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July 31, 2005Directors can 'feel the energy' at TC Film FestivalIndependent filmmakers talk about the bizBy GARRET ELLISONRecord-Eagle staff writer TRAVERSE CITY -- Adrian Belic would never have thought a week ago he'd be sitting on a panel in Traverse City. Belic, an independent filmmaker from Los Angeles, is among the numerous directors and producers here in town for the Traverse City Film Festival this week. He was part of the panel discussion at the City Opera House on Friday. "Everyone says I should be back home finishing my movie because we're not done and a couple months behind schedule," Belic said. Belic is an Academy Award nominee for a documentary produced with his brother titled "Genghis Blues," about a blind blues musician who travels to Siberia. It won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival several years ago. He is currently working on a documentary about war zone aid workers called "Beyond the Call." When he heard about a film festival in Traverse City, he hopped a red-eye flight in time for opening night. "I haven't felt that kind of energy in a room in a long, long time," Belic said. "That's why I'm here -- I had to get my (expletive) out of the editing room. Who said 50 percent of life is just showing up? They were right." Having been to other prominent film festivals around the world, Belic said this one has the potential to rival them. "In a couple years it'll be a badge of honor to those who were here the first year," he said. Alex Gibney, director of "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," received two standing ovations as he walked on and off the stage to answer questions after the film's first screening Friday afternoon. One audience member commented on the use of music in the movie. "To me, music is a little way of integrating myself," Gibney said.
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