Regional Filmmakers Spotlight:
MISS VALENTINE
7:30 p.m. February 11
During the annual Valentine's festival, a former pageant winner returns to her hometown to find that love can bloom in the most unlikely of places. Romantic Comedy, 1h 30m, NR.
Directed by Blayne Weaver
Our Regional Filmmakers Spotlight series showcases emerging and talented independent filmmakers from Louisiana and the South. It also highlights the growth of Louisiana’s indigenous independent film industry.
The screening will be held in Theater 1, RFC’s 124-seat capacity theater and followed by a Filmmaker Q&A with Blayne Weaver, Rich Hansil, and Jeremy Spring.
Make a night of it!
Don’t forget reservations at Abby Singer’s Bistro before the screening.
Meet the Filmmaker
Blayne Weaver
Weaver most recently directed the feature film MISS VALENTINE (starring Marilu Henner). Previously he directed CUPID FOR CHRISTMAS (Richard Kind) which premiered on HULU, the horror film GetAWAY, and the Christmas romantic comedy SANTA GIRL (Barry Bostwick and Jennifer Stone). He wrote, directed, and starred in the award-winning thriller CUT TO THE CHASE (with Lance Henriksen) and the acclaimed romantic comedy 6 MONTH RULE (alongside Martin Starr, Natalie Morales and John Michael Higgins). Previous films he’s written and directed include WEATHER GIRL (Mark Harmon, Jon Cryer and Jane Lynch) and OUTSIDE SALES. He also co-wrote and acted in MANIC (Don Cheadle, Joseph Gordon- Levitt and Zooey Deschanel) which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. To date he has written 9 produced feature films.
He has appeared in films such as FAVOR, WHERE WE’RE MEANT TO BE, JUNK, DEEP DARK CANYON, OFFICIAL REJECTION and THE GOOD OLD BOYS opposite Tommy Lee Jones. His numerous episodic television credits include ER, NCIS, and THE MIDDLEMAN. He provided the voice of Peter Pan in the Disney animated feature RETURN TO NEVERLAND, and still does the voice for Disney today.
A native of Louisiana, Weaver studied in New York City, Oxford University, and graduated from UCLA with a degree in English Literature. He currently lives in Los Angeles where he works as a Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor, and Distributor through his company Secret Identity Pictures.