GIRLFRIEND 2011 HD/RED 94 MINS
writer/director: Justin LERNER
producers: Jerad ANDERSON, kristina lauren ANDERSON, justin LERNER, shaun O'BANION
cinematographer: quyen TRAN
starring: shannon WOODWARD, jackson RATHBONE, amanda PLUMMER, evan sneider
2010 Toronto International Film Festival
2011 Festroia International Film Festival
2011 Moscow International Film Festival
2011 Woods Hole Film Festival
2011 White Sands International Film Festival
2011 Mill Valley Film Festival
2011 Flanders International Film Festival (Ghent)
2011 Sao Paulo International Film Festival
Audience Award, 2011 Gotham Independent Film Awards
Jury Prize, "Best Narrative Feature", 2011 Woods Hole Film Festival
Audience Award, "Best of the Fest", 2011 Woods Hole Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize, 2011 White Sands International Film Festival
Best Director, 2011 White Sands International Film Festival
Audience Award, "Best U.S. Feature Film", 2011 Mill Valley Film Festival
BBC Radio Interview with Justin Lerner, Karen Zarindast of BBC World Service's "The Strand" (Producer: Simon Pitts)
"Accomplished and tense...[newcomer] Evan Sneider hands scenes of tenderness, mystery, and anger with much skill. [Shannon] Woodward matches him."
-- Ray Bennett, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Evan Sneider and Amanda Plummer are wonderful together...Plummer is quite brilliant."
-- John Anderson, VARIETY
"The most important film I saw at Toronto this year."
-- Janice Page, THE BOSTON GLOBE
"GIRLFRIEND is exactly the kind of brave little film one goes to a festival hoping to find. It�s memorable and moving � an unexpected backyard treasure with an irresistible star."
-- Janice Page, THE BOSTON GLOBE
"A sweet, beguiling, and at times wrenching debut from writer-director Justin Lerner."
"GIRLFRIEND is warm, sharp, funny, complex...I saw it four months ago and it�s still under my skin."
-- Jane Schoettle, programmer, TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
"[Evan] Sneider shines in his first feature-length role...It�s a part that requires subtlety and sophistication and Sneider�s nuanced performance is a cornerstone for the entire film."
-- Raphael Brusilow, METRO CANADA
