First inspired by a 2007 serial play at Bellingham’s Idiom Theatre, locally-made web series, Dark Darkness, has been accepted to the 24th Annual Raindance Film Festival in London, England that runs from September 21 – October 2. Episode 4: Snakeman’s Solitude was chosen as an official selection in the Web Fest UK division and will be screened October 1.
Producer and Director Wilson Large will attend the festival with his wife, Joanna. The episode is the final of four episodes that make up Season Zero of this adventure-comedy-fantasy web series. The series follows four flawed but powerful ‘Dark Lords’ who become reluctant allies as they solve a mystery to clear their names of a murder they didn’t commit and ultimately must learn how to be friends in order to survive.
Their local productions that spanned over the past six years have involved more than 90 area artists as well as the skills of connected and incredibly experienced L.A. transplants including CSI: NY’s Jesse Collver, set designer Mel Cooper, and, production designer Garvin Eddy.
Episodes have already been screened and won awards at film festivals in Bellingham, Seattle, and Vancouver, B.C, as well as making the quarter finals of the NexTV Web Series & Indie Film Competition. Large is in the planning phase for the future of Seasons One and Two of the series including pursuing fundraising and state incentives for his projected $1.4 million budget as either a continued web series or a full-length feature film.
Large loves the vibe in Bellingham because “the filmmaking community here is talented, collaborative, and supportive.” He’s excited to dive into the next phase of Bellingham’s largest film project.
