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A seventeen year old YouTuber starts a social media war against her Christian abstinence program.
Oleander stars Peri Gilpin, Jennifer Lafleur and Emily Robinson.
It premiered at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, and continued for a national and international festival tour that included the Oscar-qualifying Athens International Film Festival, and the acclaimed Athena Film Festival.
It won Best Director, Short Film at The Method Fest Film Festival, Best Director at the Atlanta Women’s Film Festival, and the Levin Grand Prize at the Wheaton Film Festival.
Screenings & Selections
2021
Athena Film Festival
Atlanta Women’s Film Festival
Festival MIX: Cine y Diversidad Sexual
Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival
Salute Your Shorts Film Festival
SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival
2020
Athens International Film and Video Festival***
Beyond The Short
Film Shortage
La Femme Film Festival
Montreal Independent Film Festival
San Jose International Short Film Festival
Taos Shortz Film Festival
The Method Fest Film Festival
UCLA GSA Melnitz Movies
Wheaton Film Festival
2019
HollyShorts Film Festival***
***Academy Award Qualifying
AWARDS
Best Director, Short Film - The Method Fest Film Festival - WINNER
Levin Grand Prize - Wheaton Film Festival - WINNER
Best Director - Atlanta Women’s Film Festival - WINNER
Best Drama - Atlanta Women’s Film Festival - NOMINEE
Variety Jury Award, Best Short Film - The Method Fest Film Festival - NOMINEE
SPONSORS
Oleander was awarded by a grant from the Puffin Foundation, which “opens the doors of artistic expression by providing grants to artists and art organizations who are often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to their race, gender, or social philosophy.”
