Program Description: This program is PART TWO of our Before Midnight program (AKA Midnight Program before Midnight). All of these films surprise you and defy genre.
Learn about the films and the filmmakers: https://cinemafemme.com/cinema-femme-short-film-fest-2023-shorts-program-4/
Cinema Femme Short Film Festival 2023: Shorts Program 4 Filmmaker Q&A, moderated by Ashley Shelton
Ashley Shelton’s acting debut was the leading role of Margaret in the critically-acclaimed SOMETHING, ANYTHING (2015 NYT Critics’ Pick, The Dissolve’s “Essential Viewing”). It screened at several film festivals including Edinburgh and BAMcinemaFest before being released commercially in New York via IFP Screen Forward and in the USA & UK through Sundance #ArtistServices and IFP. She was featured on IndieWire’s 2015 Year-End Critics Poll as Best Lead Actress. Since, she has starred in numerous films including, THE EVENING HOUR (Sundance, 2019), THE GIANT (Toronto International Film Festival, 2019), WILD ROSE (Toronto International Film Festival, 2018), SOLLERS POINT (San Sebastian International Film Festival, 2016) and Riley Keough’s WAR PONY (Cannes 2022 & SXSW 2023). She can currently be seen in Ethan Hawke’s series THE GOOD LORD BIRD (Showtime) and the upcoming feature A LITTLE PRAYER which premiered at Sundance 2023. Her awarding-winning short film MAGNOLIA & CLEMENTINE was picked to participate in AMAZON’S 2019 All Voices Film Festival which celebrated diversity behind the camera. Her directorial feature film debut BEST CLOWNS, distributed by 1091 Pictures, will be released Summer 2023.
Program Description: This program is PART TWO of our Before Midnight program (AKA Midnight Program before Midnight). All of these films surprise you and defy genre.
Learn about the films and the filmmakers: https://cinemafemme.com/cinema-femme-short-film-fest-2023-shorts-program-4/
Cinema Femme Short Film Festival 2023: Shorts Program 4 Filmmaker Q&A, moderated by Ashley Shelton
Ashley Shelton’s acting debut was the leading role of Margaret in the critically-acclaimed SOMETHING, ANYTHING (2015 NYT Critics’ Pick, The Dissolve’s “Essential Viewing”). It screened at several film festivals including Edinburgh and BAMcinemaFest before being released commercially in New York via IFP Screen Forward and in the USA & UK through Sundance #ArtistServices and IFP. She was featured on IndieWire’s 2015 Year-End Critics Poll as Best Lead Actress. Since, she has starred in numerous films including, THE EVENING HOUR (Sundance, 2019), THE GIANT (Toronto International Film Festival, 2019), WILD ROSE (Toronto International Film Festival, 2018), SOLLERS POINT (San Sebastian International Film Festival, 2016) and Riley Keough’s WAR PONY (Cannes 2022 & SXSW 2023). She can currently be seen in Ethan Hawke’s series THE GOOD LORD BIRD (Showtime) and the upcoming feature A LITTLE PRAYER which premiered at Sundance 2023. Her awarding-winning short film MAGNOLIA & CLEMENTINE was picked to participate in AMAZON’S 2019 All Voices Film Festival which celebrated diversity behind the camera. Her directorial feature film debut BEST CLOWNS, distributed by 1091 Pictures, will be released Summer 2023.