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Spooky Filmmaker Social

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Ghouls Night Out

Spooky Filmmaker Social

October 29th 2021

Something spooktacular is brewing! As the days are growing longer and the darkness creeps in, we joined together for a spooky filmmaker mixer to stir the cauldron of ideas with your fellow creatives.  We began with a group discussion and party games led by Film Fatales members Madeleine Olnek (Wild Nights with Emily) and Natasha Kermani (Lucky) before dividing up into smaller groups for intimate conversations based on a series of guided prompts. This private mixer for film fatales members was not recorded to create safe space for participation. Thanks for joining us!

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October 29, 2021
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Panelists

Madeleine Olnek is a New York City based playwright and filmmaker, currently working on her third feature film — the project for which she was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship — Wild Nights With Emily, a comedy/drama about Emily Dickinson. The project was also awarded NYSCA and Jerome Foundation funds. Her second feature The Foxy Merkins, included screenings at Sundance 2014, BAM Cinemafest, Lincoln Center, and an NYC theatrical run at IFP. The film had its international premiere at the Moscow Film Festival and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Her debut feature Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same premiered at Sundance 2011. Its screening included MoMa, The Viennale, and the Festival do Rio. Nominated for a Gotham award, it had theatrical runs in LA and NYC. Her award-winning and widely screened comedy shorts, Countertransference, (2009) and Hold Up (2006), were official selections of Sundance; Make Room For Phyllis (2007) premiered at Sarasota. Olnek was awarded best female short film director at Sundance in 2009, by LA’s Women In Film organization. Olnek has been commissioned by Dixon Place, the Atlantic Theater, The Actor’s Theater of Louisville, and the Public theater. She is one of the authors of The Practical Handbook for The Actor (with a foreword by David Mamet), a widely used acting textbook.

Natasha Kermani is an Iranian-American writer and director based out of Los Angeles, and the co-founder of independent production company Illium Pictures. Kermani’s credits include Shudder Original Lucky (SXSW ’20) and science-fiction feature film Imitation Girl (FrightFest ‘17), and the upcoming Empires of Excess for The History Channel. She is currently adapting Joe Hill’s short story Abraham’s Boys with producing outfit Tea Shop. Outside film and television, Natasha is a violinist who enjoys playing live shows with local bands and ensembles.