The Women's Film Festival 2018

FILMMAKERS WORKSHOP
Saturday, March 17th, 2018
Drexel URBN Annex Screening Room
3401 Filbert Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Join us for discussion forum with writer Anike Tourse (Girlfriends, One Life to Live), Director Ansley Sawyer and a panel of film professionals.

This event is free but you must RSVP in order to come to the event. Seats are limited.

ANSLEY SAWYER, CO-DIRECTOR OF "LIKE WE DON'T EXIST"
Ansley is a nomadic film producer. Her collaborations with director Brandon Li "Nomad of Mongolia" and "Hong Kong Strong" were Vimeo Staff Picks, and have been featured on BBC, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Sony Alpha Universe, and Upworthy. She is an avid traveler, singer, sailor, and storyteller.

ANIKE TOURSE, DIRECTOR OF "AMERICA; I TOO"
Anike has written for daytime series, "One Life to Live", for the sitcom series, "Girlfriends" and is the playwright of stage play "No Milk Today" which premiered at the 2015 Fermentation Fest in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. She has produced multilingual videos and public service announcements for the American immigrant rights movement and has written feature screenplay, "Valentina."

SAVANNAH BLOCH, CO-WRITER, PRODUCER, AND DIRECTOR OF "AND THEN THERE WAS EVE"
Savannah Bloch is an American/South African filmmaker and graduate of the USC school of Cinematic Arts. Savannah began her career shooting and directing promotional content for non-profits and start-up companies around the world. This type of work led her to the townships of South Africa; interviews with natives Bolivians and to Jordan, where she filmed children of the Syrian war receive serious medical attention. Savannah also worked during this time as a freelance cinematographer, combining her love of travel, culture, cameras and storytelling into a unique and pivotal experience. After this glimpse into global affairs, Savannah returned to Los Angeles armed with a handful of stories and a new perspective to focus on narrative directing. In 2012, she directed “Sister Cities” as part of the Hollywood Fringe festival. There she met AND THEN THERE WAS EVE co-writer, Colette Freedman. The show had four sold out performances and rave reviews demonstrating a new found talent for the stage. Savannah's feature film directorial debut, AND THEN THERE WAS EVE, premiered in 2017 at the Los Angeles Film Festival and took home the LA Muse Jury Award. Currently Savannah is directing a feature music documentary called CAVES AND CATHEDRALS following singer/songwriter Kerry Hart and a one-woman show about Sikhs in the U.S. post 9/11 called RAGHEAD. She is also a producer/shooter for Hearst Digital Media's Facebook show Best LA.

Savannah co-founded and currently runs a weekly director’s workshop in Hollywood called The Sandbox LA. In addition to powerful storytelling, Savannah is passionate about social innovation, feminism, surfing and veganism. Savannah works locally in Los Angeles, Barcelona, San Diego and Cape Town.

COLETTE FREEDMAN, CO-WRITER AND PRODUCER OF "AND THEN THERE WAS EVE"
COLETTE FREEDMAN- co-writer and co-producer on And Then There Was Eve which won the Jury Prize at the 2017 LA Film Festival. An internationally produced playwright with over 25 produced plays, Colette was voted “One of 50 to Watch” by The Dramatist’s Guild. Her play Sister Cities was the hit of the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe and earned five star reviews: It has been produced around the country and internationally, fifteen times including Paris (Une Ville, Une Soeur), Rome (Le Quattro Sorelle) and Australia. She wrote the film which stars Jacki Weaver, Alfred Molina, Jess Weixler, Stana Katic, Michelle Trachtenberg, Amy Smart, Troian Bellisario, Tom Everett Scott and Kathy Baker. Her hit musical Serial Killer Barbie played to sold out crowds for six months in Los Angeles and New Zealand. She has co-written, with International bestselling novelist Jackie Collins, the play Jackie Collins Hollywood Lies, which is gearing up for a National Tour. In collaboration with The New York Times best selling author Michael Scott, she wrote the thriller The Thirteen Hallows (Tor/Macmillan). Her novel The Affair (Kensington) came out January 29, 2013. The play of the novel earned both critical and commercial success as it toured Italy February through May 2013. Her sequel novel The Consequences (Kensington) came out January 28, 2014. Her YA novel Anomalies (Select Books) came out February 9, 2016 and the memoir she co-wrote with Steve Dorff I Wrote That One, Too (Hal Leonard) came out November 1, 2017. Colette co-produced Quality Problems which is currently on the festival circuit and her films Casa Matusita and Miles Underwater are currently in pre-production. www.colettefreedman.com

TANIA NOLAN, LEAD ACTRESS OF "AND THEN THERE WAS EVE"
Tania Nolan is a 2005 graduate of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School. Born in the small town Rakaia in the south island of New Zealand, Tania now lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Tania's portrayal of Isobel Jones in her debut television series 'The Hothouse' earned her a Best Actress nomination in the 2007 NZ Qantas Television Awards. Tania's screen credits also include several short films, as well as the feature 'Kissy Kissy' (NZ International Film Festival 2007) and her international debut role in 'Underworld 3:Rise of the Lycans' (2009). 'When Night Falls' (2007) was her screen debut.

For more informations about the films, please visitwww.thewomensfilmfestival.org.