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When Hollywood’s biggest director dies, his drunken ghost remains on Earth to help his best girl Friday complete one last picture. CAST LIST: Narration: Allison Kampf Wadsworth – Shawn Devlin Henry/Georgie: Geoff Mays Cookie: Julie Sheppard

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: PARTICULAR FRIENDSHIPS BEST PERFORMANCES: LOLA BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: UNDERNEATH BEST SOUND & MUSIC: COMPARTMENT Theme of night: Abandonment and Redemption NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: UNDERNEATH, 23min., Germany, Drama BEING BLACK, 5min., UK, Drama LOLA,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: October 2020 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival

Nicole Vanden Broeck is a French-Mexican filmmaker born and raised in Mexico. She received the FONCA-CONACYT Scholarship to pursue an MFA in Directing at the American Film Institute Conservatory. Her thesis film ELLE (2020) premiered at the Academy-Qualifying 38th Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival and won the Grand Prize Marlyn Mason Award given for… Continue reading Director Biography – Nicole Vanden Broeck (ELLE)

Set during the late 90s in Southern California, 16-year-old introverted Elle finds herself in love with her best friend who is about to move away. Project Links  Instagram News & Reviews “Rhode Island International Film Festival Announces 2020 Award Winners”VIMOOZhttps://www.vimooz.com/2020/08/15/flickers-rhode-island-internationa

Amanda Prager writes and directs high concept comedy science fiction that hopes to make others feel less alone in their one-by-one box of bones. She writes funny, real characters in unreal situations. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a United States Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Her films and screenplays have… Continue reading Director Biography – Amanda Prager (I MAKE GOOD SOUNDS AT PARTIES)

 Website  Instagram News & Reviews “I Make Good Sounds At Parties: Monologue Of A Socially Awkward Loner”Indie Shorts Maghttps://www.indieshortsmag.com/reviews/2020/09/i-make-good

Originally from Moscow, Russia, Ira Storozhenko is a recent graduate of the AFI Conservatory directing program. She started her career in film with a documentary when she was just 17 years old. Until this day, she finds the biggest inspiration for her movies in the stories of real people. Lover of psychology, Ira is also… Continue reading Director Biography – Ira Storozhenko (JULIET)

JULIET tells the story of a transgender teenager, Serena. Extremely shy and always in the background, she has a dream of playing the female lead in her high school’s production of Romeo and Juliet. Serena signs up to audition, which unleashes a torrent of teasing, bullying and sabotage. Still, she musters the strength to push… Continue reading Short Film: JULIET, 15min, USA/Russia, Drama

Juel D. Lane is a dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, and one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch.” Most recently he won Celebration of Dance: Choreographer of the Year and Best Choreography for Live Performance for Ailey II’s “Touch & Agree.” He has performed nationally and internationally with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, and currently dances with Bessie Award winning… Continue reading Director Biography – Juel D. Lane (TOUCH & AGREE)

Touch & Agree explores what it is to be in love and how we commit to another person without losing our own identity; all while navigating the highs and lows of a relationship. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Twitter  Instagram