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COOL FOR FIVE SECONDS 

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

NEWFILMMAKERS LA, 2021

- Nominated - 

Best Screenplay and Best Dramatic Short 

 

 MIDWEST FILM FESTIVAL, 2020

- Grand Prize Winner - 

MIDWEST FILM FESTIVAL, 2020

- Judges Choice - 

Midwest Film Festival’s Female Filmmaker Night 

 NEW YORK INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, 2021

- Final Nominee -

Best Narrative Short Film 

BELOIT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2020

- Best Illinois Short Film -

   CREATIVE TEAM AND PROJECT DETAILS

Director

 DANI WEIDER


Editor

LINDSAY RYNNE


Director of Photography

 JASON CHIU


Starring

 KATHERINE BOURNE-TAYLOR

& MARY TILDEN

Written by Calamity West

SYNOPSIS 

When Colleen reunites with her estranged sister, things don’t go exactly as she planned. 

PROJECT HISTORY 

In 2017, Dani directed Katherine and Mary in Cool for Five Seconds by Calamity West for a theater festival in Chicago, the Women’s Theatre Alliance Actor Showcase. They fell in love with the script and its story, and decided to keep working on the project by turning it into a short film. Mary and Katherine became the producers of the project, and the filmmaking process began. Together, Dani and screenwriter Calamity West adapted the play script for the screen. With our Director of Photography, Jason Chiu, we shot a proof of concept trailer to test out our ideas and filmmaking chops. After the trailer was finished, we added Dana Macel (production designer), Gabby Henderson (Production Sound Mixer), Reba Wilson (1st AC), Cole Moore (Gaffer), and Travis Delgado (AD) to the team.

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