Watch the Short Film Love You Mama: "After the sudden death of her father, a young woman becomes haunted by the uncertainty of the world around her."
Starring:
Madeleine Arthur
Samantha Sloyan
Matt Biedel
Written and Directed by:
Alexandra Magistro
Produced by:
Christopher Langston
Connor Tkachuk
Cole Hewlett
Edited by:
Mike Flanagan
Director of Photography:
Tyler Walzak
Production Designer:
Jessica Baese
Music by:
The Newton Brothers
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Watch the Short Film Witchy: "A broken-hearted teenager learns an important lesson about fidelity and family from an immersive Halloween experience that may or may not be organized by an actual witch.
Written, Directed, Cast and Produced by Liz Manashil
Produced by: Robby DeVillez, Elena Weinberg
Executive Producers: Emily Hagins, Brett and Drew Pierce
Executive Producers: John Brazel, Jacob Manalan, Aaron Nemoyten
Director of Photography: Elizabeth Yarwood
Production Designer: Marcie Maute
Editor: Sam Hook
Music by: Amy Summers
Visual Effects: Lily Gareth Cunningham...
Starring:
Madeleine Arthur
Samantha Sloyan
Matt Biedel
Written and Directed by:
Alexandra Magistro
Produced by:
Christopher Langston
Connor Tkachuk
Cole Hewlett
Edited by:
Mike Flanagan
Director of Photography:
Tyler Walzak
Production Designer:
Jessica Baese
Music by:
The Newton Brothers
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Watch the Short Film Witchy: "A broken-hearted teenager learns an important lesson about fidelity and family from an immersive Halloween experience that may or may not be organized by an actual witch.
Written, Directed, Cast and Produced by Liz Manashil
Produced by: Robby DeVillez, Elena Weinberg
Executive Producers: Emily Hagins, Brett and Drew Pierce
Executive Producers: John Brazel, Jacob Manalan, Aaron Nemoyten
Director of Photography: Elizabeth Yarwood
Production Designer: Marcie Maute
Editor: Sam Hook
Music by: Amy Summers
Visual Effects: Lily Gareth Cunningham...
- 10/18/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Freestyle Digital Media has nabbed VOD rights to the hybrid fiction/non-fiction coming-of-age drama The Other Kids from writer-director Chris Brown, slating it for release September 19th.
Pic is billed as a raw, intimate look into the struggles of teenagers on the verge of high school graduation, following six as they struggle through their final days of school in the small Gold Rush town of Sonora, California. The cast includes Isaac Sanchez, Torq Stewart, Kai Kellerman, Sienna Lampi, Savannah Bailey, Joe McGee, Natasha Lombardi, and Hunter Gilmore. Darren Dean, Brad Marshland, and Jonathan Sanford served as producers
The deal was negotiated between Freestyle and indie sales rep and distribution consultant, Liz Manashil. View a trailer for The Other Kids below.
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Exclusive: Deadline has a new trailer for Uncharitable, a documentary based on the book and Ted talk by AIDS Rides and Breast Cancer Walk founder Dan Pallotta, which hits theaters September 22nd.
Pic is billed as a raw, intimate look into the struggles of teenagers on the verge of high school graduation, following six as they struggle through their final days of school in the small Gold Rush town of Sonora, California. The cast includes Isaac Sanchez, Torq Stewart, Kai Kellerman, Sienna Lampi, Savannah Bailey, Joe McGee, Natasha Lombardi, and Hunter Gilmore. Darren Dean, Brad Marshland, and Jonathan Sanford served as producers
The deal was negotiated between Freestyle and indie sales rep and distribution consultant, Liz Manashil. View a trailer for The Other Kids below.
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Exclusive: Deadline has a new trailer for Uncharitable, a documentary based on the book and Ted talk by AIDS Rides and Breast Cancer Walk founder Dan Pallotta, which hits theaters September 22nd.
- 8/18/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Writer-director Kyle Hausmann-Stokes has continued rounding out an impressive cast for his debut feature, the dark veteran dramedy My Dead Friend Zoe, bringing Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption), Gloria Reuben (Mr. Robot) and Utkarsh Ambudkar (Brittany Runs a Marathon) aboard for roles.
The film delving into the lives of military veterans, to highlight both their triumphs and challenges upon returning home, will have the trio starring alongside the previously announced Ed Harris, Sonequa Martin-Green and Natalie Morales.
Written by Hausmann-Stokes and A.J. Bermudez, My Dead Friend Zoe is based on Merit x Zoe, a short that Hausmann-Stokes co-wrote and directed last year, which draws on his personal experience during and after the military, as a Bronze Star combat veteran. The film tells the story of a female veteran (Martin-Green) engaged in a mysterious but comfortable friendship with her wise-cracking (and dead) best friend from the Army (Morales). When the...
The film delving into the lives of military veterans, to highlight both their triumphs and challenges upon returning home, will have the trio starring alongside the previously announced Ed Harris, Sonequa Martin-Green and Natalie Morales.
Written by Hausmann-Stokes and A.J. Bermudez, My Dead Friend Zoe is based on Merit x Zoe, a short that Hausmann-Stokes co-wrote and directed last year, which draws on his personal experience during and after the military, as a Bronze Star combat veteran. The film tells the story of a female veteran (Martin-Green) engaged in a mysterious but comfortable friendship with her wise-cracking (and dead) best friend from the Army (Morales). When the...
- 6/27/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ed Harris (Westworld), Sonequa Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery) and Natalie Morales (No Hard Feelings) have closed deals to lead My Dead Friend Zoe, a dark dramedy about two generations of veterans, family and friendship, which Kyle Hausmann-Stokes will direct in his feature debut.
The film written by Hausmann-Stokes and A.J. Bermudez tells the story of a female veteran (Martin-Green) engaged in a mysterious but comfortable friendship with her wise-cracking (and dead) best friend from the Army (Morales). When the vet is summoned to the remote lake house of her estranged Vietnam vet grandfather (Harris), she is tasked with providing the one thing he refuses…help.
Pic is based on Merit x Zoe, a short that Hausmann-Stokes co-wrote and directed last year, and both films draw inspiration from his real-life experiences during and after the military. A graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Hausmann-Stokes served five years in...
The film written by Hausmann-Stokes and A.J. Bermudez tells the story of a female veteran (Martin-Green) engaged in a mysterious but comfortable friendship with her wise-cracking (and dead) best friend from the Army (Morales). When the vet is summoned to the remote lake house of her estranged Vietnam vet grandfather (Harris), she is tasked with providing the one thing he refuses…help.
Pic is based on Merit x Zoe, a short that Hausmann-Stokes co-wrote and directed last year, and both films draw inspiration from his real-life experiences during and after the military. A graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Hausmann-Stokes served five years in...
- 5/17/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Jennifer Carpenter stars, produces story of scientist who replicates dead wife.
Double Dutch International (Ddi) has come on board to launch worldwide sales at AFM on sci-fi thriller Control Group starring Jennifer Carpenter.
Liz Manashil directs from a screenplay by Amy Starbin and Michael Nathanson about a scientist who, after losing his wife, replicates her in the hope of continuing the perfect life they started together. Complications soon arise when the derivative wife develops desires of her own.
Carpenter (Dexter) is producing alongside Noah Lang for Witchcraft Motion Picture Company, Nathanson for Magic Scope, and Ross Meyerson. Executive producers are...
Double Dutch International (Ddi) has come on board to launch worldwide sales at AFM on sci-fi thriller Control Group starring Jennifer Carpenter.
Liz Manashil directs from a screenplay by Amy Starbin and Michael Nathanson about a scientist who, after losing his wife, replicates her in the hope of continuing the perfect life they started together. Complications soon arise when the derivative wife develops desires of her own.
Carpenter (Dexter) is producing alongside Noah Lang for Witchcraft Motion Picture Company, Nathanson for Magic Scope, and Ross Meyerson. Executive producers are...
- 11/2/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Distribution and sales outfit Mutiny Pictures has added a trio of features to its release slate for this year.
The company has taken North American rights on Born To Be Human, Lily Ni’s queer medical drama which follows a 14-year-old boy who undergoes a metamorphosis without realizing what is going on. Mutiny will release in the fall.
The deal was negotiated by Jonathan Barkan for Mutiny Pictures and Princeton Holt of Hewes Pictures on behalf of Ni and Yi. It was produced by Kevin Yi of Flying Key Movie Co and stars Lee Ling-Wei, Vera Chen, Alice Lee, and Chao-te Yin.
Mutiny has also taken North American rights on erotic cyberthriller Graphic Designs. Written and directed by Andy Edwards, the film was produced by Scott Jeffrey and Rebecca Matthews.
It stars David Wayman, Sian Altman, and May Kelly in the story of a reclusive man who, when he...
The company has taken North American rights on Born To Be Human, Lily Ni’s queer medical drama which follows a 14-year-old boy who undergoes a metamorphosis without realizing what is going on. Mutiny will release in the fall.
The deal was negotiated by Jonathan Barkan for Mutiny Pictures and Princeton Holt of Hewes Pictures on behalf of Ni and Yi. It was produced by Kevin Yi of Flying Key Movie Co and stars Lee Ling-Wei, Vera Chen, Alice Lee, and Chao-te Yin.
Mutiny has also taken North American rights on erotic cyberthriller Graphic Designs. Written and directed by Andy Edwards, the film was produced by Scott Jeffrey and Rebecca Matthews.
It stars David Wayman, Sian Altman, and May Kelly in the story of a reclusive man who, when he...
- 3/1/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with winners: Still I Rise Films has set 11 recipients for its inaugural Still I Rise Films Fellowship, a program that will offer financial and mentorship support to complete winners’ 15- to 30-minute short films. The list came from more than 90 submissions, with a total of $55,000 in support to be donated.
Fellows will also participate in an online rough-cut lab with peer feedback and one-on-one mentorship with Mimi Chakarova, founder and creative director of Still I Rise Films, and Hélène Goupil, 2020-2021 Sir fellow and series producer; and a MasterClass on Distribution and Impact led by Liz Manashil, former manager at Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Initiative, and Kristen Fitzpatrick, managing director at Field of Vision and a former director at Women Make Movies.
“Still I Rise Films exists to provide a platform and support for visual storytellers who take risks and challenge the norm. Each of the 11 women filmmakers...
Fellows will also participate in an online rough-cut lab with peer feedback and one-on-one mentorship with Mimi Chakarova, founder and creative director of Still I Rise Films, and Hélène Goupil, 2020-2021 Sir fellow and series producer; and a MasterClass on Distribution and Impact led by Liz Manashil, former manager at Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Initiative, and Kristen Fitzpatrick, managing director at Field of Vision and a former director at Women Make Movies.
“Still I Rise Films exists to provide a platform and support for visual storytellers who take risks and challenge the norm. Each of the 11 women filmmakers...
- 6/15/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
"I think when David Bowie died, the universe broke." Giant Pics has debuted a trailer for the indie drama Speed of Life, the latest film from film critic ("Just Seen It") / filmmaker Liz Manashil. This premiered at the Nashville Film Festival, and will be available on VOD this month. The film centers around David Bowie's death in 2016, which causes a rift in time and space. It starts in 2016 with a couple, June and Edward, but Edward falls into a wormhole created by Bowie's passing. Then it jumps to 2040, when Edward suddenly reappears in her life after years of mourning his disappearance. Ann Dowd stars as the older June, with Allison Tolman playing her in 2016. The cast includes Ray Santiago, Jeff Perry, Vella Lovell, Sean Wright, and Christine Weatherup. A strange story for a film, but looks like it has a few good moments. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Liz Manashil's Speed of Life,...
- 1/1/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Film Independent is looking to enrich and inspire the industry with its latest lineup of keynotes, films and panelists for its 14th annual Film Independent Forum. Keynotes will be delivered by Late Night filmmaker Nisha Ganatra and Len Amato President of HBO Films. The Forum will kick off with a screening of Olivia Wilde’s comedy Booksmart and will also feature Justin Chon’s drama Ms. Purple. The event, which continues to champion inclusive storytelling in film, takes place April 26 – 28 at the Lmu Playa Vista Campus and Harmony Gold Theater.
“Once again, I am thrilled to congregate our community to explore the work of the most interesting creators this year,” said Maria Raquel Bozzi, Senior Director of Education and International Initiatives. “From our screenings of Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart and Justin Chon’s Ms. Purple to our Keynotes by acclaimed writer-director Nisha Ganatra and HBO Films President Len Amato,...
“Once again, I am thrilled to congregate our community to explore the work of the most interesting creators this year,” said Maria Raquel Bozzi, Senior Director of Education and International Initiatives. “From our screenings of Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart and Justin Chon’s Ms. Purple to our Keynotes by acclaimed writer-director Nisha Ganatra and HBO Films President Len Amato,...
- 4/9/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ann Dowd, Scandal‘s Jeff Perry, and Allison Tolman) will star in Speed Of Life, a film written and directed by Liz Manashil. The pic is an ode to the David Bowie song of the same name and follows a woman who has a chance to reflect on her life when a wormhole opens upon David Bowie’s death.
Nicolaas Bertelsen, Josh Compton, and Pardis Sullins produced the project.
Dowd, currently co-starring in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, is repped by Innovative and Principal Entertainment. Perry is repped by Innovative and Principal Entertainment while Tolman is with UTA and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment.
Nicolaas Bertelsen, Josh Compton, and Pardis Sullins produced the project.
Dowd, currently co-starring in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, is repped by Innovative and Principal Entertainment. Perry is repped by Innovative and Principal Entertainment while Tolman is with UTA and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment.
- 5/22/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
The entertainment space is going “to be transformed by analytics”, claimed a panelist.
The importance of the independent film industry harnessing data was in the spotlight during day two of International Film Festival Rotterdam’s distribution conference Reality Check.
Source: Iffr
Matt Mueller (Screen International), René Bastian (Cinelytic), Liz Manashil (Sundance Institute), Greg Detre (Channel 4), Isabelle Glachant (Chinese Shadows)
The subject of data had been regularly alluded to during day one – with panellists often at loggerheads about the influence of an algorithmic approach to filmmaking – and yesterday (Jan 29) the topic was addressed head-on during a panel that explored the future of data in the film business.
Screen’s editor Matt Mueller, hosting the discussion, pointed out that data has typically “been the preserve of the studios and online players” to-date, asking his panellists to highlight ways in which the indie industry could harness it.
Rene Bastian from data company Cinelytic – which launched in Cannes last year – claimed...
The importance of the independent film industry harnessing data was in the spotlight during day two of International Film Festival Rotterdam’s distribution conference Reality Check.
Source: Iffr
Matt Mueller (Screen International), René Bastian (Cinelytic), Liz Manashil (Sundance Institute), Greg Detre (Channel 4), Isabelle Glachant (Chinese Shadows)
The subject of data had been regularly alluded to during day one – with panellists often at loggerheads about the influence of an algorithmic approach to filmmaking – and yesterday (Jan 29) the topic was addressed head-on during a panel that explored the future of data in the film business.
Screen’s editor Matt Mueller, hosting the discussion, pointed out that data has typically “been the preserve of the studios and online players” to-date, asking his panellists to highlight ways in which the indie industry could harness it.
Rene Bastian from data company Cinelytic – which launched in Cannes last year – claimed...
- 1/31/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
'Bread and Butter' movie: Christine Weatherup and Bobby Moynihan. 'Bread and Butter' movie review: Late life virginity and other social anxieties in a funny and awkwardly romantic comedy The first insight of debuting feature film director Liz Manashil is that romantic comedies should actually be funny first and romantic second – if ever. Her film Bread and Butter eventually works its way to a kind of awkward romanticism, but it's always dryly funny; its silliness deftly masked by all manner of understatement and managed execution. The second insight of the screenwriter-director was to populate her funny romance with the kind of people you almost never see in romantic comedies; which is to say people who look like people you might know, who have friends you might have, and who deal with issues less explored and probably more common than we tend to talk about, including social and other anxieties, as well as late life virginity.
- 9/1/2015
- by Tim Cogshell
- Alt Film Guide
In the midst of festival season, "Saturday Night Live" alum Bill Hader has recently demonstrated his dramatic chops in "The Skeleton Twins." And now, one of his former fellow castmates Bobby Moynihan (aka Drunk Uncle aka Ass Dan) is also turning things down a notch in "Bread And Butter." The actor co-stars with Christine Weatherup in the film, written and directed by Liz Manashil, that follows a 30 year-old virgin Amelia who falls for Leonard, the man who added his own thoughts to the margins of a used book she bought. But another guy, Daniel, comes calling, and soon she's faced with complications from the world of dating for the first time. And in this exclusive clip, you can see Daniel awkwardly making his affections known. "Bread And Butter" will have its world premiere at Woodstock Film Festival, which kicks off on October 15th. Watch below.
- 9/19/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Thanks to your votes, the romantic comedy "Bread and Butter" won this weekend’s Project of the Week contest! Congratulations to “Bread and Butter" director Liz Manashil. The filmmaker will receive a digital distribution consultation from SnagFilms and the film is now officially a candidate for Project of the Month, the winner of which will receive a consultation from the Tribeca Film Institute. Here's what the project is about: Bread and Butter is a story about Amelia (30), an endearing misfit and virgin, who starts to be pursued by two men at the same time. One man is trying desperately to keep control of his life while the other embraces Crazy. In the midst of all the romantic confusion, Amelia has to deal with her eccentric boss, a life coach named Dr. Wellburn, and her overbearing parents. Bread and Butter aims to be a character study of one neurotic, sexually inexperienced girl,...
- 7/16/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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