Lost & Found Cleveland Courtesy Double G Films

CLEVELAND — Keith Gerchak and Marisa Guterman’s new film "Lost & Found in Cleveland" is an ode to the city told by weaving the story of five residents together through the objects they bring to a fictional TV show.

“I grew up watching Antique Roadshows with my dad. I just fell in love with the people on the show,” Guterman said, explaining she always wanted to make a movie centering on Antiques Roadshow. 

What You Need To Know

• The movie"Lost & Found in Cleveland" is in theaters nationwide November 7th

• Filmakers Marisa Guterman and Keith Gerchak raised funding for the movie independently

• The movie proudly features Cleveland, shooting in locations like Playhouse Square, the Hope Memorial Bridge and the West Side Market

“They’re coming with these objects that they’ve collected that have been passed down to them that take on special meaning, and our own identities get wrapped up in these special objects that come into our lives,” Gerchak said. 

Gerchak grew up in Cleveland, Guterman in LA, but now they both live in the movie’s titular city. 

“Cleveland is the protagonist of the film, and we really celebrate it,” Guterman said. 

They filmed scenes at iconic Cleveland locations.

“We had 20 locations in 20 days,” Gerchak said, filming at places like Playhouse Square, University Circle and The Hope Memorial Bridge. 

They shot at the historic West Side Market with actor Dennis Haysbert, who made his movie debut in another Cleveland classic picture, "Major League."

“In the first shot we’re inside there, and getting him standing here, with the ‘Go Tribe’,” Gerchak said, motioning to the Dionne’s Meats Booth the film used as a location at the market. The booth had a ‘Go Tribe’ sticker, a reference to the Cleveland Indians baseball team that was featured in the movie ‘Major League.’

The movie features Clevelanders as extras, like Sam, an employee at the West Side Market. 

“Taking this concept of what people think Cleveland is and showing you, it can feel different, it can be beautiful,” Guterman said. 

Set during the holidays, the movie cast big names like June Squibb, Jon Lovitz and Martin Sheen. 

“I think it is the perfect marriage of material and setting. There’s a Midwestern optimism, there’s an earnestness, an authenticity,” Gerchak said. 

Directed, written and produced by Gerchak and Guterman, the film is a labor of love they worked on for over a decade, raising funds independently. 

“We had a book club in Cleveland that invested in the film,” Guterman said. 

Finally realizing their vision and getting to bring it to the big screen. 

“People have an underestimation of the film and I think they also have an underestimation of Cleveland, and the Cleveland’s of the country, and I think that they’re gonna be in for a surprise when they come and see the film,” Gerchak said.