking forward to weeks of fundraising, location scouting, casting, production design, schmoozing, arm-twisting, negotiating, begging, cajoling, nail biting, caffeine stoking, beer-and-pizza scarfing -- and surely a lot of laughs. And when the dust clears... a beautiful film.

Inspiration was a successful published story that was adapted into a script and now will be transformed into a film. The determination of Claire to learn who she is and what she's capable of is a real-life metaphor for the team as we work to bring this project to fruition. The plan is for a gala premiere in Boston in December and to rock the festival circuit next year. Between now and then, we'll keep you posted on our adventures in independent filmmaking... and our own journeys of Inspiration.