Spotlight on short film ‘Gretel and Hansel: A New Musical’
The Fort Myers Film Festival will show Gretel and Hansel: A New Musical during the “Awesome Shorts Block” at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 21. In this modern rendition of the classic Brothers Grimm tale, when impoverished, 13-year-old Gretel learns her stepmom is a witch, she must join her skeptical brother Hansel on a quest to the Millhouse to uncover the mysterious truth about their family.
The film was written and directed by Alex Preston and stars Sarah Charles Lewis as Gretel (Good Girl Winnie Foster (2017)), 
Joseph Masson as Hansel (Adrift Under Light (2020)), The Portrait (2019), Kevin Clancy as their dad, Mary Emily O’Bradovich as mom (Murder Comes to Town TV documentary, TV Movie The Jury (2016)) and Sophie Decker as Desiree.
May 14, 2022
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.