A 2-minute film I created this week is one of 200 shorts chosen for Women In Film’s Curbside Shorts competition!

Living with children with OCD during a pandemic
a short film

Here’s my (first ever!) documentary short film. Please watch it and then click through (via this link) to vote so it is considered by the contest’s jury when they vote on June 2nd! Thank you. For more info about the competition read below the image. Your vote can put my film in the top 10 for this competition, making it eligible to be reviewed by the jury for one of the top five prizes. For me this represents an opportunity to connect with folks in the film industry who are in a position to help me finish (and distribute) my feature film (MisLEAD: America’s Secret Epidemic), that has been in limbo for so long! So please do take 30 seconds to create a profile and vote for my short film — it could play a key role in forwarding my advocacy work this year, during these uncertain times (plus it’s something you can do to help that does not cost anything — and it could make a huge difference!) Thank you!

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P.S. the masks my kids are wearing in the video are the organic cotton ones from Naturepedic (aflink!)

From an article about the competition:

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Women In Film LA, ReFrame and IMDbPro (http://www.imdbpro.com), the essential resource for entertainment industry professionals, today announced the CURBSIDE SHORTS Two-Minute Film Challenge, inviting female and non-binary filmmakers from North America to create and submit for free a short film inspired by life while sheltering in place. What have you discovered about yourself, home, or neighborhood? How do you envision the future coming out of this pandemic? Have you imagined a new character or superhero? Or perhaps been inspired by a real life hero working on the front lines? The contest launches Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at NOON PDT at https://audpop.com/womeninfilm/curbsideshortsfilmchallenge and all submissions must be received by Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at NOON PDT.

Filmmakers will have one week to write, shoot, and edit a two-minute short video following social distancing guidelines. All genres are welcome: drama, comedy, horror, animation, documentary or a hybrid. Filmmakers can employ smart phones and/or DSLR cameras, animation, lighting, camera equipment, and editing tools as available “at home” to create a short film. There is no cost to submit.

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Audiences will have one week to vote for their favorites on the submission platform, AudPop, a video network that connects diverse filmmakers to opportunities to help change the world. Audience voting opens May 26, 2020 at NOON PDT and closes June 2, 2020 at NOON PDT. Registration is required to vote and there is no cost.

The finalists will then be reviewed by a jury of ReFrame Ambassadors and established industry professionals including Maria Bello (actress/”NCIS”), Cara Buono (actress/“Stranger Things”), Marta Cunningham (director, actress), Nisha Ganatra (director/LATE NIGHT), Catherine Hardwicke (director/TWILIGHT), Barbara Kopple (director/AMERICAN DREAM), Col Needham (founder and CEO of IMDb), Tanya Saracho (writer, director/”Vida”), and Kim Yutani (Director of Programming, Sundance Film Festival) who will vote for one grand prize-winning film to get a $5,000 cash prize, a first runner-up to get a $2,000 cash prize and three additional films to each receive a $1,000 cash prize. The five winning films will be featured on the homepage of IMDb, the world’s most popular and authoritative source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, and receive a one-year membership to IMDbPro, the essential resource for entertainment industry professionals, to help filmmakers continue achieving success in their careers.