Seven Exceptional Filmmakers...One Night

ATLANTA - June 23, 2014 - PRLog -- It's Women In Film & Television Atlanta's 40th year supporting the achievements of women in film and television. On June 25th, WIFTA will honor the outstanding work of women filmmakers. The 2014 WIFTA Short Film Showcase, which begins at 7p at Landmark Art Cinema, promises to be an entertaining evening, offering a potpourri of why we love movies: comedy, drama, documentary and experimental/animation all packed in seven must-see films.

You won’t want to miss exceptional women-centric films being showcased this year! Here's a look at the line up...


RAIN, Kristen McGary
The poetic path of a homeless man to the same field every year leads us to the devastating reason for his journey.


CRYSTAL, Chell Stephen
Cursed with a real crumby attitude and a boring hometown, 17-year-old Crystal relies on her passion for dance to escape the mundane life of rural Ontario and pursue her out-sized dream of being a pop superstar.

LOVE STINKS, Leanna Adams
Cindy must flee her boyfriend Norman's apartment after an embarrassing mishap. Norman is left to confront Windy and his own judgmental outlook.

THE BLACK BOTTOM LINE, Marti Covington
One of the last thriving affiliates of a national organization founded by Booker T. Washington in 1900 discovers more about its legacy.

CINEPHILIA, Leah Chen Baker
Cinephilia is a series of boy-meets-girl shirt films that explores tthe romanticism of classical cinema from the 1890s through the 1960s.

SO YOU'VE GROWN ATTACHED, Kate Tsang
An offbeat comedy about an ex, an imaginary friend who is forced to consider retirement when his creator, Izzy, starts to grow up.

SEVEN-MINUTE WALDEN, Ruth Dusseault
This experimental film is a contemporary meditation on the historic American text to Walden; or, Life in the Woods (1854), composed of footage from modern day attempts to attain similar enlightenment.

So why not make Hump Day a movie night with WIFTA!

When:
June 25, 2014

Pre-screening reception:
6:30 PM Apres Diem
931 Monroe Drive
Atlanta, GA. 30308

Screening:
7:00-9:00PM
Midtown Art Cinema
931 Monroe Drive
Atlanta, GA. 30308

Tickets: http://www.WIFTA.org/events
WIFTA members: $10 / Non-members: $12

ABOUT WIFTA

Women In Film & Television Atlanta (WIFTA), a 501c-3 Georgia non-profit, is a member-based professional organization affiliated with other Women In Film chapters around the world. Since our inception in 1974, the Atlanta chapter has proudly had a membership community of multi-generational and culturally diverse professionals, which include producers, directors, actors, entertainment attorneys, camera and sound technicians, film editors, graphic design artists, make-up artists, wardrobe specialists, screenwriters, talent agents and casting directors. WIFTA is dedicated to improving the status and portrayal of women in film, television, video, and other screen based media by offering opportunities for media makers to connect, create, champion and inspire.