Girl Play

Awards

Festival Screenings
Outfest Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - World Premiere!
Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (New Mexico)
Image Nation Queer Film Festival (Montreal)
Fresno Reel Pride Film Fstival (Fresno, California)
Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Hamburg Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (Germany)
Image Out Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Rochester, New York)
Reel Affirmations (Washington, DC)
Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Spain)
Outrageous Santa Barbara Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
St. Louis International Film Festival
Out Takes Dallas
Out on Film (Atlanta, Georgia)
Verzaubert International Queer Film Festival (Berlin, Germany)
Santa Fe Film Festival
Reel Pride Michigan
Istanbul Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Mardi Gras Film Festival (Australia)
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Wingspan Film Festival (Tucson, Arizona)
Out-In-Africa Film Festival
One In Ten Film Festival (Pennsylvania)
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Bimovie 11 (Munich)
Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Far Out Fest (Santa Cruz)
Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival
Inside Out Toronto Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Fort Worth Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Out Takes Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (New Zealand)
Freiburger Lesbenfilmtage (Germany)
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival
Oslo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Norway)
Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Out Far Film Fest (Phoenix)
Pikes Peak Lavender Film Festival (Colorado)
Houston Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Queer As Film (Boise, Idaho)
Pittsburgh International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Paris Fem & Lesbian Film Festival
Pride Western Australia Film Festival
Indianapolis Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Reel Pride Film Festival (Winnipeg)
Immaginaria International Lesbian Film Festival
Lesbian Festival (Amsterdam)
Brussels Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Rehoboth Beach Film Society
Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

Reviews
Loved it! It's clever and original. - Nancy Rosenblum, Lesbian News Magazine

Robin Greenspan and Lacie Harmon are exceedingly likable, smart and funny performers. The two actresses and stand-up comics melded their one-woman shows into a play, "Real Girls," which relates the beginning of their real-life love story. Now director Lee Friedlander has translated the material into a small-scale but winning comedy for the big screen. Full of insights on love and sex - which have more resonance for lesbians but pack a universal punch. - Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter

Girl Play is a little movie about lesbian love that fulfills its mission with charm to spare. - Anne Stockwell, The Advocate

The characterizations are realistic and honest. An admirable film. - Ned Martel, The New York Times

The writing is sharply funny and surprisingly touching at moments. Its engaging rhythms are more than enough to satisfy a taste for something light and sweet. - C.O., The Miami Herald

Good gay-girl date movies are few and far between, which is one more reason - on top of the fact that it's funny, smart and pretty sexy - to pounce on this cleverly written romantic comedy about female friends who toy with love while rehearsing for a play. - Ken Fox, TV Guide

The uncannily realistic flashbacks, intelligent and insightful screenplay and exceedingly captivating performances by Greenspan and Harmon make Girl Play both one of the funniest and most poignant lesbian films to come along in years. - Jenny Stewart, Planet Out

Finally a story about lesbians that is sexy, funny, smart and true!! Destined to break the chain of mediocre gay girl flicks we've been subjected to for years. - Suzanne Westenhoefer

I really enjoyed the movie. It was well written, funny, insightful and well acted. Fantastic! I also related very strongly to the characters and their struggles. - Cid Isbell, Queer Ramblings

The lead acting performances are captivating, the screenplay brilliant, and the direction taut and engaging. Refreshingly original, intelligent and funny, Girl Play is, without doubt, one of the best lesbian feature films to hit the screen in years. - Amy Schwartz, Image Out Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Girl Play hits the jackpot. - Donald Munroe, The Fresno Bee

Girl Play is a funny, sexy film that is sure to get a lot of play in the lesbian community. It is so refreshing to see lesbians living, lesbians loving, lesbians having conflict and not one of those is whether they should be lesbians or not. - Diane F. Germain, Lavender Lens

Lee Friedlander is the most underrated director in Hollywood. Girl Play is vivacious, sexy, clever and neurotic. Add that all up and the film offers one of the best 80 minutes you could spend with a crowd this year! - Diane Anderson- Minshall, Curve Magazine

Whether you're gay or straight, man or woman, everyone can relate to the lives and loves of these characters. A must see! - David Stern, Publisher, IN Magazine

Although the film deals with lesbian relationships, its appeal is universal. And with its frequent references to same-sex marriage, Girl Play couldn't be more timely. - Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Whether the sharp-tongued analysis is aimed at love, monogamy, drinking, dating, arguing, parents or analysis itself, the intelligent handling of modern romance is a pleasure and a revelation. It's a smart look at what's high and low in each of us and a vanguard film providing that the lens of difference is one of the best ways to get a good look at our commonalities. - Santa Fe Reporter

Heavy Put-Away

Awards

Film Festival Screenings
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival - World Premiere!
USA Film Festival (Dallas)
Los Angeles International Short Film Festival

Seventy

Awards

Film Festival Screenings
Pikes Peak Lavender Film Festival (Colorado)
Planet Out, Miami Gay + Lesbian Film Festival
Pink Apple Film Festival (Zurich, Switzerland)
Romania International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Melbourne Queer Film Festival (Australia)
Brisbane Queer Film Festival (Australia)
MIX Mexico Film + Video Festival
Out in Africa South African Gay + Lesbian Film Festival
New Orleans Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Mardi Gras Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (Sydney, Australia)
Oregon Queer Film Festival
Lesgaicinemad Film Festival (Spain)
Out At The Movies (New York)
Out Far Phoenix International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Hamburg International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (Germany)
Boston Underground Film Festival
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Milwaukee Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Santa Barbara Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Festival Mix Brazil
Reel Affirmations Washington D.C. Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Rochester Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Portland Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films
Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
Madrid Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Long Island Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival (Delaware)
Pride International Film Festival (Manila, Philippines)
Philadelphia Film Festival - Premiere!
Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival
Tokyo Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival (Toronto)
New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Honolulu Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival
North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Pink Film Festival (Manila, Philippines)
Vancouver Queer Film and Video Festival
Fresno Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Boulder Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Hamburg International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (Germany)
Portland Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Out Takes Dallas
Reel Out (Ontario, Canada)

Roberta Loved

Awards

Peter Stark Foundation Grant - Screenplay The Kodak/California Institute of the Arts Film Stock Grant

Film Festival Screenings
Mardi Gras Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (Sydney, Australia)
Viennale International Film Festival (Austria)
Hamburg International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (Germany)
Pink Film Festival (Manila, Philippines)
Fairy Tales Calgary Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Canada)
MIX Mexico
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Brisbane Queer Film Festival
Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Corto Imola International Short Film Festival (Italy)
The Los Angeles Friday Night Shorts Festival
The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
The New York Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
New York Cinevision Asian American International Film Festival
San Francisco International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Minneapolis Flaming Film Festival
Peabody Film Festival - Portland, Maine
Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Pike's Peak Lavender Film Festival
Fresno Reel Pride Film Festival
Outfest Los Angeles International Gay and Lesbian Film & Video Festival
Portland Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Oregon)
Palm Springs International Short Film Festival
Cinemanila International Film Festival
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival
Montreal's International Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival
Milwaukee Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Rochester International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Image Out!)
San Diego Asian Film Festival
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Festival Mix Brazil
Santa Barbara Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Long Island Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Pink Film Days Amsterdam Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Reviews
A powerful film that manages to evoke more grounded emotion in 25 minutes than most movies can accomplish in 2 hours. A rich, rewarding work that indicates the emerging of a unique filmmaking talent - please take note. - Warren Curry, CINEMANOW

Roberta Loved is unconventional, disturbing and wonderful. - The New York Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

We were all impressed by the simplicity of means the subject of sexuality and disability was powerfully portrayed. The film was both honest and deeply moving.  - Grand Jury Coroto Imola International Short Film Festival

Roberta Loved is a small masterpiece. - Paul Bellini, Fab Magazine (Toronto)

Children of the Struggle

Awards

Film Festival Screenings
Palm Springs International Short Film Festival
Taos Talking Pictures Festival
Cinequest San Jose International Film Festival
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Northhampton Film Festival
CineVegas Film Festival
Pacific Palisades Film Festival
Denver Pan African Film Festival
Film Fest Kansas City
St. Louis International Film Festival

Other Screenings
PBS - Black History Month
Channel 10 - West Hollywood
KJLA - Los Angeles
IFILM

Reviews
One of the most moving short pieces we've had the pleasure of reviewing...a very powerful message in a short period of time. - Jackie Cox, NAACP

Kartenspieler

Awards

Film Festival Screenings
Worldfest Houston International Film Festival
Brooklyn Film Festival
Santa Monica Independent Film Festival / Moxie!
New Orleans Film and Video Festival
Long Beach Film Festival
Malibu Film Festival
Shorts Welcome Online Film Festival (Germany)
Deep Ellum Film Festival
Brainwash Movie Festival (Oakland, CA)

Other Screenings
Channel 10 - West Hollywood
PBS
Cinema Lounge - IFP/LA
IFILM