"Sometimes in Life" is an official selecton of the Trinity Film Festival July 28, 2008

"Sometimes in Life", the new Michigan-made, independent feature directed by Anthony Vallone for ValloNicka Films, is an official selection of the 2008 Trinity Film Festival in Detroit. Watch for a free screening on Saturday, August 2, at 1:45 pm at Studio 601 in Detroit. The film, which recently premiered at the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival, features music from two-time Grammy winner Ozomatli, Modest Mouse, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Amp Fiddler and more.

"Sometimes in Life" is a story of life, love, loss and an unlikely friendship between two lost people whose lives are stuck in a rut. Jill is a young fashion designer who suspects that her lesbian girlfriend is cheating on her while Rob mourns the loss of his father.

The film stars Sara Stepnicka, Eric Morrison, Gunhild Giil and Jon E. Livernois. Wayne David-Parker, Angela Roberts, Emily Rose, Ethan Helmann-Scherrer, Carol Pierangelino and Sharon Emigh complete the cast.

"Sometimes in Life" explores the dynamics of gay/lesbian and straight relationships in a new way. In the film, director/Producer Anthony Vallone and producer/leading lady Sara Stepnicka present the lesbian relationship between the women with the dynamic of a straight couple while simultaneously presenting the dynamic of the straight couple (Eric and his straight, platonic roommate) in a gay direction.

In order to prepare for the lesbian aspects of the film, Stepnicka and Vallone met a number of lesbians throughout metro Detroit and spent many nights at The Rainbow Room, a popular lesbian bar in Detroit. They also worked with a woman from Affirmations, a local resource center for the gay, lesbian and transgender community, who gave them a list of films and books to watch and read (One of them being "Lesbians and Their Dogs") during the script development phase. For the straight relationship, they relied on personal experience.

Producers Vallone, Stepnicka and Mohan Nemakayala also shot part of the film on location at Just-For-Us, a popular gay/lesbian bookstore and café (Ferndale). Other locations include the now-defunct Pure Detroit Design Lab (Detroit), the fishing pier at the Newburgh Pointe Recreation Area at Hines Park (Livonia), Whole Foods (West Bloomfield), Garden City Café (Garden City), Dawson Photo Studio (Inkster) and The Rainbow Room (Detroit).

"Sometimes in Life" also features music from two-time Grammy winner Ozomatli, Modest Mouse, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Presley and Anilore. In addition, listen for made-in-Detroit artists Amp Fiddler, Jamie McCarthy, Cetan Clawson, Bedford Drive, The Bloids and Mindizade.

Showcasing made-in-Detroit talent was an important part of the production. In addition to including homegrown bands, the film features the art of Serge Gay Jr., who studied at The College of Creative Studies in Detroit and is now living in San Francisco, and fashions from local designers Stacey Mitchell and Kelly Kolodziejski.

ValloNicka Films originally signed a deal with CreateSpace as part of the 1,000 HD DVD Indies Project to present Sometimes in Life to the Sundance Channel for possible broadcast on their network. Although the deal had to be canceled after the announcement earlier this year that HD films would no longer be a standard, industry format, ValloNicka Films is currently discussing the film with other distributors.

Although "Sometimes in Life" is not rated, the film includes adult situations, language and a brief flash of nudity in a comedic scene. For more information, and to see the trailer, visit www.sometimesinlifethemovie.com or www.myspace.com/sometimesinlifethemovie. For more information about the Trinity Film Festival, visit www.trinityfilmcoalition.com.

"Sometimes in Life" is the second feature from ValloNicka Films. Their first movie, "The Mongol King", joins Robert Rodriguez’s groundbreaking film "El Mariachi" as one of the five lowest-budget films ever to score a distribution deal.

ValloNicka Films was also a finalist for the Mobiflicks competition as part of the Motown PAH-FEST 2008. PAH-FEST (Project Accessible Hollywood) is a traveling film festival and the brainchild of Christopher Coppola who is the brother of Nicolas Cage and nephew of legendary film director Francis Ford Coppola.

For the Mobiflicks competition, Vallone and his team had three days to shoot, edit and complete ashort film with coaching and equipment from the PAH-FEST team. The ValloNicka team shot "Granny Panties", a screenplay based on the short story "Why the Granny Panty Told the G-String to Stick It", written by author Lee Runchey.

The story was originally published in The Connecticut Review, a prestigious literary journal whose pages have featured authors including Pulitzer-prize winning author John Updike.

Official Website: http://www.sometimesinlifethemovie.com