Twitch (film)

Infobox Film
name = Twitch


caption = Twitch
director = Leah Meyerhoff
producer = Sean Warner
writer = Leah Meyerhoff
starring = Emma Galvin Peter Corrie Toni Meyerhoff
music =
cinematography =
editing = Leah Meyerhoff
distributor =
released = January 25 2005
runtime = 10 min.
country = U.S.
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id = 0443675

"Twitch" is a Student Academy Award nominated short film directed by Leah Meyerhoff.

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.

ynopsis

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

*Annapolis Film Festival
*Antimatter Film Festival
*Arpa International Film Festival
*Atlanta Film Festival
*Avignon Film Festival
*Backseat Film Festival
*Big Bear Lake Film Festival
*Boston Underground Film Festival
*Boxurshorts Film Festival
*Brainwash Film Festival
*Brighton Film Festival
*Brooklyn Cinema Series
*Brooklyn International Disability Film Festival
*Brooklyn International Film Festival
*Brooklyn Underground Film Festival
*Calgary International Film Festival
*California Independent Film Festival
*Cannes Film Festival
*Cardiff Screen Film Festival
*Chicago International Film Festival
*Cinechico Film Festival
*Cinema Paradise
*Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival
*Cork International Film Festival
*Dance and Shout Film Festival
*Daytona Beach Film Festival
*DC Shorts Film Festival
*DC Underground Film Festival
*Ellensburg Film Festival
*Film Platform
*First Look Film Festival
*First Run Film Festival
*Fylmz Festival
*Girlfest Hawaii
*Global Art Film Festival
*Golden Star Shorts Fest
*Great Lakes Film Festival
*Her Voice Her View Film Festival
*Hi Mom Film Festival
*Holly Shorts Film Festival
*Hudson Valley Film Festival
*Inflatable Duck Film Festival
*Ladyfest Humboldt
*Ladyfest San Diego
*Ladyfest Stockholm
*Los Angeles Short Film Festival
*Lost Film Fest
*Malibu International Film Festival
*Marblehead Film Festival
*Milan International Film Festival
*New Filmmakers
*Newport Beach Film Festival
*Newport International Film Festival
*Next Frame Film Festival
*Nolita Film Festival
*NYC Home Film Festival
*Ohio Independent Film Festival
*Ojai Film Festival
*Ole Muddy Film Festival
*Ozark Film Festival
*Palm Springs International Short Film Festival
*Planet Ant Film Festival
*Poppy Jasper Film Festival
*Portland Underground Film Festival
*Provincetown Film Festival
*Queens International Film Festival
*Reel Heart International Film Festival
*Reel Women International Film Festival
*Rhode Island International Film Festival
*Rome International Film Festival
*Route 66 Film Festival
*San Diego Women Film Festival
*San Francisco Independent Film Festival
*San Francisco Women's Film Festival
*Sarasota Film Festival
*Scottsdale International Film Festival
*Show Me Missouri Film Festival
*Silver Lake Shorts
*Slamdance Film Festival
*Small Potato Film Festival
*Swansea Bay Film Festival
*Teabag Film Workshop
*Toofy Film Festival
*Trenton Film Festival
*Vermont International Film Festival
*Waterfront Film Festival
*West Chester Film Festival
*Wichita Film Festival
*Wildsound Film Festival
*Williamsburg Short Film Festival
*Women in Film Film Festival
*Woodstock Film Festival
*Youth for Human Rights Film Festival
*Zion International Film Festival

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." [cite web|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=8295|title=Twitch at Film Threat|author=Doug Brunell|accessdate=2007-07-25]

Virginia Heffernan of the New York Times wrote that "Leah is an artsy American" [cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/10/arts/television/10HEFF.html?ex=1185595200&en=9fed8f5445949117&ei=5070|title=For Would-Be Scorseses The Streets Are Truly Mean|author=Virginia Heffernan|accessdate=2007-07-25] 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." [cite web|url=http://www.newenglandfilm.com/news/archives/2006/05/meyerhoff.htm|title=Team Queen Makes Her Arrival|author=Elaine Mak|accessdate=2007-07-25]

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" [cite web|url=http://www.contracostatimes.com|title=Filmmaker's Project Gets Personal|author=Jennifer Modenessi|accessdate=2007-07-25] 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." [cite web|url=http://www.filmmonthly.com/IndieColumn/TheIndiesNov05.html?id=6885|title=The Indies|author=Ben Beard|accessdate=2007-07-25]

References

External links

* [http://www.twitchthemovie.com/ Twitch official site]
* [http://www.leahmeyerhoff.com/ Leah Meyerhoff official site]
*YouTube|OexBd-0MMFY|Twitch
*imdb title|id=0443675|title=Twitch