About 40 to 50 locals from Pocatello to Rexburg made a fantasy film. It premieres Friday
IDAHO FALLS — For movie director Lance Witmer, making movies has always been the dream. He began writing and telling stories as a fourth grader, and he knew he was destined to be a storyteller. Now, his dream is coming to Idaho Falls. The feature film “Tales of Ardenmore” will screen at the Paramount Triplex Theater, kicking off with a public red carpet premiere on Oct. 30. Additional showings will be held Nov. 2-4, all at 6 p.m. “This is something that we made entirely in Idaho Falls and the Southeast Idaho region,” Witmer said. “It’s a collaborative effort of close to 40 or 50 people across the board from Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Rigby, Rexburg, that whole corridor all coming together to try to make this very ambitious medieval fantasy possible.” After graduating from film school in Los Angeles, Witmer and his family moved to Idaho Falls, where he has been working to make his dream a reality. He wrote, shot, directed and edited the film, which is now just days away from its debut. The movie follows Frederick, a squire, and Annika, a peasant girl, as they try to rescue Frederick’s brother, Henry, from an undead sorcerer called the
