Summer Solstice (2003 film)

Summer Solstice tells a story set in coastal Maine, a reflective comingofage tale starring George Fivas as Joshua Ballard, a brilliant but aimless and misunderstood college student who finds solace in composing music and writing. But when his anguished state of mind leads him to cross paths with contemplative lighthouse keeper Seth Arden Joe Estevez and his niece Andrea Bettencourt Brook Jenell Slack, voiced Jelly Otter in Disneys PBampJ Otter from 19982000, the encounter leads Joshua to transcend a personal crisis through an odyssey of selfdiscovery, and accept the compassion of his friends, old and new, which ultimately saves his life. Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Karen Black Five Easy Pieces and The Great Gatsby plays a stern university professor. Joshuas college friends are played by Lindsay Pulsipher HBOs True Blood, AampEs The Beast and Nathan Rollins. The screenplay is based on a story by playwright, composer, physicist, and mathematician Jeffrey Gold. The film features the lighthouse Pemaquid Point Light and surrounding coastal areas and towns of Maine and music by popular Maine native, Tim Janis known for his numerous specials on the American Public Broadcasting Service. The film was directed by George Fivas, a published scientist and a founder of the jazz and popular music group, Apollo.

Best World Premiere Excellence in Filmmaking Award, Columbia Gorge International Film Festival, Vancouver, Washington, USA, 2010The lighthouse at Pemaquid Point, prominently featured in this film Pemaquid Point Light, is the lighthouse featured on the Maine State Quarter of 2003, and is a popular U.S. National Historic Landmark among many artists and lighthouse enthusiasts. ........

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