Twitch is a Student Academy Award nominated short film directed by Leah Meyerhoff.
| Twitch | |
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 Twitch | |
| Directed by | Leah Meyerhoff |
| Written by | Leah Meyerhoff |
| Produced by | Sean Warner |
| Starring | Emma Galvin Peter Corrie Toni Meyerhoff |
| Edited by | Leah Meyerhoff |
Release date | January 25 2005 |
Running time | 10 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Twitch kicked off the film festival circuit by winning a Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance and going on to screen in over 100 film festivals worldwide. Twitch has since won over a dozen international awards and is currently airing on the Independent Film Channel and Skandinavia TV.
Synopsis
Twitch tells the poignant story of a young girl torn between two worlds: her domestic life where she must care for her wheelchair-bound mother and her escape into the emerging world of sexuality with her eager, hormone-addled boyfriend.
Cast
Emma Galvin — Daughter
Peter Corrie — Boyfriend
Toni Meyerhoff — Mother
Awards
- Student Academy Awards — Finalist
- Slamdance — Honorable Mention
- Avignon Film Festival — Best American Short
- Rhode Island International Film Festival — Honorable Mention
- Golden Star Shorts Fest — Best of Fest
- Golden Star Shorts Fest — Best Narrative Short
- Brooklyn International Disability Film Festival — Best Short
- Scottsdale International Film Festival — Best Student Short
- West Chester Film Festival — Best Female Director
- Berkeley Film Festival — Grand Festival Award
- Rebel Film Festival — Best Experimental Short
- Brown Emerging Filmmakers — Best Drama
- Ole Muddy Film Festival — First Place
- Harry M. Warner Film Festival — Third Place
- Sound Space — Post Award
- Calgary International Film Festival — Honorable Mention
- California Independent Film Festival — Best Mini Short Nominee
- Swansea Bay Film Festival — Best Drama Nominee
- Pawky Little Film Contest — Finalist
- Trenton Film Festival — Best Actress Nominee
Festivals
Reviews
Doug Brunell of Film Threat gave Twitch three stars, saying that "Twitch is a story about fear, love, and an uncertain future. Meyerhoff has secured her place in film with this short movie. She's done a story that is as honest as it is touching. Her ability to sum up a young girl's life in ten minutes is remarkable."[1]
Virginia Heffernan of the New York Times wrote that "Leah is an artsy American"[2] and Elaine Mak of New England Film said that "award-winning director Leah Meyerhoff has built up a large list of accomplishments as a filmmaker."[3]
Jennifer Modenessi of the Contra Costa Times said that "when the story is as good as filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff's, you can't help but be drawn in"[4] and Ben Beard of Film Monthly said that "Twitch is a hard but impressive little film. The travails of growing up, the immense pain of post-adolescence, the terror of the big nasty world resting just outside our windows: Twitch augers in the universal places of hurt in the human brain. We can take solace that Meyerhoff is now working on her first feature-length film. Twitch shows great promise; we now must wait for Meyerhoff's talents to fully bloom."[5]
References
- ^ Doug Brunell. "Twitch at Film Threat". Retrieved 2007-07-25.
- ^ Virginia Heffernan. "For Would-Be Scorseses The Streets Are Truly Mean". Retrieved 2007-07-25.
- ^ Elaine Mak. "Team Queen Makes Her Arrival". Retrieved 2007-07-25.
- ^ Jennifer Modenessi. "Filmmaker's Project Gets Personal". Retrieved 2007-07-25.
- ^ Ben Beard. "The Indies". Retrieved 2007-07-25.