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Start spreading the news... @taintedloveshort is making its NYC premiere at the @bigapplefilmfestival Nov 6-12 in the Big Apple! Come out and see us + celebrate indie filmmaking at one of the "top 25 coolest fests in the world" according to @moviemakermagazine

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Hooo’s excited? 🦉 We’re excited.

tAInted love is officially selected for the Black Owl Festival, a Turkish festival celebrating films that “take audiences around the new world we’re living in, through the eyes of independent authors of any gender, nationality, age and ethnicity.”

That mission feels especially close to our hearts. tAInted love lives right in that messy, funny, slightly unnerving space between where we are now and where technology may be taking us next.

So yes… this one feels like a very good nest for our film about AI companionship in a world losing its grasp on human intimacy 🤖🖤

#officialselection #indiefilm #shortfilm

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What are we toasting to? Our official selection at #avondalefilmfestival!

If you’re in the Cincinnati area, come out and celebrate indie filmmaking Oct 24 at this festival celebrating diverse voices. We can’t wait to meet our fellow filmmakers @cammarshallfilm @liketheholiday @plazzara @aliciaredmondenvisions @jojoabrams_23 @littlecabinfilms
@silenced.shortfilm @liinaross and see their incredible work!

#indiefilmmaking #shortfilm #filmfestival

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7 cities, 7 incredible stories, driving 600 miles, lots of camera gear, US history, Claude questions, living on a diet of @tattebakery and @starbucks daily, hotel room robes, car keys, cicadas, rain storms, "family style" meals, hair flyaways, and getting the lyrical education to every single @Taylorswift album and song from start to finish.

So honored to consult on this film series project, learn proper film making and getting to tell the stories of how these health care professionals started and how they built their businesses.

Being away from my kids and family that long is never easy. But I’ve stopped apologizing for taking professional moments that are mine. Growing, pivoting, and writing the next chapter takes showing up for yourself too — and that’s something I want them to watch me do.

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Our LA festival run isn’t over just yet! 🎬

It’s been so incredibly fulfilling + fun seeing our cast, crew, crowdfunding supporters, friends, and fellow filmmakers show up for tAInted love throughout this festival journey.

Seriously, THANK YOU to everyone who helped bring this little film about AI, intimacy, and the beautiful messiness of human connection to life. 💙

And now… we’ve got one more Los Angeles screening on the calendar!

🎥 Studio City International Film Festival
📅 Wednesday, September 9
⏰ Block 23 — starts at 3:15 PM
📍 Laemmle NoHo

We’d LOVE to see you there and share tAInted love with an LA audience one more time.

🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

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let's see how many Starbucks can be drank in a week

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This cast. This crew. This moment. These fellow filmmakers. This festival! Our grand prize win. Our friends who came out to support + celebrate with us.

Last night was the stuff dreams are made of. A celebration of allll the hours of time, energy, effort + artistry poured into 12 1/2 minutes of film that we are so very proud of.

Thank you @stage32 for awarding us with the grand prize in your short film contest. Thank you @hollyshorts for the opportunity to screen opening night at the Chinese Theater. Thank you to our fellow filmmakers in our prize winning block. Your stories moved us!! And thank you to our friends who showed up and shared in the magic. ❤️🙏🏻😘

Oh what a night. 🎬🎤💃

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You get an idea for a 🎬🎥
You write it
Crowdfund, then self fund
Cast actors
Host a table read
Hire crew
Rewrite the script again and again
Location scout
Secure permits
Get insurance
Rent props
Shoot for 2 glorious days
Immerse yourself in post production, including editing, sound design, coloring, music composing, and so much more
Submit to festivals
Get rejected
Submit some more
Find your path
Trust the process
Thank the team
Rally your tribe
All to get to this moment. Your LA/US premiere of @taintedloveshort
Yeah. It’s all worth it.
Let’s do this!

#whatittakes #indiefilmmaking #shortfilm #filmfestival #firsttimedirector

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Chronicles, Volume 14: Kid Yamaka

Directed by Matt Ogens for @vice @fightland

@freddieroach @wildcardboxingclub

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Reason #837 to come see tAInted love at @HollyShorts…

Our writer/director/EP @lisasteadman was this normal and composed when she learned we won the Grand Prize in the @stage32 x HollyShorts Short Film Contest. 😱🏆

Now imagine her at the TCL Chinese Theatre when our film screens in the Stage 32 block!

Come experience the movie, the milestone and whatever Lisa’s face does next.

📅 Thursday, August 13
📍 TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood
🎬 Stage 32 Short Film Program

Tix @ HollyShorts.com

#tAIntedLove #indiefilm #shortfilm

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Hey LA friends + fellow filmmakers... Come see tAInted love, our darkly funny short film where AI companionship collides with the very human risk of intimacy at not one, not two, but THREE Los Angeles film festivals this summer + fall. 🎬🤖❤️

✨ LA Shorts International Film Festival
Saturday, August 8
7:45–9:45 PM
Regal North Hollywood
6150 Laurel Canyon Blvd., North Hollywood

✨ HollyShorts Film Festival
Thursday, August 13
5:00 PM
TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood
Our film is helping open the festival, followed by a live filmmaker Q&A!

✨ Studio City International Film & TV Festival
Screening date and details coming soon.

As LA-based filmmakers and creatives ourselves, we’d love to see you there as we celebrate this incredible festival run together!

#tAIntedLove #HollyShorts #LAShortsFest #StudioCityFilmFestival #ShortFilm IndieFilm AIFilm LAFilmmakers FilmFestival

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We are positively giddy with the news that our lil’ film about Ai companions in a not too distant future is the grand prize winner of the 11th Annual Stage 32 Short Film Contest!!!

Feeling especially emotional after reading this from Stage 32:
“Our judges (through every round of judging) were floored with your visual storytelling, your filmmaking prowess, your actors, editing, cinematography, and score. What an incredible film, Lisa, and we are honored to have it be our Grand Prize winner this year - you’ve had quite a journey and I couldn’t be happier to write this email to you. A heartfelt congratulations goes out to you!”

THANK YOU @stage32 @hollyshorts and shout out to the entire cast, crew, our supporters, and viewers!

Stay tuned for more deets on how you can attend our screening at the Stage 32 Short Film Program at the 2026 Hollyshorts Film Festival.

What we know for sure: Hollyshorts will be opening the festival with the Stage 32 block of films screening on Thursday, August 13th @ 5 PM live.

Ayeee!!!!

#indiefilmmaking #shortfilm❣️ #firsttimedirector

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