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December 30, 2016 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 9A ‘A love letter to my home state’ Thriller nears the fi nish line By Eve Marx For EO Media Group T he South County’s turn on the big screen comes closer as crew members put fi nishing touches on “Seaside,” the movie, which was shot in April in Seaside, Cannon Beach and Arch Cape, where the fi lmmaker’s parents own a home. “My parents have a home in Arch Cape and I’ve spent a lot of time there,” Zalutsky said. “We are almost fi nished,” director Sam Zalutsky said, speaking from his home in New York City. Post-produc- tion — including color correction, sound editing and sound design are expected to reach completion in about a month. “The movie is a love letter to my home state,” he said. Zalutsky said he was drawn to do a fi lm about Seaside after spending so much time here as a youth. “The Oregon C oast landscape has so seldom been caught on fi lm,” he added. “I knew I could do a visual- ly dynamic fi lm, and of course I had use of my parents’ beach house not just as a location, but as a place to live during the shooting.” While writing the script, Zalutsky incorporated loca- tions like Funland , the Arcade and the Seaside Civic and C onvention C enter, which offered up a side room for an interrogation scene. Zalutsky, a Portland native and mas- ter of fi ne arts graduate from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, was short-listed for the Independent Spirit Award’s “Someone to Watch Award” for his fi rst feature, “You Belong To Me.” His 17-minute fi lm “How to Make it to the Promised Land” was funded through Kickstarter and a Jerome Foundation grant. Zalutsky wrote “Seaside” during a res- idency at the MacDowell Colony, an artist colony in New Hampshire. This month, a social media fundraising campaign is helping fi lmmakers cross the fi nish line. SUBMITTED P HOTO ‘Hamilton’ star Ariana DeBose, who appeared in the original Broad- way cast of “Hamilton,” stars with Oregon native Stef- fanie Leigh in this female-driven revenge thriller. “The fi lm is a thriller with lots of twists,” Zalutsky said. His script tells the story of a young woman who moves to the Oregon C oast with her boyfriend to start a new life in the beach house he’s inherited from his parents. When the two bump into another young woman who has previ- ous knowledge of the boyfriend, it becomes apparent the boyfriend hasn’t been entirely forthcoming about his past. Bad things — very bad things — soon start happening. To produce the fi lm, Zalutsky recruited fellow Port- landers Alyssa Roehrenbeck (“The Drunk Series,” “Gage,” “DOTT”) and Kevin Corstange, who has ap- peared in productions at Portland Center Stage and now is a New York-based producer. Local casting was provided by Simon Max Hill, who also helped cast IFC’s “Portlandia.” Director Sam Zalutsky with cinematographer Phil Anderson. “Seaside” received encouragement and support from the local Seaside community, including in-kind donations from local businesses, including Sleepy Monk Coffee, Cannon Beach’s American Legion Post 168, Seaside Ge- lato, the Spindrift Inn and the City of Seaside Union Bank. Basic Rights Oregon, a progressive group for social equality, also hosted a fundraiser to benefi t both “Sea- side” and the organization. As the fi lm draws closer to completion, Zalutsky said he’s starting to submit it to fi lm festivals, some of them in Oregon. He hopes to have screenings in Portland and on the coast. The local landscape plays a key role, with its “beauti- ful, but dangerous” cliffs, rocks, wind and rain. “As befi ts the landscape, we learn it’s not an easy place to live,” Zalutsky said. “The environment is beautiful but dangerous.” Ariana DeBose and Matt Shingledecker in various scenes while fi lming “Seaside.” SUBMITTED P HOTOS Providence Hospital off ers community resource desk Providence Seaside Hos- pital and Clatsop Community Action, in a community part- nership, have opened a com- munity resource desk at the main entrance to the hospital in Seaside. The services offered include signing up for food stamp ben- efi ts, assistance with fi nding food pantries, locating housing resources, utility and heating as- sistance, transportation options as well other needed services. This resource is open to all residents and visitors of Clat- sop County and provides a convenient location for all who live in, or are visiting South Clatsop County. This service is also available in downtown As- toria at the Clatsop Communi- ty Action offi ce located at 364 Ninth St. The Seaside location is staffed by Marcelo Hernan- dez, a bilingual referral coor- dinator employed by Clatsop Community Action and fund- ed by Providence Community Health Division. The desk is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and is located in the main lobby of Providence Seaside Hospital, 725 Wahanna Road, Seaside; 503-717-7176. COM ING IN FEBR UAR Y! 20 17 EDITIO N of th e a w a rd-w in n in g publica tion from th e publish ers of Coa st W eeken d SUBMITTED PHOTO Marcelo Hernandez, a bilingual referral coordinator at the resource desk. Experience Family Dining in a Relaxed & Friendly Environment Serving Seafood, Pizza, Sandwiches, Espressos, Beer, Wine, Ice Cream and our Homemade Desserts We have a fabulous patio where you can enjoy the weather and your meal. “TO-GO” Orders Welcome 156 N. 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