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A college student masquerades as her male classmate to join an archaeological dig in 1954 Crete. While excavating Minoan ruins, she unwittingly enters a labyrinth of post-war sociopolitical conflict.
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The title of my novel is about a girl willing to sacrifice her name and her identity. The middle name of Cleo Hart, a scholarship student at a prestigious New England university in the 1950’s. A feminized form of “Thessaloniki,” a city in Greece possibly named after Alexander the Great’s half-sister
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Born
December 26, 1986 · London, England, UK
Birth name
Christopher Catesby Harington
Spouse
Rose Leslie (June 23, 2018 – present) (2 children)
QUOTES:
I love going out. I love partying.
I just don’t know anything about fashion.
The best people to have power are the ones who don’t want it.
Working with animals is always going to be tough because the animal doesn’t know it’s an actor.
There’s a huge difference between stage fighting and real sword fighting.
There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven’t got the breaks I’ve had.
Politics is a game and a profession. It doesn’t really serve the people the politicians are supposed to serve.
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Born
December 26, 1971 · Bossier City, Louisiana, USA
Birth name
Jared Joseph Bryant
QUOTES:
“I don’t think Requiem for a Dream (2000) is for children, but I think if you went home and looked at the video games that your kids are playing, you’d be much more shocked.” – Mr. Showbiz, November 2000.
All those reports that I sleep in my closet. I don’t know how people get that. People are so obsessed with what you do at home.
I could care less about anybody knowing who I am, but I realize this is part of the game. Maybe if I really hated this whole public thing, I would go do plays in Hoboken.
I was never interested in ‘Teen Beat’ like roles. I just wanted to work.
I was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theater. Just having the art-communal hippie experience as a child, there wasn’t a clear line that was drawn. We celebrated creative experience and creative expression. We didn’t try and curtail it and stunt any of that kind of growth.
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Born
December 26, 1995 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
QUOTES:
I just feel like I don’t really buy into the way the world is gendered and I don’t think that I ever really felt like a woman. I sort of saw womanhood as a set of rules that were imposed on me that I had no say in. I think it’s just something that you know. And I always knew. After I came out as queer, it still felt like there was something that wasn’t quite right. And after coming out as non-binary and coming to terms with that, you just feel like yourself.
I think that what your sexuality and your gender is, is ultimately yours. People don’t have to understand every bit and nuance of my sexuality or gender, that’s fine – all they have to do is respect it.
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Born
December 26, 1985 · Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth name
Elizabeth Ann Behrs
Spouse
Michael Gladis (July 21, 2018 – present) (1 child)
QUOTES:
In today’s world, most people are working side jobs while waiting to do what they really want to do.
I like diner coffee.
Comedy always pushes some buttons, because it wouldn’t be comedy if it didn’t.
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Born
December 26, 1991 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth name
Eden Rebecca Sher
Spouse
Nick Cron-DeVico (July 12, 2020 – present) (2 children)
QUOTES:
Someone was asking me what my favorite outfit is, and 100%, without a doubt in my mind, is my forever lazy.
I have had just an excess of energy. That’s why I’ve always been active.
I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.
I live in a constant state of hyperbole.
I don’t realize how rare it is to genuinely have sincere love for everyone you work with. Especially in Hollywood, but even in life.
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WALK OFF THE EARTH AT BUD STAGE 2024, 11min., Canada
Directed by Mike Onley
A behind the scenes look at a day in the life of Canadian rockstars Walk Off The Earth at Budweiser Gardens the day of their annual performance. We explore why the home-town show is so special to the band and fans alike, and what goes in to creating a spectacular show.
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DARK CIRCLES, 4min., USA
Directed by Suswana Chowdhury
“Dark Circles” is a surrealist short poetry film directed and produced by Suswana Chowdhury, and written by Jean-Sebastien Surena.
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HOME, 30min,. USA
Directed by Sue Schroeder, Adam Larsen
Filmed in France and Poland, Larsen and Schroeder, alongside an international community of gifted artists – from Columbia, France, Germany, Israel, Poland and the US- seek to create connection, impact, and meaning through a visually rich and poetic experience of beauty and loss, tenderness and urgency, action and recognition, mirroring and magnifying light. The work is gentle and steadfast, sharing and protecting life and in its surest moments, revealing the “we”, instead of the “I”.
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KNOT IN MY CHEST, 4min., USA
Directed by Ali Malik
A NAUSEATED STOCK BROKER, A BORED DELI CLERK, AND A LONELY ARISTOCRAT BREAK OUT OF THIER OWN DYSTOPIAS THE ONE WAY THEY KNOW HOW.
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PLAY THE KEY REVISED, 4min,. Germany
Directed by Stefan Westphal
Play the Key is a self-produced, no-budget music video that visualizes a complex journey of resilience and healing. This song, part of our 2013 collection from [Former Drum & Bass Work PT.08 2013 – 2017], follows a protagonist grappling with deep personal challenges. Under relentless emotional assault from her close yet fractured surroundings, she discovers solace by “playing the key,” which transports her into an epic, dreamlike world. In this alternate reality, she encounters the dandelion—a symbol of healing and renewal—that provides a powerful antidote to the cruelty she’s endured since childhood.
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Submit your HORROR Book by the deadline.
A horror story is a fictional tale that aims to create a feeling of fear, suspense, or tension in the reader.
Go to the submission page and enter your novel: https://festivalforhorror.com/horror-novel-festival/
Get FULL FEEDBACK on either the 1st chapter or entire novel book from our committee of professional writers and writing consultants. Get your novel performed by a professional actor at the festival.
NEW OPTION: Or, just submit for an actor performance reading transcript of your novel (any 5 pages of your book). Great way to promote the sales of your book if you’re already published. (see examples on the video playlist below.)
SUBMIT your novel now (both your 1st chapter or full novel accepted) To be eligible for our Writing Festival Events. Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation.
Submit a novel book and get it seen by the world.
A great way to get your words out there, obtain the agent you’re looking for, or just get your story seen by more people. If you win, your story will be seen by 100,000s of people when it’s read online using a top professional actor. It’s a rush you’ll never experience in your life seeing it come to life that way.
Submit your Romance & Relationships Short Story to the Festival here and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.
Accept only stories that fit into the Romance and/or Relationship genres.
Enter your Short Story Here: https://festivalforromance.com/short-story-festival/
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