Twitch (film)
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Directed byLeah Meyerhoff
Written byLeah Meyerhoff
Produced bySean Warner
StarringEmma Galvin
Peter Corrie
Toni Meyerhoff
Peter Corrie
Toni Meyerhoff
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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.
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
- Emma Galvin as Daughter
- Peter Corrie as Boyfriend
- Toni Meyerhoff as Mother
Awards
- 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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