She Stoops to Conquer (2015 film)

Last updated
She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer 2015 poster.jpg
Directed by Zack Russell
Written by Kayla Lorette
Zachary Russell
Produced by Marianna Khoury
Ann Merriam
Hanna Puley
Zachary Russell
Eva Saphir
StarringKayla Lorette
Julian Richings
Bruce Dow
CinematographyHenry Sansom
Edited byMarianna Khoury
Music by Dan Werb
Distributed byLaRue Entertainment
Release date
  • September 13, 2015 (2015-09-13)(TIFF) [1]
Running time
15 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

She Stoops to Conquer is a 2015 Canadian short film directed by Zack Russell. It stars Kayla Lorette and Julian Richings, and had its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. [2]

The film follows "a struggling talent-show performer who wanders into a nightclub disguised in a mask, and is inexplicably attracted to the real-life doppelgänger of her masked character." [2] Lorette wore a prosthetic mask of Richings' face for the film. [3]

The film has played numerous festivals worldwide, including the Vancouver International Film Festival, [4] the Raindance Film Festival, [5] and the New Orleans Film Festival. [6]

The film has garnered critical praise [7] [8] and won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards. [9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ "SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER | Premium Films". www.premium-films.com.
  2. 1 2 "She Stoops To Conquer". Toronto International Film Festival . Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  3. ↑ Clarke, Amanda (September 12, 2015). "TIFF '15: Stepping into another skin with Kayla Lorette of 'She Stoops to Conquer'". Cinefilles. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  4. ↑ "She Stoops to Conquer". Vancouver International Film Festival . Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "2015 Raindance Film Festival Calendar". Raindance Film Festival.
  6. ↑ "She Stoops to Conquer". New Orleans Film Festival. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Brownridge, William (September 12, 2015). "Tiff 2015 Review: She Stoops To Conquer". Toronto Film Scene. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Wilner, Norm (September 9, 2015). "Short Cuts 2015: Canadian Content". Now Magazine. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Furdyk, Brent (January 19, 2016). "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "'Room', 'Schitt's Creek', 'Vikings' Among 2016 Canadian Screen Awards Winners". ET Canada. March 13, 2016. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.