Girl Lost | |
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Directed by | Robin Bain [1] |
Written by | Robin Bain |
Produced by | Robin Bain Leah Cevoli John Swon |
Starring | Jessica Taylor Haid Felix Ryan Robin Bain Emily Cheree Irena Stemer Misha Suvorov James Seaman |
Cinematography | Ian Campbell |
Edited by | Louie Cohen; lead editor Ian Campbell |
Music by | Anoice Takahiro Kido |
Distributed by | Cinema Epoch |
Release dates |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Girl Lost is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Robin Bain. [4] [5]
Girl Lost was filmed on location in Los Angeles, California and was released by Cinema Epoch on Amazon Prime Video in 2018. [6] The film quickly became the #1 trending movie on Amazon Prime Video in June 2018. [7] In addition, Girl Lost held the position as the #1 most popular movie on Tubi during the months of June and July 2018. [8]
Beyond the film's domestic release, Girl Lost has been released internationally in the United Kingdom, [9] Germany [10] and Japan. [11]
Girl Lost explores underage prostitution in the seedy underbelly of Hollywood. The film brings to light the very real tragedy of sex trafficking in the United States. [12]
Girl Lost follows the life of 15-year-old, Shara. [13] After being sexually abused by her mother's boyfriend, Shara runs away with her street hustler boyfriend, Jamie. Jamie and Shara struggle to survive in Los Angeles, but ultimately, they fail. Finding herself homeless and alone, the wayward teen turns to the only option she believes she has... Selling her body and her soul. Shara begins working as a prostitute in a back-alley Russian brothel with other underage girls and her life begins to unravel. [14]
Girl Lost was partially funded on Kickstarter under the working title Nowhereland. [15] [16] Cinema Epoch, the film's distribution company, changed the name to Girl Lost upon the release of the film in 2018. [17]
The film received a 5/5 star rating from reviewer FilmFervor.com in which the article states, "This is just an amazing film. Perfectly executed in every way. Outstanding." [18]
While still in development and raising funds on Kickstarter, Girl Lost, under the working title, Nowhereland, was honored as "Project of the Day" on IndieWire. [19]
A second Girl Lost film, Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story written, directed, produced and edited by Robin Bain was released by Breaking Glass Pictures [20] on December 1, 2020, on Amazon Prime Video in the United States. [21] [22]
Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
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2016 | 23rd Annual IFS Los Angeles Film Festival | Best Picture [23] | Nowhereland | Won |
2016 | Best Dramatic Feature Film | Nowhereland | Won | |
2016 | Audience Choice Award | Nowhereland | Won | |
2016 | Accolade Global Film Competition | Award of Recognition, Dramatic Impact [24] | Nowhereland | Won |
2016 | Award of Recognition, Women Filmmakers | Nowhereland | Won | |
2016 | Award of Recognition, Writing - Robin Bain | Nowhereland | Won | |
2016 | Award of Recognition, Direction - Robin Bain | Nowhereland | Won | |
2016 | The IndieFEST Film Awards | Award of Recognition, Women Filmmakers [25] | Nowhereland | Won |
2016 | Award of Recognition, Writing - Robin Bain | Nowhereland | Won | |
2016 | Award of Recognition, Direction - Robin Bain | Nowhereland | Won | |
2017 | Los Angeles Film Review Independent Film Awards | Silver Award, Writer & Director - Robin Bain [26] | Nowhereland | Won |
2017 | Guerilla MovieMaking Awards (GMMA) Festival | Best Film, Director - Robin Bain [27] | Nowhereland | Won |
2019 | Brufifest Brujo's Film Festival | Best Director - Robin Bain [28] | Girl Lost | Won |
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