Twitch (film)
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| Directed by | Leah Meyerhoff |
| Written by | Leah Meyerhoff |
| Produced by | Sean Warner |
| Starring | Emma Galvin Peter Corrie Toni Meyerhoff |
| Edited by | Leah Meyerhoff |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Twitch[1] is a Student Academy Award-nominated short film directed by Leah Meyerhoff and starring Emma Galvin, Peter Corrie, Toni Meyerhoff.
Twitch kicked off the film festival circuit by winning a Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance and going on to screen in over 200 film festivals worldwide. Twitch has since won over a dozen international awards and is currently airing on the Independent Film Channel and Skandinavia TV.
Plot
[edit]Twitch tells the story of a young girl torn between two worlds: her domestic life, where she must care for her mother who uses a wheelchair, and her escape into the emerging world of sexuality with her eager, hormone-addled boyfriend. Leah's mother plays the Mother role in an essentially autobiographical role for the filmmaker. The making of the film was a component of the IFC series Film School, chronicling the first time filmmaking efforts of four New York University graduate film school students.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Emma Galvin as Daughter
- Peter Corrie as Boyfriend
- Toni Meyerhoff as Mother
Awards
[edit]- Student Academy Awards — Finalist
- Slamdance — Honorable Mention
- Avignon Film Festival — Best American Short
- Rhode Island International Film Festival — Honorable Mention
- Golden Star Shorts Fest — Best of Fest
- Golden Star Shorts Fest — Best Narrative Short
- Brooklyn International Disability Film Festival — Best Short
- Scottsdale International Film Festival — Best Student Short
- West Chester Film Festival — Best Female Director
- Berkeley Film Festival — Grand Festival Award
- Rebel Film Festival — Best Experimental Short
- Brown Emerging Filmmakers — Best Drama
- Ole Muddy Film Festival — First Place
- Harry M. Warner Film Festival — Third Place
- Sound Space — Post Award
- Calgary International Film Festival — Honorable Mention
- California Independent Film Festival — Best Mini Short Nominee
- Swansea Bay Film Festival — Best Drama Nominee
- Pawky Little Film Contest — Finalist
- Trenton Film Festival — Best Actress Nominee
Festivals
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Reviews
[edit]Doug Brunell of Film Threat gave Twitch three stars, saying that "Twitch is a story about fear, love, and an uncertain future. Meyerhoff has secured her place in film with this short movie. She's done a story that is as honest as it is touching. Her ability to sum up a young girl's life in ten minutes is remarkable."[1]
Virginia Heffernan of The New York Times wrote that "Leah is an artsy American"[3] and Elaine Mak of New England Film said that "award-winning director Leah Meyerhoff has built up a large list of accomplishments as a filmmaker."[4]
Jennifer Modenessi of the Contra Costa Times said that "when the story is as good as filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff's, you can't help but be drawn in"[5] and Ben Beard of Film Monthly said that "Twitch is a hard but impressive little film. The travails of growing up, the immense pain of post-adolescence, the terror of the big nasty world resting just outside our windows: Twitch augers in the universal places of hurt in the human brain. We can take solace that Meyerhoff is now working on her first feature-length film. Twitch shows great promise; we now must wait for Meyerhoff's talents to fully bloom."[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Doug Brunell. "Twitch at Film Threat". Film Threat. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
- ^ Rhonda Stewart (September 8, 2004). "IFC Show Focuses on Stressed Out Filmmakers". Boston Globe. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ Virginia Heffernan (September 10, 2004). "For Would-Be Scorseses The Streets Are Truly Mean". The New York Times. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
- ^ Elaine Mak. "Team Queen Makes Her Arrival". New England Film. Archived from the original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
- ^ Jennifer Modenessi. "Filmmaker's Project Gets Personal". Contra Costa Times. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
- ^ Ben Beard. "The Indies". Film Monthly. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Twitch on YouTube
- Twitch at IMDb