The Johnny Starr Story Wins | Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase
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The Johnny Starr Story Wins Director’s Choice Award The Johnny Starr Story has been featured on WFAA’s Good Morning Texas morning show and Director of ‘The Johnny Starr Story’ Israel Varela was interviewed by the show’s host Jane McGarry about the movie and it’s Texas Premiere screening at the Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase. The interview segment can be seen here. After screening to a packed room the film won the Director’s Choice Award for Best Domestic Short Film at the Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase (FWIFS) which ran from July 13-16 in Fort Worth, TX in Sundance Square.
The Johnny Starr Story follows reporter Jason Hawkins as he investigates the death of rock star Johnny Starr and a cold case murder of District Attorney Jack Hawkins. He soon learns that he has gotten a little too close to the truth.
The movie was filmed in Natchitoches, LA the oldest town west of the Mississippi River. It was filmed in June 2016 over the course of three and a half days across 10 locations.
Inspired by actual events the film explores how corruption, greed, and a usurpation of power can effect generations of families in small town America for years to come.
The Johnny Starr Story has now won 3 awards at the two film festivals it has screened at, Bare Bones International Film Festival in Oklahoma, and the Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase in Texas. We are looking for strong support and audiences at the film festivals we are accepted in and screened at as The Johnny Starr Story continues the trek across the festival circuit. Next up is the EyeCatcher International Film Festival in McAlister, OK pending other festival submission notifications.
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8778 Productions is an independent film production company based out of Dallas, TX. The company was started by Actor/Writer/Producer/Director Israel Varela in an effort to showcase talent from the Southern states and tell meaningful stories to our viewing audience.
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