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“AGAINST REALITY” wins Student Academy Award
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted Olivia’s film “Against Reality” as a winner of the 49th Student Academy Awards® competition. The 2022 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award® winners as Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Spike Lee, Patricia Riggen and Robert Zemeckis.
“Against Reality” heads to tiff
Olivia’s newest film, “Against Reality” has been selected to screen at the prestigious 2022 Toronto International Film Festival in Shorts Programme 03.
Get tickets here
And read up on the film in Cartoon Brew and check out a full interview here.
See you in Toronto!
TAHARA becomes a NYT Critic’s Pick
Check out our critic’s pick review in The New York Times
FILM MOVEMENT ACQUIREs TAHARA
Check here to see if we’ll be playing in a theater near you!
TIFF NEXT WAVE 2021
TAHARA has been invited to screen as part of the TIFF Next Wave Film Festival – taking place online February 12-15, 2021.
Check out Olivia’s interview in The Forward
NY Jewish Film Festival Screening at lincoln center
We’re so excited to screen at Lincoln Center!
Snag your tickets here and check out reviews in The Queer Review
OUTFEST 2020 AWARD WINNER
The U.S. Narrative Feature jury committee awarded TAHARA an Honorable Mention to in their awards presentation at the 2020 Outfest Film Festival as well as a special winner’s encore screening on Saturday September 7th.
Check out Olivia’s interview in The Advocate and Starry Mag
TAHARA was also chosen as one of “10 LGBT Films We Can’t Wait to See at Outfest 2020” in Indiewire
and one of “THE 10 BEST FILMS FROM OUTFEST 2020” in Nylon magazine
Frameline 2020 OFFICIAL SELECTION
The next stop for Tahara is to virtually screen at the 2020 Frameline Film Festival as a part of this year’s special Pride showcase screenings. Our Zoom Q&A will take place at 1:15pm on Saturday June 27th
More information here
Maryland Film Festival 2020 OFFICIAL SELECTION
Tahara has been selected to virtually screen at the 2020 Maryland Film Festival from Tuesday 6/16 - 6/21 with a Zoom Q&A on June 16th
More information here
SLAMDANCE 2020 OFFICIAL SELECTION
Olivia’s first feature film, Tahara has been selected to screen in competition at the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City.
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sundance ignite winner
Olivia Peace is now one of 15 Sundance Ignite Fellows 2017 for winning the Sundance / Adobe Project 1324's "What's Next" Challenge for her film "Pangaea."
catch "Pangaea's" TV debut on pbs
Huge News! We are finally able to announce that Pangaea will be airing this year on AFROPOP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Program. The series is produced by the National Black Programming Consortium and airs on PBS stations across the country!
Pangaea will air on February 6. More info to come!
OFFICIAL SELECTION AT NFFTY
We're thrilled to have been accepted to attend the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY), where Pangaea will be screening as part of their closing night ceremony!