aka The Auteur Tribe
Films & Projects:
NATASHA & SAM
Director: Tawny Foskett
Screenwriter: Tawny Foskett & Cast
Genre: experimental narrative
Year: 2020
Length: 20-min, 49-sec
Format: Red
An American and two Quebec girls learn the art of deception as they embark on a dance contract in Japan, where they also must work as hostesses.
This study of a feature, and experiment in collaboration and rehearsals, emerged as the director created her own Sundance Director's Lab and used 'the obstacles as the road'.
Cast: France Maurice, Julia Thomas, Emma Salkeld, Justine Salette
primary Crew: DP: Alexandre Desjardins, composer: Félix Tellier Pouliot, producer/AC: Siam Obregón, art director: Helen Park
DEAR EMMA,
Director: Tawny Foskett
Screenwriter: Tawny Foskett
Genre: experimental narrative
Year: 2016
Length: 7-min, 30 sec
Format: Super 8 & Canon 5D
Dear Emma, is about a young woman who receives notes from her elderly neighbor Al, who lives across the hall. As he begins to leave Brooklyn more often for upstate New York, Emma witnesses how his life changes dramatically when he meets a marvelous woman named Marie.
Cast: Courtney O'Reilly, Frederick Corke, Mary Foskett, Lauren LoGiudice
primary Crew: producer: Laurie Rud, music: Patrick Penta, sound design & mix: Paulo Costa, DP: Tema Stauffer
DEAR EMMA,
Girls Who Smoke
Director: Tawny Foskett
Screenwriters: Gordon Farrell & Tawny Foskett
Story by: Jenifer Hixson
Genre: narrative
Year: 2012
Length: 15-min
Format: Canon 5D
Girls Who Smoke is adapted from a Moth story that played on public radio's This American Life program and is about two women, both with bad boyfriends and bad habits, who connect over a pack of cigarettes.
primary Cast: Kristin Taylor, Loren Lockwood
primary Crew: producers: Laurie Rud & Quan Robinson, DP: Sanne Kurz, music: Lila Nelson,
composer: Lucas Van Lenten, AD: Henri Falconi, art director: Irina Arnaut, editor: Jef Taylor
WHOLE PIECES
Director: Tawny Foskett
Screenwriter: Tawny Foskett
Genre: narrative
Year: 2006
Length: 10-min
Format: Super 16mm
Can the strength of their past pull them through the present?
A film about the enduring thread of friendship between 2 women, which reflects the beauty and darkness in their lives.
primary Cast: Nicola Wright, Romi Trower
primary Crew: DP: Sanne Kurz, music: Cecily Raine, prod. mgr: Catherine Haugh, AD: Sabi Paisa
THREE PARTS
Director: Tawny Foskett
Screenwriter: Tawny Foskett
Genre: narrative
Year: 2006
Length: 5-min
Format: Beta SP
In the same day, in the same city, three women:
Zahra, a pregnant refugee from Afghanistan
Marie, a 20-something depressed dropout
And Mistress L, an exclusive dominatrix
All battle being disconnected from the love in their lives.
primary Cast: Tania Lentini (as all 3 women)
primary Crew: music: Lila Nelson, DP: Alex Murray
WHOLE PIECES
Director: Tawny Foskett
Screenwriter: Tawny Foskett
Genre: personal-experimental
Year: 2005
Length: 10-min
Format: 16mm
Lost in a faraway land, dancing on the fringe of society,
She fell in love with a woman who brightened the darkness….
This is her story of lament.
primary Cast: Christina Swingdler, Kaci Tipton, Lisa Carpinelli, Jamie Moore & Heather Langendorf
primary Crew: music: David Bullard, Eric Minella, camera & editing: Tawny Foskett
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LOST ALMOST
ANNIE & MARY; Reflections on the Railroad
Directors: Tawny Foskett & Eric Minella
Producers: Eric Minella & Tawny Foskett
Genre: documentary
Year: 2003
Length: 14-min
Format: 16mm
ANNIE & MARY: Reflections on the Railroad celebrates the golden era of steam engines by exploring various sentiments and perceptions held in relation to the railroad.
Annie & Mary was filmed in Humboldt County, California and at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, and includes 1940’s archival film footage of steam engines in the redwoods. This documentary features interviews with museum operators, engineers, artists, historians, and model train enthusiasts.
primary Crew: music: Eric Minella & Heather Schorge, cinematography & editing: Tawny Foskett & Eric Minella
