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Celebrating
the Cinematic Works
of Women All Over the World
March 19 - 22, 2015
Film Schedule/Quick Guide
Woodbury University
7500 Glenoaks Blvd.,
Burbank, CA 91510
www.LAWomensFest.com
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International Film Festival
Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival is produced by Alliance of
Women Filmmakers (AWF). AWF is a nonprofit 501c(3) organization established to empower women filmmakers in creating diverse roles for women.
Now in its 11th year, the Los Angeles Women’s International Film Festival
continues to be a strong platform for women filmmakers worldwide to
share their unique stories and cultural experiences with Los Angeles’
diverse audience. The festival's programming also reflects AWF’s mission
to educate and inform audiences of the social, political and health issues
impacting women globally.
Each year, AWF partners with an organization that serves women in order
to help raise awareness and money for women's causes. For 2015,
Alliance of Women Filmmakers is proud to support Dress for Success
Worldwide - West by hosting a clothing drive during the festival’s
opening night and donating $1 of each festival ticket purchased.
Dress for Success is a global not-for-profit organization that promotes
the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing
professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools
needed to help women thrive in work and in life.
Since starting operations in 1997, Dress for Success has expanded to more
than 139 cities in 18 countries and has helped more than 775,000 women
work towards self-sufficiency.
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OPENING NIGHT FILM
The Empowerment Project:
Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things
Directed by: Sarah Moshman; Written by: Sarah Moshman
USA, 99min
The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things is the incredible journey of five
female filmmakers driving more than 7,000 miles from Los Angeles to New York over the course of 30 days
to encourage, empower and inspire the next generation of strong women. This documentary spotlights 17
positive and powerful women leaders across a variety of lifestyles and industries. From flying above San
Francisco with a female pilot and sitting down with the creator of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to working in a
lab with a cancer biologist, the empowerment gals get the chance to spend a day in each woman's shoes.
Along the way, these filmmakers relay the candid insight on how these women define their success, what it
takes to be a woman in their position and valuable advice on how to improve the female role in the workplace.
Created for women by women, they challenge the audience to ask themselves, “What would you do if you
weren't afraid to fail?”
Thursday March 19
Reception 7:30pm Film Starts at 8:00pm
The Colony Theatre
555 North 3rd Street
Burbank, CA 91502
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CLOSING NIGHT FILM
Fear of Water
Directed by: Kate Lane; Written by: Edward Davenport
USA, 81min
Fear of Water revolves around two teenage girls with parallel lives who come from different socio-economic
backgrounds and meet one summer to discover friendship and a sexual awakening. The story is inspired by
actual events from the life of director Kate Lane. “I wanted to tell a story that was personal to me. I always
felt different growing up but was afraid to admit to who I was until that infamous summer. As soon as I admitted
to myself and to others, it was an amazing feeling of freedom I had never experienced...a breaking free
of sorts!”
This high-profile supporting cast includes Marcia Warren (Leap Year, The Ladykillers), Sara Stewart (“Sugar
Rush,” Philomena) and Alex Macqueen (The Inbetweeners Movie, I Give It a Year). The film’s score was written
and performed by Benson Taylor, who was styled as the “new sound of Hollywood” by MovieScope magazine
in their 24th issue. Also featured are songs from six female singer-songwriters, including critically acclaimed
artists Carrie Haber and Miri, who gained attention worldwide from her airplay on BBC London.
Sunday, March 22 8:00pm
Woodbury University
7500 Glenoaks Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91510
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DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
IN PLAIN SIGHT: STORIES
OF
HOPE & FREEDOM
THE EMPOWERMENT PROJECT:
ORDINARY WOMEN DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS
Directed by: Sarah Moshman • Written by: Sarah Moshman
The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things is the incredible journey of five female filmmakers driving more than 7,000 miles from Los Angeles to New York over the course of 30 days to encourage, empower and
inspire the next generation of strong women. This documentary spotlights 17 positive and powerful women leaders
across a variety of lifestyles and industries. From flying above San Francisco with a female pilot to sitting down with the
creator of “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, the empowerment gals get the chance to spend a day in each woman's shoes.
Thursday, March 19 8:00 pm (USA, 99 min)
AFRICAN GRANDMOTHERS TRIBUNAL:
SEEKING JUSTICE AT THE FRONTLINES OF THE AIDS CRISIS
Directed by: Neal Hicks • Written by: Lee Waldorf
In sub-Saharan Africa, grandmothers are the primary caregivers for a large portion of children left orphaned and vulnerable by HIV and AIDS. Their ability to care for these children, and for themselves, is greatly compromised by the effects
of gender- and age-based discrimination. This documentary follows three grandmothers as they travel from their homes
in Uganda and Swaziland to Canada to testify in a Peoples’ Tribunal that sheds light on the urgent need for better protection of African grandmothers’ human rights. .
Friday, March 20 1:00pm (Canada 45 min)
COMING BACK TO THE HOOP
Directed by: Jane Pittman • Written by: Jane Pittman
At 16, Jane Pittman, a promising basketball star at her small-town high school, runs off the court, suffering from the first
of many panic attacks in her life. Forty-one years later and thinking basketball is no longer possible, Jane is invited back
to the court by 74-year-old Mary Lou, a player in a senior women’s basketball league. Vowing to get into the best shape
of her life, Jane is determined to play competitive ball again. What she never expected to find on that journey was a passionate group of senior adults who had decided to “wear out, before we rust out.”
Friday, March 20 2:30pm (USA 84 min)
A FISHY TALE
Directed by: Shad Selby & Tracie Hovey • Written by: Sara Pozonsky Tracie Hovey
A Fishy Tale is about one woman’s fight against the political machine of NOAA and the powerful salmon farming industry.
Sara, an Alaskan native, has been doing her part to educate people, but her sphere of influence is not large enough to
cause fish farms to make any changes. This documentary chronicles her journey as she exposes health concerns of
farmed fish and the environmental devastation caused by open-net fish farms that kill ocean floors and the wild salmon
surrounding them.
Friday, March 20 4:30pm (USA 56 min)
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DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
THE GREEN GIRL
A QUESTION OF HUMANITY
Directed by: Heather Angel Chandler • Written by: Heather Angel Chandler
The Acholi tribe of Northern Uganda returns home after 20 years of civil war to discover thousands of their once-healthy
children developing a bizarre, deadly illness called nodding syndrome. Children with this disease appear to be sleepy and
“nod off.” The locals describe afflicted children as “alive in dead bodies” because they become mentally impaired.
A Question of Humanity follows a Ugandan woman who operates a small care center for these kids. In search of answers
to this medical mystery, the woman discovers the true strength of the human spirit in the midst of tremendous obstacles.
Friday, March 20 6:00pm (Uganda 64 min)
IN PLAIN SIGHT: STORIES OF HOPE & FREEDOM
Directed by: Natalie Grant & David Trotter
Written by: Troy Lamberth & David Trotter
In Plain Sight features the work of six female abolitionists as they fight against sex trafficking in the United States.
Journeying to six U.S. cities, the film opens the viewer's eyes to what's happening down the street “in plain sight.”
Through intimate interviews with numerous victims, the force, coercion and deception that the women and children
endure become apparent. However, in the midst of darkness, stories of hope and freedom emerge as each survivor shares
how she was positively impacted by the love of one woman who founded an aftercare home for sex-trafficking victims
Friday, March 20 7:30pm (USA 69 min)
THE GREEN GIRL
Directed by: George Pappy • Written by: Amy Glickman Brown
The Green Girl is a feature-length documentary about actress Susan Oliver. To millions of Star Trek fans, she was the iconic
and original “Green Girl,” but to the first generation ever raised on television, she was much more. With over 120 major acting
credits in film and television, Oliver was a prolific actress of the '50s through the '80s. She set a number of well-publicized
records as a pilot and was one of the only women to direct major TV shows in the 1980s, and yet, many people don't even
remember her name today.
Saturday, March 21 12:15pm (USA 96 min)
DARK SIDE OF THE FULL MOON
Directed by: Maureen Fura • Written by: Maureen Fura
One in seven women will experience a pregnancy and postpartum mood and anxiety disorder, and one in one thousand
will suffer from postpartum psychosis. Considered the number-one complication of childbirth, up to 20 percent of women
are affected each year. However, it is the one condition during pregnancy and postpartum that is most often under-diagnosed. The documentary follows two mothers as they exposes the failing within the medical community to effectively
screen, refer and treat the more than 1.3 million mothers suffering from postpartum mood and anxiety disorders each
year in the US.
Sunday, March 22 10:00am (USA 72 min)
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NARRATIVES COMPETITION
THE JOURNEY
OF A
DRAGONFLY
THE JOURNEY OF A DRAGONFLY
Directed by: Claudia La Bianca • Written by: Claudia La Bianca
Giulia is a struggling photographer living in NYC. Her camera is her everyday companion and the only connection to her homeland of Sicily. After meeting a Sicilian businessman, she gets an offer to return to her
homeland on a photography assignment. While re-exploring the island through the lens, she meets a local
fisherman, Vince, whose honesty is both endearing and arousing. Together, they venture into an unexpected
and mysterious quest for love, only to learn reality is not always what it seems.
Friday, March 20 9:00pm (Italy 71 min)
SALLY PACHOLOK
Directed by: Elissa Leonard • Written by: Elissa Leonard
When nurse Sally Pacholok learns that her recent bouts of dizziness and fatigue are the result of a B-12
deficiency, she tries unsuccessfully to educate doctors at her hospital about this debilitating, often fatal
condition, which mimics multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, dementia and a host of better-known
diseases. As she watches misdiagnosed patients wasting away and dying, she decides to write a book.
Saturday, March 21 2:30pm (USA 87 min)
MOM, MURDER & ME
Directed by: Heather Donnell • Written by: Heather Donnell
What does it take to admit your overprotective mother is right? When Annabel's elderly neighbor passes
away, her visiting mother, Joan, insists its murder. Without evidence for the police, Annabel blunders through
a comical investigation with her mother as her only ally and a murderer who may be onto their
amateur sleuthing.
Saturday, March 21 4:00pm (USA 93 min)
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NARRATIVES COMPETITION
PRIMROSE LANE
THE SISTERHOOD OF NIGHT
Directed by: Caryn Waechter • Written by: Marilyn Fu
The story begins when Emily Parris exposes a secret society of teenage girls who have slipped out of the
world of social media and into a mysterious world deep in the woods. Emily's allegations of sexually deviant
activities throw the town of Kingston into hysteria and the national media spotlight. As the accused uphold a
vow of silence, Emily's blog takes an unexpected turn when girls across the country emerge with personal
stories of sexual abuse. From the story by Pulitzer Prize-winner Steven Millhauser, The Sisterhood of Night
chronicles a provocative alternative to adolescent loneliness, revealing the tragedy and humor of teenage
years changed forever by the Internet age.
Saturday, March 21 6:00pm (USA 103 min)
PRIMROSE LANE
Directed by: Kathleen Davison • Written by: Kathleen Davison
When Chris and Robin pay a visit to their friends' home, they find the house curiously empty and unlocked.
Their decision to enter triggers an irreversible chain of events and evidence that suggests they are not as
alone as they think. Milty, a young boy of a bygone era, watches the couple from the shadows. His motives
are a riddle until flashes of his life in 1910 reveal elements of history repeating itself and clues of lives lived
before. When Chris goes missing, Robin's logic and atheist skepticism leaves her empty-handed. As time and
space collide, Robin comes face-to-face with the reality that the only hope of recovering her husband is to
surrender herself to the unknown.
Saturday, March 21 8:00pm (USA 88 min)
FEAR OF WATER
Directed by: Kate Lane • Written by: Edward Davenport
Fear of Water revolves around two teenage girls with parallel lives who come from different socio-economic
backgrounds and meet one summer to discover friendship and a sexual awakening. The story is inspired by
actual events from the life of director Kate Lane. “I wanted to tell a story that was personal to me. I always
felt different growing up but was afraid to admit to who I was until that infamous summer. As soon as I admitted to myself and to others, it was an amazing feeling of freedom I had never experienced...a breaking free
of sorts!”
Sunday, March 22 8:00pm (USA 100 min)
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SHORTS PROGRAM ONE
SATURDAY, MARCH 21 10:00AM
LOLLYPOP LOVE
BIG LITTLE GIRL
Directed by: Viki Posidis
Written by: Viki Posidis
With her mother dead and her father in a constant state of drunkenness, 10-year-old Samantha Wallace is on her own to
figure out life and overcome societal pressures to be sexy, all while trying to be the “big girl” her father needs her to be.
LOLLYPOP LOVE
Directed by: Ellie Ngim
Written by: Ellie Ngim
Set predominantly in a hospital, Lollypop Love punctuates the innocence and purity of children’s first love through bridging
the genre between romance and melodrama. The story is led by a main reverie of melody that would serve as a familiarity
between kids who met in a hospital ward, only to be reunited as adults in the same place under very different circumstances.
HOW I LOST MY BEST FRIENDS
Directed by: Natalie Schwan
Written by: Natalie Schwan
Through nostalgic flashbacks triggered by a return to his hometown, 20-something Danny analyzes his most influential
and important relationships as he tries to figure out how to move forward in life.
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SHORTS PROGRAM ONE
SATURDAY, MARCH 21 10:00AM
BECOMING SOPHIE
ADD EDIT
Directed by: Anjoum Agrama
Written by: Anjoum Agrama
Add Edit follows Lea, an experienced film editor whose professional and personal lives blur as she rewrites her life to fit
her fantasy. Only when her boyfriend breaks up with her does she realizes she had been subconsciously editing her life
and must now face reality.
BECOMING SOPHIE
Directed by: Crystal Lowe
Written by: Ashley Alexander & Rebecca Whiting
Sophie, a young freelance photographer is devastated following the breakup with her first love, Kyle, a straight-and-narrow
academic who wants Sophie to give up photography to pursue a real job. When the opportunity arises for Sophie to put her
relationship with Kyle back together, she realizes who her first love really is.
WHATEVER WE WANT TO BE
Directed by: Stephanie Williams
Written by: Stephanie Williams
Wild parties, rocking music and countless one-night stands. Welcome to the promiscuous life of free-spirited, pansexual
playgirl Dylan. That is, until she meets her match in the equally seductive and androgynous Sam. As their relationship
develops, Dylan must now consider if one captivating person could really be enough.
LAST WRITES
Directed by: Pewee Piemonte
Written by: Sarah Carbiener
A woman tired of her unsupportive family decides to investigate her banished uncle after he dies. She stumbles upon a
plethora of love letters written to him during World War II, signed only by a mysterious “B.” As she sets out to find the
author of these letters, she finds that her uncle's true love is quite different than she imagined.
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SHORTS PROGRAM TWO
SUNDAY, MARCH 22 12:00PM
ELECTRIC INDIGO
ELECTRIC INDIGO
Directed by: Jean-Julien Collette
Written by: Jean-Julien Collette
Indigo, a girl with a rather unusual background, mentally recalls her life being raised by two heterosexual fathers, Rubén,
the Spaniard, and Tony, the American, who are united in the bonds of a non-carnal marriage. The three live a simple, happy
life together. But when Indigo’s surrogate mother decides to get her back, things get more complicated.
LIBERATION
Directed by: Siglia Diniz
Written by: Siglia Diniz
A teenage girl is reunited with her mother 12 years after being kidnapped by her father. Based on true events, Liberation
is about parental abduction and the mental anguish that occurs when a child is removed from their environment to become
the factor of a custody dispute. Is it justice or abuse to remove a child from the only home they know
BLAME
Directed by: Elen Santana
Written by: Caitlin Scherer
A shooting has occurred at a local high school. As devastated parents gather outside, one mother reflects on her relationship with her son. While her memories of him fall into place, so does her consciousness. An unobservant parent, a school
lax on bullying and an accessible gun. What if her son isn’t a victim, but the shooter? And who is to blame?
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SHORTS PROGRAM TWO
SUNDAY, MARCH 22 12:00PM
CEDAR STREET
SURVIVING BUG
Directed by: Genna Chanelle Hayes
Written by: Genna Chanelle Hayes
Inspired by the real-life stories of countless women suffering abuse and homelessness on Sydney's streets, this film
follows a young woman's journey into homelessness when she becomes pregnant as a teen after being sexually abused
by her mother's boyfriend. Stuck in a world of violence and abuse, her baby daughter becomes her saving grace.
CEDAR STREET
Directed by: Monica Graves
Written by: Monica Graves
Cedar Street is a film about childhood and the suffering some kids sadly endure. Jeremiah is the outcast of the Cedar Street
neighborhood kids. The Peterson and Sellar girls have a new club on the abandoned tracks that Jeremiah desperately
wants to join. He won't give up his attempts to get in until he is accepted, but what happens in turn unveils a shocking
truth that will force the kids to end their club days for good.
LIVIDITY
Directed by: Robyn Kopp
Written by: Robyn Kopp
Sharlene is having trouble understanding her immediate reality in the day following her son's death. She sits in a trance
in the funeral home as her sister makes the necessary arrangements. Suddenly, she sees a boy dressed as Dracula rise
from a pew and walk down the center aisle of the service room. Has her son returned to her as his favorite childhood hero?
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SHORTS PROGRAM THREE
SUNDAY, MARCH 22 2:00
THE FIREFLY CATCHER
PM
SOGNI D'ORO (DREAMS OF GOLD)
Directed by: Jessica Elisa Boyd
Written by: Jessica Elisa Boyd
Set in timeless Tuscany, Italy, Sogni D'Oro is an old-fashioned fairy tale about Maria, a girl growing up in poverty on a farm
with her father. Every Friday at 5:00 p.m., she is transported from her mundane life into a world of dreams and possibilities
when local dress-shop owner, Roberto, changes his window display. She rushes to see what imaginary delights each new
dress will conjure.
ELLIE
Directed by: Allison Eckert
Written by: Allison Eckert & Megan Chomskis
Thirteen-year-old Ellie has spent the summer before high school coming to terms with the death of her father. But when a
tree branch smashes the windshield of his truck, she finds herself confronted once more by the pain of her loss. At odds
with her mother and desperate for closure, Ellie shifts her attention to Arthur, her best friend’s father.
THE FIREFLY CATCHER
Directed by: Stefanie Black
Written by: Matt Post
The Firefly Catcher examines the cycle of life through the relationship between Madelyn and her aging father, who is
struggling with an early onset of dementia. Although Madelyn must come to terms with her father’s incurable, deteriorating
state, a flicker of light brings her renewed optimism. Could this be a turning point, or is Madelyn's hope a deceiving aspect
of the human psyche?
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SHORTS PROGRAM THREE
SUNDAY, MARCH 22 2:00
IN
THE
WITCHING HOUSE
PM
IN THE WITCHING HOUSE
Directed by: Gina East
Written by: Gina East
Evil and magic beckon in this classic Grimm’s tale with a stylish twist. It's 1931, and two small children find themselves
abandoned in an empty city where a dark force lures them to a sinister woman's home. The children believe they have
found a safe refuge, but the woman of the house has other plans.
HOME
Directed by: Jennifer Potts
Written by: Jennifer Potts
Home takes viewers into the mind of a homeless man who must overcome the demons in his head to find his way home.
Seeing and hearing the world through his point of view, this film captures the universal complexity of all humans and takes
the audience on a journey of twists and turns, finally landing in a completely unexpected place.
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SHORTS PROGRAM FOUR
SUNDAY, MARCH 22ND 4:00PM
CAPTURED
LOST MUSIC
Directed by: Deborah LaVine
Written by: Dale Griffiths Stamos
Lost Music is a meditation on the effects of Alzheimer's disease on not only the sufferer but on their closest loved one as
well. Multiple Emmy® winner Barbara Bain stars as a woman struggling with Alzheimer's who is spun back in time by an
all-day tribute playing on the radio. The tribute is to a musician, Luc, with whom she'd had an affair with years ago. Now,
her dedicated husband must re-witness her love for this other man.
A SONG FOR MANZANAR
Directed by: Kazuko Golden & P E
Written by: : Josh Garvin & P E
Based on a true story from the Japanese American internment camp Manzanar in 1945, this is the inspiring account of a
woman who fights to get her letters to her sister living in Hiroshima. Although not physically together, the sisters hold a
strong bond with their letters and maintain hope that through the Japanese childhood folk song “The Crow,” they will one
day be reunited.
CAPTURED
Directed by: Carolyn Hodge
Written by: Carolyn Hodge & Nicholas Pinder
When a renowned artist's beloved wife disappears, he spirals into a deep, dark depression and refuses to accept that
she's gone. In an effort to keep her close to him, he sketches her portrait over and over again.
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SHORTS PROGRAM FOUR
SUNDAY, MARCH 22ND 4:00PM
A SONG
FOR
MANZANAR
MADNESS
Directed by: Shannon Kohli
Written by: Michelle Brezinski
It’s the year of our Lord 1348, and the Black Death has just descended its madness upon Europe. Sara Templeton, a
commoner, desperately rushes into an old English graveyard and snatches her husband from his unjust grave, only to be
plagued by something far worse than death itself.
MR. HOPEWELL'S REMEDY
Directed by: Kathi Carey
Written by: Sasha Carrera
It's the cure for what ails...them. Set in a small town that time has forgotten, this gently-absurd, comedic short tells
the story of a hapless inventor, Ernest Hopewell, whose failure to create the antidote to sorrow sets in motion a magical
alchemy for joy.
ABASHED
Directed by: Peter Holden
Written by: Michele Karpel
Abashed is the story of David and Brenda, a married couple of 17 years who have the opportunity on this one night to
reinvent themselves and be the David and Brenda they were meant to be before life got ahold of them. Will they take
advantage of what the night has to offer, or will they go back to the frozen dinner in front of the TV world that they've come
to know so well?
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SHORTS PROGRAM FIVE
SUNDAY, MARCH 22ND 6:00
GO NORTH
PM
GO NORTH
Directed by: Vanita Shastry
Written by: Vanita Shastry
Frightened and in shock, Riya and her friend Miriam descend the stairs of the World Trade Center’s North Tower on 9/11.
Days later, Riya is safe at her parents’ house and reflects on the enormity of the trauma. Despite being inseparable in the
stairwell, Riya is the one who makes it out alive and is left desperately trying to comprehend how she survived and
Miriam perished.
SKIN
Directed by: Liz Hannah
Written by: Liz Hannah
An unusual pair meet through unique circumstances and find themselves gradually drawn to each other via the evening's
unexpected adventures. Skin tells the story of how sometimes it's only a stranger than can see you and help you see yourself.
HAPPY FOR NOTHING
Directed by: Jessica Silvetti
Written by: Jessica Silvetti
Deirdre is a woman lost in the darkness of depression. She spends her days sitting in front of the television, taking a medley
of antidepressants. One day, an infomercial featuring happiness guru Larry catches her attention. Through his lessons, we
witness Deirdre's transformation – one that comes from her own self-acceptance and forgiveness – which ultimately leads
her to be happy for nothing.
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SHORTS PROGRAM FIVE
SUNDAY, MARCH 22ND 6:00
SMART HOME
PM
LAST CHRISTMAS
Directed by: Uta Seibicke
Written by: Uta Seibicke and Nicholas Tedeschi
Christmas Eve in Berlin, two people in a taxi. A mysterious woman, a grumpy driver. An encounter. In the end, an end but
also a beginning.
LEFTOVERS
Directed by: Ali Hadley
Written by: Ali Hadley
Attempting to carry out a promise made years earlier, a grieving young woman steals her dead best friend's ashes during her
funeral. But after a chance encounter with an estranged priest, she is forced to say goodbye.
SMART HOME
Directed by: Carol Phiniotis
Written by: Carol Phiniotis
A man’s heating breaks, and all of his attempts to try and get warm are thwarted by his new and improved smart
appliances and technology that have their own agenda, seemingly conspiring against him. When it comes to new
technology in our homes, how smart is too smart, and who really has the power?
MOURNING GLORY
Directed by: Janna King
Written by: Janna King
It's a funeral. Sad, right? Not for most of the attendees around this particular grave who find the occasion perfect for
narcissistic navel-gazing and side conversations. Then, a dose of reality grabs their attention and their emotions. But is
the inspiration for their catharses actually real?
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NOTES
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NOTES
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2014 FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE
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TICKET
AND
PASS INFORMATION
Tickets for all screening can be purchased online
at www.lawomensfest.com
PRICING
All Regular Screenings
$10
Screening Day Pass
$50
Festival All Access Pass
$300
LOCATION
Opening Night Gala
March 19th
The Colony Theatre Company
Burbank Town Center
555 North 3rd Street
Burbank, CA 91502
Remainder of Festival
March 20-22
Woodbury University
7500 Glenoaks Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91510
Festival Contact
Diana Means
Dmeans25@yahoo.com
(818) 749-6162
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