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The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and the FLOW Film Festival invite you to celebrate Women’s History Month with us! We will celebrate past, present, and future with a collection of South Florida’s most successful and dynamic female filmmakers of today’s industry.
Following the films, Kimberly Douglas, FLOW’s Director, will moderate a powerful panel discussion with leading filmmakers in our community, discussing their journeys as a whole while highlighting roadblocks and setbacks they all endured through each and every stage of the developmental process. Our elite filmmaking experts will reveal all of their true secrets to success in filmmaking for all members of the audience on March 26th, 2025. See you there!
Films Include:
BOXED
Broward/English/13 minutes 30 seconds/ Drama/ 2021
A fictional short film set against the anguish and heartbreak of WWII, recounting the story of a husband-and-wife dance team and their journey in a boxcar on the brink of desperation.
Email: Laurelp1@aol.com
Director: Alyn Darnay
Producer: Laurel Levey
Writer:
Key Cast: Avi Hoffman, Laurel Levey, Alex Coren
Lost Treasure
Palm Beach/English/7 minutes 3 seconds/Comedy/2023
A crew of misfit filmmakers set out to win a film festival and they decide to make a documentary about a diner and its famous ‘Secret Sauce.’ When an extra dies during filming, they must decide; call 911 – or continue and possibly win the coveted ‘treasure.’
Email: shardan323@hotmail.com
Director: LeVar Leo
Written & Produced by: Sharon L Pfeiffer
Key Cast: Lou Silver, Joe Mignone, Michael Newman, Rachel Galvin
Back To Me
NYC/ Spanish w/ subtitles/ 23 minutes 11 seconds/ Drama, Romance/ 2024
Fadia and Brais are a couple so in love they are both dealing with their mental health issues. Fadia lives with depression and loses the battle to it leaving a message to Brais. Brais having to deal with his mental health issues starts to spiral living his everyday life with the memory of Fadia because accepting that she left is facing feeling guilty and responsible for not being able to help her enough. In this dilemma he only has two options, to take the truth that Fadia is no longer alive and try to live and hopefully overcome this situation, or follow her on the same path to meet up with her again in a different plan and reality.
Email: alexandra.alorti@gmail.com
Written & Directed by: David Abreu
Produced by: Sandra Ojeda
Key Cast: Sandra Ojeda, José Andrew Fuenmayor
Jupiter
Miami-Dade/ English/8 minutes/ Drama/ 2025
A young musician overcomes a suicide attempt through the power of music.
Email: amoreno@med.miami.edu
Director: Alex Moreno
Producer: Kimberly Douglas
Writer: Angel Pedroso
Key Cast: Isabella Rivera-Gandulla, Brenda Duran, Viglis Viquillon
Tormented
Animanted/ English & Spanish/ 9 minutes 21 seconds/ Horror/2023
Attempting to continue to hide the struggles of his tormented home life, a teenage boy unexpectedly builds a bond with his new outcast of a neighbor, for all the wrong reasons.
Email: swllugo@gmail.com
Written & Directed by : Liz Lugo
Producer(s): Kristy Acosta, Cheryl Briggs, & Omar McClinton
Key Cast: David Vazquez, Roselin Lopez
Water is Our Medicine:
Broward/English/24 minutes/ Documentary/ 2024
Since the beginning, mankind has enjoyed a spiritual connection to water. Civilizations have fought over and revered water for its many wondrous powers, communities of color are no different in their desire to remain connected, but centuries of slavery and then a pandemic has made that fight even harder. This film explores the stories of five people during a pandemic, working through their trauma and stress by utilizing the pristine beaches of South Florida.
Email: Catdean10@gmail.com
Directed & Produced by: Cathleen Dean (Emmy Awardee)
Key Cast: Mirian Perez, Liz Veras, Thaddeus Gamory, Julia Lewis-Spann, Niki Lopez
Ouroboros
Seminole/English/2 minutes 25 seconds/Student, Experimental/2020
A fractured consciousness locked in a perpetual cycle of explosive negativity is interrupted by a mysterious new illuminating presence, inciting a raw discovery of self and what it means to be complete.
Email: hknott.animation@gmail.com
Created, Written & Directed by; Heather Knott
Key Cast: Heather Knott
BayouTech
Collier/English/11 minutes 6 seconds/ Drama, AI, Experimental/ 2023
In a world now devoid of humans, artificial intelligence has taken over. Journey into the bayou, where a former service android learns to make her own way, re-contextualizing the world around her, and embarking on a journey of self-discovery. Will she be able to overcome her initial programming? Will she learn to succeed where humans had failed? Join her and her friends and they cobble together a new world where love conquers fear, and magic abounds.
Email: kathleen.krenitsky@gmail.com
Written, Directed, & Produced by: Kathleen Krenitsky
Key Cast: Serkan Akman, Kevin Krenitsky, Ipek Naz Çinar
Too Much to Dream– A provocative short by Tabatha Mudra on the evolution of perspectives on women in entertainment and society.
GUESTS
Kimberly Douglas has 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry, both in front of and behind the camera. An MDCC and UF Alum, she began her industry career in South Florida as an actress and model. Over the years she has starred in dozens of commercials, infomercials, and studio and independent films. In Los Angles she has guest-starred in over 30 network shows. She currently, owns The FLOW Film Festival, highlighting women in production. Her most recent endeavor is The FLOW Project, where she educates underserved youth about production and offers pathways to employment. Kimberly lives in Hollywood with her husband and 4 children.
Rachel Galvin has been a jurist for multiple festivals through the years in South Florida. She has helped to run the Super Geek Film Festival at Supercon and Spooky Empire’s Horror Film Festival. She also has been an actress and award-winning writer for over 20 years and has her own magazine about the film industry called Independent Streak Magazine. In addition, she has written a book about the industry called “Basics of the Biz.”
Author of Independent Streak Magazine
Sara Rogers is a beacon of creativity and experience in the South Florida film and stage industry, boasting over 40 years of versatile involvement. Her journey spans teaching, coaching, casting, writing, and talent coordination, making her a treasure trove of knowledge for aspiring and seasoned actors alike. She has crafted unique educational programs that bridge the gap between aspiring actors and the industry. “Step One-The Business End of the Acting Modeling Business” offers newcomers invaluable insights into navigating the industry with a business mindset. Meanwhile, “How To Audition For Camera” delves into advanced camera techniques, enriching actors’ on-screen presence and skills.
Tabatha Mudra is an award-winning director, cinematographer, and producer, who has been in the photography and film industry for over 2 decades. She founded one of the first LGBTQ+ community events that educated individuals on gender identity. She has won multiple awards and accolades in filmmaking and was a 10 under 40 filmmaker for PBS. She has worked with Grammy-Winning Musicians, Legendary TV-Hosts and several celebrity icons. Tabatha is most passionate about creating opportunities for women in the film industry.
Sharon Pfeiffer is a native New Yorker, currently living in Boca Raton, Florida. She left New York and successfully reinvented herself as, not just an actor, but as a filmmaker, producer, writer, and a standup comedian. Sharon has been acting since 2009, but it was her passion and tenacity to see her story come to life that she, along with co-writer Deni B. Sher (Sharon made her an offer she couldn’t refuse) decided to put pen to paper and they began writing From Brooklyn to Boca. They first wrote FBTB as a television series, which soon morphed into a feature film screenplay. Sharon had already produced an award-winning film called ‘Lost Treasure’ for The 48 Hour Film Project in 2023. She has worked on countless films, TV series and commercials, both behind and in front of the camera.
Cathleen Dean is an Emmy award-winning American film director, producer, and photographer who creates innovative work inspired by her experiences in South Florida. Dean captivates audiences by bringing her characters to life. She approaches her work from an anthropological point of view, aiming to uncover historical truths that have been lost, forgotten or hidden with time. Dean is the founder of BlackCat Media LLC.
Laurel Levey was born and raised in Orange County, California. She is a first generation
American born to European parents. Since 2012, she has been a proud member and Board
Member of the prestigious Screen Actors Guild. Laurel is a world-wide award-winning
filmmaker, and a professional character actress who has quite the resume with dozens of
commercials and film credits to her name. She produced, co-wrote, and co-starred in “BOXED,”
a short film that won 21 awards from all over the world. Besides performing an array of
accents, Laurel is quite the polyglot, speaking English, Hebrew, Spanish and a smattering of
Farsi and Arabic. Laurel lived in Israel for over 12 years which adds to the layers of many
diverse characters she’s portrayed on film, TV, voice dubbing and countless commercials.
Laurel is a devoted animal advocate, loves nature, traveling and is a devout yoga practitioner.
She delights in playing her ukulele and has a vivacious passion for life. You can follow Laurels’
adventures on Instagram at LaurelKLevey.
