Press Release
9th Female Eye Film Festival Reveals MACKENZIE PHILLIPS & Alanna Masterson as special performance award recipients
For Immediate Release: March 10, 2011; Toronto, ON: Celebrating women in film for the 9th year, The Female Eye Film Festival, as a juried, competitive festival, presents Mackenzie Philips with a Honourary Best Actress Award (previous recipients include Karen Black 2010 and Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) 2003). Phillips is best known for her roles in One Day At A Time, American Graffiti, So Weird and now Peach Plum Pear. Alanna Masterson will receive a Certificate of Excellence for her Breakthrough Performance in Peach Plum Pear.
Peach Plum Pear, a debut feature film directed by Alana Morshead will have its Canadian Premier Saturday March 19 at 7pm at Rainbow Cinemas Market Square, followed by a Q & A by the director and cast. http://www.peachplumpearthemovie.com
“I have chills! This award means so much to me and I can’t thank the Female Eye Film Festival enough”, exclaimed Phillips, “Peach Plum Pear was such a labour of love and a real ensemble cast of extraordinary actors, I can’t wait to attend the festival, I love Canada.”
The Female Eye Film Festival is thrilled to announce Mackenzie Phillips, Tyler Blackburn, Joris Jarsky and Director Alana Morshead, Writer/Producer Samantha Genovese and Producer Annelise Dekker will be in attendance for the Q&A after the screening of Peach Plum Pear, which is also nominated for Best Debut Feature, Best Feature and Best of Show for the FeFF Award Ceremony and Closing Reception.
Tyler Blackburn’s star is rising fast with the success of ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars, shown in Canada on Much Music. His lead performance in the gritty Peach Plum Pear is sure to show there is more great work to come from this talented actor.
Joris Jarsky is a Canadian stage, film and television actor who has received recognition for his versatility. He is best known for his role in the series Vampire High and received a nomination for a 2009 Actra Award (Best Performance by a Male) for his role as a troubled young man in Toronto Stories.
Mackenzie Phillips also gave an extraordinary performance as Sharon, the kind bartender who agrees to take in Jesse (Pretty Little Liars’ Tyler Blackburn), a troubled young man from Los Angeles, and his friend Will (Alex Beh), who find themselves stranded in small-town Nebraska on their way to Chicago when their car is stolen. Alanna Masterson gave a career making performance as Dora, a neighbourhood girl who has a disturbing relationship with her abusive father played by Hal Ozsan (90210, Dawson’s Creek, SImOne) and boyfriend played by Canada’s own Joris Jarsky (Blindness, Incredible Hulk, Saw V).
For festival program and all the latest info visit www.femaleeyefilmfestival.com
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Tickets for the festival are $8 at the door, available online through the official FeFF website www.femaleeyefilmfestival.com or www.ticketbreak.com
The Female Eye Film Festival would like to acknowledge its sponsors: The Backroom Agency, Novotel Toronto Centre, Magic Lantern ANDPVA, Women In The Director’s Chair, Creative Women Workshops Association, Women In Film and Television (Toronto), Ontario Arts Council, Quebecor Fund, Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), Rainbow Cinemas Market Square, Magic Lantern Cinemas, Women’s Art Resource Centre, WARC Gallery, Sony Canada, The Garo Group, PROUD FM, blogTO, Centennial College @Wallace Studios, Acrolyte Inc., Steam Whistle, Ticketbreak.com , MuffyMade, Damzels in This Dress, The Gladstone Hotel, ASHLIN, ShaSha breads, Arbonne, Vistek and ProFusion.
About Female Eye Film Festival: ‘always honest, not always pretty’
The Female Eye Film Festival, established in 2001, is Ontario’s one and only annual international independent women’s film festival. Presenting high calibre films in drama, comedy, sci-fi, action, documentary, experimental and animation, the Female Eye is a juried competitive film festival showcasing films by debut, emerging and international recognized directors. Awards will be presented for Best Films, Best Screenplays and more at the Closing Awards Ceremony, on Sunday. March 20th, 7pm, Novotel Toronto Centre.
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Media Inquiries Contact:
Director of PR & Social media, Female Eye Film Festival
Diane Foy, Publicist, Skylar Entertainment
416-413-9672; diane@skylarentertainment.ca
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9TH ANNUAL FEMALE EYE FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES WOMEN DIRECTORS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE, MARCH 16-20, 2011
For Immediate Release: January 26, 2011; Toronto, Ontario – The Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF) launches its 9th annual showcase and celebration of films directed by women with a bang! This March 16 to 20, 2011, join us as we take a look through the lens at sex, violence and politics through the Female Eye!
This years’ line up, slated to be unveiled at the Female Eye Media Sizzler on February 24th, 2011, (at the Gladstone Hotel, Toronto Canada) proves to be a tantalizing plethora of salacious, revelatory and provocative cinema. Both mainstream and unusual, this year’s bill is one not to be missed!
The Female Eye Film Festival is recognized around the world as an opportunity for both established and first-time filmmakers to experience an international independent film festival, meet and interact with internationally recognized directors and showcase their work. “There are very few festivals that give you the opportunity to spend quality time with your fellow filmmakers and to make what we’re sure will be long-lasting personal and professional relationships,” reflected Richard Wilson, L.A. Producer of FEFF 2010’s closing night gala film Nothing Special.
Attendees of the festival will enjoy five full days of extraordinary films along with Script Readings, Industry Panel Discussions, the Directors Round Table, The 3rd Women In The Directors Chair Career Advancement Module, Best in The Biz Series and the Honorary Director Brunch and Tribute. An Opening Night Gala will kick off the festival followed by exciting parties each night leading to the closing night awards reception and gala.
The Female Eye opened its doors in 2001 and continues to entertain and educate audiences while offering a perspective of the world unique to FeFF. Last years festival hosted such high profile talent as screen legend Karen Black, style icon Carson Kressley, Twilight Director Catherine Hardwicke, Hollywood actors Hallee Hirsh, Julia Garcia Combs and Oscar Nominee and Emmy Award Winner Shohreh Aghdashloo along with Canada’s own Wendy Crewson. This year’s exciting line up of filmmakers and celebrities builds on the ever-growing success of FeFF as we showcase even more diverse, cutting edge features, documentaries, animation, experimental and shorts.
Festival Founder and Executive Director of Programming, Leslie Ann Coles is a multiple award winning filmmaker and actress whose background in Dance Theatre and mixed media performance art led her from stage to screen in 1996. From her debut film, In The Refrigerator, which screened at 35+ international film festivals and garnered multiple awards to her current feature-length doc on the history and world of rock photographer Barrie Wentzell, Coles has forayed into many areas of the film industry. She was inspired to create a showcase for women directors, never anticipating that this one-time-only event would culminate into the renowned Female Eye. **Leslie Ann Coles is available for interviews leading up to the 2011 festival.
Watch for coming announcements, including the opening and closing film galas, film line-up, panel discussions and the 2011 Honourary Director.
All screenings will take place at the Rainbow Cinemas Market Square, 80 Front Street East, while the FEFF hotel partner, the Novotel Toronto Centre, 45 The Esplanade will host all panel discussions, workshops and award ceremonies. Party & other venues TBA. For more information about the festival, please visit www.FemaleEyeFilmFestival.com
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Media Inquires Contact:
Director of PR & Social Media, Female Eye Film Festival
Diane Foy, Publicist, Skylar Entertainment
416-413-9672; diane@skylarentertainment.ca
