Treading Water (2001 film)

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Treading Water
Directed by Lauren Himmel (as Lauren Himmelvo)
Written byLauren Himmel
Julia Hollinger
Produced byLauren Himmel
Julia Hollinger
Starring Angela Redman
Nina Landey
Annette Miller
Cinematography Gary Henoch
Edited by Hilary Schroeder
Music by Kristopher Carter
Production
company
Distributed by Wolfe Video (2002) (US)
Optimale (2006) (France)
Release date
  • June 15, 2001 (2001-06-15)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Treading Water is a 2001 American lesbian-themed film directed and produced by Lauren Himmel. The screenplay was written by Himmel and Julia Hollinger. The film stars Angela Redman and Nina Landey. It deals with the ultimately intractable problems faced by Redman's character "Casey" in dealing with her family who are hostile to her lifestyle in general and her girlfriend, played by Landey, in particular.

It was shown in competition on June 15 at the 2001 Seattle Film Festival and the Los Angeles Outfest [ citation needed ] and released on DVD in 2002. [1] It received its British premiere on 4 April 2002 at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.[ citation needed ] It was financed by Tunnel Vision Productions.[ citation needed ]

Lauren Himmel won the Audience Award for "Best Emerging Filmmaker" at the 2002 Santa Cruz Film Festival. [2] Treading Water was nominated for "Best Feature Film" at the 2002 Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.[ citation needed ]

The film was reviewed by Variety in 2001 by Ken Eisner and called a "Earnest, rudimentary drama" and "not much more than a calling-card effort and will sink soon after that". [3] Val Kermode gave the film 1 out 5 stars and said it contained the “Most Clumsily Inserted Flashback”. [2]

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. 1 2 Kermode, Val (18 October 2009). "Treading Water". eyeforfilm.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. Eisner, Ken (17 August 2001). "Treading Water". Variety. Retrieved 2 June 2018.