Canadian Premiere
A menopausal woman wakes up in the midst of a hot flash, and everything just goes downhill from there. This is a terrific one-woman performance that gets the comedy right from the start. The film strikes a good balance between seriousness and chaos as the mishaps build, but it never goes too far over the top to lose believability. Combining smart lines, slapstick, and no-shame humour, Judy, Judy, Judy is a delightful twist on a familiar theme.
Community Partner
Amy Arpan, Taika, Sam Gilstrap
USA
2022
English
Featured in:
International Shorts: Having a Bad Day
Misadventures, bad choices, and a series of unfortunate events are all present in this program of short films. There is some serious drama and a bit of comedy on display in these exhilarating, thoughtful, and unpredictable tales.
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The American Friend
Wim Wenders' take on Patricia Highsmith's Ripley's Game is the real deal, an authentic mittel-European neo-noir, with Dennis Hopper as the original American psycho, Tom Ripley. This Film Studies screening is introduced by Patricia Gruben.
Turner & Constable
Filmed as a supplement to a blockbuster exhibition at Tate Britain happening right now, this doc in the popular Exhibition on Screen series allows us to view these competitive, complementary English landscape artists side by side.
The President's Cake
Nine year old Lamia and her friend Saeed venture into the city to scrounge ingredients for a cake to celebrate Sadaam Hussein's birthday — a quest fraught with real peril in precarious times. Winner, Camera d'Or, Cannes.
Credits
Producer
Jessica McGaugh
Screenwriter
Sheila Schroeder
Cinematography
Melanie McClean Brooks
Editor
Jessica McGaugh
Production Design
Margaret McClelland, Ashley Vaughn
Director
Jessica McGaugh
Jessica McGaugh is an award-winning filmmaker creating projects that celebrate diversity and inclusion through underrepresented characters, storylines, and collaborators. Her films have screened at the Mumbai International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Denver Film Festival, NDTV, and Rocky Mountain PBS. Her recent project, Womanhood: The Series (2021), is a collection of comedic short films designed to challenge taboos associated with women’s bodies and gender expectations.
Filmography: The Golden Hour (2013); Red Pearl (2016); Three Worlds, One Stage (2021)
