{"id":3957,"date":"2016-06-24T04:32:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T04:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/?p=3957"},"modified":"2016-06-22T06:51:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T06:51:19","slug":"taking-another-waltz-dances-with-films-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/taking-another-waltz-dances-with-films-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Another Waltz: Dances with Films 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5949.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3851\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5949-1024x658.jpg\" alt=\"F23C5949\" width=\"648\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5949-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5949-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5949-648x416.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5949-299x192.jpg 299w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5949.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dances with Films 19 finished a week ago, and the festival continued to amaze even as it drew to a close. Missed the fest this year? Then put it on your calendars for next year, and do watch for the stellar films shown at the festival. While these reviews bring those screened at the event to a close, there are several we missed seeing in the theater that we’ll be catching up on shortly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5926.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3849\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5926-1024x431.jpg\" alt=\"F23C5926\" width=\"648\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5926-1024x431.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5926-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5926-648x273.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5926-456x192.jpg 456w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5926.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above, cast, crew, and advisors on<em> The Track<\/em>; with microphone, star\u00a0Mariah Kirstie<\/p>\n<p><em>The Track<\/em> started as a short film by director\u00a0Brett Caroline Levner, and was expanded into a feature by Levner and writer\u00a0Matthew McCue. “I looked out my window one day,” Levner relates, “and I saw a 15 year old girl going in and out of cars, working as a prostitute.” Drawn to tell the story of underage, exploited children, Levner, who teaches film at University of Nevada Las Vegas, tackled the tough and moving story of Barbie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5940.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3850\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5940-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"F23C5940\" width=\"648\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5940-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5940-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5940-648x432.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5940-288x192.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5940.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Played brilliantly by\u00a0Mariah Kirstie, the girl comes into contact with a suburban woman who has just lost her daughter, played by Missy Yager. \u00a0“I come from a theater background,” Kirstie reports, “but for this character I didn’t do anything formal. I was so connected to her, I just wanted to stay in the moment with my performance.” Yager says “This is a woman’s issue, these little girls get arrested. My character had a calling to help.”<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3848\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5920-1024x649.jpg\" alt=\"F23C5920\" width=\"648\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5920-1024x649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5920-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5920-648x410.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5920-303x192.jpg 303w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5920.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The performances make the film, a true vehicle for social justice, into a compelling drama.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3856\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6016-1024x603.jpg\" alt=\"F23C6016\" width=\"648\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6016-1024x603.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6016-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6016-648x382.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6016-326x192.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6016.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5974.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3852\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5974-1024x696.jpg\" alt=\"F23C5974\" width=\"648\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5974-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5974-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5974-648x441.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5974-282x192.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5974.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above, star Joe Burke in <em>Dependents Day<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dependents Day,\u00a0<\/em>a very different film, also began as a short. Director David Lynch (below) found star Joe Burke and a ribald romantic comedy was born. “I love nuance,” Lynch says,\u00a0\u00a0“I thought he was a firecracker and all I had to do was set him off.” The versatile Lynch was also director of a dramatic documentary screening at the festival, <em>Victor Walk<\/em>, which won the audience award in the docs category; but <em>Dependents<\/em> is pure levity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5984.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3853\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5984-1024x656.jpg\" alt=\"F23C5984\" width=\"648\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5984-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5984-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5984-648x415.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C5984.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The story of a struggling actor claimed as ‘dependent” by his more successful girlfriend, \u00a0the film tackles love, LA lifestyle, and sexual mores with a witty vengence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6032.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3858\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6032-1024x624.jpg\" alt=\"F23C6032\" width=\"648\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6032-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6032-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6032-648x395.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6032-315x192.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6032.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3860\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6045-1024x527.jpg\" alt=\"F23C6045\" width=\"648\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6045-1024x527.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6045-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6045-648x334.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6045-373x192.jpg 373w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6045.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Star Burke says “We put so much into this, I’m so emotional to have so many people I love in one room. I feel so blessed.” Shot in just 17 days, the comedy is zany,<i>\u00a0<\/i>the performances from Burke and co-star\u00a0Benita Robledo pitch perfect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3867\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6120-1024x530.jpg\" alt=\"F23C6120\" width=\"648\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6120-1024x530.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6120-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6120-648x335.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6120-371x192.jpg 371w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6120.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above with microphone, Kristin Wallace, co-writer\/producer\/star of <em>Moments of Clarity<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Moments of Clarity<\/em> is a film that defies categorization. Sweet comedy, female buddy picture, road movie, witty take on independence, feminism, mental health issues – yes, all of those. A film that keeps you guessing, we loved it’s wild moments of comedy, touching sweetness, and screwball plot. Writer\/producer Kristin Wallace plays lead Claire. Co-written by Wallace and Christian Lloyd, the film was directed by Stev Elam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6107.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3866\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6107-1024x597.jpg\" alt=\"F23C6107\" width=\"648\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6107-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6107-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6107-648x378.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6107-329x192.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6107.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Claire is the daughter of a\u00a0repressed agoraphobic, who teams up with a pastor’s daughter to escape their home town, fix a broken camera, and come into their own. “I wanted to create more roles for women,” says Candian-born Wallace. “I’d just moved from Toronto to LA and felt very out of place, so I kind of connected with my inner child to create this character. I just wanted to follow this character who was unabashedly herself.” Shot in 15 days, the film has the look of a much larger-budgeted feature, with bright colors, hilarious set pieces, and the edge of dark-comedy ever sharpened.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6098.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3865\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6098-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"F23C6098\" width=\"648\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6098-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6098-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6098-648x436.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6098-285x192.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6098.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wallace and Lloyd wrote only via email and didn’t meat Wallace and the rest of the production team until he came to the set for the last four days of shooting. “I Just sat there smiling like an idiot. It didn’t make sense that so many people came together to make such a wonderful film and have such a strong connection.”<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6087.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3864\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6087-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"F23C6087\" width=\"648\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6087-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6087-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6087-648x440.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6087-283x192.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6087.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Director Elam says “I loved that the script had so much positivity and no violence. When I read the script I thought this is like a foreign film, but they have American names. Then they said they were Canadian,” he laughs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6162.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3871\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6162-1024x544.jpg\" alt=\"F23C6162\" width=\"648\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6162-1024x544.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6162-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6162-648x345.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6162-361x192.jpg 361w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6162.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whatever the origin, this is a don’t-miss. It releases in the fall of 2016, watch for it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6249.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3883\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6249-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"F23C6249\" width=\"648\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6249-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6249-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6249-648x453.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6249-275x192.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6249.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rounding up the fest’s final day at the TCL Chinese was <em>Those Left Behind<\/em>, a drama that grew from the director’s involvement in a documentary about suicide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6217.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3878\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6217-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"F23C6217\" width=\"648\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6217-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6217-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6217-648x406.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6217-306x192.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6217.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The drama recounts a family’s struggle to come to terms with the grief over their son\u2019s suicide 25 years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>“You can live a joyous life and still struggle with depression,” says Grant Jordan, who plays the pivotal character of Jamie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6230.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3881\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6230-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"F23C6230\" width=\"648\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6230-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6230-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6230-648x387.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6230-321x192.jpg 321w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6230.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>“I think a lot about loss in my own life, and how unresolved grief comes back to people, so I wanted to use that. I had an amazing cast, I asked people to be very quiet, to let the performances and the story build slowly. It was like unpeeling an onion,” director\u00a0Maria Finitzo says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6213.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3877\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6213-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"F23C6213\" width=\"648\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6213-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6213-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6213-648x440.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6213-283x192.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/F23C6213.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also viewed: <em>Killing the Apologetic Girl<\/em>, the fest’s audience award winner in the TV pilot category. <b>\u00a0<\/b>Writers\u00a0Stephanie Little, Kimberly Aboltin – the latter also directed – have created a sweet and funny \u00a0story about the overly-apologetic Steph and her returned-from-Morocco decidedly unapologietic friend, Kim. Fresh and delightfully sarcastic, there’s a lot to like and much to want to see more of with these characters. Well-paced and exceptionally well-cast.<\/p>\n<p>Don’t worry: <em>Josephine Doe, Pop-Up, <\/em>and fest<em>\u00a0<\/em>top narrative award winner<em> Virtual Revolution<\/em>\u00a0reviews are still coming up.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Genie Davis; All photos: Jack Burke<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dances with Films 19 finished a week ago, and the festival continued to amaze even as it drew to a close. Missed the fest this year? Then put it on your calendars for next year, and do watch for the stellar films shown at the festival. While these reviews bring those screened at the event … <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/taking-another-waltz-dances-with-films-19\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Taking Another Waltz: Dances with Films 19<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[254,608,606,607,609],"class_list":["post-3957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","category-fun","tag-dances-with-films","tag-dependents-day","tag-moments-of-clarity","tag-the-track-dwf19","tag-those-left-behind"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3957"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3959,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957\/revisions\/3959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}