Seattle filmmakers bringing festival of short films to Oroville

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Filmmakers Geoff Klein and Mo Fine, seen here with friend Mark Bertoglio and Bart Traubek, owner of Alpine Brewery, discuss the upcoming Tumble Weed Film Festival at Alpine Brewery in Oroville. Traubek, whose brewery will be one of the venues for the festival, also shares a love of films with the two filmmakers. Photo by Gary DeVon

Seattle filmmakers bringing festival of short films to Oroville
Watch globally, drink locally

   OROVILLE - Two Seattle filmmakers who specialize in short features have decided to bring the first ever Tumble Weed Film Festival to Oroville this Aug. 6 and 7.
    Calling their project "The Film Festival for Filmmakers by Filmmakers" Geoff Klein and Mo Fine say the biggest reason they are doing the Tumbleweed is because they love films and they want to introduce more people to short films. Short films, unlike full-length features can be anywhere from 10 minutes to half an hour or so. Klein and Fine have been soliciting short films from around the world and have already gotten responses from the U.S., Spain, Italy and Germany, with more coming in to be previewed.
    They want to combine their festival with both the local wines and the local beer, thus their venues for the first year will be Friday at Esther Bricques Winery south of Oroville and on Saturday at Alpine Brewery right here in town. Before the showings at the brewery, there is a wine tasting scheduled at Copper Mountain from noon to 4 p.m.
    When asked why Oroville, Klein said, "We've been coming out to Oroville for the last 12 years or so and we really love the area. We feel Oroville and the area are a perfect match for showing films from around the world and to sample locally produced beers and wine."
   He made his first short film "Sleepwalker" in 1998 and since has directed and produced "Baxter's Big Day", The Bruja" and most recently "The Furry," which he premiered earlier this year. Fine a Seattle-area video editor with her own multi-media company often collaborates with Klein and released her short film "Prizes" just last year.
    The Tumble Weed Film Festival is open to anyone who wants to come watch, but because of the availability of beer and wine is limited to those 21 and over. Esther Bricques, run by Steve and Linda Colvin, will have their wine available on Friday and the festival is inviting the local wineries, Esther Bricques, Copper Mountain, Lake Crest and Okanogan Estates and Vineyards to the brewery on Saturday if the details can be worked out - for more information on show times and to check out their sponsors, keep watching their Web site

"Watch globally, drink locally," say the festival organizers. The film festival is an all-volunteer effort with friends from Seattle to Oroville helping out.
"Everyone in Oroville that we have spoken with has been super friendly and cooperative and on board. We'd like to have at all the venues we have looked at, but this year we are going with Linda's (Esther Bricques) and the brewery," said Fine.

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