A Slamdance Grand Jury prize winner and Student Academy Award finalist, TWITCH portrays a young girl torn between two worlds: caring for her disabled mother and escaping into the world of adolescence with her new boyfriend. TWITCH has screened in over 200 film festivals worldwide, won a dozen international awards, and is currently airing on IFC, Channel Thirteen and Skandinavia TV. Directed by Leah Meyerhoff

Watch a clip from TWITCH here

IndieFlix is a non-exclusive independent film marketplace whose goal is to empower filmmakers and promote independent film. Films sold through IndieFlix are benefiting from our growing visibility in the industry.

Unlike other distribution companies, IndieFlix really is about distribution, not ownership. We want the best for everyone! So come and be a part of something that is new, exciting and necessary for our artistic future.

Leah Meyerhoff’s “Wonderfluff Sanwiches”, uses plastic wrap and duct tape in her film about sandwich-making, leather ladies, and 1950’s housewives.

- Wes Bergman
Ion Magazine

Saturday August 9th 1:00pm
Cattyshack
249 4th Avenue
between President & Carroll
Brooklyn, NY

Erin Greenwell (OVERNIGHT BOOK), Kerry Weldon (Programmer), Katrina Del Mar (SURF GANG), Leah Meyerhoff (ETERNAL FLAME), Robin Pickering (LUFF)

Eternal Flame Directed By: Leah Meyerhoff USA, 2007, 4 min Circus-themed burlesque music video for Joan as Police Woman.

NewFest & OP.Lynx Women’s Brunch is a quarterly programming series at Cattyshack. Join us as we socialize, network, and engage in dialogue about issues related to our representation on film by lesbian underground filmmakers as well as by media-makers in the mainstream.

On August 9, join us for a great selection of lesbian shorts from talented local and international filmmakers! From the sweet sentiment of Erin Greenwell’s Overnight Book to Swedish filmmaker Mandra Waback’s moving short Doors and Christy Wegener’s sharp Long Ago, to the rough and raucous riff raff of Katrina del Mar’s Surf Gang and Leah Meyerhoff’s Eternal Flame, this group of eclectic shorts showcases talented filmmakers with a definite perspective.

This event will start at 1:00pm with a continental brunch including $5 Bloody Marys and Pomegranate Mimosas and other drink specials. Brunch is followed at 2:30pm by the screenings and a Q&A with attending filmmakers moderated by Kerry Weldon, NewFest’s Administrative Director.

Plus: Stick around for the BBQ After-Party!
More reason to make it a day at Cattyshack. It’s hot outside and that means the rooftop deck is the place to be! The grillin’ gets started immediately after the Q&A!

TICKETING:
Admission for brunch and screening is $15 for non-Members; $10 for NewFest or LYNX Members.

Cattyshack is located at 249 4th Avenue between President & Carroll St in Brooklyn, NY.

SUBWAYS:
R train to Union St (1.5 blocks from Cattyshack) or F/G train to 4th Ave-9th St (8 blocks from Cattyshack)

NYC TV is the fastest growing network in the New York region and the official television station for the City of New York. NYC TV creates and produces high quality original content celebrating New York City lifestyle, history and culture. Many of our programs have received industry recognition, including several Emmy awards. For more information, please visit www.nyc.gov/tv
Twitch will be part of the Backdrop NYC program, which will begin airing after October 1st 2008

More screening info coming soon…

Women in Film Series: Interview with Filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff
Richmond Worldwide Underground Link
July 2008

Rebekah Frimpong interviews filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff about the personal nature of her short film Twitch, her experiences working as a female director, and the inside scoop on her upcoming feature Unicorns:

R: Do you ever feel pressure to exceed expectations as a female
director/filmmaker?

L: The film world, like much of our society, remains a male-dominated industry and in that regard female directors often have to work harder to prove themselves. However, I think the problem is less that female directors aren’t taken seriously and more that producers and film studios tend to work with who they already know - and those directors are primarily male. I think this helps explain why there are plenty of male coming of age stories but realistic female protagonists are few and far between. At the same time, I do think that the world is changing. Even though a female director has yet to win an Oscar, in the Independent world a lot more women are getting out there and making films. I like to consider myself a part of that movement, and hope to inspire younger female filmmakers to let their voices be heard as well.

- Rebekah Frimpong
RWUL Magazine

download the entire article here

Madrid Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
October 30 - November 9 2008
Madrid, Spain

LesGaiCineMad 2008
More than 120 movies, 10 days, 9 venues and 3 top level parties
Estimated attendance: 15,000 spectators

August 2008
Austin TX

more screening info coming soon.

12:30am Friday July 11 2008
Channel Thirteen/WNET

Reel New York’s season runs six weeks and will be on
Friday nights at 12:30am (going into Sat.). Each episode is one-hour
long.

CELEBRATE INDEPENDENTS! THIRTEEN/WNET’S REEL NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL KICKS OFF THE SUMMER WITH INDEPENDENT FILMS AND VIDEOS BY NEW YORKERS AND ABOUT NEW YORK JUNE 27TH
Six-Week Festival Showcases Films From 24 Emerging And Established Filmmakers. Longest-Running New York-Centric Film Series hosted this season by Independent Filmmaker Christine Turner.

The topics, themes and ideas explored during this thirteenth season of the REEL NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, Thirteen/WNET New York’s celebration of independent film and video, are as provocative as the city itself, stretching from unique perspectives on family dynamics, the tragedy and devastation of gun violence, and tentative romantic entanglements; to subtle explorations of human nature, considerations of New York of yesteryear, varied expressions of the dance world, and the dream of flight realized through the magic of cinema. The six-week festival airs late night Fridays at 12:30 a.m. beginning June 27th .

Hundreds of films were submitted for consideration. This year’s selection features the very best in documentary, narrative, animation, and experimental works. “This season of REEL NEW YORK continues to provide Thirteen/WNET audiences with films featuring fresh new perspectives and approaches to the medium,” said curator/producer Duana C. Butler. “New York is rich with emerging and established filmmaking talent who are consistently pushing the boundaries of what is possible within cinema. And for Thirteen years, Reel New York has continued to present these diverse voices and talents through a showcase at Thirteen/WNET that reaches audiences hungry to experience the latest work from the independent film scene.”

Q! Film Festival
August 7-18 2008
Jakarta, Indonesia

This festival program will also travel to Bali, Bandung, Yogyakarta and Surabaya.

More screening info coming soon…