Category: Director

Director BIO: Lisa Donato (FOXY TROT)

Director Biography Lisa Donato is a writer, director, and activist from Billings, Montana and based in Austin & Los Angeles. The first feature film that she co-wrote, Signature Move, world-premiered at SXSW and won the grand jury prize for Best U.S. Narrative Feature at Outfest (2017). It can be found on Amazon Prime, Google Play,… Continue reading Director BIO: Lisa Donato (FOXY TROT)

Director BIO: Nora Jaenicke (WHALES)

Director Biography – Nora Jaenicke Nora Jaenicke is an award winning filmmaker currently residing between Cambridge and New York City. She grew up in Italy with German parents and studied Film at the European Institute of Design in Rome and Screenwriting at Vancouver Film School. Her feature length screenplays were selected in Oscar Qualifying Film Festivals… Continue reading Director BIO: Nora Jaenicke (WHALES)

Director BIO: Delphine Montaigne (DNA OF WILD BEASTS)

Director Biography – Delphine Montaigne Born in Lyons. Trained in drama arts in Nice and Paris, France. Delphine Montaigne has been a comedian since age 13. Commercials, documentaries, she has spoken a thousand voices and has incarnated just as many characters. She enjoys the subtle reassurance and tranquillity of backstage and dubbing studios. She switches universes,… Continue reading Director BIO: Delphine Montaigne (DNA OF WILD BEASTS)

Director BIO: Laura Way (I CAN’T SLEEP)

Director Biography – Laura Way Laura Way is an actress and director, known for Sugar Stick (2009), The Honeymooners (2005) and Rough Cut (2013). http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1931306/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Director Statement U2’s emotive lyrics and music were the perfect fit for the imagery of I Can’t Sleep, this film is an insight into the world of a vulnerable young girl… Continue reading Director BIO: Laura Way (I CAN’T SLEEP)

Director BIO: Liz Lachman (PIN-UP)

• EMMY AWARD • GOLDEN REEL AWARD • BMI TV MUSIC AWARD • PIN-UP (short based on feature screenplay) starring Christina Chang (The Good Doctor, 24) and Angela Sarafyn (Westworld). Finished Nov. 2017 • GETTING TO KNOW YOU (short), featuring Dana Delaney, Ian Gomez, and Elizabeth Keener, won 9 film festival awards and screened in… Continue reading Director BIO: Liz Lachman (PIN-UP)

Breathless Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from the July 2018 LA Festival

BREATHLESS, 7min., USA, Drama/Crime Directed by Anaiis Cisco ‘Breathless’ is the story of Larry, a middle aged Black man, whose trip to the bodega for coffee and cigarettes leads to his unwarranted death. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Toronto July 2018 Film Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: GRANDFATHERHOOD BEST PERFORMANCES: THE CLIMB BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: SNUG AS A BUG BEST MUSIC: CARL Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: GRANDFATHERHOOD, 27min., Russia, Drama/Family THE CLIMB, 9min., UK, Drama SISTER IN ARMS, 9min., UK, Crime/Drama THE CALL, 10min., USA, Horror CARL, 17min., USA, Drama SNUG AS A BUG, 11min., UK, Comedy… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Toronto July 2018 Film Festival

SISTERS IN ARMS Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from the July 2018 Female Festival (Toronto)

SISTER IN ARMS, 9min., UK, Crime/Drama Directed by Jessica O’Sullivan  A female police squad arrive at a remote village in Northern Pakistan to question the villagers (mostly women) about two men that they are looking for. Before they leave they are attacked and shot at by three Taliban men. Returning fire they kill one Taliban before… Continue reading SISTERS IN ARMS Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from the July 2018 Female Festival (Toronto)

SNUG AS A BUG Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from the July 2018 Female Festival (Toronto)

SNUG AS A BUG, 11min., UK, Comedy Directed by Louise C. Galizia  Mickey and Gav are six floors up with a corpse, a rug that’s too small and a van they haven’t got. Worse still, they’re almost out of air freshener: a pungent comic short with bodies, bowels and bin-bags. CLICK HERE – and see full info… Continue reading SNUG AS A BUG Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from the July 2018 Female Festival (Toronto)