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“Severance” co-executive producer and writer Mohamad El Masri is channeling the Innie/Outie duality for his critically acclaimed directorial debut “Other Other.”

The 25-minute YouTube short film stars Sosie Bacon and Scoot McNairy as a couple who live parallel lives…literally. Myka (Bacon) and Spyro (McNairy) have been dating online for a year before they decide to meet in person for the first time — only to realize that they live in alternate worlds and can’t actually be together. More sci-fi than “The Lake House,” “Other Other” was recently named the Short of the Week, and writer/director El Masri credited his “indie film hustle” for getting the short off the ground.

“I’d worked with Sosie Bacon on a TV series, ‘Here and Now’ on HBO, that lasted for one season. I met Sosie working there as a writer. I sort of kept track of her career as it grew,...

Michael Groom’s “Between the Lights” and Leon Lozano’s “A Little Hope for Chicago” were two of the grand jury prize winners of Dances With Films: LA. The celebration, hosted at the Tcl Chinese Theatre on June 30, saw “Between the Lights” (pictured) win best narrative feature and “A Little Hope for Chicago” take home best documentary feature.

The indie film festival lineup included 232 films, with 117 making world, international, North American or U.S. premieres.

The full award list for Dances With Films: LA is as follows:

Grand Jury – Narrative Features

“Between the Lights”

Director/Writer: Michael Groom

Producers: David Groom, Michael Groom

Honorable Mentions:

“Dreaming of You”

Director/Writer: Jack McCafferty

Producers: Bridgett Greenberg, McCafferty

“Tallywacker”

Director/Writer: Brendan Boogie

Producers: Jeremy Dubs, Chris Goodwin, Boogie

Grand Jury – Documentary Features

“A Little Hope for Chicago”

Director: Leon Lozano

Writers: Kevin Nichols, Lozano

Producers: Garrett E.B. Thompson, Kevin Nichols, Lozano...

Today, the Nantucket Film Festival, which featured conversations with Ken Burns and many others, announced winners for this year’s 29th edition of the fest. In addition to Audience Award winners, they have also released winners for Best of Fest, the Tony Cox Screenplay Competition, the Adrienne Shelly Foundation Award, and many others.

“It is a privilege to honor this cohort of both established and emerging screenwriters and storytellers, who represent the heart of our industry, at the 2024 edition of the festival,” said Mystelle Brabbée, Executive Director of the Nantucket Film Festival, and Anita Raswant, Lead Programmer of the Nantucket Film Festival. “Thank you to all of our attending filmmakers and writers for sharing their powerful stories with us and our passionate audiences who continue to turn out to the theaters and support our mission. We would like to take a moment to recognize our jurors, sponsors, staff, and volunteers,...

Exclusive: Married actors Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) and Mark Menchaca (Ozark) have been set to star in Long Pork, a revenge thriller short helmed by up-and-comer Iris Dukatt, who also wrote the screenplay.

Produced by Madhouse Films, the rising female led-production company founded by Katherine Romans and Charlie Sarah Traisman, as well as Elizabeth Valenti, the film takes place in a future post-Roe America where all reproductive rights have been banned. Headey plays Lily Williams, master chef at the renowned Foal’s Steakhouse, who lost her only daughter to forced birth under the federal ban. When Lily learns that Philip Anderson (Menchaca), the judge responsible for denying her daughter’s abortion request, is coming to dine at Foal’s, she enlists her team of cooks to exact bloody revenge, setting the stage for revolution.

Also starring in the pic, intended as a proof of concept for a feature, include Catherine Curtin,...

Game of Thrones actor Lena Headey will star in Madhouse Film's revenge thriller Long Pork.

As reported by Variety, Long Pork, set in a post-Roe v Wade America, will have Headey portray Lily Williams, a chef at a renowned steakhouse whose daughter has died under forced birth laws. When the judge responsible for denying her daughter's request to have an abortion makes a booking at the steakhouse, Lily embarks on exacting her revenge. Marc Menchaca (Ozark) will play Judge Philip Anderson, and the cast also includes Catherine Curtin, Lorna Courtney, Zoe Cipres, and Tl Thomspon. Long Pork will mark Iris Dukatt's directorial debut. Dukatt will also write the movie's screenplay. Madhouse Films' Katherine Romans and Charlie Sarah Traisman produce alongside Elizabeth Valenti.

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Long Pork producers Romans and Traisman expressed their excitement about the upcoming project and Headey's involvement,...

“Game of Thrones” star Lena Headey has taken the lead in “Long Pork,” a short thriller from Madhouse Films set in a post-Roe v Wade America.

Marking the directorial feature debut of Iris Dukatt, “Long Pork” sees Headey play Lily Williams, a chef at a renowned steakhouse whose daughter has died under forced birth laws. When the judge responsible for denying her daughter’s request to have an abortion makes a booking at the steakhouse, Lily embarks on exacting a bloody revenge.

Joining Headey in the pic is “Ozark” star Marc Menchaca, who will play Judge Philip Anderson. Catherine Curtin, Lorna Courtney, Zoe Cipres, and Tl Thomspon also star.

Dukatt wrote the screenplay. Madhouse Films’ Katherine Romans and Charlie Sarah Traisman produce alongside Elizabeth Valenti.

Romans and Traisman founded Madhouse Films in 2022 with the aim of centering marginalized voices. The company’s first short, “See This,” is set to premiere on the 2024 festival circuit.