"We brought the movie here, we sold them on Bali and
convinced them not to try to mimic it in Hawaii," Bali Film
Center (BFC) director Deborah Gabinetti says. "I'm getting
e-mails from Ubud cursing me." She expects the crowds to
increase with the film's release. That’s because after BFC
assisted location shooting for the Korean soap opera
Incident in Bali South Korean visitor numbers spiked.
In early 2007, EPL executive producer Stan Wlodkowski
called Gabinetti to probe the potential for shooting
in Bali, and BFC assisted his initial visit. In October that
year, Gabinetti invited Wlodkowski to the Balinale Film
Festival she co-founded to help close the deal. "The reason
for Stan to come to the festival was to meet filmmakers and
to see that there is a viable film industry here that could
support shooting." This October, Balinale is hosting the
Jakarta and Bali premieres of EPL. |
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