The Lighthouse International Film Festival has announced its opening night film is “Parachute,” the directorial debut of actress Brittany Snow, best known, perhaps, for playing Amber Von Tussle, the devious rival of Tracy Turnblad in the hit 2007 movie “Hairspray.”
The 97-minute film had its debut at the 2023 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in March in Austin. Snow won a special award for a first-time feature director, and the film’s star, Courtney Eaton, took home a special jury award for…
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