ASHLEY MONTI
Film Editor - LA/NY/Toronto/Rome
NARRATIVE
VIOLA, FRANCA
It's Sicily in 1965, and Franca is forced to marry her rapist to avoid becoming a pariah in her traditionalist community, but she rebels against the established custom and sets a precedent that alters the course of Italian history, paving the way for women's rights.
Director and Writer, Marta Savina | Producer, Marta Savina, Tatiana Vecchio, Gregory J Rossi
Cinematographer | Topher Osborn
THE STATION
Stuck inside a bus station on Christmas Eve, Rick, an emotionally closed off man, is visited by a peculiar stranger who helps him figure out the terms of his relationship with his estranged younger brother.
Official Selection San Francisco Transgender Film Festival | Durban Gay and Lesbian Film Festival | Length, 12 minutes | Trailer | IMDB
EVE
Heading towards Mars, aboard a space vessel the last of humanity must find a way to procreate.
BOTTOMLAND
A man goes on a trip to find his estranged father and unexpectedly runs into a woman escaping her own demons.
VENUS TRANSIT
Iris, an old astrophysicist, needs to reach Palomar to keep the promise she made to her late husband to watch the transit of Venus. She finds a driver and eventually an unexpected friend in chick-lit novelist, Hannah.
THE LAST CHAPTER
An emotionally unstable writer accidentally bumps into her ex boyfriend in a Los Angeles hotel.
Director and Writer, Romina Carrisi Power | Official Selection New York Short Film Festival Trailer | IMDB
NORMA JEAN AND THE TROPIC OF CANCER
After accidentally witnessing the 'birds and the bees' in action, eight-year-old Norma Jeane embarks on a quest against her strict, Italian father to understand sex, and in the process, love.
Director, Joshua Demers | Writer, Laura Notarianni | Official Selection of the Montreal World Film Festival | Trailer | IMDB
