Confection

Confection
(5 minutes, color, 35mm, SAG)

Synopsis:
A delicious short film about a little girl who learns empathy from a pastry.

Starring:
Blaire Restaneo, Orlagh Cassidy, Myra Taylor, Jerry Rockwood, Chris Reed

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Awards

Winner, Warner Bros. Pictures Production Fund Award
Winner, Caucus for TV Producers, Writers and Directors Award
Winner, Audience Choice Award, Stony Brook Film Festival
Winner, Best Short Film, Zoinks Toys Family Film Festival (tied with COLORFORMS)
Winner, Best Young Actress, Dublin Film Fleadh
Winner, Best 35mm Short Film, Long Island International Film Expo
Winner, Finishing Funds Award from Ojai Film Festival
Winner, SMPTE Student Film Festival
Winner Silver Remi Award, Worldfest Houston
Honorable Mention, Carrousel de Rimouski (Canada)
Honorable Mention, Expresion en Corto (Mexico)

Festivals

• Tribeca Film Festival
• Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
• Toronto Film Festival's Sprockets Kidfest
• Cinequest
• Hamptons International Film Festival
• Chicago International Children's Festival
• Seattle International Film Festival
• Palm Beach International Film Festival
• LA Shorts Fest
• Lincoln Center
• IFP-NY's "Buzz Cuts" at the Pioneer Theater
• St. Louis International Film Festival
• Nashville Film Festival
• USA Film Festival KidFest
• Carrousel de Rimouski (Canada)
• International Children & Young People's Film Festival (Sweden)
• Buster Film Festival (Denmark)
• Divercine (Uruguay)
• Montecatini Film Festival (Italy)
• Reunion Island Film Festival (Africa)
• Giffoni International Children's Festival (Italy)
• Expresion en Corto (Mexico)
• Foyle International Film Festival (Northern Ireland)
• Dublin Film Fleadh
• Barcelona International Film Festival
• Stony Brook Film Festival
• Rhode Island International Film Festival
• Long Island International Film Expo (Opening Night)
• Seattle Childish Film Festival
• Sarasota Comedy Festival
• Kansas City Jubilee
• Director's View Film Festival (Opening Night)
• Women Filmmakers Series at the Wilton Library
• Sancy Young People's Film Festival (France)
• Tulsa Overground Film Festival
• Mill Valley
• Rooftop Films
• Golden Elephant FIlm Festival (India)
• Boston Museum of the Arts
• Icehouse Greenport
• BAM International Children's Film Festival
• The Icehouse Greenport
• St. Louis Zoo Children's Program
• Saugatuck Children's Film Festival
• Viewfinders (Nova Scotia)
• Best of Long Island Outdoor Carnival
• France's American Independent Film Festival
• Saugatuck Screening Series
• Slow Food on Film (Italy)
• Oxford Film Festival (England)
• Cinewomen at the Pioneer Theater
• Panama City Family Film Festival
• Zoinks Toys Family Film Festival
• Buskirk-Chumley Theater Short Film Series
• The Revival House Cinematheque (Rhode Island)
• Longbaugh Family Film Festival (Oregon)
• Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
• Palm Beach International Film Festival Family Festival
• Riverside Multi-Cultural Film Festival
• Brooklyn International Film Festival
• Denver Starz Center
• AIVF Atlanta
• Puerto Rico International Short Film Festival
• Martha's Vineyard Independent Film Fest
• Marco Island Film Festival
• Buenos Aires Children's Film Festival
• Istanbul International Children's Film Festival
• Newport International Film Festival
• Family Friendly Film Festival (Manchester England)
• AGAPE Film Festival
• San Diego County Fair
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
• 2006 Global Peace Festival
• Tribeca.net
• Reel Fun Film Festival
• Calgary Children’s Hospital
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Broadcasts

Airing on the Independent Film Channel

Also airing on TV in Japan, Italy and the Netherlands