{"id":23254,"date":"2016-08-11T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kent-residents-film-premieres-at-hollywood-festival\/"},"modified":"2016-08-11T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T22:00:00","slug":"kent-residents-film-premieres-at-hollywood-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kent-residents-film-premieres-at-hollywood-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent resident\u2019s film premieres at Hollywood festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
For<\/span> the<\/span> Reporter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Audiences<\/span> may<\/span> recognize<\/span> longtime<\/span> Kent<\/span> resident<\/span> Marissa<\/span> Fujimoto\u2019s<\/span> work<\/span> on<\/span> national<\/span> and<\/span> cable<\/span> TV,<\/span> but<\/span> few<\/span> may<\/span> realize<\/span> she\u2019s<\/span> the<\/span> talent<\/span> behind<\/span> the<\/span> camera<\/span> making<\/span> it<\/span> all<\/span> happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Now,<\/span> people<\/span> can<\/span> see<\/span> her<\/span> work<\/span> when<\/span> \u201cThe<\/span> Lunchbox<\/span> Brigade,\u201d<\/span> a<\/span> film<\/span> she<\/span> recently<\/span> produced,<\/span> premieres<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> HollyShorts<\/span> Film<\/span> Festival<\/span> (HSFF)<\/span> during<\/span> Washington<\/span> Film<\/span> Day<\/span> on<\/span> Sunday\u00a0in<\/span> Hollywood,<\/span> Calif.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n In<\/span> addition<\/span> to<\/span> regular<\/span> producer<\/span> duties,<\/span> Fujimoto<\/span> secured<\/span> key<\/span> locations<\/span> in<\/span> Kent<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> film,<\/span> including<\/span> a<\/span> local<\/span> home<\/span> and<\/span> Lake<\/span> Fenwick<\/span> Park.<\/span> The<\/span> film,<\/span> written<\/span> and<\/span> directed<\/span> by<\/span> Kyle<\/span> Thiele,<\/span> won<\/span> the<\/span> 2015<\/span> HollyShorts<\/span> screenplay<\/span> competition.<\/span> Fujimoto<\/span> stepped<\/span> in<\/span> with<\/span> other<\/span> Northwest<\/span> producers<\/span> to<\/span> produce<\/span> the<\/span> film.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cI<\/span> loved<\/span> the<\/span> script<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> time<\/span> I<\/span> read<\/span> it,\u201d<\/span> Fujimoto<\/span> said.<\/span> \u201cI<\/span> could<\/span> see<\/span> places<\/span> in<\/span> Kent<\/span> that<\/span> would<\/span> fit<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> story<\/span> perfectly,<\/span> and<\/span> they<\/span> did.<\/span> Both<\/span> the<\/span> home<\/span> we<\/span> used<\/span> and<\/span> Lake<\/span> Fenwick<\/span> Park<\/span> add<\/span> so<\/span> much<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> high<\/span> production<\/span> quality<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> film.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The<\/span> story<\/span> follows<\/span> Teddy,<\/span> who,<\/span> when<\/span> he<\/span> discovers<\/span> his<\/span> brother-in-arms,<\/span> Johnny,<\/span> has<\/span> gone<\/span> to<\/span> camp<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> summer,<\/span> decides<\/span> a<\/span> rescue<\/span> is<\/span> in<\/span> order.<\/span> Teddy<\/span> gathers<\/span> up<\/span> the<\/span> neighborhood<\/span> squadron<\/span> known<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> Lunchbox<\/span> Brigade<\/span> and<\/span> together<\/span> they<\/span> embark<\/span> on<\/span> an<\/span> antic-filled<\/span> plan<\/span> to<\/span> infiltrate<\/span> enemy<\/span> territory<\/span> (aka<\/span> summer<\/span> camp)<\/span> and<\/span> free<\/span> their<\/span> friend.<\/span> But<\/span> Teddy<\/span> makes<\/span> the<\/span> horrible<\/span> discovery<\/span> that<\/span> Johnny<\/span> actually<\/span> wants<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> there,<\/span> leading<\/span> him<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> remaining<\/span> members<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Lunchbox<\/span> Brigade<\/span> to<\/span> conduct<\/span> a<\/span> funny<\/span> and<\/span> touching<\/span> tribute<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> loss<\/span> of<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> their<\/span>