WINTER FILM AWARDS 2019 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

FILM NAME DETAILS DEMOGRAPHICS SCREEN DATE Key Cast Film Synopsis Director Bio << a land shaped by Documentary from France, 26 Woman Director, First Time Sunday Feb 17, Block 8: "<< a land shaped by women >>" is an inspirational depiction of the journey Anne-Flore Marxer is a professional snowboarder and strong advocate for mins. Directed by Anne Flore Director 3:45pm - 6:15pm of two snowboarding world champions across Iceland. Anne-Flore Marxer gender equality in snowboarding; her input brought equal prize money in the women >> Marxer and Aline Bock explore the country in a van through their beloved adventure World Snowboard Tour in Freestyle and put women back on the Freeride World sports -- snowboarding and surfing. As their travel unfolds, playing in the Tour in freeride competitions. She is now back to films, to share the love of all mountains, in the waves or under the spectacular northern lights, they her passions through inspiring film projects linking snowboarding, splitboarding, introduce the viewers to the iconic Icelandic women they met along the way. surfing, empowering and inspiring women to dare on and off the slopes. This This film is empowering women and bringing a feminine narrative to the film is her first creation as a director. outdoor practice; it encourages all of us to be part of creating the world that will make sense and bring gender equality in the front of the debate.

A Bitter Reckoning Short from United States, 25 Woman Director, New York Wednesday Feb 20, Block 16: Albert Fry Jr, Ben Nolte, When Sheriff Rodgers returns with more questions, it becomes obvious that Albert Fry Jr. was born in Denver, Colorado, and raised on a farm 50 miles north mins. Directed by Albert Fry City, LGBT 7:45pm-11:00pm Michael Sare, Joseph the suicide of Lester’s father is not an open-and-shut case. of there. At age 27, he left the farm, moving to Denver for a year, then on to Jr., Amber LeRae Earls. NYC Griffenberg, Michelle Smith, Phoenix, AZ for less than a year, and finally making his way to Albuquerque, NM Premiere Marvin Gouch, Denise in 1986. He's done many different things since arriving in the 'Land of Capeless, Teresa Jones Enchantment' - including woodworking, building 'rustic furniture'. Albert got the 'acting bug' at age 35. He is now an award-winning actor, writer, director and independent film producer. A Scientists Guide to Feature from United States, 77 Woman Director, First Time Thursday Feb 21, Block 18: Nitzan Mager, Kieran Patrick A young scientist in the midst of groundbreaking research is thrown into free- Nitzan Mager and Shachar Langlev are a filmmaking duo based in Brooklyn NY. mins. Directed by Nitzan Director, New York City 7:45pm-11:15pm Campbell , Kivlighan fall when she becomes pregnant with her dead husband’s child and is Combined, their films have screened at Sundance, BAM, IFP and numerous film Living and Dying Mager, Shachar Langlev. NYC DeMontebello , Kathryn Kates, suddenly confronted by the unknowable — absorbed into a realm of mystical festivals, and have won awards from Sundance (Audience Award), The National Premiere Emily Simoness , Rowan female consciousness both terrifying and transcendent. Board of Review, and NY Women in Film and Television. They’ve Meyer, Jay O. Sanders directed/produced short documentary films featuring notable subjects such as Vice President Joe Biden and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. "A Scientist’s Guide to Living and Dying" is their co-directorial feature debut.

Baby Wont You Please Short from United States, 22 New York City, By/About Saturday Feb 16, Block 6: Michelle Hurst, Melanie Pearl Simmons, an aging jazz singer in brownstone Brooklyn, fights the early Christopher Piazza is a writer/director living in New York. His last short film, mins. Directed by Christopher People of Color 9:15pm -12:00am Nicholls-King, Molly Camp, stages of Alzheimer's. While she presents a strong front to her daughter "Olfactory", played at over a dozen film festivals and was named Best Dramatic Come Home Piazza Frank De Julio, Jazzmeia Horn Cynthia, her sense of place and time begin to slip, and her memories of her Short Film at the Berlin Sci-Fi Film Festival. He has also directed web series, days as a jazz singer in 1970s New York clash with the present. Cynthia, music videos, live concerts and commercials. His comedy pilot, "No Outlet", with struggling to care for her mother, considers an offer to sell the family's home. stand-up favorites Nick Vatterott, Aparna Nancherla and Dan Soder was featured on the front page of "Funny or Die". His commercial clients include the USDA, Volkswagen and Audi.

Back to Berlin Documentary from United Woman Director, First Time Saturday Feb 16, Block 5: The "Back to Berlin" cameras follow eleven modern-day Jewish bikers on an Catherine Lurie-Alt is a film producer and journalist based in London. She was Kingdom, 75 mins. Directed by Director, By/About People of 6:30pm -9:00pm epic journey from Tel-Aviv to Berlin, crossing nine European countries and the youngest investigative journalist ever appointed to the Business section of Catherine Lurie. NYC Premiere Color 4,500km in twenty-four days. Their mission: to deliver the Maccabi torch to the "Sunday Times" in South Africa. Currently she is the European Hitler’s infamous 1936 Olympic stadium for the opening ceremony of the Correspondent for the New York-based TV Channel JBS and is a member of the 2015 European Maccabiah Games. Foreign Press Association. Burkinabe Bounty: Documentary from Burkina Woman Director, WFA Monday Feb 18, Block 11: Burkinabè Bounty chronicles agricultural resistance and the fight for food Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and Faso, 37 mins. Directed by Iara Alumni,New York City, 12:00pm - 2:30pm sovereignty in Burkina Faso—a small, landlocked country in West Africa. founder/director of the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that Agroecology in Burkina Lee. NYC Premiere By/About People of Color Showcasing activist farmers, students, artists, and leaders in the local Slow promotes global solidarity and connects and supports agitators, educators, Faso Food movement, the film looks at how the Burkinabè people are reclaiming farmers, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative their land and defending their traditions against the encroachment of resistance and nonviolent action. corporate agriculture. From women gaining economic independence by selling 'dolo' beer, to youth marching in the streets against companies like Monsanto, to hip-hop musicians reviving the revolutionary spirit of Thomas Sankara, Burkinabè Bounty shows the creative tactics people are using to take back control of their food, seeds, and future.

Dachra Horror from Tunisia, 114 mins. By/About People of Color Monday Feb 18, Horror Block Set against the backdrop of contemporary Tunisia, "Dachra" revolves around Abdelhamid Bouchnak studied at the Ecole Supérieure de l’Audiovisuel et du Directed by Abdelhamid 14: 8:30pm -10:45pm female journalism student Yasmin and two male classmates who set out on a Cinéma E.S.A.C. in Gammarth and graduated in 2008 with the short film Miroir. Bouchnak. NYC Premiere university assignment to solve the cold case of Mongia, a woman found In the same year, he won the prize for Best Young Director at the International mutilated 25 years ago and now imprisoned in an asylum, suspected of Film Festival in Carthage and moved to Montreal to complete a Master’s degree witchcraft. As they pursue their investigation, the three friends stumble into in film studies. Since 2012, he has produced and directed video clips, web series the archaic and ominous world of Dachra, an isolated countryside compound and short films. "Dachra" is his first feature film. filled with goats, silent women, mysterious drying meat and steaming pots, which is home to a cult. When the cult’s jovial but menacing leader invites them to stay overnight, Yasmin is drawn into Dachra’s dark secrets and a desperate attempt to escape alive.

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FILM NAME DETAILS DEMOGRAPHICS SCREEN DATE Key Cast Film Synopsis Director Bio Extreme Number Feature from Germany, 81 Woman Director, By/About Wednesday Feb 20, Block 16: Lidia Krebs, Jan A. Sid, Based on a true story, "Extreme Number" blends real and fiction to tell the Irina Arms, born in Moscow, lives in Berlin as a filmmaker, journalist and mins. Directed by Irina Arms. People of Color 7:45pm-11:00pm Bernhard Schütz, Paul story of a young refugee from Chechnya who comes to Germany in 2004 and producer. In 2012 she founded her company Armsfilm. The main focus is on art NYC Premiere Milmeister is immediately thrown into prison in Berlin. He enlists the help of a translator house movies and trends of modern social life. to escape and then joins a terrorist group in Berlin that gives him a very special order. Authentic war documentation is embedded in the film as flashbacks - this is real coverage of war, shot by a Chechen rebel from 1996- 2000 in Chechnya. In The Land of Documentary from Germany, Woman Director, New York Sunday Feb 17, Block 9: A multi-layered documentary centered on a group of young people who were Hava Kohav Beller was born in Germany, raised in Israel and currently lives in 125 mins. Directed by Hava City, By/About People of Color 6:30pm -9:00pm born into a violent and insidious ongoing war -- young Palestinians and NYC. She studied at Julliard and the New School. Her first film, "The Restless Pomegranates Kohav Beller Israelis invited to Germany to join a retreat called 'Vacation From War.' In Conscience" was nominated for the Academy Award® as Best Documentary highly charged encounters they confront the entrenched myths and Feature. It had its World premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and was grievances that each side has for the other. Woven into this intense footage televised nationally on PBS, and broadcast internationally. Her second film, "The are the stories of other embattled lives in the Occupied Territories and Israel: Burning Wall", opened at the Film Forum in NY, and at the Berlin Int. Film a mother and four children living in the shadow of Gaza's border wall; an Festival and was broadcast by the BBC. imprisoned Palestinian and the subsequent path he's taken; a traumatized Israeli survivor of a suicide bombing; and a daring Palestinian mother whose son's life is saved by an Israeli doctor.

In The Life of Music Feature from Cambodia, 91 Woman Director, WFA Monday Feb 18, Block 11: Elle Wong "In the Life of Music", a story told in three chapters, tells the story of how one Caylee So was born in a refugee camp in Thailand on September 17th 1981, just mins. Directed by Caylee So, Alumni,By/About People of 12:00pm - 2:30pm song 'Champa Battambang,' a song made famous by Sinn Sisamuth (the King after her parent’s escape from the reign of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime in Sok Visal. NYC Premiere Color of Khmer Music), plays a role in the lives of three different generations. Cambodia. When she was just three years old, her family immigrated to the United States. In 2011, Caylee was awarded the Zonta’s Women in Film grant for Most Promising Young Filmmaker. She is also the winner of the Director’s Guild of America’s 18th annual Best Female Student Director award.

Like A Good Kid Short from Iran, 20 mins. Student Director, By/About Tuesday Feb 19, Block 15: Shadi Karamroudi Sara, a 22-year-old girl, is babysitter to 7-year-old Matin. One day Matin tells Arian Vazirdaftari has master’s degree in cinema from Tehran University of Directed by Arian Vazirdaftari. People of Color 7:45pm-10:45pm a story that makes Sara plan to steal something from the house. Dramatic Arts. So far he has made 5 short films. "Not Yet" is his previous film, NYC Premiere which won the Grand Prix for best fiction and the NETPAC Award at the 34th Busan International Short Film Festival and the Best Asian Short Film Award at 35th Fajr International film festival. "Like A Good Kid" is his new short film, which was premiered at 71st Cannes Film Festival in the CineFondation Competition. Monsters Feature from Morocco, 96 First Time Director, By/About Sunday Feb 17, Block 10: Abdelouahid Zaouki, Bouziane, "Monsters" is a psychological thriller shot in Morocco about three masked Aksel Rifman is a director from Morocco who won the Best Screenplay Award in mins. Directed by Aksel People of Color 9:15pm -12:00am Alae El Bachiri, Hoyam Lamsisi, men, The Boss, The Brute and The Loser, who invade a rich family in their the Meknes TV Festival for his first TV movie "The Killing Silence", which he Rifman. World Premiere Farouk Aznabet, Jalila Talemsi, home in broad daylight to steal their money. But nothing is what it appears. wrote and directed. Last year, Aksel directed his debut film "Monsters". He has Sabrin Zeibal acted as a screenwriter, cinematographer, and a director in various projects in Spain, USA and Morocco over the last ten years.

New York Scherzo Documentary from United Woman Director, New York Friday Feb 15, Block 1: 7:00pm- "New York Scherzo" follows the lives of three diverse classically trained Shaan Couture is a French-American film director and producer based in New States, 93 mins. Directed by City, By/About People of Color 9:15pm musicians as they try to make it in New York City. Originally from Seoul, Paris York. Her awarded documentaries and short films often address themes such as Shaan Couture and Nashville they are passionate about their art but struggle to make a music, sports, diversity and the disabled. Shaan is a globetrotter who speaks 5 living, and face a crossroads where they must decide if they can sustain a languages, including ASL, which she learned for her first short film "Thin Lines" career doing what they love. "New York Scherzo" is a hopeful, yet realistic featuring deaf actors. Coming from a family of artists, her deep concern for the portrait of three musicians and a provoking story about sustainability in the sustainability of diversity in the Arts inspired her latest doc "New York Scherzo". arts. There are countless documentaries about famous musicians, this is the story of the hustle and what happens before the fame and fortune.

Panorama: Jamming to Documentary from United Woman Director, New York Friday Feb 15, Block 2: 9:30pm- This documentary follows a vibrant community of people in Brooklyn NY who Christine Shaw is a Brooklyn-born Documentary Filmmaker and Producer. She’s States, 74 mins. Directed by City, By/About People of Color 12:00am love steel pan and are fighting to keep it alive. Through their preparation for passionate about creating socially relevant documentaries that shine a positive the Top Christine Shaw an annual steel band competition, known as Panorama, we see how their light on the issues facing the African-American and Caribbean community. love and passion helps them to overcome several challenges and obstacles "Panorama: Jamming to the Top" is her first feature-length documentary. facing the pan community. Through the lens of Steel Xplosion’s journey to Panorama, viewers get a raw look into what life is like in the pan yard and why pan players are willing to sacrifice so much for the opportunity to play pan in Brooklyn and to compete on a national stage. As a newly formed band in 2013, we see how the players in Steel Xplosion persevered through a challenging summer to come out on top.

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FILM NAME DETAILS DEMOGRAPHICS SCREEN DATE Key Cast Film Synopsis Director Bio Pop-Pop is Dead Feature from United States, 60 Woman Director, By/About Tuesday Feb 19, Block 15: Catherine Dee Holly, Fray Layla Bailey and Desi West are a millennial couple who live a nice, Catherine Dee Holly and Fray Forde are the filmmaking team and real-life mins. Directed by Catherine People of Color 7:45pm-10:45pm Forde, Madison Hattfield, comfortable life in LA. When Layla’s Pop-Pop passes, the two head to Layla’s couple behind the production company Coki Productions. The duo first teamed Dee Holly, Fray Forde. NYC Gunner Willis hometown, Gaffney, SC, to spend three days with her family and try to make up to create "Good Hair", an award-winning short film selected by Kevin Hart to Premiere it out alive. Let’s just say that funerals ain’t fun, y’all. screen at the world’s largest comedy festival, Just for Laughs 2017. "Pop-Pop Is Dead" is their debut feature film. The two are currently developing their series based off both films, "Split Ends".

Return of the Thumb Feature from Austria, 102 First Time Director Saturday Feb 16, Block 6: Markus Giefing, Alexander Coach Steve is a worn down thumb wrestling coach, who, with the help of his Flo Convey started stage acting at a young age. After graduation, he took acting mins. Directed by Florian 9:15pm -12:00am Linhardt, Flo Convey, Verena new fighter, wants to take his last chance to win the Austrian thumb wrestling classes at Film School Vienna. As a result he played various roles at different Convey. North American Leitner, Peter White, Thomas championship. Unfortunately the competition seems overwhelming. theatres all over Austria. As a film fan, his interest in directing grew over the Premiere Burianek, Christian Ruthner years. In 2012, he earned his bachelor's degree in media-technology. After internships in Los Angeles and Munich he started working for a TV production company. After a couple of short films, "Return of the Thumb" is his first feature film. Shakespeare in Tokyo Short from Japan, 21 mins. Woman Director, By/About Saturday Feb 16, Block 5: An Australian Shakespeare fan with Down Syndrome, sets off on a solo Genevieve Clay-Smith is Australia’s foremost globally inclusive filmmaker. She is Directed by Genevieve Clay- People of Color 6:30pm -9:00pm adventure to discover Tokyo in order to get away from his over-bearing older a writer, director and actress, who has won over fifty international awards for Smith. NYC Premiere brother. Along the way he uses his knowledge of the Bard, his sketchbook her films including the audience award at Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2013 and his wits to win the hearts of the people he meets. with "The Interviewer". She is the CEO of Bus Stop Films, a pioneering not-for- profit, which has conducted over 280 accessible film studies workshops for people with disability. In 2015, she was named Young Australian of the Year inNSW. The Gift Of Love Feature from Korea, 88 mins. By/About People of Color Saturday Feb 16, Block 4: "The Gift of Love" is a dramatization of a real life event that happened in Gyu-min Gim defected from North Korea and settled in South Korea. After Directed by Gyu-min Gim. NYC 3:45pm - 6:15pm North Hwanghae Province in North Korea. Lee Sojung has done her best to graduating from film school at Han-yang University, he started his career as a Premiere deal with her husband's illness and feed her family but has run out of options. film maker. As reality closes in, she resorts to telling a big lie.

The Unknown Life Of Documentary from Germany, Woman Director Monday Feb 18, Block 12: King George Island is located on the edge of the coldest continent on earth. Joanna Michna started her journey in 1999 with a trip to Cuba, a travel 89 mins. Directed by Joanna 2:45pm - 5:15pm The island is the gateway to Antarctica. At its southwestern tip, research experience period during her ethnology studies at the University of Munich. In Antarctica Michna, Lars Pfeiffer. World stations of different nations that could not be more different are situated in Cuba she discovered her insatiable wanderlust. Since then she has been Premiere the overwhelming landscape. Conflicting political attitudes and culture capturing on film, unique individuals' stories from almost every continent and clashes battle it out in a sharply reduced space. But in Antarctica, you can developed her unique style of attention for these people. She holds a key that only survive together - a very special challenge in one of the most hostile unlocks the protagonist’s heart. Antarctica is the last outpost awaiting conquest. areas of our earth. In the Antarctic summer, international researchers come to the Island and elicit their secrets from the untouched nature and the local animals. In winter, only a few remain in the stations. Largely self-sufficient, they master day-long blizzards and relentless cold in this small community.

The Witch Hunt Documentary from Papua New By/About People of Color Tuesday Feb 19, Block 15: Dominika Kulczyk Nowadays, there are more victims of sorcery-related accusations and Marek Klosowicz graduated from Łódź Film. He participated in many expeditions Guinea, 47 mins. Directed by 7:45pm-10:45pm violence in just one country than there were in the whole of medieval to Asia and Africa and has created several films for Discovery History, Canal + Marek Kłosowicz. World Europe. In September 2017, Dominika Kulczyk undertook a difficult journey to Discovery and TVN. He has directed several documentary films for the Discovery Premiere one of the least studied and explored parts of the world - to the Highlands of Channel, including "In the Shade of the Reactor", "Wloszczowa-Faithful to the Papua New Guinea. She documented the issue of sorcery-related violence, Cross" as well as the "Himalayist" series, which have been shown in numerous found the survivors, and met the perpetrators. Papua New Guinea sees new film festivals both in Poland and abroad. victims of sorcery-related violence on a daily basis. Every week brings more of the so called "witch killings" - where, as a result of ancient beliefs and rituals - children, women, and men are tortured and killed.

To Tokyo Horror from United Kingdom, First Time Director, By/About Monday Feb 18, Horror Block Emily Seale-Jones , Florence A girl hiding in Japan from her monstrous step-father is abducted into the British-born Caspar Seale-Jones is a writer, director and illustrator who studied 75 mins. Directed by Caspar People of Color 13: 5:30pm -8:00pm Kosky wilderness by a real Monster. She has four nights to make it back to Tokyo Animation in London and Live Action in LA and NY. Caspar wrote, directed, Seale-Jones. NYC Premiere and conquer all her demons. storyboarded and animated multiple short live-actions and animations. One animation was used as an MTV ident and another was shown at Cannes. He has since written three feature film scripts.

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FILM NAME DETAILS DEMOGRAPHICS SCREEN DATE Key Cast Film Synopsis Director Bio Together Feature from United Kingdom, New York City Sunday Feb 17, Block 7: Peter Bowles,Sylvia Syms Inspired by real-life stories of elderly couples caught up in the social services British director in Hollywood, Paul Duddridge, has created, written and directed 85 mins. Directed by Paul 1:00pm - 3:30pm system, "Together" is a powerful drama about an elderly couple who get innovative, multi media, UK shows for both the BBC and ITV. In the US, he is in Duddridge. US Premiere separated into different care homes against their will. After 60 years of demand as a producer/writer and consultant, and has worked for major marriage, Rosemary and Philip Twain are happily sharing their golden years networks and production companies. As a comedy manager in the UK, he taking care of one another. When Rosemary is taken to hospital for a routine discovered and developed the careers of Rob Brydon and Michael McIntyre, procedure, their perfect retirement starts to unravel. Philip is admitted to a among others. His first narrative feature "Mothers and Daughters" illustrated his care home and even when his wife is returned to the marital home, he is not skill in creating ground-breaking story platforms. allowed to join her. Frustrated by the system, they take their lives in to their own hands and fight back. They will do anything to be TOGETHER.

Winter Ridge Feature from United Kingdom, WFA Alumni,First Time Director Sunday Feb 17, Block 8: Matt Hookings, Michael Promising young Detective, Ryan Barnes, arrives home on his anniversary to Dom Lenoir’s passion for storytelling and powerful narratives is best suited for 87 mins. Directed by Dom 3:45pm - 6:15pm McKell, Hannah Waddingham, find his wife has been in a devastating car accident. Six months later his wife the big screen. This includes international shooting in Sicily, Scotland, Austria, Lenoir. NYC Premiere Justin McDonald, Olwen Kelly, is in a coma; Barnes ,unable to accept her condition, throws himself into a Spain and Germany, showing an ability to create high production values and Ian Pirie, Noeleen Comisky new murder investigation that soon develops into a hunt for a serial killer. focus on acting- led drama. His latest feature "Winter Ridge" has already won 13 After discovering the victims suffered from degenerative diseases, Barnes and awards at festivals across the world and has been going out to a 25+ screen veteran DCI John Faulkner enlist the help of mental health specialist Dr. theatrical release in the UK. It is currently being distributed in the USA and Joanne Hill. As the investigation deepens and it becomes apparent there are Worldwide with Gravitas Ventures. parallels between his own wife and the victims, he is forced to question his own moral beliefs as he desperately searches for the killer.

Wonderlus Feature from South Africa, 115 First Time Director Saturday Feb 16, Block 3: Mila Guy, Edwin van der Walt, A wedding goes awry and the morning after, friends and foes need to piece Johan Cronje is a part-time musician and a full-time filmmaker. He writes, mins. Directed by Johan 1:00pm - 3:30pm Lea Vivier together the puzzle of the night before. In search of answers, a groom needs directs, edits, and does a little bit of almost everything else. He graduated from Cronje. NYC Premiere to pursue the love of his life, a bride has to untangle herself from the past and AFDA Johannesburg and the University of Cape Town, and has won a SAFTA for a waitress tries to escape the present. Best Editing on a drama series and Best Script at the Silwerskerm Film Festival in Cape Town for "Wonderlus".

Yellow Short from Canada, 34 mins. Woman Director, WFA Thursday Feb 21, Block 18: Ten characters each experience a crossroads in their lives on a seemingly Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin to British parents, multi award-winning actor, Directed by Sarah Deakins. Alumni,FALSE 7:45pm-11:15pm ordinary afternoon in an art gallery. "Yellow" is the first in a series of seven writer, director Sarah Deakins is a graduate of the University of Victoria theater NYC Premiere films, one for each colour of the rainbow, each with a recurring theme of program, and has extensive stage and screen credits. The first short film she human connection and expression through the arts. penned and starred in, "Late", went to Cannes as part of Telefilm Canada's 'Not Short On Talent' Program, and more recently, she has collected over 25 awards on the festival circuit as the writer and director of "Greece", produced by Brightlight Pictures. You Look Great Short from United States, 26 First Time Director, New York Saturday Feb 16, Block 4: Justin Andrew Davis,Ryan Using dark comedy, "You Look Great" is an unflinching, intimate look into our Justin Andrew Davis is an actor, writer, and filmmaker based in New York City. mins. Directed by Justin City, By/About People of Color 3:45pm - 6:15pm Wesen,Tessa Byford,Sean T. addictions, obsessions, and self-consciousness. Our narrative follows Peter -- Recent work includes the lead role of Alex in Brian DiLorenzo's feature film Andrew Davis. World Premiere McGrath,Peyton Michelle an average guy struggling with his weight -- over the course of 24 hours, "Myth", as well as a major role in in Emmy-winner Erik Bloomquist's award- Edwards offering a realistic insight into a strangely unrepresented story: that of a man winning horror short "She Came From the Woods". In addition to film work, fighting to hide his unhealthy relationship with his body. From home, to work, Justin holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the New School and served as an to simply walking down the street, we watch as Peter battles an all- Apprentice at the Barrow Group Theater Company. "You Look Great" is his first consuming illness, one bent on isolating him from every part of his waking life. short, both as a director and filmmaker.

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