Congratulations to our award winners! Juror's Choice for Best in Show: "Sorry Girl" by Smita Acharyya Viewer's Choice: "Somebody's Son" by Holly Villaire
Student Award: "Laboring Lament" by Andrea Murphy
Honorable Mention for Juror's Choice: "Trip To The Planetarium" by Stephanie Batailler Honorable Mention forStudent Award: "Friday Night Fright" by by Ashley Maria
Mission Female Shorts: Film & Video Showcase celebrates cinematic works of women in the arts. This festival is a collaboration between the Torpedo Factory's Target Gallery and The Art League, and is dedicated and focused to seeking out and promoting cinema created by and for women. The showcase is part of the Virginia Commission for the Arts 2010 state-wide celebration, Minds Wide Open, which celebrates women in the arts.
Juror
Sydney-Chanele Dawkins is an award winning Feature Film Producer (Modern Love is Automatic; Lives and Deaths of the Poets); Commissioner for the City of Alexandria Commission for the Arts and Director of the Alexandria Film Festival.
Schedule and Special Programming: Our juror, Sydney-Chanele Dawkins, selected 22 films to be a part of our juried showcase. The gallery will be showing these films continuously throughout the days of the event, June 3-6, with the exception for when we break for special programming, (see film order below).
June 3 ••10-6pm: Screening of the 22 chosen films by juror
••6:00-9pm: Opening reception to meet the filmmakers and the
juror, Sydney-Chanele Dawkins
June 4 ••10-7pm: Screening of the 22 chosen films by juror
••*7pm: Special Screening of “Who Does She Think She Is?”
directed by Pamela Tanner Boll followed by an audience
discussion mediated by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins and
Pamela H. Viola.
Contact the gallery to purchase advance tickets: 703.838.4565 x4
($5 advance tickets; $8 at the door)
June 5 ••10am-1pm: Screening of the 22 chosen films by juror
••1-2pm: Screening of Karen Sosnoski’s “Wedding Advice: Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace,” followed by director’s discussion
••3-5pm: Screening of Karen Cantor’s, “Last Rights” and
“The Danish Solution” followed by director’s discussion
June 6: ••10am-2pm: Screening of the 22 chosen films by juror
••2-3pm: Screening of experimental film “Pandora’s Clock”
and “Danse Maudite” (work in progress) followed by
a director’s discussion with Blanca Gruber and Anne C. Fisher
••5-6pm: Closing reception/awards ceremony with special screening
and director’s discussion of “EcoDude” and “Beauty is Motion” by
local student filmmaker, Sydney Schaedel *all events are free unless otherwise noted
Daily Schedule of
juried film selections (Click
here to view the work): Group 1
• In The Garden by Linda Hesh, VA - 1min 48sec
• Shadows and Light by Nancy Hendrickson, CA - 12min
• Intervention by Nikki Simpson, GA - 24min 34sec
• Sorry Girl by Smita Acharyya, CAN - 10min 46sec
• Eve by Sarah Lasley, CT - 33min
• Amaterasu by Yuko Torihara, NY - 14min
• Somebody's Son by Holly Villaire, NY - 8min 23sec
15 Minute Intermission
• Let's Dance! By Anna Tsouhlarakis, DC - 15min
Group 2
• Little Girl by Elizabeth Tolson, VA - 1min 24sec
• Shemming by Kelly Marie Wells, OH - 7min 35sec
• Laboring Lament by Andrea Murphy, VA - 13min
• Benjamin Rising by Nancy E. Wyllie, RI - 24min 03sec
• Friday Night Fright by Ashley Maria, CA - 5min 54sec
• Close by Donna Actie, NY - 28min 48sec
• Prickle Britches by Jill Johnston-Price, NY - 5min 12sec
15 Minute Intermission
• Let's Dance! by Anna Tsouhlarakis, DC - 15min
Group 3
• Crows and Branches by Millefiore Clarkes, CAN - 3min 54sec
• Miriam's Song by Shabnam Piryaei, NY - 4min 30sec
• Trip To The Planetarium by Stephanie Batailler, NY - 23min 26sec
• Knick-Knack-Paddy-Whack by Patty Fernandez, CA - 17min 35sec
• Can She Be Saved? By Yasmin Shiraz, VA - 27min 31sec
• A Hammer Fell In Jerusalem:Anathem by Lori Bowen, FL - 25min 30sec
• You Are Not Alone by Arlette Thomas-Fletcher, MD - 3min 60sec
