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"Onward to Athens!" Freestyle Digital Media has debuted a trailer for the indie film A Spartan Dream, or just Spartan Dream, described as a fun "romantic fantasy comedy where history, myth, and love collide." The film won Best Feature Film at Prague Actors & Filmmakers Film Festival earlier in 2025, and awards at the Cyprus Film Festival in 2024. Brad, a New Jersey daydreamer obsessed with ancient Sparta, is sent to Greece to sell his family's old village home — but the gods have other plans. When he meets the brilliant and beautiful Gorgo, everything changes. With divine inspiration and a warrior's heart, Brad sets out to save the house, win her love, and rally a country behind a historical cause. Starring Peter Bundic as Brad, Georgia Mesariti as Gorgo, with Katerina Didaskalou, Renos Haralambidis, Kostas Koroniaos, and Nikos Tsergas. Filmed entirely on location in Greece. A "delightful story of a young man who.

Vashon Film Institute, the non-profit organization dedicated to fostering independent filmmaking in the Pacific Northwest, has announced the film slate for its fourth annual Vashon Island Film Festival. The festival is set for Aug. 7-10, where nine features and 15 shorts will screen at the Vashon Theatre. The festival will open with a screening of the Opening Night film “The Balconettes,” which will screen out of competition.

This year’s lineup will include six narrative and three documentary features, including Laurent Slama’s “A Second Life,” Ari Gold’s “Brother Verses Brother,” Ernesto Martinez Bucio’s “The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box)”, Georgi M. Unkovski’s “DJ Ahmet,” Henry Bernadet’s “Gamma Rays,” Phil Moniz and Kevin Claydon’s “Racewalkers,” Ben Hethcoat and Keita Ideno’s “Coroner To The Stars,” Brittany Shyne’s “Seeds,” and Benjamin Flaherty’s “Shuffle.”

The narrative shorts will include Alex Thompson...