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Below the Beltway Camera Department

‘Below the Beltway’ Movie Wins Audience Award at Newport Beach Film Festival (Updated with Q&A Video)

Below the Beltway, a film I worked on last summer as camera utility, was accepted into the Newport Beach Film Festival where it premiered and ended up winning the audience award!

by Evan Luzi | Industry News | May 3, 2010 | Comments: 0

This time of year is busy for me since I’m gearing up to finish this semester, but alas I return with some great news: Below the Beltway, a film I worked on last summer as camera utility, was accepted into the Newport Beach Film Festival where it premiered and ended up winning the audience award!

The film had a great cast and crew who deserve all the praise that comes with the award so congratulations to all who put their hard work into it (including yours truly)! Here’s an article that talks about it from the OC Register.

Cast and Crew Question and Answer session video below:

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