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Trick or Treat - It`s Halloween

Movie Nation Festivals and Sebastian`s Restaurant are getting into the Halloween spirit by throwing the season`s best Halloween Costume Party! The festivities will include give-a-ways and prizes such as goodie bags for the first 100 people through the door, door prizes, raffle tickets, two iPod Shuffles, and a silent auction. The best costume will also receive an iPod Nano, which will be judged by the audience. Hot hors d`oeuvres will be servedand drink tickets will also be on sale at a reasonable price. If you arrive in costume you get your first drink free! Make-up artists will be on hand creating a wide range of creepy effects make-up and prosthetics.

The festival featured genre-specific films supplied by both professionals and students alike and represented filmmakers in 7 different states as well as Canada. The films competed for prizes in several categories that were separated by professional and student levels of competition and divisions such as: live-action and animation, which covered shorts, features, music videos and even television commercials.

Michael Taglianetti, the Executive Director and Co-founder of the festival, intimated that `it would have been impossible to do this without the help of some very competent people at some very helpful companies.` Mr. Taglianetti, a 15-year veteran of the film industry in live-action production, Special F/X and animation had this to add about the overall experience. `This was a lot like making a short film. Consequently, we ran it like a feature film production with a distribution deal in tow, minus the budget. We could not have done this were it not for the involvement of a lot of people who really seemed to care about what we were doing.` Special honorary awards will be presented to the key sponsors and contributors of this event.