Chubby

CANADA | 22 MIN | 2.39:1 | COLOUR | 2019

A ten-year-old girl struggles with the residual trauma of her sexual abuse.

CAST

Featuring: Maya Harman
Starring: Heather Allin, Deragh Campbell, Jesse LaVercombe

WRITTEN & DIRECTED by

Madeleine Sims-Fewer & Dusty Mancinelli

Produced by

Yona Strauss, Hayley Brown, Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli, Adam Crosby

Cinematography by

Adam Crosby

Edited by

Curt Lobb

MUSIC by

Andrea Boccadoro

production design by

Grace Jackson

Sound recordist

James Lazarenko

MIX by

Matt Chan

FESTIVALS

Telluride Film Festival (World Premiere)
Vancouver International Film Festival
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
London Short Film Festival
Slamdance Film Festival
Canadian Film Fest
Krakow Film Festival
Filmfest Dresden
Florida Film Festival
The Method Fest Film Festival
Loudoun Arts Film Festival
New Filmmakers LA
Vladivostok Pacific Meridian Film Festival
Kurzfilmfestival Köln

AWARDS

SILVER DRAGON for the director of the best short fiction film (Krakow Film Festival)
Best Performance - Maya Harman (New Filmmakers LA)
Honorable Mention for Outstanding Acting - Maya Harman (Slamdance Film Festival)
Jury Prize Best Breakout Performance - Maya Harman (Canadian Film Fest)
Special Mention for Outstanding Breakout Performance (Loudoun Arts Film Festival)
Special Jury Prize for directorial thinking (Pacific Meridian)
Nominee: Dramatic Short Cinematography - Adam Crosby (Canadian Society of Cinematographers)