TURNING POINTE, by Bridget Bell Bell McMahon – Script Reading from FEMALE Fest

A disciplined teen ballet prodigy discovers the emotional depth missing from her art through a powerful first love—but when tragedy strikes just days before her make-or-break audition, she must transform her grief into brilliance or lose her shot at greatness forever.

Narrator: Val Cole
Yvette: Hannah Ehman
Cara; Julie Sheppard

Writer Statement
TURNING POINTE is an emotionally powerful coming-of-age drama inspired by true events, blending the intensity of Black Swan, the heartfelt romance of The Fault in Our Stars, and the uplifting resilience of Billy Elliot.

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By femalefilmfestival

The irony of this festival is that its goal is to not be around in 5 years time. To eventually not be relevant because there is zero need to have a festival geared for female talent and female stories because the stories presented in Hollywood and around the world are a balanced showcase of the human experience from both sexes. Our goal is to achieve a lot of success and then fold into oblivion simply because there is no need for this festival. This festival was created by the FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival as a simple reaction to a strong need to showcase female talent from around the world in a more profound way. When putting together the weekly festival, the administration noticed a lack of a female presence in the stories being shown at the festival. A classic example and analogy to the frustration is how the festival noticed that even the smaller roles in a screenplay were written for a man to play. There was zero reason for this in many stories. How a police officer, or a political campaign manager, for example with 3-4 lines in a screenplay was a "HE" character. Why? And these are the screenplays written by the winners! The talented one who have obtained agents and have began/beginning their careers as a writer.

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