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Saturday, October 28, 2023
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Candice "Candy" Cain is an award-winning writer and director, not to mention owner of the independent production company Gemelli Films. With 16 feature films and three television series under her belt, Candice is best known for her heartwarming Christmas films and wholesome content. By the end of 2023, she and Gemelli Films will have released four new holiday titles with at least one more feature "in the can" with an expected 2024 release.
Christina Raia is a New York based Writer/Director who focuses on character-driven and socially conscious horror and comedy, using genre as a lens to represent, discuss and dissect social issues, otherness and real world anxieties. Her work, consisting of a dozen short films, a web series, and two feature films, has screened at regional festivals all across the country, most recently at Sidewalk Film Festival and Chattanooga Film Festival, and has been covered on various press outlets, such as Indiewire and BuzzFeed. Her mixed race background and particularly her mother's Indo-Trinidadian culture play a major role in Christina's interest in portraying underrepresented perspectives across diverse spectrums of identity in her writing and directing. In 2021, Christina was selected for film incubator Breaking Light Studio, where Lilly Wachowski serves as head of creative development. Through them, Christina has begun development of her next feature, a horror-comedy titled Silent Night, the first draft of which was a 2016 quarter finalist in Slamdance’s Screenplay Competition. Learn more about Christina and her work at christinaraia.com.
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Event overview:
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Director:
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Candice "Candy" Cain is an award-winning writer and director, not to mention owner of the independent production company Gemelli Films. With 16 feature films and three television series under her belt, Candice is best known for her heartwarming Christmas films and wholesome content. By the end of 2023, she and Gemelli Films will have released four new holiday titles with at least one more feature "in the can" with an expected 2024 release.
Christina Raia is a New York based Writer/Director who focuses on character-driven and socially conscious horror and comedy, using genre as a lens to represent, discuss and dissect social issues, otherness and real world anxieties. Her work, consisting of a dozen short films, a web series, and two feature films, has screened at regional festivals all across the country, most recently at Sidewalk Film Festival and Chattanooga Film Festival, and has been covered on various press outlets, such as Indiewire and BuzzFeed. Her mixed race background and particularly her mother's Indo-Trinidadian culture play a major role in Christina's interest in portraying underrepresented perspectives across diverse spectrums of identity in her writing and directing. In 2021, Christina was selected for film incubator Breaking Light Studio, where Lilly Wachowski serves as head of creative development. Through them, Christina has begun development of her next feature, a horror-comedy titled Silent Night, the first draft of which was a 2016 quarter finalist in Slamdance’s Screenplay Competition. Learn more about Christina and her work at christinaraia.com.
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