Leah McKendrick's #LizaAnonymous, a film resonate with feelings of isolation and wanting to belong.

 

Liza Anonymous is a film to pay attention to, it is so resonate today with feelings of isolation and wanting to belong.

It is written by Leah McKendrick who wrote the Grease prequel Summer Lovin' and two well-received award-winning indie-flicks Pamela & Ivy and M.F.A.  and directed by an award-winning commercial director, Aubrey Smyth. (and I am also the award-winning producer <smile>)

This Feminocentric project is led by an Award-winning all-women team: Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography. Leah McKendrick most recently wrote Summer Lovin', the Grease prequel; Pamela & Ivy is available to watch at PamelaandIvy.com. M.F.A. is streaming free on Amazon Prime; Aubrey Smyth is an Award-winning director who won the Grand Prize at Moet Moment Film Festival; Katie Rosin is an Award-winning producer and publicist; Chloe Smolkin won Excellence in Cinematography from Brightside Film Festival; Danielle Beckmann was recently signed to Affinity Artists and Cutler Management.

BROOKLYN QUARTER and KAMPFIRE FILMS

Proudly Present the World Premiere of

LIZA ANONYMOUS

How far would you go to belong?

Written by

LEAH MCKENDRICK

Starring DANIELLE BECKMANN, DANIEL FOX, 

RAFAEL SARDINA

Directed by AUBREY SMYTH

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY APRIL 26 AT TRIBECAFILM.COM

 

BROOKLYN QUARTER and KAMPFIRE FILM are pleased to announce the world premiere of Leah McKendrick’s (Summer Lovin’) LIZA ANONYMOUS, directed by Aubrey Smyth. LIZA ANONYMOUS will screen as part of the Tribeca Film Festival in June, both on screen in New York City and virtually around the world.  Tickets and more information will be available starting Monday, April 26 at TribecaFilm.com.

 

How far would you go to belong? In LIZA ANONYMOUS, Liza takes it too far.

In ​Latinx writer Leah McKendrick’s film, Liza's desperate search to fit in gets her wrapped up in a tangle of lies and ill-informed emulation. As her charade crumbles, she learns that imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery, but finds solace in the most unlikely of places.

The theme of isolation and loneliness in the film are particularly resonant right now during the Covid-19 crisis, a time of unprecedented forced separation.

The Feminocentric project is led by an Award-winning all-women team: 

Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography

• Leah McKendrick most recently wrote Summer Lovin', the Grease prequel; Pamela & Ivy is available to watch at PamelaandIvy.com. M.F.A. is streaming free on Amazon Prime.

• Aubrey Smyth is an Award-winning director who won the Grand Prize at Moet Moment Film Festival.

• Katie Rosin is an Award-winning producer and publicist.

• Chloe Smolkin won Excellence in Cinematography from Brightside Film Festival.

• Danielle Beckmann was recently signed to Affinity Artists and Cutler Management.

The film stars Danielle Beckmann (Eat Our Feelings) as Liza, Daniel Fox (In My Skin) as Milton, Rafael Sardina (War of the Worlds) as Diego, Malikha Mallette (Daredevil) as Kris, Lida Darmian (The Place We Live) as Carmen, Sharon Gallardo (Live from the Drive) as Esperanza, and Jane Geller as Susan.

 

LIZA ANONYMOUS is produced by Katie Rosin, Danielle Beckmann, Aubrey Smyth, and Daniel Ornitz. The Director of Photography is Chloe Smolkin (Isolated Incident), Production Designer is Daniel Ornitz (BUCK), Costume Designer is Keely Bembry (Top Five), First AD is Catriona Rubenis-Stevens (Feeling Through), Composer is Joanna Katcher (It's Not a Burden: The Humor and Heartache of Raising Elderly Parents), Editor is Samantha Smith (Aish Divine: BBC), Sound Recordist is Vera Quispe (The Subject), and Makeup Artist is Gianna Gutierrez (Snatched). Casting by Kristen Paladino (Robot & Frank) and Publicity by Katie Rosin/Kampfire PR. The indie band, Satellite Mode provided the song "Click Now".

Tickets are available Monday, April 26th at www.TribecaFilm.com

Running Time: 12 minutes

Website: www.lizaanonymousfilm.com

Media Kit with Photos

"Click Now"

performed by Satellite Mode

written by Jessica Lynn Carvo, Alex Markovitz, and Samuel Benjamin Cohen ASCAP

published by Jessica Carvo Music BMI, A. Scot Music BMI, and S C Mosswagon Music Company ASCAP

BIOGRAPHIES

  

LEAH MCKENDRICK (Screenwriter) is an actress/singer/filmmaker that got her start in musical theatre in San Francisco. She began writing, producing, and performing live in her teen years before studying Theatre at Chapman University. She went on to create and star in the acclaimed musical web series, DESTROY THE ALPHA GAMMAS, which made her a Webby Award Honoree and a Streamy Award Nominee. In 2014 she formed Villainess Productions and wrote/produced/starred in several award-winning shorts before graduating to her first feature. M.F.A. premiered at SXSW 2017 and was heralded as “the first horror film to speak to the #Metoo era” (The New York Times). In 2020 Leah wrote and directed PAMELA & IVY, a dark, feminist take on the origin story of DC supervillain, Poison Ivy which premiered on Collider. Leah is currently working on her dream job - writing the GREASE musical prequel SUMMER LOVIN’ for Paramount Pictures.

 

AUBREY SMYTH (Director) is an award-winning film and commercial director based in Brooklyn, NY by way of Lawn Guyland. She is a lover of witty dialogue, colorful props, and adores a circular dolly track. Aubrey graduated from the acclaimed Pratt Institute and started her production company Gingersnap NYC at the age of 21. In 2020, the music video Aubrey directed for Aish Divine “BBC” won 9 Telly Awards and was a Webby Award nominee. She was the Grand Prize Winner for Moët Moment Film Festival sponsored by Moët & Chandon for her dramatic film "The Bout" in 2018. Never one to be pigeonholed, her first documentary about the unregulated fertility industry, "The Need To Know", was executive produced by Tribeca Studios and 23andMe in 2019. In addition, she writes and edits many of the commercials she directs. Represented by Cutter Productions, she directs commercials and branded content for clients such as Netflix, Google, Amazon, A&E, and Purina and with talents Mark Ruffalo, Priyanka Chopra, and Aidy Bryant to name a few. Check her out at www.aubreysmyth.com

Brooklyn Quarter is a storytelling collective and production company crafting unique web series and films. Founded in Brooklyn by Timothy Reese and Danielle Beckmann in 2017, they are now based in Los Angeles. Brooklyn Quarter believes a good story moves life forward for all of us. Recent work includes Liza Anonymous (short film) and Making The Show (a behind-the-scenes journey into making a world-class tabletop web series.) Up next for Brooklyn Quarter is a reboot of the series Just All Around Good Ideas: Danielle Takes LA. www.brooklynquarter.com

Katie Rosin/Kampfire Films is an award-winning producer, who has been working in production and marketing for film, television, and theater for over 20 years, founding Kampfire Films in 2001. After working in production on films such as American Psycho and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kampfire Marketing was instrumental in the launch of the Broadway musical, Brooklyn, and the National Tour of Mother Load. In 2014, she helped launched Stage17.tv, a digital entertainment destination for the world’s largest stage—the Internet.  Kampfire has been integral in multidimensional campaigns for New York Innovative Theatre Award Recipients, GLAAD Award winners, back-to-back NYMF Best of Fest winners, and Drama Desk nominees. Kampfire Films works in association with MyCarl productions and with them produced the Web Series Gemma & The Bear, Wherever You Go, and the web satire Beckys Through History. Katie also produced the award-winning feature film, Closure, the talk show Chic Chat, the Reality Series We Are The Jones, and the award-winning short film Speed Grieving. She is in post-production on the TV pilot Outdated, the short film Liza Anonymous and Tonya Pinkins’ horror feature Red Pill. Up next is the short film Fraud and the feature film, A Woman Abroad. She is currently developing multiple projects including television series and feature films.  Listen now to her musical podcast, Bleeding Love on the Broadway Podcast Network, where she is also serving as the Director of Communications.