As the cold, rainy Northwest winter approaches, what better time to think about Spring fashion! We are currently in the middle of editing a 30-minute production to show Nordstrom’s employees the latest fashions from New York, London, Paris and Milan. This video features fashion expert Jeffrey Kalinsky who highlights the key designer offerings from Nordstrom.

Reviewing hours of footage of beautiful models walking down runways is challenging work for the crew here at Sadis Filmworks, but somehow we manage to work through this onerous task.

A couple weeks ago, Pilchuck Glass School hosted one of their incredible auctions, attracting collectors and art patrons from all over the country. This was our second year producing a video for their fundraiser and we were very pleased to hear they raised over a million dollars!

To produce this piece, Kyle and Stephen teamed up for a field trip to beautiful Stanwood, WA to capture the wonder and energy of this glass mecca. This year our video focused on the glass-art collective - Bee Kingdom as they created centerpieces to be auctioned off at the fundraiser.

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We have recently embarked on an exciting feature-length documentary highlighting the life of James J. Hill. Known as The Empire Builder, Hill not only built the Great Northern Railway from St. Paul, Minnesota to Seattle, Washington, but developed entire towns and industries along the route.

Filming began in late October with travels to Spokane, Fargo and St. Paul to shoot interviews with historians, poets and scholars. We have been working with KCTS with an eye towards a national broadcast next fall.

Stephen on set interviewing Great Northern Historian Bob Kelly.

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