Director BIO: Lisa Defazio (BLOSSOM)

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Director Biography – Lisa Defazio

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Lisa has enjoyed an extensive creative background that began soon after graduating with her BA Fashion Design at RMIT. For close to 25 years she
has worked in most aspects of clothing design and branding. Always a multidisciplinary creative who has a hands on can do approach to
her projects Lisa’s interests and skill set is ever evolving and expanding.

Her artistic exhibitions have included traditional studio methods exhibited tri annually at Art Melbourne that toured most states. A more recent exploration of a new genre of work Lisa was Photographer, stylist and model of the provocative exhibition ‘I am Your Sex Thing’ a series that included Sculpture, photography, pubic hair collages, a sniffing station installation and video work. The series is now archived at The State Library Melbourne.

This first time director, film – maker has brought together her love of styling and storytelling…

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Director BIO: Lisa Defazio (BLOSSOM)

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Director Biography – Lisa Defazio

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Lisa has enjoyed an extensive creative background that began soon after graduating with her BA Fashion Design at RMIT. For close to 25 years she
has worked in most aspects of clothing design and branding. Always a multidisciplinary creative who has a hands on can do approach to
her projects Lisa’s interests and skill set is ever evolving and expanding.

Her artistic exhibitions have included traditional studio methods exhibited tri annually at Art Melbourne that toured most states. A more recent exploration of a new genre of work Lisa was Photographer, stylist and model of the provocative exhibition ‘I am Your Sex Thing’ a series that included Sculpture, photography, pubic hair collages, a sniffing station installation and video work. The series is now archived at The State Library Melbourne.

This first time director, film – maker has brought together her love of styling and storytelling…

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Short Film: THE PITS, 6min., Canada, Comedy/Romance

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At 13, Dhruvi is appalled to learn the Indian food she eats every day makes her armpits smell funny. Her struggle with pungent food and bold spices resurfaces years later, when she’s drawn to a fellow South Asian student in university.

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  • Film Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    romance, comedy, drama
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 23 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 15, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    4,300 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Film Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color

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Short Film: THE PITS, 6min., Canada, Comedy/Romance

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The pits short film poster.v3 final 01

At 13, Dhruvi is appalled to learn the Indian food she eats every day makes her armpits smell funny. Her struggle with pungent food and bold spices resurfaces years later, when she’s drawn to a fellow South Asian student in university.

Project Links
  • Film Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    romance, comedy, drama
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 23 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 15, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    4,300 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Film Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color

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Director BIO: Shetu Modi (THE PITS)

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Director Biography – Shetu Modi

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Shetu Modi is a writer, director and editor based in Toronto. Her recent film Hot Air screened at Filmi, Toronto’s South Asian film festival, and the Cinematic Arts Festival in Los Angeles. She currently works at the Canadian Press as a video producer and editor.

Director Statement

Growing up, I participated in Indian folk and classical dance groups, ate Indian food almost every day, visited India with my parents and brother and spoke Gujarati to my grandmother, who often lived with us. I was so involved in cultural activities that it never occurred to me that I would ever be ashamed of the less showy and obvious aspects of my culture and the way I was raised. In university, things changed. When roommates learned how much my mom called, I was embarrassed and apologized even though I liked talking to her every day. I rudely…

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Director BIO: Shetu Modi (THE PITS)

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Director Biography – Shetu Modi

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Shetu Modi is a writer, director and editor based in Toronto. Her recent film Hot Air screened at Filmi, Toronto’s South Asian film festival, and the Cinematic Arts Festival in Los Angeles. She currently works at the Canadian Press as a video producer and editor.

Director Statement

Growing up, I participated in Indian folk and classical dance groups, ate Indian food almost every day, visited India with my parents and brother and spoke Gujarati to my grandmother, who often lived with us. I was so involved in cultural activities that it never occurred to me that I would ever be ashamed of the less showy and obvious aspects of my culture and the way I was raised. In university, things changed. When roommates learned how much my mom called, I was embarrassed and apologized even though I liked talking to her every day. I rudely…

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Short Film: AXioMA, 15min., Italy, Drama

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An accident and the inability to walk belong to the protagonist’s past as axioms, postulates that do not need to be explained. Each and every one of us is somehow touched by disability. As the storylines progresses, the finely interwoven threads of the plot unravel, showing how the main character feels like a burden not only to society, but also to his family, and to himself. Nonetheless, his story proves that anybody can get their chance to start anew. Thanks to a challenge invented by his friends, he manages to find his way and his place in the world. This has nothing to do with a mere show-off of exaggerate sympathy, but is in fact an expression of coherence of thoughts and actions, which together can plant the seed of equality. The values of friendship and love will allow all of us to find our way.

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Director BIO: Elisa Possenti (AXioMA)

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Director Biography – Elisa Possenti

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Elisa Possenti was born in 1998 in a small town near Milan. She spent her childhood traveling around Italy because of her parents’ job (they are managers of tourist accommodation establishments). Her itinerant childhood helped her develop an artistic identity, which led to the need of sharing her wealth of experience through art. She studied direction, screenwriting, and acting at Liceo Artistico Piero della Francesca, at Talent Center (a non-profit association based in Arezzo), and at New York Film Academy. She made her debut as screenwriter for several independent short films, among which “Stripling” was shortlisted for the 48 Hour Film Project in Los Angeles. In 2017, at the age of only 19 years old, She wrote, directed and produced her first work “Axioma”. The short earned and incredible number of selections and awards into film festival’s circuit. She’s currently working on her second short…

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Short Film: RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN, 6min., Portugal, Drama

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When a relationship turns sour, Justine finds her naked photos posted online and is inundated by secondary victimisation.

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  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 41 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 29, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    Serbia
  • Film Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color

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Director BIO: Peta Milan (RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN)

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Director Biography – Peta Milan

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Coming from a background in management consulting, but having studied arts at university in Australia, Peta left her corporate career to pursue a career in film. Working on a couple of Hollywood productions as Producers Assistant, on films including “No Escape”, starring Pierce Brosnan and Owen Wilson, Peta established her own company Transcendent Media Capital with friend and Hollywood producer Andrew Pfeffer. TMC combines film, television and other media with real and measurable social and environmental impact projects. “Right to Be Forgotten” is Peta’s directorial debut.

Director Statement

Having studied art and social justice as a young adult and then building a corporate career, I decided to leave the stability of a 15 year career to pursue my dream of becoming a filmmaker and writer. Given the incredible resources we have at our hands to tell stories in such interesting ways, it occurred as odd…

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