Dear Film Enthusiast:

It is always a struggle to make Art in today’s society. The Artist is jeered, suppressed, stopped and sometimes killed during their journey to get their artistic vision across to the masses. I created this film festival to empower the Artist and to give a safe place to exhibit growth creatively and promote their personal vision in the medium of film.

We take on a great responsibility as filmmakers to tell a compelling story which we hope will be appreciated for its entertainment, education, or influence the emotions of the audiences that view our work. It is to these “Filmmakers” that I created this festival, which I hope will empower and platform their talents to the next level.

LA Femme Film Festival is about support and empowerment to those daring enough to put their vision on the line. It is through this that we can make a difference. You see, I believe that “Change is Possible” and it is only through Leslie La Page the determination of those willing to make something happen that this occurs. Festival Director Founder/President It is this type of work that draws us into the dark rooms of our minds, movie theaters, and the human behavior, creating “life changing” moments through film. I celebrate this passion and have spent years of my life devoted to achieving a connected moment with the audience. I wish to empower others to achieve this as well.

There is no better place to start than by creating a film festival that breaks down barriers of distribution, prejudice, and conventional thoughts. I hope that you enjoy what has been created.

LA Femme Film Festival’s Mission Statement LA Femme Film Festival is a multiethnic and multicultural film festival devoted to empowering women in key positions creating commercially viable entertainment productions. LA Femme Film Festival supports and nurtures their artistic visions.

Leslie La Page Festival Director Founder/President

The History of Some Prominent Women Filmmakers

“I wanted to include some little know facts on the history of women filmmakers in establishing what we call the entertainment industry. Without these leaders and mavericks breaking ground in the unexplored wild west of filmmaking, “We” the women of film and television today would not be working. To these women I take my hat off and acknowledge their tenacity and fortitude to succeed against all odds. Thank you” - Leslie La Page

Alice Guy-Blaché, (1873-1968), Director and Producer Born in Paris, France, on July 1, 1873, Alice Guy-Blaché directed her first moving picture, La Fée aux choux (“The Cabbage Fairy”), in 1896 for the Gaumont film company, to demonstrate the entertainment possibilities of her employer’s newly invented motion-picture camera. She is acknowledged as the first director to film a narrative story. She was quickly promoted from secretary to saleswoman and emerged as one of the pioneers of the French film industry.

In 1907 she married cameraman Herbert Blaché, and she followed her husband to the United States, where in 1910 she established the financially and critically successful Solax Company, producing and directing some of the first two-reel color and sound movies. She also experimented with cinematic tricks such as masking, double exposure, and running film backward. Although she was not an outspoken feminist, Guy-Blaché created a number of films that featured independent female characters, among them the 1912 productions The Call of the Rose and Winsome But Wise. Discouraged by increasing competition within the film industry and by her failed marriage, she embarked for France with her two children in 1922. The French government belatedly awarded her the Legion of Honor in 1953. In 1964 she returned to the United States; she died in Mahwah, New Jersey, in March 1968. Considered to be the first woman director, Guy-Blaché is credited with directing, producing, and/or supervising more than 300 films during her 25-year career.

Florence Lois Weber, (1881-1939), Actor, Producer, Writer and Director Not only was she the highest paid director in the silent film era, she also was the first woman to direct, star, coauthor, and produce a major motion picture.

Born on June 13, 1881, in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, Florence Lois Weber displayed musical ability at an early age. She had a brief tour as a concert pianist at age 16 and sang with the missionary Church Army before making her way to New York City. She toured for a time with the Zig Zag stage company and appeared in a road company of Why Girls Leave Home (1904). A few months later she married W. Phillips Smalley, with whom she played stock and repertory for five years. In 1910 both actors went to seek careers in the infant motion-picture industry.

For a succession of small production companies—Gaumont, Reliance, Rex, and Bosworth—Weber and her husband turned out dozens of short and feature films. She wrote scenarios and subtitles, acted, directed, designed sets and costumes, edited, and even developed negatives. The couple also worked in an experimental form of sound films, with dialogue recorded on synchronized phonograph records. In 1915 they joined Universal Pictures, and in 1917 Weber established Lois Weber Productions, whose films were released through Universal. Except for a brief association with DeMille Pictures, she remained with Universal for her entire Hollywood career.

One of the most energetic, aesthetically ambitious, and technically well-grounded filmmakers in the industry, Weber wrote, produced, and directed such films as Hypocrites (1914), Scandal (1915), The People vs. John Doe (1916), The Man Who Dared God (1917), Forbidden (1920), What Do Men Want? (1921), and A Chapter in Her Life (1923).

Weber divorced in 1922 and did not work again until she remarried in 1926. Thereafter she directed The Marriage Clause (1926), Sensation Seekers (1927), The Angel of Broadway (1927), and Topsy and Eva (1927). Her next and last film was White Heat (1934). After several years of illness Weber died in Los Angeles, California, on November 13, 1939.

Dorothy Arzner, (1897-1979) Director, Editor, and Writer In 1929, while directing Paramount’s first “talkie”, she came up with the idea of attaching a microphone to a fishing pole and have the sound man follow the actors around with it. This created the first “boom microphone” which has been essential to the motion picture industry ever since. She is also the first woman ever to be honored with membership into the Director’s Guild of America Board Members. Leslie La Page - Founder

In 2004, Leslie La Page realized that a film festival specifically designed to showcase the work of female filmmakers to wide, commercial audiences did not exist. A producer who had also served as a festival programmer, Ms. La Page was disenchanted by this gaping hole in the festival circuit. A self-starter by nature, she was compelled to create her own program that would highlight films and videos that had been written, directed or produced by women for everyone. In 2005, she launched the LA Femme Film Festival in Los Angeles, California.

Now in its third year, the Festival is solely dedicated to catapulting a new breed of female filmmakers to the top of Hollywood’s A-List. By screening commercial films created by women, LA Femme offers unique and exciting opportunities for neophyte filmmakers and industry insiders alike. Ms. La Page said, “After more than a decade of working as a producer in the industry, I have wanted to create a forum in which our stars of tomorrow could be championed.”

Prior to creating LA Femme, Ms. La Page spent five years as one of the main Programmers for the Slamdance Film Festival. There she created and Executive Produced the Slamdance Filmmaker’s Boot Camp, an educational event that brought together writers, producers, actors and directors in seminar discussions about independent filmmaking. The Boot Camp marked Slamdance’s first concrete step towards building an educational program as additional programming to the popular festival outreach programs. After Slamdance, Ms. La Page served as Director of Programming for the 2003 New Orleans Media Experience Film Festival, a multi-media convention and film festival. While her main focus is currently LA Femme, Ms. La Page has also produced and directed films, music videos, television programs and theatrical productions. A consummate professional she has handled production budgets ranging from $1 million to $10 million. Ms. La Page has worked with HBO, Lifetime, MTV, BET, UPN and others.

In 1997, Ms. La Page ran and operated Tiger’s Eye Sound, a leading dialogue editorial company with her partner Bruce Murphy. There she worked on over 20 independent films including: Four Days in September (1998 Academy Award(tm) Nominee), Smoke Signals (1998 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award Winner) and Dead Man’s Curve (1998 Sundance Film Festival Invitee).

Ms. La Page has founded two independent film production companies: BooYah! Films and Infinity Films. Through BooYah!, she and her partner Saul Stein who was Executive Producer on the critically-acclaimed film The Holy Land assisted in launching the films Los Angeles screening followed by its domestic engagement at the Angelika Theatre in New York City. At Infinity Films, Ms. La Page has been developing several projects, including an animated feature film.

When she is not busy with LA Femme and Infinity Films, Ms. La Page serves as a consultant to filmmakers with their marketing, script development, copywriting and trailer production. She has taught at the New York Film Academy and is an inspirational speaker who reminds audiences of all kinds that hard work does pay off, even in a challenging town like Hollywood. Ms. La Page lives in Los Angeles with her husband. Advisory Board Members

Sally Kirkland She starred with Benicio Del Toro and Alicia Silverstone in Excess Baggage. In 1998 she starred in Aldous Huxley’s Sally Kirkland is an actress in Brave New World for NBC. For cable television, she film, TV, and stage as well as a starred in The Island also known as Norma Jean, Jack and lifetime member of the Actor’s Me as an older Marilyn Monroe. In 1999, she starred in Studio. She is best known for Ron Howard’s film ED TV. In 1999 she starred as “Tracy” her role in Anna, which, in for a season of Days of Our Lives and starred in a feature 1988, garnered her the Best for Lifetime TV in Another Woman’s Husband. In 2001 Actress Oscar Nomination, and she exec-produced the short, Audit, starring with Alexis won her the best actress Golden Arquette and won the Win Femme Film Festival. Globe, the Independent Spirit Award, the LA Film Critics Award, Women in Film Award, TV found her recurring as Felicity’s art Professor in and the Diversity Award. Kevin Thomas, Senior LA Time’s Felicity, and as Peter Riggs’s mother in Strong Medicine, film critic cited her performance in Anna as one of the five and in Resurrection Boulevard. In 2002, she associate best performances by a woman in the ‘80s. produced and starred in Mother’s and Daughters, which was the winner of the San Diego Film Festival for Her career began in New York with Joseph Papp, in the Best Screenplay. In 2004 she associate produced and NY Shakespeare Festival. From there she went on to starred in the feature Mango Kiss. Tom Shadyac directed study at the Actor’s Studio with Lee Strasberg in the same her opposite Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty as Anita the class with Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, and Dustin Hoffman. waitress. In 2004, she produced the short, An Eye for She was the first nude actress in American theater before an Eye (nominated 2005 for Best Short Independent Hair and Oh Calcutta, in 1968, in Sweet Eros, written Producers Gala Award, IPG). In April 2005 Tribeca Film by Terance McNally. She acted for ten years on the New Festival premiered in competition, Neo Ned in which she York Stage. In 1964, she starred in Andy Warhol’s The stars with Jeremy Renner and Gabrielle Union and Adam Thirteen Most Beautiful Women, and in 1968, with Rip and Steve with Craig Chester, Parker Posey, and Chris Torn in Coming Apart. She co-starred with Robert Redford Katan. As a producer and star, she’s in post now with the in the Sting, with Barbara Streisand in The Way We Were, features A-List and What’s Up Scarlet. and with Gene Hackman and James Coburn in Bite the Bullet, and in 1982, with Dennis Hopper and Dean Sally directed on Showtime TV Women’s Stories of Passion, Stockwell, in Neil Young’s film Human Highway. Shortly and has been teaching acting on and off since the ‘70s after she became an international film star in 1987- at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute as well 1988 in Anna, she starred with Tom Waits and David as Yoga and Transformational Acting and Forgiveness Carradine in Cold Feet (1989), and with Eric Roberts and Workshops at Peace Theological Seminary. In addition James Earl Jones in Best of the Best. She also starred to acting, producing, and directing, she is a teacher, a with Martin Landau in Paint It Black. In High Stakes, she shown painter, an ordained minister, and a published starred with Sarah Michelle Gellar, and in Two Evil Eyes poet. with Harvey Keitel. She starred in Revenge with Kevin Costner and Anthony Quinn, in Bullseye with Michael Sally J. Champlin Caine and Roger Moore, and in JFK with Kevin Costner. On TV, she starred (ACE award) in Heat Wave, and in Sally Champlin has sold the Largo Desoloto, with F. Murray Abraham. In 1991, she screenplays Little Merchants was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a and Family Secrets, which Ms. movie for TV, in The Haunted, the True Story. In 1992-93 Champlin also directed, stars she had a reoccurring role on Rosanne, and starred with Pamela Bellwood, Angela Jones, Rosanne and Tom Arnold in the Woman Who Loved Elvis. Tim Redwine, Lisa Amsterdam, In 1994, she played Helen Lawson in the CBS Valley of Kaye Ballard and Edward the DolIs, and in that time-frame began producing herself Bunker. She also produced, in films. In 1992, she starred with Sean Young and Diane wrote and directed three feature Ladd in Forever, and was the co-producer. In 1993, she shorts - Spirit Catcher, Jivin’ The Night and Eating Alone. exec-produced and starred with James Brolin and Kris Kristopherson, in Cheatin’ Hearts. In 1995, she starred Sally has written two novels, a musical comedy, a full- in Picture Windows Song of Psalms (ACE Award Winning) length play entitled Don’t Say Anything, a miniseries about with George Segal, and directed by Peter Bogdanovich Gustav Mahler called “Alma”, over fifteen screenplays In 1997, she was the associate producer and starred in (four of which have been produced) and two television Amnesia with Ally Sheedy and John Savage for Showtime. pilots. Sally and her collaborator, Maurice N. Carrière, have completed their original screenplay, Maxie’s Palace steps towards creating compelling content for both the (which is Part I of The Belle Trilogy. In development is Part traditional viewing audiences and the new mobile media II: The Belle Of New Orleans and Part III: Birth Of The audiences. In his words; “I want to be where the action Belle); they are also writing a feature film trilogy of the life is.” of Louis Armstrong (Part I: Little Louie, Part II: Satchmo, Part III: Pops). Pops is a three-film narrative fiction based Deborah E. Gilels on historical research and not a documentary. In 2003, Sally was a judge of the screenwriting competition of the Deborah Gilels currently is a prestigious Cinequest Film Festival. media consultant representing screenwriters, directors, actors, Ms. Champlin’s credits as a performer include Crossing production companies and Jordan, Dick Wolf’s Dragnet, The District, Becker, Frasier, book authors. Consulting duties a recurring role on Murphy Brown, Love and War, The include project development Young And The Restless, Designing Women and L.A. Law, and packaging, public relations among others. Sally also co-starred in the cult film, Ed and marketing. Gein (with Steve Railsback and Carrie Snodgress). Ed Gein won festival awards in Europe and was released From January 2002 - August 2004, Deborah was domestically in 2001. an executive/consultant for Media Design Institute, a Japanese/American media company where she was Directors Sally has worked with include Christopher instrumental in the creation of a video-on-demand/ Guest, Harold Prince, Daniel Sullivan, Tom Moore and satellite network financed by NTT-Data, the content Michael Lembeck as well as extensive study with legendary coming from Lion’s Gate and Echelon Entertainment, as director, the late José Quintero. well as acquired film/television product for the Japanese territory (Television, Video/DVD). Sally J. Champlin has been an active member of The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for many years. Deborah also created and produced MAJESTIC STUDIO, an entertainment talk show for Japan television. Covering P.J. Louis all aspects of the movie business and Hollywood, past participants include: actors Rachel Leigh Cook, Sean P. J. Louis has spent over 28 years Astin, Charlize Theron, Diane Lane, Will Yun Lee and Lainie working in the communications Kazan, A-List directors Paul Verhoeven, Peter Jackson and industry. His prior roles have Jay Russell, Oscar winning producers Barrie Osborne, included senior and executive Lawrence Turman and Mark Johnson, esteemed writer/ leadership positions in NYNEX director Nicholas Meyer and composer/musician Stewart (now known as Verizon), Copeland. MAJESTIC STUDIO premiered in Japan Bellcore, NextWave Wireless, October 2003, and is now being shown on SkyPerfect TruePosition (a Liberty Media TV and Coming Soon TV, as well on several networks in company), Price Waterhouse Korea. Coopers, and most recently at Fun Little Movies, and MixCast. After attending both the University of Miami and Harvard University, Deborah moved to New York to work in the Fun Little Movies (FLM) was one of the mobile media talent management office of famed musician Lionel industry’s pioneers. MixCast (formerly OOH TV!) is Hampton. She went on to work in the literary and a leader in IP TV entertainment, serving the urban audience development departments at several top theater marketplace. companies in Manhattan including: the Second Stage, American Place Theater, Theater of the Open Eye and P. J. is currently involved in a number of IP based media Prism Theater. She also served as the Producing Director projects where his financial and technology experience is of Prism Theater’s 1985 Season and produced a slate of relied on. He is a partner of Avondale Ventures; a private plays including ROCK ISLAND, which was nominated for equity firm specializing in telecommunications and media an Oppenheimer Award. companies. He is a partner in Salus Products; a distributor of environmentally friendly consumer products. In 1986, Deborah relocated to Los Angeles, where she worked in motion picture and television development P. J. is the author of seven telecommunications technology for producers Kent Bateman and David Permut, studios and business books. His publishers are McGraw-Hill and such as Tri Star and Twentieth Century Fox, as well as The Mind Commerce. Agency, Innovative Artists and Leading Artists (UTA). In 1988, she was a producer on NBC’s CROSSING THE P. J. believes that LA Femme Productions is taking bold MOB, which starred Jason Bateman. In 1990, Deborah became Vice President of Production at Blue Ribbon Films, supervising the company’s television to service all of the marketing, database programming deal at Warner Brothers and feature film distribution deal and e-commerce needs of his clients that his one-man at foreign sales company PFG Entertainment. While at studio could no longer support. Blue Ribbon she also developed film projects for JVC, Schwartz began his career in design at the University of LIVE Entertainment (Artisan), Disney/Hollywood Pictures California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Receiving his Bachelors and Republic Pictures, as well as for actors Jean Claude degree in Art Studio with an emphasis in Printmaking and Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren and the late Brandon Lee. Bookmaking/Typography. He furthered his education at the esteemed Pasadena Art Center to take Masters’ In 1995, Deborah founded Torch Productions and currently classes in computer graphics and design to supplement has several projects in various stages of development and his undergraduate studies. production. Among her collaborators are actors Robert Duvall, Reese Witherspoon, Rachel Leigh Cook and Bill In addition to being a graphic designer, fine artist and Pullman; writers and directors Hossein Amini (WINGS brand pioneer, Schwartz is also a world-renowned street OF THE DOVE), A. Scott Berg, John Lee Hancock (THE painter. Falling into street painting by accident while ROOKIE), Allan Scott, Gail Gilchriest, John Bishop, a student at UCSB, Schwartz continued painting in the Michael Hirst (ELIZABETH), Nicholas Meyer, Jay Russell I Madonnari Santa Barbara Festival annually over the (LADDER 49), Rusty Cundieff and Paul Verhoeven. next decade. Then, in 2002, he received a prestigious Companies and producers she has been in business with invitation to serve as a featured painter in the festival. include Lucas Foster/Warp Films, Touchstone/Hollywood Pictures, Hearst Entertainment, ESPN, Phoenix Pictures, Schwartz regularly participates in festivals throughout the Baltimore/Spring Creek, Wind Dancer Films, DIC, Talent United States including: the Bella Via in Valencia, The San Entertainment Group, Alive Entertainment, First Look Raphael and others in California in San Louis Obispo, International and New Line Cinema. San Diego, Bakersfield and in Fort Collins, Colorado. Schwartz has traveled as far as Italy to color the sidewalks A noted script doctor, Deborah is avidly sought out by of Grazie di Curtatone and Florence. many of the industry’s top producers, directors and actors in the development process. Jay Schwartz splits his time between two of his favorite cities: Santa Barbara and Las Vegas with his wife Karen Jay Schwartz and dogs Dante and Lucy.

Jay Schwartz and his IdeaWork Gaye Jacobs Studios offer the best tools a company can use when For 20 years Gaye Jacobs they need technical expertise, launched numerous cable creative marketing strategies, networks, creating exciting cutting edge designs and cable-related campaigns and extraordinary websites that helped further strategic business work. The company’s client plans for numerous companies roster includes: the Santa and associations. Barbara Museum of Art, Wine Cask Restaurant, Health Net of California, McGraw-Hill, City National Bank, Prior to starting It’s In The PBS, GLAAD, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Harrah’s Bag, Jacobs served as Executive Director for Bob Gold Corporation, The Las Vegas Art Museum, Hooters Casino & Associates, a PR agency specializing in the cable Hotel Las Vegas, Not Your Daughter’s Jeans, Rahaminov television business and was National Sales Director for Diamonds, Station Casinos, Inc. Barona Valley Ranch Aerocast, a streaming media technology company for the Resort & Casino, the Las Vegas Valley Water District, cable industry, as well as worked as a business consultant QAD and Yahoo! at Incanta to recommend strategies that would help bring Schwartz founded his studio after becoming somewhat that company to market. disillusioned by the business side of the fine art world. After graduating from art school, he explored professional For 12 years Jacobs served as Vice President Affiliate opportunities for himself where he could best express his Sales and Marketing for Bravo Networks, where under creativity. Working as a designer and typesetter for various her guidance the network grew from 300,000 to 30 print shops and service bureaus gave Schwartz a solid million subscribers. technical foundation and prompted him to open a solo graphic design firm in 1995, where he could have more Earlier stints in the industry range from helping to launch creative freedom and be appropriately remunerated for his the Fashion Channel, one of cable TV’s first shopping work. Then in 1999, Schwartz founded IdeaWork Studios networks, to positions as Regional Director, Affiliate Sales and Marketing for Lifetime Television and Corporate San Diego State University in California. She resides in Marketing Director for Nostalgia Television. Prior to Rancho Palos Verdes, California with her husband and joining the cable industry, she owned a giftware sales two children. organization representing manufacturers of giftware to retail stores. Amy Levy

Jacobs served on the Board of Directors for the Southern A 16 year public relations California CTAM Chapter, where she is a co-founder for professional, Ms. Levy is one their Golden Palm Awards. She has also held positions of the leading media relations on the Boards of Women in Cable & Telecommunications, directors and publicists in the and Bay Area Cable Club. Her experience in the cable marketing industry and one of industry along with her retail background lead her to the leading “media mavens” create It’s In The Bag. in Southern California. With experience in the agency world in She holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Advertising from both national and international Youngstown State University in Ohio. She resides in firms as well as on the client side, Ms. Levy has an Rancho Palos Verdes, California with her husband and unparalleled track record of delivering strategic, results- two children. oriented campaigns in the following categories: the visual, performing and culinary arts, film releases and film Ronna Nelsen festivals, corporate, non-profit organizations, fashion and jewelry design, healthcare and fitness. Ms. Levy possesses For 10 years Ronna Nelsen worked in various sales, long-standing relationships with journalists at major print marketing and advertising positions. Most recently, she and broadcast media outlets, trade publications, wire was responsible for the west coast distribution of the services and on-line news organizations. fastest growing microbrewery in the nation, Samuel Ms. Levy launched her full service public relations, Adams Beers by Boston Beer Co. At Boston Beer Co., advertising, marketing and communications practice Nelsen’s responsibilities included opening new markets, to help companies and organizations grow through and establishing wholesalers within the markets of strategic and uniquely creative methods. Her diverse Southern California, Central California and Nevada for client list has included: Sodexho, Rahaminov Diamonds, Samuel Adams beers. She interviewed and hired sales Inc., IdeaWork Studios, Sunrise Assisted Living, Fine Art representatives for the brewery as well as trained Boston Showcase/Celebrity Shopping Network, Timothy Yarger Beer Company employees, distributor sales representatives Fine Art, Tummy Tuck Jeans, Delightful Deliveries, Wine and management on an ongoing basis in both group Savor, The Scream Fest Horror Film Festival, The El settings and individually in the field. Instruction included Bosque/The Forest International Sculpture Exhibit, Accent effective sales techniques, the brewing process, shelf Plus and The Wilshire Theatre/Temple of the Arts. positioning, display execution, restaurant staff education, and point of sale placement. Nelsen formulated and Before starting ALPR, Ms. Levy was the Director of implemented sales objectives annually, set distributor and Marketing and Public Relations for the Anti-Defamation brewery sales, display and merchandising goals monthly League (ADL) for five years. She directed all media and supported them with sales incentives. She presented, relations for the organization’s programs and served as sold, and maintained chain accounts at the corporate the entertainment industry liaison for ADL’s thirty regional level both on and off premise. Nelsen conducted market offices. Ms. Levy also produced a widely-publicized surveys with sales and management to identify specific subscription lecture series that featured roundtable market opportunities as well as supported, approved and discussions with notable members of the art, publishing maintained advertising efforts on the West Coast for both and entertainment worlds. radio and billboards. She implemented marketing efforts encompassing special events, promotions, concerts and Ms. Levy began her career at D’arcy Masius Benton festivals. & Bowles, the New York advertising agency, where she worked on the first team to do direct-to-consumer In 2003, Nelsen and her business partner started It’s In pharmaceutical campaigns. During her years in The Bag, a gift bag marketing company. Utilizing her advertising, Ms. Levy continued her education, earning extensive expertise in product development, marketing, a certificate in Publicity for Film and Television at New merchandising and advertising, she works to assist product York University and a certificate in film production at the companies market their products to new audiences New York Film Academy. She subsequently worked as a through product placement in the gift bags at major freelance production coordinator for independent films, events, awards shows, charity events, etc. videos and commercials. She holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Business from Since moving to Los Angeles in 1996, Ms. Levy has worked at United Talent Agency representing writers and Angeles County Museum of Arts, the Geffen Playhouse directors and at Chasen & Company PR with the agency’s and KCRW - the National Public Radio affiliate. director, composer and producer clients. She had a stint A graduate of the University of Hartford in Connecticut at entertainment PR firm Bender, Goldman & Helper with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and where her clients included Columbia TriStar, New Line marketing, Ms. Levy is a member of the Public Relations Cinema and Sony Signatures. She prepared clients for Society of America (PRSA). The firm is certified as a press junkets and coordinated their participation in video Woman-Owned Business Enterprise with the Los Angeles trade shows and film festivals. Department of Public Works and the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development. Ms. Levy lives in Los Angeles Active in her community, Ms. Levy is a supporter of the Los with her husband and daughter.

Festival Staff

Leslie La Page President/Festival Director/Founder Veronica Alexander Festival Coordinator Carola Denisse Festival Coordinator Elizabeth Thompson Production Assistant Dylan Chapgier Production Assistant Haile D. Tsalani Production Assistant Vanessa Benfatto Production Assistant Tammy Washington Production Assistant Michele Gallagher Production Assistant Valerie Querns Production Assistant Jenny Del Rosario Production Assistant Shadoeworks® Ent. Imaging/Graphic & Web Design Amy Levy PR Festival Public Relations Premier Media Group Event Planner for The Roosevelt Party October 13th Flux Public Relations for The Roosevelt Party

Special Thanks and Appreciation

I would like to convey a special thanks to the below individuals for their uncompromising efforts in making this festival a reality. It is through their donation of time, services and love that this festival became an actuality:

Steve Epstein, Kathy Bowling, Gaye Jacobs, Ronna Nelsen, Amy Levy, Tery Lopez, Melinda Corazon Foley, Kimberly Myers, Sonya Gay Bourn, Cupid Hayes, Angel Tompkins, Susan Davis, Marcia Smith, Alex Shaw, Deborah Gilels, Leslie Thomas, Howard Lapides, Melissa Rivers, April Fissell, Douglas LaPage, Rebecca Yee, Solomon Mansoor, Aaron Yasovatar, Susan Davis Thorne, Susan Savage LA Femme Party Schedule

“Aqua for LA Femme” “What A Pair! Breast Cancer Benefit” At Aqua Restaurant and Lounge At Westwood Brewing Company 424 Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 1097 Glendon Avenue, Westwood, CA 90024 Thursday, October 11, 2007 Friday, October 12, 2007 9pm—on 9pm—on

Live Jazz Band and Networking Performances By: Hors d’Oeuvres Kimberly Jean Dressy Casual Attire Arden Kaywin Vanja James

“Rock’n at The Roosevelt in Downtown LA” Hors d’Oeuvres On 7th Street between Hope and Flower Dressy Casual Attire Los Angeles, CA 90071 Saturday, October 13, 2007 9pm—on “Party at Nirvana” At Nirvana Beverly Hills Performances By: 8689 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 The Dedication Sunday, October 14, 2007 Bad Apple 9pm—on Pretty in Stereo DJ Dani Deahl Hors d’Oeuvres Dressy Casual Hors d’Oeuvres, No Host Bar, Dressy Casual Attire Awards Ceremony Celebrity Honorees

Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills Sunday at 7pm to be followed by an Award Party at Nirvana Restaurant of Beverly Hills

Melissa Rivers will be our Master of Ceremonies

Martha Coolidge, Director - Maverick Award

Illuminating the foibles and challenges that people face whether seen through a comedic or a serious lens are a hallmark of Martha Coolidge’s work from her first documentaries to her remarkable pioneering achievements in feature films. She is known not only as a consummate filmmaker but also as an “Actor’s Director” specializing in bringing the best performances from actors whether they are seasoned like Robert Duvall and Anjelica Huston or new as was the case with Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer and Halle Berry. With an excellent eye for casting and a special attention to detail in both story and production Coolidge has brought to life worlds as diverse as historically accurate periods, stylish contemporary and science fiction/ futuristic settings. But aside from her long list of films and television shows Ms. Coolidge has distinguished herself by continuously giving back to her community of professionals and to young people.

Following her hit romantic comedy THE PRINCE & ME Coolidge returned last year with a delightful comedy-mystery MATERIAL GIRLS starring Hilary and Haylie Duff with Angelica Huston. Shot all in Los Angeles the film tells the story of two silly “celebritante” sisters made famous by modeling their father’s make-up line. They inherit the company and lose it in a corporate swindle going from “Rags to riches in a single day.” The girls have to learn to fend for them- selves, work for a living and become detectives to figure out how they lost their company. In the journey they find love and gain confidence in themselves as well. Funny, smart and satiric it’s filled with talented actors like Anjelica Huston, Lukas Haas, Ty Hodges, Brent Spiner and Obba Babatunde.

In making MATERIAL GIRLS Ms. Coolidge paired up for the seventh time with her husband, Production Designer James Spencer (Rocky, Leathal Weapon 3, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge – for which he won an Emmy & an Art Director’s Guild Award.) They enjoy their partnership on and off screen. “Our shorthand is always helpful. We were working in our home town but trying to find a new way of looking at its many cultures including the world of make up manufacturing. We were able to find new corners of the city and contrast cultures from funky downtown to upscale Pasadena.”

For her hit film THE PRINCE & ME starring Julia Stiles, Luke Mably and Miranda Richardson, Ms. Coolidge leapt at the challenge of creating and contrasting the worlds of the rural and academic US midwest with those of Danish royalty. Working in four different countries the cast and crew came from the US, Canada, England, Ireland, Denmark, Germany and the Czech Republic. “It was a great adventure with differing working styles to say nothing of commu- nication! I learned that the languages of human emotion and behavior are universal. On the other hand translating everything three or four times takes time and patience on everyone’s part”, observed Ms. Coolidge.

Ms Coolidge’s diverse range of projects from raucous comedy to poignant drama has caused some to say her taste is eclectic. She says, “All my films have been about people facing personal challenges in their lives and overcoming them. As a director I like to stretch and I enjoy the action and the hardware as much as the next guy. But my films are always centered on strong characters. My greatest thrills have been with the many talented actors I’ve had the honor to work with, among them: Halle Berry, Robert Duvall, Chloe Severny, Richard Dreyfus, Jack Lemmon, Walter Mat- thau, Laura Dern, Michelle Williams, Diane Ladd, Brent Spiner, Mercedes Ruehl, Patrick Swayze, Geena Davis, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Obba Babatunde, Holly Hunter, Elaine Stritch, Gena Rowlands, Frances McDormand, William Hurt, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and discovering talent like Nicolas Cage (Valley Girl), Val Kilmer (Real Genius) and James Gandolfini (Angie) along the way. “What is unique about creating comedy is it is serious business,” says Ms. Coolidge. “On OUT TO SEA, Jack Lem- mon, Walter Matthau, Dyan Cannon, Brent Spiner, Donald O’Connor and Elaine Stritch not only danced up a storm but their continuous irreverence kept us all laughing. Though I enjoy different styles of comedy my basic approach is to make the characters believable. The core of what’s funny is always the surprise of truth.”

In l993 Coolidge helmed LOST IN YONKERS, starring Oscar and Tony winner Mercedes Ruehl, Oscar winner Rich- ard Dreyfuss and theatrical legend, Irene Worth, adapted by Neil Simon from his Pulitzer Prize winning play, followed immediately by ANGIE, starring Oscar winners Geena Davis and Steven Rea. In that film she also discovered a new leading man giving James Gandofini his first romantic part.

RAMBLING ROSE, starring Robert Duvall, Laura Dern and Diane Ladd earned two Oscar and Golden Globe nomi- nations for “Best Actress” and “Best Supporting Actress,” as well as winning three Spirit Awards from the Independent Feature Project West for “Best Director,” for Ms. Coolidge, “Best Picture” and “Best Supporting Actress.” The comedy REAL GENIUS not only launched Val Kilmer and has become a classic cult hit but won the Audience Award at the Paris Film Festival. CRAZY IN LOVE starred Holly Hunter, Gena Rowlands, Bill Pullman and Francis McDormand and won a Cable ACE award for “Best Supporting Actress” and a Golden Globe nomination. Coolidge herself has received the “Crystal Award” from Women in Film, the distinguished Robert Aldrich Award from the Directors Guild of America, the “Breakthrough Award” from Women, Men & Media, and Lifetime Achievement Awards from Methodfest, the Dallas Film Festival and a “Big Bear” for Life Achievement from the Big Bear Film Festival.

Coolidge, a distant cousin of Calvin Coolidge and a daughter of two architects, was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut where her father was a professor at Yale and a working Architect. After singing professionally and act- ing on stage in high school and college she started directing short films while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. In New York she worked in commercials and continued her film studies at Columbia University. After a year working in Television in Montreal she returned to the New York University Institute of Film and Television graduate school for her Masters. Coolidge then began her professional film career directing documentaries, winning many awards (including Sundance, American Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, and many more) Her early documentaries including OLD FASHIONED WOMAN, and her first feature-length film, NOT A PRETTY PICTURE, the autobiographical story of a high school date rape, were released theatrically, on television and non- theatrically. During this period, she also helped found the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, Inc. and the IFP.

Coolidge has continued to spend a great deal of time giving back to the industry she loves. She served as a member of the Western Director’s Council, Chair of the Creative Rights Committee and a member of the Board of the Direc- tor’s Guild of America. In 2001 she made history by being elected as the first woman President of the DGA in its 66 year history. In this trusted position she helped guide the DGA through the difficult period after 9/11, worked to help preserve the medical insurance plan, and helped to create a more aggressive program to press for more opportunities for women and minorities in the industry.

Rosanna Arquette, Actress/Director/Producer - Pioneer Award

Rosanna Arquette was born in New York City to a show business family. She was the first-born child of five in the third generation of the Arquette acting clan. Her grandfather Cliff Arquette played “Charley Weaver” on THE JACK PAAR SHOW and was on the original HOLLYWOOD SQUARES. Her father, character actor Lewis Arquette, was well known as J.D. Pickett on THE WALTONS. Her siblings Patricia, David, Alexis, and Rich- mond all followed her into the family tradition as accomplished working actors.

Rosanna began acting as a child while growing up in a bohemian atmosphere of gypsy- like travel and communes. Her mother Mardi was a poet, political activist and therapist who deeply influenced Rosanna’s compassionate world-view. Rosanna started working professionally as a teenager and has never stopped. Throughout her career she has worked with some of Hollywood’s and Independent Cinema’s most important and influential directors including, Blake Ed- wards (S.O.B), John Sayles (BABY IT’S YOU), Lawrence Kasden (SILVERADO), Martin Scorsese (AFTER HOURS, NEW YORK STORIES), Luc Besson (THE BIG BLUE), Quentin Tarantino (PULP FICTION, David Cronenberg (CRASH), Vin- cent Gallo (BUFFALO 66) and Alison Anders (SUGAR TOWN). She has appeared in over 70 films.

Rosanna won the British Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her star-making performance opposite Ma- donna in Susan Seidleman’s 1985 hit, DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN.

She was nominated for an Emmy for her strong performance in the television adaptation of Norman Mailer’s THE EXECUTIONERS SONG opposite Tommy Lee Jones. She also starred in the acclaimed TV movie adaptations of SONG OF THE MORNING STAR and JOHNNY BELINDA.

She has guest starred in numerous television series such as WILL AND GRACE, THE PRACTICE, LAW AND OR- DER: CRIMINAL INTENT, Showtime’s provocative hit THE L WORD and GREY’S ANATOMY.

Rosanna can currently be seen starring in the ABC series WHAT ABOUT BRIAN from executive producers J.J. ABRAMS and Dana Stevens.

Rosanna also is one of the few actresses that has the distinction of having a number one song written about her; Toto’s 1982 “Rosanna.” She’s hosted SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and has appeared on the cover of numerous magazines throughout the years.

Rosanna Arquette’s vast experience in the film world has inspired her to explore and expand her talent as a filmmaker into the realm of directing and producing with two highly acclaimed documentaries, 2002’s SEARCHING FOR DEBRA WINGER and 2005’s ALL WE ARE SAYING. She is currently developing projects, including her narrative film directorial debut, through her company Flower Child Productions.

Rosanna remains a busy actress and filmmaker whose passion for her work is matched only by her passion for her daughter Zoe Blue Sidel, her family and her work as a breast cancer awareness advocate.

Lea Thompson, Actress/Director/Producer - Humanitarian Award

LEA THOMPSON is best known for her roles in Back to the Future I, II, and III (Kid’s Choice Award winner) and as the star of Caroline in the City (People’s Choice and TV Guide Award Winner.) Other film credits include Some Kind of Wonderful, All the Right Moves, Howard the Duck, The Beverly Hillbillies, Space Camp, Dennis the Menace, Article 99, Casual Sex?, Jaws 3-D, Red Dawn, The Wizard of Loneliness, The Little Ras- cals, The Wild Life, The Unknown Cyclist, Fish Don’t Blink, Come Away Home, Doubting Thomas, and Exit Speed. Television movie credits include: The Substitute Wife, Stolen Ba- bies, The Right to Remain Silent, The Unspoken Truth, Montana, Nightbreaker, the NBC miniseries, A Will of Their Own, Stealing Christmas, A Life Interrupted: The Debbie Smith Story, California Dreaming, and just completed miniseries Final Approach. Television Series credits include: NBC’s Caroline In The City, Lifetime’s For The People, the current Mystery Movie Series (9 films) on the Hallmark Channel entitled Jane Doe, marking her directorial debut on two of these films. Theater work: The Little Mermaid, Bus Stop, The Illusion, Long Time Coming, Charlie Bacon’s Family, The Trip Back Down, Vagina Monologues, and as Sally Bowles in the Broadway revival of Cabaret. Sara Risher, Producer - Executive Achievement Award

Sara Risher joined New Line Cinema in its infancy in 1975 to manage all filmmaking activities including production, development, acquisitions, physical and post production.

As President of Production, Ms. Risher supervised the development and production of over 50 films, including the HOUSE PARTY and NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series, John Water’s HAIRSPRAY and POLYESTER, MENACE II SOCIETY, PUMP UP THE VOL- UME, THE RAPTURE, WIDE SARGASSO SEA, POISON IVY, and Michael Apted’s BLINK. She was Executive Producer of IN LOVE AND WAR, starring Sandra Bullock and Chris O’Donnell, directed by Lord Richard Attenborough and Walter Hill’s LAST MAN STAND- ING starring Bruce Willis. She was also responsible for TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES.

As Chairman of Production from 1995 – 2002, Ms. Risher was in charge of the corporate overview for the production department during its exciting growth under Time Warner, culminating in the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. She has most recently established an independent production company CHICKFLICKS, which focuses on female-driven proj- ects such as RAISE YOUR VOICE, a coming of age story of a small-town, teenage girl, which starred Hilary Duff and was released in October of 2004 by New Line. She produced Lee Harris’s CHRISTINE BENNETT MYSTERY SERIES for The Hallmark Channel, and BROKEN BRIDGES starring Toby Keith, Burt Reynolds and Kelly Preston, for MTV/ Para- mount. She was the Executive Producer on the recently released film THE LAST MIMZY, written by Bruce Joel Rubin and directed by the CEO of New Line Cinema, Robert Shaye.

ELEANOR AND COLETTE, a drama starring Susan Sarandon and Helena Bonham Carter, with Rolf Schubel (GLOOMY SUNDAY) directing, starts prep at the end of 2007 for a March 1st shoot. She has recently set up a re- make of the award winning British mini-series THE POLITICIAN’S WIFE, written by Nicholas Meyer for Golden Globe and Emmy award winner Felicity Huffman to star. Bob Balaban will direct for Picture House and HBO Films.

The many projects currently being developed for New Line Cinema include I LOVE YOU AGAIN, a remake of the classic William Powell/Myrna Loy romantic comedy of the 1930’s; DADDY’S GIRL, about a daughter who goes off to college and her overprotective, FBI father who goes undercover to keep an eye on her; GRIDIRON GIRLS, a woman’s football movie in the spirit of A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN; and THE HARDER THEY COME, a remake of the 1973, Jimmy Cliff reggae-classic which has been updated and set in the urban hip-hop world.

Ms. Risher is also in development on DUD AVOCADO, based on the award winning best selling book by Elaine Dundy, which paints a timeless portrait of a woman hell-bent of living; and CALLAS, based on the best selling book by Arianna Huffington, which tells the tempestuous story of the love affair between Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis.

Melissa Rivers, Actress - LA Femme Master of Ceremonies

Melissa Rivers’ red carpet hosting at both E! Entertainment and most recently, at TV Guide Channel, has undoubtedly brought the spotlight to pre-awards coverage of Hol- lywood events. Both Rivers and her mother, Joan, established the immense popularity that today is the red carpet phenomenon which perfectly capitalized on people’s obsession with ‘who are you wearing?’

Born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles since age four, Rivers grew up in the business. Instead of the stage, the young Rivers chose horses as her passion and com- peted regularly as a hunter and jumper up until a few years ago.

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in European History and a Distinction in Major, Rivers worked as an intern at CBS News in Los Angeles and discovered her flair for journalism and on-air reporting. She was promoted as a feature reporter for “CBS This Morn- ing” and then became a regular contributor to MTV’s “Hangin’ with MTV.”

For nine years she co-hosted all of E! Entertainment’s awards show coverage and hosted two of the channel’s highly rated specials – “Oh Baby! Melissa’s Guide to Pregnancy” and “Oh Toddler! Melissa’s Guide to the Early Years.”

She also made the time to voice the character of Evil Princess Erma Plotz on the animated Disney series “Dave, the Barbarian” and completed “Settle the Score,” a hybrid game show/talk show for Phil Gurin and Tribune Entertain- ment.

Rivers displayed an entirely different side of herself on ABC’s reality series “I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!” The show featured celebrities leaving behind their pampered lives for weeks roughing it in a remote outpost of the inhos- pitable Australian rainforest. She showed her strength and resilience under adverse circumstances and was the last woman standing, winning second place. She donated all of her earnings to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Recently, she hosted the Fit TV program “The Craze” which tested the efficacy of fitness products on average consum- ers. She also used her fashion prowess to help launch the new Fashion Forms Cleavacious Bra.

In addition to her busy work load, Rivers is the spokesperson for the Entertainment Industries Council and serves as a board member. She hosted their annual Prism Awards for the past few years which airs on F/X. Rivers was also hon- ored to be PETA’s spokesperson and model in 2003 for their highly publicized “I’d Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur” campaign.

NEW LINE CINEMA CONGRATULATES SARA RISHER Contributing Sponsors VENUE AND SCREENING SCHEDULE Thursday Thursday Friday Friday Saturday Saturday Sunday Sunday October 11, 2007 October 11, 2007 October 12, 2007 October 12, 2007 October 13, 2007 October 13, 2007 October 14, 2007 October 14, 2007 Venue 1 Venue 2 Venue 1 Venue 2 Venue 1 Venue 2 Venue 1 Fine Arts Theatre Wilshire Screening Rm Fine Arts Theatre Wilshire Screening Rm Fine Arts Theatre Wilshire Screening Rm Fine Arts Theatre 8556 Wilshire Blvd and Festival Lounge 8556 Wilshire Blvd and Festival Lounge 8556 Wilshire Blvd and Festival Lounge 8556 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills 8670 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills 8670 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills 8670 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Beverly Hills 8-10AM 8-10AM 8-10AM Badge Registration Filmmaker/ Badge Registration Filmmaker/ Badge Registration Press/Seminar Press/Seminar Check-In Filmmaker/Press/Seminar Check-In Festival Lounge Festival Lounge Check-In Festival Lounge 10:00-12:00 10:00-12:00 10:00-12:00 10:00-12:00 10:00-12:00 10:00-12:00 10:00-12:00 Behaving Badly F Dispensing Cannibas Fdoc Diggers S 14 min Once Upon a Time Sasha & WGA Sponsored Panel 11:00-12:00 Film Financing Panel The Power of Community Ben’s Plan F 80 min Desire S Girls Gone Genre Badge Registration “How to Get the Money” Fdoc The Life & Times of Evelyn Hart SAG James Cagney Room Filmmaker/Press Renberg Theater Fdoc 5757 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles Check-In at Venue 1 1125 No McCadden Pl, Los Angeles 12:00-1:00 12:00-1:00 12:00-2:00 12:00-2:00 12:00-2:00 12:00-2:00 12:00-2:00 Lost and Found in Mexico Tomoko’s Kitchen S In a Moment S The Relationship Theorem S You Look Amazing S Marketing and SD Christian F Grandma Goth Sdoc The Beginning of the End S Reinada Del Carmen Distribution Panel Who’s Got the Power Fdoc One Skin AS Mi Mama y Yo Fdoc “How to Get Your Film 1:00-3:00 1:00-3:00 1:00-2:00 One of the Oldest Con Games S Sold!” Lydia & Silas S The Barrows S Badge Registration Filmmaker/ Moment S Renberg Theater 9 Lives of Mara F Not in God’s Name Fdoc Press Captivated S 1125 No McCadden Pl, Check-In Festival Lounge Los Angeles

2:00-4:00 2:00-4:00 2:00-4:00 2:00-4:00 2:00-4:00 Welcome Home S The Wannabe S Greetings From the Shore F Wendy…uh What’s Her Name S The Last Line S A Simple Promise F La Hija del General Fdoc African Parting S The List S 3:00-5:00 3:00-5:00 Janie S Herstory F Women Behind the Camera Finding Llorona S Maybe Baby Fdoc Fdoc To Touch the Soul Fdoc 4:00-6:00 4:00-6:00 4:00-6:00 4:00-6:00 4:00-600 Edible S Screaming Orphans MV Life Lottery S /Diva S The Baseball Player’s Wife S Paper Boat S Once Upon A FilmF Creepers SA /4 Conversations Confessions of a Late Bloomer S Spring Eternal S Creepshow III-Special About Love S Draco y el teatro S Rahil’s Secret F Screening 5:00-7:00 5:00-7:00 Hollywood 90038 Fdoc The Idol and the Band Fdoc Blue Dreams Downtown S Looking for Else Fdoc min 6:00-8:00 6:00-8:00 6:00-8:00 6:00-8:00 Alternate Enderings S The New Los Angeles A.W.O.L. S The Casper “The Valet” S Welmos Labios Verticales MV Isabel S Towards the Moon With Fdoc Locked F For Heaven’s Sake F Locked Out S Under the Honey Chestnut Felllini Fdoc Red is the Color of F Tree AS 7:00-9:00 7:00-9:00 Revolution Green Fdoc 7:00-9:00 SAG Sponsored Panel Incest Fdoc 8:00-10:00 8:00-10:00 8:00-10:00 Awards Ceremony “Ageisim in Hollywood” Moondance Alexander F Sarah & Dee S The Son S Fine Arts Theatre 8556 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Four Corners S A Stone’s Throw F 8556 Wilshire Blvd Hills Queens of Heart Fdoc Beverly Hills Brief Screening of “Invisible Women” 9:00-On 9:00-On 9:00-On 9:00-On Aqua Opening Night SAG Party What A Pair! Breast Cancer Benefi t Party Party Under the Stars in Downtown LA Awards Party Aqua Restaurant and Lounge Westwood Brewing Company Sponsored by The Roosevelt Nirvana Restaurant 424 Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills 1097 Glendon Ave, Westwood 7th Street between Hope and Flower 8689 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills Live Band, Appetizers Cocktails, Live Music, Appetizers Cocktails, Appetizers, Bands and DJs, Valet Parking Appetizers What A Pair! Benefit to Support Breast Cancer Research October 12, 2007 at the Westwood Brewing Company 1097 Glendon Ave Westwood Village CA 90024 at 9pm to 2am, $25.00 per person benefit

WHAT A PAIR® is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness and much-needed funds for breast cancer research across the country through the production of duet-themed celebrity concerts. Since its first show in 2002, the WHAT A PAIR® team has produced five concerts in Los Angeles featuring musical theater duets per- formed by some of Hollywood’s most accomplished and talented women in film, television, and music, including Marg Helgenberger (“CSI”), Rita Wilson, Jessica Biel (“I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry”), Blondie, Joely Fisher (“Til Death”), Cheryl Ladd (“Charlie’s Angels”), Loretta Devine (“Dreamgirls”), Patricia Heaton (“Everybody Loves Raymond”), and Jean Smart (“24”). The concerts have raised over $1.6M for breast cancer research.

WHAT A PAIR®’s sixth LA concert will be in June of 2008 at the historic Orpheum Theatre and will benefit Dr. Armando Giuliano’s (pronounced Joo-lee-ah-noh) research at the John Wayne Cancer Institute at St John’s Health Center in the following arenas:

o Development of early diagnostic procedures – including research to develop a blood test that can detect breast cancer earlier than mammography.

· Development of a vaccine to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer.

WHAT A PAIR® is currently in pre-production on it’s first show outside of Los Angeles, which is scheduled for April 2008 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, and will benefit breast cancer research at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. For More Information: www.whatapair.org.

Public Relations congratulates Leslie La Page and all of our LA Femme filmmakers

www.amylevypr.com LA Femme Film Festival 2007 Seminars With Industry Experts

• Our seminars are open forum discussions with a moderator and Q&A’s with Panel Experts. • The seminars explore opportunities for getting your vision from script to screen/to television/or to other online/ Mobile Entertianment Mediums. • Understand the Industry’s perception of the role of women artists in entertainment today and where the trends are leaning in the next decade. • We will be hosting experts on the topics listed below. Our hope is that the attendees leave with a more tangible understanding of the different approaches to filmmaking with Commercial appeal on a global basis. • Our experts will be giving strong advice and background on how they have broken through the barriers to filmmaking.

TOPICS PANEL EXPERTS

SAG Panel: Ageisim in Hollywood • Beverly Graf, VP of Development Abilene Picture Thursday, Oct 11th 7pm-9pm (Fracture, Younger and Younger, Salomberries) Fine Arts Theatre • Frances Fisher, Actress 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills (The Kingdom, Saving Grace, Titanic) • Stacy Smith, USC Associate Professor This panel will explore the changing climates of ageism in the Hollywood • OTHER PANELISTS TBA studio and casting system for both men and women. We will explore the reality of how men and women over the age of 40 are cast in roles and the Moderator: changing point of view of audiences demanding alternative programming TBA for a more mature audience. The panel will be lead off with a brief screen- ing of “Invisible women “a short documentary funded by SAG Foundation. Q and A to follow

WGA West Presents: Girls Gone Genre: Women Writing Action, • Laeta Kalogridis Animation and Adventure (Alexander, Pathfinder, X-Men) Saturday, Oct 13th 10am-12pm • Rita Hsiao SAG James Cagney Room (Toy Story 2, Mulan) 5757 Wilshire Blvd., 7th Floor, Los Angeles • Marti Noxon (Private Practice, Prison Break, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Mutant superheroes, computer animated cowboys, space invaders, and • OTHER PANELISTS TBA military commanders turned conquerors of the ancient world. These are only a few of the characters brought to life in both film and television by Moderator: female writers. Hear a lively panel of these noted writers discuss their Sonya Gay Bourn experiences – as well as the ways in which the big and small screens Co-Chair of the WGAW Committee of Women Writers interconnect.

Finance Panel – How to Get the Money • Susan Simms – State of Florida Sunday Oct 14th 10am-Noon Governor’s Office of Film & Entertainment Gay & Lesbian Center, • Rena Ronson – William Morris Agency The Village at Ed Gould Plaza, • Serge Rodnunsky – Director (Chill, Dead Lenny) 1125 No. McCadden Place, West Hollywood • Larry Ulman – Media & Entertainment, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher This panel will explore the diverse methods of financing films in today’s environment with a vivid Q and A with the Expert Professionals. Moderator: Deborah Gilels – Media Consultant

Marketing/Distribution Panel – How to Get Your Film Sold! • Tamara Stuparich De La Barra – Foresight Sunday Oct 14th 12am-2pm • Seth Nagle – Producer (Crimson Forces, House of Dead 2) Gay & Lesbian Center, • Nadine DeBarros – VP Voltage Pictures The Village at Ed Gould Plaza, • Morris Ruskin – Shoreline Entertainment 1125 No. McCadden Place, West Hollywood • Ana Clavell – Taurus Entertainment/Bandit Cinema • Craig Serling This panel will give you methods and procedures on how you can get your film noticed and sold in the market of film distribution companies. This Moderator: panel of experts will guide you through what you really need to do and Deborah Gilels – Media Consultant what they are looking for. Q and A to follow.

FEATURE FILMS Special Screening: A SIMPLE PROMISE The 2007 CREEPSHOW III TALES OF OCT 12, 2-4 PM LA Femme Film MURDER, MAYHEM AND Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. MADNESS Festival Selections OCT 14, 4-6 PM Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd

DIRECTORS ANA CLAVELL AND JAMES DUDELSON PRODUCER JAMES DUDELSON PRODUCER WRITERS DIANNA HARRIS ANA CLAVELL, JAMES DUDELSON, SCOTT FRAZELLE, PABLE PAPPANO, ALEX UGELOW WRITER MAX LUCES RT: 1HR: 44 MIN RT: 1HR : 42 MIN CAST: Roy Abramsohn, Kris Allen, Magi Avila, A.J. Bowen, Elwood Carlisle, Ed Dyer, CAST: Aikisha Holly, Bobby Reed, Ella Joyce, Bunny Gibson, Bo Kresic, Camille Lacey, Layla Kayleigh, Selwyn Ward, Wallace Elina Madison, Emmett McGuire, Stephanie Demarria Pettee SYNOPSIS: Two aspiring artists, one a SYNOPSIS: Lock the door, close the blinds, painter, the other a singer, meet and fall in draw up your comforter and get set for more love. Along the way, they make a promise thrills, spills and chills with the third installment to each other that whoever makes it first, of Creepshow. Five new ghoulishly clever the other will give up their dream of artistic takes on the classic ‘50s horror comics, each success to support the other. an exercise in pure terror. This is your ticket to more merrily macabre fun.

A STONE’S THROW BEHAVING BADLY BEN’S PLAN OCT 13, 8-10 PM OCT 11, 10-NOON OCT 12, 10-NOON Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd.

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER/CO-DIRECTOR PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER CAMELIA FRIEBERG DANA SCHROEDER JENNA RICKER WRITER WRITER RT: 1HR 20MIN GRAFIELD L . MILLER LINDA WEISS CAST: Ben Schnetzer, Gary Soldati, Jessica RT: 1HR: 38 MIN RT: 1 HR: 37 MIN Lawson, Patricia Kalember, Selenis Leyva, Stephen Schnetzer, Vincent D’Arbouze CAST: Aaron Webber, Hugh Thompson, CAST: Natalie Miston, Nicolas Porcelli, Silvia Kathryn MacLellan, Kris Holder-Ried, Lisa Suradova, Todd Johnson SYNOPSIS: Ray Maybe the best Christmas present isn’t find- SYNOPSIS: We watch two best friends, ing the family we’ve been given, but discov- SYNOPSIS: Set on the pristine shores of Michael and Dirk, foolishly build rules ering the family we need. Nova Scotia, A Stone’s Throw follows the around their sexual behavior. We find Vella journey of impassioned photojournalist, and Diane offering their interpretation, Jack Walker, as he arrives, unannounced at diametrically different from that of the men. the home of his sister, Olivia. FEATURE FILMS FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE GREETINGS FROM THE SHORE HERSTORY OCT 12, 6-8 PM OCT 13, 2-4 PM OCT 14, 2-4 PM Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd.

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR PRODUCER/CO-WRITER DIRECTOR/WRITER NAT CHRISTIAN GABRIELLE BERBERICH KRISTA EULBERG WRITER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIRECTOR /CO-WRITER PRODUCER ANN MARCUS GREG CHERCHAK RAYNA SASLOVE RT: 90MIN CO-PRODUCER RT: 1 HR 26MIN GREGORY CHARLES SCHAEFER CAST: Allison Lange, David Paetkau, CAST: Lesley Fera, Jonathan Goldstein, Florence Henderson, Kathryn Gordon, RT: 1HR :58 MIN Coleman McClary ,Gwendolyn Sanford Stephanie Patton, Yanni King CAST: Andrew Shaifer, David Fumero, SYNOPSIS: Marly, a documentary SYNOPSIS: Sarah is a vibrant older Gideon Emery, Jay O Sanders, Kim Shaw, filmmaker, decides to call the world’s bluff. woman who loves her family, especially her Lars Arentz, Paul Sorvino, Ron Geren If women are seen as mere reflections of the granddaughter, 10 year old Katie. After Katie men in their life—who is she? SYNOPSIS: Still reeling from the death reveals her greatest fear to Sarah, a tragic of her father, a young girl spends one last event befalls both of them. Katie’s beloved summer at the Jersey Shore before heading Nanny has a sudden fatal heart attack, and off to college. But when her plans fall apart, finds herself quite literally stuck in heaven. the girl stumbles into a mysterious world of Russian sailors, high-stakes gambling, and unexpected love. Just Ahead of You (Christian) IL SEGRETO DE RAHIL Oct 12, Noon-2 pm LOCKED OCT 13, 4-6 PM Venue 1: 8557 Wilshire Blvd. OCT 12, 6-8 PM Venue 2: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd.

DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER ELISABETH LOCHEN PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER CINZIA BOMOLL JULI C. LASSELLE PRODUCER RT: 1HR: 26MIN JUDICAELLE ROCHE LOCHEN RT: 1HR : 34 MIN CAST: Elisabetta Rocchetti, Giorgio Faletti, PRODUCER CAST: Brynn Horrocks, Eugenia Yuan, Jamil Hammoudi, Lorenza Indovina, Ons SEBASTIEN ROCHE LOCHEN Gerald McCullouch, Hope Allen, Jonathan Ben Raies Firth, Stacey Hinnen RT: 1 HR: 38 MIN SYNOPSIS: Rahil walks balancing on the SYNOPSIS: Locked is an intensely moving railroads towards the direction that will carry CAST: Annie Girardot, Charles Nemes, independent drama about two sisters her to become a woman.In her Iraqui name, Christian Morin, Yvon Martin dealing with the residual effects of childhood that in Arab means nomad, perhaps it’s incest. A European sensibility brings a fresh already written her destiny; and in her past SYNOPSIS: Lauranne, who was hurt by men many times in her life, lives a wonderful love approach to the difficult subject matter in a secret harder than the steel of the tracks this thoughtful gem. which she is escaping from. story with Christian, who is much younger than she is. Her life is turned upside down with this new relationship. Their love re- mains strong against all odds and everyone from Christian’s mother to his closest friends try to separate them. Unfortunately their love can’t overcome all obstacles. FEATURE FILMS MOONDANCE ALEXANDER ONCE UPON A FILM RED IS THE COLOR OF OCT 12, 8-10 PM OCT 12, 4-6 PM OCT 13, 6-8 PM Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd.

WRITER/PRODUCER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER JANEEN DAMIAN DECKER X ANNE NORDA WRITER/DIRECTOR RT: 1HR: 30MIN CO-PRODUCER MICHAEL DAMIAN LEE DAVID LEE CAST: Katie Corrado, Marcus Dean Fuller, RT: 1HR Stivi Paskoski RT: 1 HR : 27MIN

CAST: Kay Panabaker ,Don Johnson, Lori SYNOPSIS: Once upon a Film is a comedy CAST: Irina Bjorklund, Peter Franzen, Eliza Loughlin, Sasha Cohen that explores what happens when memories Pryor Nagel collide with reality. SYNOPSIS: Inspired by a true story, SYNOPSIS: The tense marriage between “Moondance Alexander” follows its title two painters is shaken and stirred when the character (Kay Panabaker) a spirited husband’s provocative nude model ignites teen living with her eccentric mother (Lori his wife’s sexual and spiritual awakening. Loughlin). Moondance is faced with another In a three-way game of subtle seduction, uneventful summer until she discovers a each discovers unfulfilled desires that lost pinto pony named Checkers who has threaten to destroy their desperate dreams jumped out of his paddock. Moondance of happiness. is convinced that Checkers is a champion jumper in disguise and is determined to help him realize his full potential.

9 LIVES OF MARA OCT 11, 1-3 PM Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd.

DIRECTOR BAL AJI KUMAR

PRODUCER/WRITER JINA PANEBIANCO

CO-WRITER KALAJI K. KUMAR

RT: 1 HR: 30 MIN

CAST: Chad Donella, Patrick Bauchau

SYNOPSIS: What are the consequences to murdering a witch? A slick and haunting Oedipus story told in Fairytale Noir by Indian director Balaji K. Kumar.

SHORT FILMS AFRICA PARTING ALTERNATE ENDING A.W.O.L. OCT 13, 2-4 PM OCT 11, 5-7 PM OCT 12, 6-8 PM Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd.

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR ROBYN YANNOUKOS ELISABETH FRY JACK SWANSTROM DIRECTOR/PRODUCER PRODUCER PRODUCER BRIAN LOSCHIAVO JOHN DUFFY JESSICA WETHINGTON RT: 8 MIN 10 SEC RT: 14 MIN WRITER HARRY LINE SYNOPSIS: A tormented ‘memory-keeper’ CAST: Susan Savage, Ceasar Gonzales takes a chance at reconstructing its creation. RT: 22 MIN The film is about the deconstruction of an SYNOPSIS: Susan is a loner, a successful identity invested in a history of violence and photojournalist who is never afraid to step SYNOPSIS: A Twist of Fate Can Be Torture destruction during the apartheid era in South into harm’s way to ‘get the story.’ A last- 1972 Vietnam. An American soldier is Africa. The subsequent results of this action minute assignment from her editor sends her caught in a mysterious twist of fate, torturing are yet to be determined. once more into action, but on this fateful day his mind and body. Escaping will take wits, she steps too close, and is shot and wounded and require a gun. in a Los Angeles gang clash.

THE BARROWS THE BASEBALL PLAYER’S WIFE THE BEGINNING OF THE END OCT 11, 1-3 PM OCT 13, 4-6 PM OCT 13, NOON-2 PM Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

DIRECTOR PRODUCER/DIRECTOR DIRECTOR TORI GARRETT ANDREA STERN CHRISTIAN FORD PRODUCER RT: 15 MIN 13 SEC PRODUCERS SIMONE MACKIE JASON DUBIN /JENN PAGE SYNOPSIS: The life of a professional base- WRITER ball player is engaging, but his wife’s life is WRITER JAMES GREVILLE where it all happens. She is subjected to a ELIZABET CAVA constant nomadic lifestyle, full of uncertain- RT: 10 MIN ties, all without having a title of her own. CO-WRITER SU PLOEGER CAST: Julie Blake, Terry Norris, Cameron She is the one that is left to find herself. Watt, Chris Betts, Damien Cassidy, Kylie CAST: Britt Morgan, Fri Forjindam, JP Kelly, Morris Jenn Page, Laura Ornelas

SYNOPSIS: What if Bonnie and Clyde SYNOPSIS: At the end of her rope, a young didn’t die violently in a hail of bullets? What woman is out alone drinking herself to if Bonnie and Clyde got life imprisonment death. She finds one last moment of peace instead. through the music of a local musician, only to be interrupted by rowdy bar patrons; they beat her and leave her for dead. SHORT FILMS BLUE DREAMS DOWNTOWN CAPTIVATED THE CASPER “THE VALET” OCT 11, 5-7 PM OCT 13, NOON-2 PM OCT 12, 6-8 PM Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER RAIYA CORSIGLIA DANIELA CREUTZ ALEXANDRA CHUN RT: 3:00 MIN PRODUCERS RT: 8 MIN 56 SEC NATACHA RUCK / DANIELA CREUTZ CAST: Kenneth Vera, Raiya Corsiglia CAST: Alexandra Chun, Rodney Charles RT: 15 MIN SYNOPSIS: A Coney Island man falls in SYNOPSIS: She’s a high roller with an love with a magical photograph that loves CAST: Dave Simonds, Esra Gaffin, Jeremy addiction to therapy. He’s hired to be her him right back. Xido, Pamela Gray surrogate therapist. She’s racist. He’s black. It’s a simple back and forth hum drum SYNOPSIS: A classic Russian tale set in session as usual. contemporary New York tells the story of encounter between an unlikely couple. Therese, a brash and sexy Polish immigrant who works the night shift at a bakery, and Andre, a lovelorn aspiring writer who works a nightshift at New York’s Downtown fish market, meet when Therese hassles Andre to help her write a love letter.

THE CHESTNUT TREE CONFESSIONS OF A LATE CREEPERS OCT 13, 6-8 PM BLOOMER OCT 13, 4-6 PM OCT 12, 4-6 PM Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

DIRECTOR DIRECTOR PRODUCER/DIRECTOR HYUN-MIN LEE JEN MCGOWAN MARK SIMON CO-PRODUCER PRODUCERS WRITERS BERT KLEIN AMITABH KLEMM/PHILIP LOTT HELEN LYONS/DAVID LYONS

CO-PRODUCER WRITER CO-WRITERS JENNIFER CARDON KLEIN STUART PAUL MARK SIMON/JEANNE SIMON

RT: 4 MIN RT:14 MIN : 41 SEC RT:5 MIN : 40 SEC

SYNOPSIS: A mother and daughter create CAST: Bart Shattuck, Brian Sounalath, Bruce CAST: Brian Bazala, Enoc Castaneda, Jeanne memories under the Chestnut Tree. Cronander, Christina Stacey, D’Angelo Simon, John Chadwick, Mark Simon Jones, Darryl Reed Jr., Johnny Chambers, SYNOPSIS: A group of clumsy rainforest David Schroeder, Liz Smollins, Mike Pisano, Miriam Korn, Rachel Kanouse, Renata creepers secretly become super heroes Green-Gaber, Ronnie Alvarez, Tylor Chase who stumble through rescuing their fellow creatures from the sabotage of the sinister SYNOPSIS: For 15 year-old Donny, high creeper at the local festival school sucks. He’s the smallest in the class and always the butt of someone’s joke. But this week it’s all about to change – forever SHORT FILMS DIGGERS DIVA EDIBLE OCT 12, 10-NOON OCT 13, 4-6 PM OCT 12, 4-6 PM Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd.

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER CHERYL SLEAN JOSEPHINE MACKERRAS KRYSTI MOYA CO-PRODUCERS RT: 7 MIN: 07 SEC RT: 8 MIN : 27 SEC MARK TITUS/SUSAN LASALLE CAST: Thomas Concoul CAST: Aaron Grail ,Isha Moya Zoog, Jeffrey RT: 14 MIN : 15 SEC Weissman, Sonia Perozzi SYNOPSIS: Escaping his home-town that CAST: Marie Matiko, Phil Davis has completely rejected him, alone, Vincent SYNOPSIS: Eating is an intimate act. Does goes to Paris to be entiely Herself, but life is the daily ritual of the table nourish and SYNOPSIS: It’s better to go with a bang! never that simple.. sustain body and soul? Jennifer is caught Someone named Margaret Rutger is being between the heartening influence of her buried, and while going about their work, teacher and the emptiness of her white two gravediggers, Fred and Keiko, play their upper middle class family. usual game of imagining how she died, based on hints in the obit.

FINDING LLORONA FOUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FOUR CORNERS OCT 11, 3-5 PM LOVE OCT 12, 4-6 PM OCT 13, 8-10 PM Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd.

DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER PRODUCER CLAUDIA MEDINA MARIA GOYAL DIANE BECKER CO-PRODUCERS DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR ALANNA MACLENNAN/ NILESH PATEl JESSICA TOWNSEND DENNIS DALMARK

RT: 22MIN RT: 14 MIN : 30 SEC WRITER HARRY MAXON CAST: Alison Araya, Patricia Mayen Salazar CAST: Alexandra Staden, Gary Lilburn, John Blakey RT: 18 MIN 7 SEC SYNOPSIS: Sofia has inherited a profound connection to the Mexican folk music sung SYNOPSIS: Four Short Cuts style stories CAST: Diana Parks, Brian Burnett, Daniel by women in her mother’s homeland. Her about four loosely connected people deal- Capellaro, Sheri Foster deepest desire is to move people to tears ing with love, loss, and, finally, grace. SYNOPSIS: O n t h e night of her engagement, with her voice, just like her heroes. When she Darby Sinclair abandons her life to chase a meets her musical idol, Sofia learns the only fallen meteorite - a journey that takes her way to sing truthfully is by experiencing her to the most dangerous place on Earth: her own heartbreak. past. SHORT FILMS GRANDMA GOTH IL ETAIT UNE FOIS…SASHA ET IN A MOMENT OCT 12, 12-2 PM DESIRE OCT 12, 10-NOON OCT 12, 12-2 PM Venue: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER JEAN DES FORETS PRODUCER /DIRECTOR/WRITER DEBORAH HIESTAND PRODUCER EMMA PACILLI

RT: 19 MIN: 44 SEC DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER CECILE VERNANT TODD FELDERSTEIN SYNOPSIS: A documentary/short that ‘digs RT: 25 MIN RT: 11MIN: 45 SEC up’ the obsessive, death-related, collections of 64-year-old Suelynn Gustafson, who calls SYNOPSIS: While waiting for the green SYNOPSIS: A woman stuck in a tragedy herself Grandma Goth. A tour through her ray at the end of a wood pontoon in from the past, is forced to face the present coffin-filled, historic church, and her skeleton Martinique, Sasha, an old Russian woman, as her husband tries to make her move on, adorned costume shop is included. tells her grandchildren the most beautiful causing her to contemplate what’s left in her story of how she met their grandfather. It life. was in Noirmoutier in 1934. He was called Desire.

English Title: Once Upon a Time... Sasha and Desire

ISABEL JANIE THE LAST LINE OCT 13, 6-8 PM OCT 13, 2-4 PM OCT 14, 2-4 PM Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd.

DIRECTOR PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR SHAWNA BACA CHRISTINE SHIN MARISSA BECKER RT: 4 MIN 4 SEC RT: 18 MIN PRODUCER MICHAEL KAI SYNOPSIS: An exhausted businessman’s CAST: Blaine Saunders, Tanner Maguire, life is constantly interrupted by the strange Deborah Quayle and John Miailovich RT: 25 MIN appearances of a little girl. SYNOPSIS: Janie (9) has a perfect life as a SYNOPSIS: Camping out for ten days be- single daughter in a loving family. Her life, comes more than just a bid for a good seat however, gets completely shattered when as Star Wars fans connect in line for the last Ben (5), her little brother she never knew time, and for the last film. existed, unexpectedly shows up to live with her family. SHORT FILMS LIFE LOTTERY THE LIST LOCKED OUT OCT 13, 4-6 PM OCT 14, 2-4 PM OCT 13, 6-8 PM Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd.

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER THERESA CORRAO MIKKI WILLIS JENNIFER LUCKETT PRODUCERS PRODUCER/WRITER RT: 4 MIN: 58 SEC CURT MIYASHIRO, DAN BARROW, JIM PARIS TANAKA MITCHELL, MATTHEW LEONARD CAST: Al Patino, Angela Marsden RT: 5 min RT: 17 MIN 7 SEC SYNOPSIS: An ordinary man is locked out CAST: Robert Machemer, Paris Tanaka of his apartment and attempts manipulating CAST: Freddie Conner, James Zager, Laura acts towards policy compelled leasing agents Fulton and Matthew Leonard SYNOPSIS: “The List” is a five minute CIA to try to get into his own home. action thriller. A young woman finds herself SYNOPSIS: This moving short explores being interrogated for espionage. Could it a moment in the life of Cecilia who is be a case of mistaken identity? unexpectedly faced with the ultimate decision: remaining in her safe but seemingly soul-destroying domestic life or to embark on a fast-paced corporate life of substantial personal rewards.

LYDIA & SILAS MOMENT ONE OF THE OLDEST CON GAMES OCT 11, 1-3 PM OCT 13, NOON-2 PM OCT 13, NOON-2 PM Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

PRODUCER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER KATE JANSON JILL CARTER LESLIE KING DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER RT: 10 MIN 7 SEC PRODUCER HEATHER TOMPKINS VANESSA NALLE CAST: Jason Gautreau, Jefferson Brown, WRITER Karen Cliché RT: 20 MIN LAUREN STEWART SYNOPSIS: Anne, a young professional is CAST: Fionulla Flanagan, Grant Bowler, RT: 11 MIN getting ready for her day – all the familiar Robert Musgrave, Peter Hansen images of morning are there. Two men show CAST: Kathi Pelliccione, Patrick Saxton, Eric up at her door and Anne’s calm morning is Howland, Johnny Linear filled with anticipation. SYNOPSIS: When a house burglar, Silas, finds himself trapped inside a small farmhouse in mid robbery, the victim of his action agrees to help him escape. He complies, but quickly learns that freedom comes at a much higher price than he or his victim bargained for. SHORT FILMS ONE SKIN PAPERBOAT THE RELATIONSHIP THEOREM OCT 13, NOON-2 PM OCT 14, 4-6 PM OCT 13, NOON-2 PM Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR/WRITER GUDRUM CRAM DRACH DAPHNE LAMBRINOU LORI L. JOHNSON

RT: 10 MIN PRODUCER PRODUCER ERICA CALLAS ALEXIS AUDITORE

SYNOPSIS: Mary is confronted by different RT: 15 MIN RT: 18 MIN 58 SEC paths of womanhood-independence at a cost or confinement of traditional roles. CAST: Alexandra Aidini, Constantine CAST: Manon Carrie, Brad Dodds, D. Markoulakis, Constantine Triantafyllopoulos, Anthony Johnson Matt Haslett, Michael Yiota Festa Kaiser, Wendy Miklovic, Geoffrey Fontaine, Emily Ryals,Kaitlyn Burkett SYNOPSIS: What do you do when following your dream means closing the door on SYNOPSIS: The story of a non-descript your past? Melanie must choose between teenage girl, who decides to create a a lifelong love in Greece and a blossoming scientific theorem to formulate how to make career in America. love happen. With her two friends standing by her side to help with research, she sets her sights on the school’s most popular boy to make him fall in love with her.

SARAH & DEE THE SON SPRING ETERNAL OCT 13, 8-10 PM OCT 13, 8-10 PM OCT 13, 4-6 PM Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR PRODUCER KAREN DEE CARPENTER ADRIAN VALLARINO GILBOA MAYTAL PRODUCERS PRODUCERS DIRECTOR KAREN DEE CARPENTER/STEPHANIE KARINA DALMAS /ALEJO DOMINGUEZ SOFIA SHINAS GAROIAN WRITER WRITER RT: 19 MIN : 47 SEC HORACIO QUIROGA MIKE FU CAST: Ana Nogueira, Rachael Kemery RT: 8 MIN 20 SEC RT: 12 MIN : 00 SEC

SYNOPSIS: When you’re a kid they tell you CAST: Judy Ferro, Russ Kingston, Ryan SYNOPSIS: Despite her dying father’s grim that you can be anything you want. They Akinsson prediction that she will end up alone in her lied. senior years, a middle aged, Asian-Ameri- SYNOPSIS: Based on Horacio Quiroga’s can women defies the odds and finds love ‘El Hijo’ , ‘The Son’ follows a mans suffering again with a man nearly half her age. as he searches for his missing son while he remembers past tragedies, both real and product of his delusions. SHORT FILMS TOMOKO’S KITCHEN YOU LOOK AMAZING THE WANNABE OCT 12, NOON-2 PM OCT 11, 1-3 PM OCT 12, 2-4 PM Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

PRODUCER/WRITER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR/WRITER DAVID CHESTER TRACEY NEEDHAM ALTHEA WASOW

DIRECTOR RT: 15 MIN 30 SEC PRODUCER ANDREW REULAND, PELIN UZAY SHAWNA BACA CAST: Jody Booth, Kim Fitzgerald RT: 24 MIN RT: 17 MIN 16 SEC SYNOPSIS: What appear to be two girlfriends catching up over lunch, is in fact CAST: Annabelle Paez, Mara Sanchez, CAST: Cassandra Peterson, Darren a quick romp through the truth behind their Ramon Rodriguez, Suzette Gunn and Tania L.Lander, Gary Kraus, LorenCros, Louisette seemingly perfect worlds. Robles Geiss, Maria Costa, Steven Engle, Tomo Kawaguchi SYNOPSIS: 1990. The Bronx. A young man dares to cross the line between reality and SYNOPSIS: When an apartment building’s fantasy. What price should he pay? It is based security doors malfunction, a group of on a true story connected to a shooting at disparate residents discover how oven-fresh the legendary Palladium nightclub. cinnamon rolls can change destinies.

WELCOME HOME WENDY …UH..WHAT’S HER OCT 12, 2-4 PM NAME? OCT 13, 2-4 PM Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/WRITER RAUL CONTRERAS CURTIS CHOY

PRODUCER/WRITER PRODUCER JENNIFER KERSEY JEAN LAU RT: 7 MIN 22 SEC RT: 26 MIN 30 SEC

CAST: Jennifer Buttell, Aaron Gaffey, Cyanne SYNOPSIS: In 1974, the notorious McClairian, Jordan Scott Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped heiress Patricia Hearst. A month later, SLA SYNOPSIS: When Andy, an amnesia victim, members and Hearst robbed a bank in San wakes to find herself chained to an old Francisco, then fled to rural Pennsylvania, steam pipe in an abandoned, but haunted where they met Wendy for the first time. house, she is rescued by Eugene, the Good Samaritan, until the rescue effort takes an eerie turn. DOCUMENTARIES DISPENSING CANNABIS HOLLYWOOD 90038 LA HIJA DEL GENERAL OCT 11, 10-NOON OCT 12, 4-6 PM OCT 12, 2-4 PM Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR PRODUCER/DIRECTOR PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER ANN ALTER JENNIFER KES REMINGTON MARIA ELENA WOOD

RT: 56 MIN RT: 1HR: 22 MIN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ALEJANDRA GARCIA SYNOPSIS: In the hour-long documentary SYNOPSIS: ‘Hollywood, 90038’ is a “Dispensing Cannabis: The California documentary that follows five twenty- RT: 59 MIN Story”, voices from inside discuss practices something’s who live in the same building and issues involved in distributing medical over a period of four years through their SYNOPSIS: This is an intimate portrait cannabis. struggles as they try to make it big in Los of Michelle Bachelet, a woman who went Angeles. from being the daughter of one of Salvador Allende´s faithful generals, later murdered by his army comrades, to become the first woman Secretary of Defense in Latin America and, since March 2006, the President of Chile.

THE IDOL AND THE BAND INCEST : A FAMILY TRAGEDY THE LIFE AND TIMES OF EVELYN OCT 13, 4-6 PM OCT 11, 7-9:30 PM HART OCT 12, 10-NOON Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR PRODUCER/DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/WRITER LAUREN GADD EDWARD BLACKOFF BETSY CARSON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR PRODUCERS BROOKE BARNETT SASA BLACKOFF BETSY CARSON/DAN SCHLANGER

RT: 57 MIN RT: 1HR: 36 MIN RT: 42 MIN

CAST: Chris Daughtry, Mark Perry, Ryan SYNOPSIS: An intense investigation of the SYNOPSIS: ‘The Life and Times of Evelyn Andrews and Scott Crawford dark and secret world of incest and sexual Hart’ is an intimate portrait of a life molestation of children by family members entirely dedicated to dance, revealing the SYNOPSIS: The documentary is about and close trusted friends. This film explores struggles and triumphs that mark Ms Hart’s Chris Daughtry, an American Idol finalist, the behavior of those who commit the crime, extraordinary journey from starry-eyed and the band that he performed with before how it affects the victims, what police can teenager to international star. going on the show, and what happens to the and can’t accomplish, the history of incest, band now that he is famous. While Daughtry and what can be done to stop it. competed on this season of American Idol, his small town band played the waiting game. After visiting him in Los Angeles, the band realizes that they will have to get serious about practicing if they want to play with their front man again. DOCUMENTARIES LOOKING FOR ELSE LOST AND FOUND IN MEXICO MAYBE BABY OCT 11, 5-7 PM OCT 11, NOON-1 PM OCT 13, 2-4 PM Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

DIRECTOR PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR SANDY KOPITOPOULOS CAREN CROSS SHANNON O’ROURKE PRODUCER RT: 53 MIN RT: 60 MIN TIZIANA SOUDANI SYNOPSIS: It explores the question: What SYNOPSIS: What happens when a group WRITER lies on the other side of the American dream? of single American women past their DANIEL MAURER In a quirky, revealing style Caren Cross ex- reproductive prime give up looking for ‘Mr. plores the lives of Americans who chose to Right’ and settle for ‘Mr. Rights’ DNA? RT: 52 MIN leave their hard-working, successful, and CAST: Else Blangsted, James Di Pasquale, fast-paced lives to live in San Miguel de Al- James Cromwell, Jerry Cobb, Lilly lende, Mexico where leisurely conversations Kopitopoulos, Margo Til take place in the main square, burros walk the streets, and people find satisfaction in SYNOPSIS: Separated at birth during World living that had previously been lost. War II ,a mother and a daughter are reunited 50 years after the events. A moving story that unfolds from Nazi Germany to Switzerland, to Hollywood.

THE NEW LOS ANGELES NOT IN GOD’S NAME THE POWER OF COMMUNITY OCT 11, 5-7PM OCT 11, 1-3 PM OCT 11, 10-NOON Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/CO-PRODUCER/CO-WRITER LYN GOLDFARB PAULA FORCE FAITH MORGAN

RT: 55 MIN WRITER CO-PRODUCERS/CO-WRITERS LISA LEEMAN EUGENE (PAT) MURPHY, MEGAN QUINN CAST: Linda Hunt (VO) RT:1 HR : 20 MIN ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Synopsis: THE NEW LOS ANGELES paints a TOM BLESSING IV portrait of an extraordinary city transformed SYNOPSIS: A Filmmakers’ journey to by issues of race, labor and immigration. explore tolerance and intolerance in the RT: 53 MIN: 37 SEC name of the Divine. Featuring the Dalai Lama. CAST: Bruce Cromer (VO), Eugene Murphy, Matt Simmons, Megan Quinn, Rachel Bruhnke, Richard Heinberg, Roberto Perez

SYNOPSIS: The collapse USSR was an economic disaster for Cuba. Oil and food imports were cut drastically and people were desperate. From hardships to creativity, from industrial to organic farming and urban gardens, Cuba, is an example of options and hope. DOCUMENTARIES QUEENS OF HEART REINALDA DEL CARMEN REVOLUTION GREEN OCT 13, 8-10PM OCT 14, NOON-2 PM OCT 13, 10-NOON Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR JAN HAAKEN LORENA GIACHINO TORRENS STEPHEN B. STROUT PRODUCER PRODUCER PRODUCER WENDY KOHN LORENA BLAS JESSICA KELLY RT: 1 HR: 12 MIN RT: 1 HR: 25 MIN RT: 1 HR: 24 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Queens of Heart: Community CAST: Lorena Giachino Torrens (VO) SYNOPSIS: ‘Revolution Green: A Story of Therapists in Drag brings to light the Bio-diesel in America’ is a feature-length therapeutic skills of Darcelle XV, a seventy SYNOPSIS: A mother who lost her memory. documentary about personal choices, the five year old female impersonator, as she Her best friend kidnapped and disappeared current state of energy production and manages the wild emotions of patrons at being pregnant. A daughter who tries to consumption in America, and how an nightly shows at her club. rescue them. A reflection upon friendship, emerging bio-diesel industry in the world motherhood and loss market can play a key role in catapulting America into an entirely new industrial revolution.

TO TOUCH THE SOUL TOWARDS THE MOON WITH WHO’S GOT THE POWER OCT 11, 3-5 PM FELLINI OCT 11, 5-7 PM OCT 12, NOON- 2PM Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

DIRECTOR/CO-PRODUCER/CO-WRITER DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR RYAN GOBLE EUGENIO CAPPUCCIO THOMAS JEWETT PRODUCER PRODUCER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TERESA HEGEN VITTORIO CECCHI-GORI CASEY COATES DANSON

WRITER/CO-PRODUCER CO-PRODUCER PRODUCER ERIN HENNING CHRISTINA ENGELHARDT HIDDEN DOOR DOCUMEDIA

RT: 1HR: 10MIN RT: 58 MIN RT: 58 MIN

CAST: Carlos Silveia, Casey Quirarte, CAST: Christina Engelhardt, Paolo Villaggio, SYNOPSIS: Who’s Got The POWER? Cassandra Hepburn, Heather Hamilton, Roberto Benigni, Vittorio Cecchi-Gori energizes a fascinating but neglected subject John Tucker, John Tucker, John Lachey, -solar power- and awakens the dialogue Sanneya Bair, Saveun Nhim, Sundy Ven SYNOPSIS: ‘All films by Fellini are love stories about man’s engagement with earth and the and all love stories are Fellini films,’ quips impact of architecture. SYNOPSIS: A professor and his university Roberto Benigni. In this documentary where students discover the meaning of kindness, Roberto Benigni and Christina Engelhardt selflessness and love while teaching art star, what we indeed discover that Fellini’s to Cambodian children impacted by HIV/ ‘Towards the Moon’ is ultimately about the AIDS. unconditional love and trust Fellini feels for and receives from his adoring colleagues. DOCUMENTARIES MUSIC VIDEOS WOMEN BEHIND THE CAMERA Screaming Orphans OCT 11, 3-5 PM Oct 12, 4-6 pm Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Venue 2: 8670 Wilshire Blvd.

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCERS ALEXIS KRASILOVSKY JOEL DUNN/KIRI CARCH RT: 1 HR: 30 MIN DIRECTOR ANA MALTEZOS SYNOPSIS: Our feature documentary celebrates the history of camerawomen in RT: 3 MIN Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Iran, Mexico, Senegal, Russia, the CAST: Daniel Dugan and Jeni Kate De U.S. and other countries in a way that has Shon never been seen before. We tell the stories SYNOPSIS: The cyclical theme of human of pioneer camerawomen who have filmed attraction is explored through the constant in war zones and on major sets in Hollywood changing of perspective created by use of a and Bollywood, as well as exploring a new view master toy. generation of camerawomen’s visions. Desnudo-Draco y El Teatro Oct 13, 4-6 pm Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd.

DIRECTOR ANGELA ALVARADO

RT: 3 MIN

WELMO LABIOS VERTICALES OCT 13, 6-8 PM Venue 1: 8556 Wilshire Blvd.

PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS NADIA BARBAROSSA/CAROLA GONZALEZ CO-PRODUCERS JAVIER ENRIQUE PEREZ , PETER SADORIAN RT: 2 MIN

CAST: Welmo, Priscilla, Osiris SYNOPSIS: A Chef (Welmo, the Rapper) sees a bombshell and hallucinates with her as she hands him a hot dog. e Directors Guild of America proudly congratulates our past-president MARTHA COOLIDGE on receiving the Maverick Award from the LA Femme Film Festival.

Michael Apted, President Steven Soderbergh, National Vice President Gilbert Cates, Secretary-Treasurer Jay D. Roth, National Executive Director

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