She Stoops to Conquer | |
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Directed by | Zack Russell |
Written by | Kayla Lorette Zachary Russell |
Produced by | Marianna Khoury Ann Merriam Hanna Puley Zachary Russell Eva Saphir |
Starring | Kayla Lorette Julian Richings Bruce Dow |
Cinematography | Henry Sansom |
Edited by | Marianna Khoury |
Music by | Dan Werb |
Distributed by | LaRue Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 15 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
She Stoops to Conquer is a 2015 Canadian short film directed by Zack Russell. It stars Kayla Lorette and Julian Richings, and had its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]
The film follows "a struggling talent-show performer who wanders into a nightclub disguised in a mask, and is inexplicably attracted to the real-life doppelgänger of her masked character."[2] Lorette wore a prosthetic mask of Richings' face for the film.[3]
The film has played numerous festivals worldwide, including the Vancouver International Film Festival,[4] the Raindance Film Festival,[5] and the New Orleans Film Festival.[6]
The film has garnered critical praise[7][8] and won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.[9][10]