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DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY

DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY

LANGUAGE: English

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 00:07:05
Year of production: 2019

SYNOPSIS

In an emotional letter, Anastacia points out everyone’s attitude that directly or indirectly allowed her to be sexually assaulted. Now, she takes the final step to fight against it.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Mattos Films
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Lara Gallagher
Adam Lannon

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Barbara Toschi
Screenwriter: Barbara Toschi
Producer: Barbara Toschi & Lucia Reig
Director of Photography: Barbara Van Schaik
Sound Recordist: Matthew Di Cugno
Editing: Lachlan Smith
Sound Editing: Massimiliano Borghesi
Music Composer: Billy Jupp

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Drama
Sub-genre: Thriller
Language: English
Country of origin: UK
Year of production: 2019
Total running time: 00:07:05
Shooting format: Digital
Color type: Colour
Aspect ratio: 19:9
Sound format: Stereo mix

AWARDS

Best International Short film – Olympus Film Festival
Best Original Score – Fell the reel Film Festival
Nominated for Best Directing – Underwire Film Festival
Best Foreign Short Film - Long Island Film Festival

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Olympus Film Festival
Feel the reel Film Festival
Underwire Film Festival
Long Island Film Festival
Birmingham Film Festival

BIOGRAPHY OF THE DIRECTOR

Barbara Toschi is a director and producer based in London. Some of her accomplishments as a director are “Thou shalt not kill”, accepted in three festivals in Europe and with distribution in
US and UK, “Puzzle”, accepted in six festivals around the world and with Expressive coverage in the selective media and “Dear Friends and Family”, winner of Best International Short Film at Olympus Film Festival, Best Foreign Short Film in Long Island Film Festival and nominated for Best Directing at Underwire Film Festival. She is currently working on her debut feature “Come out to play”, to be shot in 2021. As a producer, she is the responsible for “Mea Culpa”, winner of seven awards worldwide and “Through a dark mirror”, a psychological thriller being distributed all around the world and “Daemon Mind”, with distribution confirmed in Indonesia and UK for 2021.