Official Selections: 11th LA Women in Film Festival
Congratulations to our accepted filmmakers!
Films are listed in alphabetical order, index to the left.
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Matched
TV Pilot
West Coast Premiere
"Matched" follows ex-playwright turned elite matchmaker Diana who is plagued by medical bills and on the brink of losing her job. Desperate, she uses her wealthy clients' lists of impossible
romantic demands as casting breakdowns, hires her broke actor friends to portray these “dream dates,” and inadvertently launches an underground empire.
Director: Elvira Ibragimova
Executive Producer: Dominique Salerno
Producers: Marina Catala, Katie Mack
Writer: Dominique Salerno
Cast: Dominique Salerno, Jason Veasey, Michelle Hurd, Krystina Alabado, Julia Murney, David Fierro, Jason Kravits, Joy Franz, Ilda Mason, Nick Mestad, Stephen Scott Wormley, Marisa Brau, Phil Estrera, Ally Condrath
Cinematographer: Rob Silcox, Young & Grumpy Studios
Editor: Marina Catala
Winner of "Best TV Episode" at New York Comedy Film Festival
Instagram:@matched.show, @thedominiquesalerno
Other I
Animation, Music Video
In a vast cathedral devoted to a strange, otherworldly deity, a young girl offers gifts that begin as harmless token of devotion but escalate into brutal sacrifices of her own body. This haunting allegory asks what happens when blind faith and the comforts we never question demand more of us than we have to give.
Director: Alina Popescu
Producer: Birambeau Theo
Animation: Alina Popescu, Arantxa Chavarri
Background Design: Gabriel Moise
Compositing and editing: Alina Popescu
Any awards, accolades or additional details about the process you would like to mention: Best Animation at Paradise Film Festival, Best Animation at Berlin Kiez Film Festival
Instagram: @polidott
Patience
Short Narrative Film
Based on a real 1917 case, restless housewife Pearl Curran claims to channel the spirit of a long-dead poet to launch a literary career—but as the phenomenon grows, the line between clever hoax and haunting truth begins to blur.
Director: Adrian Hernandez
Producer: Adrian Hernandez
Writer: Adrian Hernandez and Pearl Curran
Cast: Ellie Rose Boswell as Pearl, Wayne Jay as Casper Yost, Isabella Giardini as Patience Worth, Gwendolyn Joyce as Emily Hutchings
Cinematographer: Adrian Hernandez
Editor: Adrian Hernandez