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SAG-AFTRA AEA Dramatists Guild
Filmmaker/Theatremaker
A new film
written,/starring/directed and produced by
Shara Ashley Zeiger
14 minutes
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I Mustache You is a silent physical comedy about Abby, an agoraphobic who receives an invitation to love, self acceptance, and the outside world.
Screenings:
St. Louis International Film Festival (11/7/21-11/2121)
*Oscar Qualifying
Chelsea Film Festival (10/14-17/21)
Orlando Film Festival (10/29/21, 11/1/21)
*Nominated Best Short Film
NY Shorts International Film Festival (11/2/21)
Top Indie Film Awards (1/5/22)
*Winner Best Director & Best Humor, Nominated Best Short, Sound & Music
Mindfield Film Festival Winter Awards(1/7/22)
*Winner Diamond Award for Best Actress & Best Short
Short and Sweet Film Festival (2/8/22)
*Winner Best Comedy
NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival (2/10/22)
Sound on Screen Music & Film Festival, South Africa (2/2522)
Berlin Independent Film Festival (2/9/22)
*Winner Best Comedy
Houston Comedy Film Festival (2/10/22)
*Nominated Best Romantic Comedy
Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (3/8/22)
*Nominated Best Short, Best Short Director, Best Short Script, Women in Film Director Award, Women in Film Screenwriter Award, Women in Film Producer Award
Borrego Springs Film Festival (3/24/22)
Short Film Factory (4/1/22)
*Winner Best City Life Short
Experimental Dance & Music Film Festival (4/6/22)
*Winner Best Performance
Hang Onto Your Shorts (4/23/22)
*Nominated Best Actress in a Comedy
Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival (4/26/22)
Clean Shorts Film Festival (5/3/2022)
Harlem International Film Festival (5/10/22)
Lighthouse International Film Festival (6/3/22)
International Sound Music Video Awards
*Finalist
Near Nazareth Festival (6/6/22)
*Winner Best Silent Film
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival (6/10/22)
Vero Beach Film Festival (6/9/22, 6/11/22)
Fear No Film (6/23/22)
Long Island International Film Expo (7/16/22)
Fade In Awards (7/2022)
*Semi-Finalist
Hamilton NY International Film Festival (7/23/22)
*Winner Hammer Award for Most Inspirational Filmmaker
New Hope Film Festival (7/30/22)
*Winner Best Comedy
Chain NYC Film Festival (8/10/22)
Festival of Cinema NYC (8/13/22)
FLY Film Festival (8/6/22)
*Winner Best Short Film & Lord of the Fly (Best in Fest)
MOM Film Festival (8/22/22)
Tournadeau Music & Film Festival/Foxwoods (8/26/22)
Nightpiece Film festival/Edinburgh Fringe (8/26/22)
Broad Humor Film Festival (9/1/22)
*Winner Best Score
Northeast Film Festival (9/11/22)
Sunnyside Shorts Film Festival (9/17/22)
Body Positive Film Festival (10/2022)
Portland Comedy Film Festival (9/18/22)
*Nominated Best Romantic Comedy
Ladyfilmmakers Film Festival (9/20/22)
Legacy Theater Film Festival (9/23/22)
*Winner Best Comedy
Astoria Film Festival (10/1/22)
Brejning Film Festival 10/2/22)
*Nominated Best Actress
Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival (9/2022)
American Jewish Film Festival (10/2022)
*Nominated Best Short
Top Shorts Film Film Festival (10/2022)
*Winner Best Comedy/Honorable Mention Best Actress
*Nominated Annual Best Comedy
Global Shorts Film Festival (11/2022)
*Winner Best Actress
Adirondak Film Festival 11/2022)
Black Cat Award International Film Festival (11/2022)
Open Gate International Film Festival (11/2022)
*Winner Best Comedy
Mental Filmness (11/2022)
Pittsburgh Film Picture Show Festival (10/2022)
*Winner Best Performance in a Fantasy Film
Tel Aviv Melech Film Festival (10/2022)
Bowery Film Festival (11/2022)
YoFiFest (12/2022)
Prague International Music Video Awards (2/2023)
*Nominated Best Music Video
Durango Independant Film Festival (3/2023)
FUIFF Awards United Kingdom (4/4/2023)
*Winner Best Actress, Best Women Film
Phoenix Film Festival (4/1/2023)
West Chester Film Festival (4/2023)
Denver Monthly Film Awards (4/2023)
*Nominated Best Short
Katra Film Series (5/1/2023)
First Frame International Film Festival (5/2023)
Canada yes! Let's Make a Movie Film Festival (7/2023)
*Nominated Best Romantic Comedy, Best Sound, Best American Film
Palm Beach International Film Festival (4/20/2023)
Richmond Film Network Screening Series (6/2023)
Harrogate Film Festival (6/2023)
Bizarrya Short Film Festival (6/2023)
Artists & Beers (8/2023)
Kurdistan International Independent Film Festival (8/2023)
Scene Awards (8/2023)
*Nominated Best Film on Mental Health
Smiles Film Festival (9/2023)
A Pecan Pickling Film Festival (9/2023)
*Winner Best Longer Short
Smodcastle Film Festival (10/2023)
*Winner Best Original Music
Indigo Moon Film Festival (10/2023)
Cinema of the World International Film Festival (10/2023)
*Nominated Best Short
Aasha International Film Festival (10/2023)
*Winner Best Short
David Film Festival (10/2023)
*Winner Best Short
Saskatchewan International Film Festival (11/2023)
Emerald Cast Film Festival (12/2023)
LA Comedy Film Festival (12/2023)
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Semi-Finalists:
Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival
MIAMI short FILM FESTIVAL
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
Festival Script Selections:
Southern State Indie Fan Film Festival
*Finalist Best Script
Sacramento International Film Festival
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Honorable Mentions:
TimeLess Shorts
Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival
Nassau Film Festival
Video Art and Experimental Film Festival
Festival Script Selections:
Southern State Indie Fan Film Festival
*Finalist Best Script
Sacramento International Film Festival
​​​​JOE is a New York Romantic Comedy about a barista who meets the man of her dreams, lies about what pays the bills and things turn awkward when she learns his favorite coffee shop is where she works. Shara wrote, produced, and acts in JOE. 20min
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Film Festival Screenings:
The Sedona International Film 3/1/18 & 3/2/18
Newport Beach Film Festival 4/29/18
Hang onto your Shorts Film Festival 4/22/18
*Nominated Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress
Hoboken International Film Festival 5/21/18
Long Island International Film Expo 7/18/18
Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema 8/4/18
*Nominated Best Editing
Broad Humor Film Festival 9/1/18
Northeast Film Festival 9/7/18-9/9/18
*Nominated Best Short, Best Actress
Oaxaca Film Festival 10/6/18-10/10/18 -script
*Nominated Best Comedy Pilot, Best Script
Top Indie Film Awards 11/18
*Winner Best Romantic Comedy & Best Writing
*Nominated Best Sound, Best Music, Best Editing
ITVFEST 10/17- Network Notes
Indie Short Fest 12/18
*Winner Best Supporting Actress (Shara Ashley Zeiger)
Houston Comedy Film Festival 4/13/19
*Nominated Best Romantic Comedy
Mayday Film Festival 5/20/19
Lighthouse International Film Festival 6/6/19-6/9/19
573 International Film Festival 6/7/19-6/9/19
Romance Feedback Film & Screenplay Festival 7/11/19
Hudson Valley Film Short Film Fest 7/27/19
Hamilton International Film Festival 7/27/19
*Nominated for The Hammer Award
Chain Film Festival 8/11/19
Women's Comedy Film Festival 8/17/19
*Nominated Best Romantic Comedy
VOB Film Festival 8/24/19
Cutting Room Internatioanl Film Festival 10/19/19
Bowery Film Festival 11/21/19
*Winner Best Short Film
Artists & Beers 2/13/20
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*Series Deck Available
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The Homemade Sketch Show is a Half Hour Digital Sketch Comedy Series Created and Curated during the Pandemic by Shara Ashley Zeiger. Working with many top sketch comedy creators, and a new host and musical guest each week from around the world. Shara regularly writes, films, and acts in sketches in the series as well.
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A new film
written/staring/directed and produced by
Shara Ashley Zeiger
5min
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Two feminists, Stella and Maggie, up to no good, sneak off to the woods with a giant suitcase.
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Festivals:
Atlanta Comedy Film Festival 7/20
YoFiFest 11/3
Portland Comedy Film Festival 11/3
*Nominated Best Ensemble Cast
Smiles V Film Festival 12/6/19
Hudson Valley Shorts 2/1/20
NY Indie Theatre Film Festival 2/6/20
MayDay Film Festival (5/2020)
Lighthouse Int. Film Festival (6/2020)
Ketchikan Film Festival (8/25/20)
Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival (9/12/20)
Battle of The Sketches (9/15/20)
Hilltop Film Festival of Diversity & Inclusion (9/25/20)
Long Island International Film Expo (9/30/20)
Festival of Cinema NYC (10/1/20)
Kingston Upon Thames Film Festival (10/17/20)
Chain Film Festival (11/16/20)
LIFFT India World Cine Fest (12/10/20)
Short and Sweet Film Festival (1/16/21)
Body Positive Film Festival (9/19/21)
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A new series by
Shara Ashley Zeiger
35 page pilot
When Dani Solomon turns 40, her mother blackmails her into becoming an adviser of a high school Jewish sorority, and in a desperate wish to stand up to her, her inner monologue gets hijacked by her 16 year old self.
*currently looking for producing partners/pitching
Accolades:
*Coverfly Red List (Top Half Hour Comedy Projects) Top 1% of All Projects
*Top 50, Roadmap Writers - JumpStart Writing Competition 2023
*Finalist Flicker Rhode Island Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2024
*Semifinalist Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2024 (so far*)
*Official Script Selection for NYC TV Film Festival 2024
*Official Script Selection for Catalyst Content 2024
*Semifinalist, Cinequest Screenwriting Competition 2023-2024
*Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Comedy Competition 2024
*Semifinalist, Keep or Destroy - New York New Stories Screenplay Contest 2023
*Semifinalist Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards Season 9
*Quarterfinalist, WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab 2024
*Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition 2024
*Quarterfinalist, Emerging Screenwriters Comedy Screenplay Competition 2024
*Quarterfinalist, Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards Season 8​
*Quarterfinalist PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Competition 2024
*Quarterfinalist ScreenCraft Film Fund 2024
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Roughly Speaking is a full length play with rap based on over 200 interviews with the NYC Homeless!
See a world we often walk by through the eyes of Lightning.Bolt, a rapper bound only by his wheelchair on a not so typical day at the soup kitchen. An existential struggle of survival begs questions of love, loss, and what's next.
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Roughly Speaking had a staged reading on 6/20/16 at Manhattan Theater Club and ran at Tada Theater in NYC
10/29/16-11/20/16
For Press Info & Reviews
www.ThePlatformGroup.org
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"#1 Show to see This week" ~ NY Theatre Guide
"One of the top 6 shows to see with a limited run"
~ Playbill
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"One of the 6 pieces of political theatre to see after the election" ~Broadwaybox.com
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"Best Bet" ~ Theasy.com
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"Behind Zeiger’s tight script and a handful of admirable performances, Roughly Speaking is an honest representation and dissection of the homeless culture in New York City." ~ TheaterScene.net
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*CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR PRODUCING PARTNERS TO BRING THIS OFF-BROADWAY
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A new film
starring/written and produced by
Shara Ashley Zeiger
19min
The Red Lotus is about Two sisters who go away for a weekend to strengthen their relationship and uncover a secret that will bind them for life. The Red Lotus is a tale of strength, women's rights, sisterhood, and the human spirit.​
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Film Festival Screenings:
NY Shorts International Film Festival 5/18
New Hope Film Festival 7/18
*Nominated Women in Film Award
VOB Film Festival 9/18
Golden Door International Film Festival 9/18
*Nominated Women in Cinema Award
Awareness Festival 10/18
Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival 10/18
ITVFEST- Network Notes 10/18
Rome Prisma Awards 10/18
Mindfield Film Festival (NM) 10/18
*Winner Best Short & Best Actress (Shara Ashley Zeiger)
DUMBO Film Festival 11/18
Borrego Springs Film Festival 1/19
Hang onto Your Shorts 5/5/19
*Winner Best Ensemble Cast
*Nominated Best Short
Bechdel Film Festival 5/29/19-6/2/19
*Included in Juried Top Shorts Block
Lanett City Film Festival 8/17/19-8/18/19
Oil Valley Film Festival 9/9/19
Top Indie Film Awards 11/19
*Nominated Best Original Concept
*Winner Best Writing
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Currently Distributed as a Rizzle Studios Original Series on the Rizzle App!
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