CONTACT: Marianne Connor 323-664-2770       September 22, 2003 Mixville II Productions www.ghostsofedendale.com marianne@ghostsofedendale.com GHOSTS OF EDENDALE WINS THE SILVER LAKE AWARD AT SILVER LAKE FILM FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES, CA - The supernatural thriller The Ghosts of Edendale won the Silver Lake Award as the 2003 Silver Lake Film Festival drew to a close on Sept 18th. "Silver Lake was the perfect place to premiere this movie," says writer/director Stefan Avalos. "It was made in Silver Lake, by Silver Lake filmmakers, about Silver Lake's silent-movie past. So it's very gratifying to get this award." Following the success of his internationally acclaimed feature, The Last Broadcast, Avalos moved to the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles and quickly became fascinated with his neighborhood's place in film history. When fans of The Last Broadcast pushed Avalos to make another horror movie, he began writing a script inspired by Tom Mix, the man who once owned the hill where Avalos now lives. "Once upon a time, Edendale was the center of the movie world. Now, the characters in those old silent movies seem like ghosts. What if they wanted to comeback -- immortality on the screen wasn't enough, and they were willing do to anything for a return…?" Avalos combined Mix's life story with his own fears about what it might take to succeed in Hollywood. "Every newcomer to Hollywood asks himself the same nagging question: Will I have to sell my soul to follow my dreams?" In The Ghosts of Edendale, a young couple moves to Los Angeles determined to make it in the movies. They find the perfect house on a hill in Edendale -- "right next door to Hollywood". Here, all the neighbors are in the business, and they have high hopes for Kevin and Rachel. But when something sinister begins to take hold of Kevin, Rachel realizes that the ghostly visions she's having aren't her imagination, that Edendale isn't so perfect and that the neighbors may all be part of it. Wired Magazine recognized Avalos as one of the top 25 people "helping to reinvent Hollywood" when The Last Broadcast received international acclaim as the first "desktop feature film". The movie went on to screen throughout the world, winning accolades for its innovative "true crime" approach to horror and becoming one of the most profitable feature films ever made. Stephen Wastell (Miner's Massacre) and Paula Ficara (A List, El Chupacabra) play the roles of Kevin and Rachel. Director of Photography Lukas Ettlin (ASC Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography) and composer Vincent Gillioz (Scarecrow, Scarecrow II) evoke the foreboding of a dreadful nightmare. For more information, visit the website at www.ghostsofedendale.com.   To view the trailer and learn more about the movie, visit the website at www.ghostsofedendale.com. For press kit, e-mail Marianne Connor at marianne@ghostsofedendale.com.