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LITTLE ACCIDENTS slated to screen at the 2010 San Francisco International Festival of Short Films

Thursday, September 9th at 9:30 pm
Saturday, September 11th at 3:30 pm

LITTLE ACCIDENTS is screening on September 9th from 7-10 pm at Alt.Pictureshow 2010 at the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, along with other award-winning shorts from this year!

LITTLE ACCIDENTS screens at the Grand Cinema in Tacoma, WA as part of a showcase of work by Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Indepedent Film! August 20th-26th

LITTLE ACCIDENTS wins the Grand Jury Prize for Short Film at Seattle-Thanks to the cast and crew and everyone at SIFF!

LITTLE ACCIDENTS screens in Brooklyn Art Council's Scene: Brooklyn

Friday, May 14th at 7:00pm at Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main St. Brooklyn, $10

LITTLE ACCIDENTS screens at Seattle International Film Festival- May 21-23, 2010!

Sunday, May 23rd at 6:30pm

LITTLE ACCIDENTS is a 2010 Wasserman-King Award Winner at NYU's First Run Film Festival. It also wins craft awards in Cinematography, Production Design, Acting, and Producing - congrats to Rob Hauer, Bradley Schmidt, Amanda Phillips and Sharon Barnes for their amazing work!

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Recent Work

LITTLE ACCIDENTS
A desperate factory worker recruits a mentally disabled ex-boyfriend to steal a pregnancy test for her. Little Accidents is traveling the festival circuit and is the recipient of the 2010 Riese Organization Award and 2010 Warner Bros. Production Award.

UN ATTIMO DI RESPIRO (A MOMENT TO BREATHE)
A young pig slaughterer dreams of escaping from his suffocating life in the Italian countryside. In a moment of panic, he makes a break for the big city -- bringing along his girlfriend's teenage sister for the ride. Un Attimo di Respiro is Sara's award-winning narrative short. It has screened at festivals across the country including the 2007 SXSW Film Festival and 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.

HALAL VIVERO
Embraced for its stark imagery and unconventional storytelling, Halal Vivero is a visual tour of a halal style, immigrant-run, live poultry market in New York City's Spanish Harlem. The film explores the life cycle of poultry, following the fascinating world of New York's live slaughterhouses and the immigrant communities who run them. Halal Vivero was a National Finalist at the 2006 Student Academy Awards and has screened at international and national film festivals.

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