With a debut bestseller under her belt, author Betty Ray Robinson is laboring to scribe a stellar follow-up when her old friend Doubt shows up at the door.
When this negative Nancy tries to cast a shadow over the writer’s confidence,
Betty’s on the hook to shine a positive light on her life’s work.
Did someone say awards and screenings?
Yes indeedy, they sure did.
California here we come! Thank you AWARENESS FILM FESTIVAL for the downtown L.A. screening of MY FRIEND DOUBT on Friday, October 4th at 7pm. We are uber excited to be a part of a line up of "Films that do more than entertain." Stay tuned for ticket links.
New York, New York, you're a helluva town! Thank you NY SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL! We are so pleased to have our NY premiere at your festival in Manhattan on Monday, October 14th at 4pm. This is a great fest with a ton of fantastic films and time for networking. We hope to see you there.
Pleased that My Friend Doubt will reach midwest states for the first time at LOUISVILLE'S INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FILM in KY. The food, the movies and the people make this an October 10-13 fest to truly look forward to.
MY FRIEND DOUBT is a Best Film of the Festival Finalist at COUCH FILM FESTIVAL Fall 2024 Edition! Screening of the Best Film Finalists will take place on Tuesday, Oct 1 in Toronto. Tickets are available here!
So thrilled to announce that we will be SCREENING AT THE BRIGHTSIDE FILM FESTIVAL on Sunday, August 11th at 3:15pm. We're pleased to announce that Jeanna Schweppe won BEST ACTRESS and we were NOMINATED FOR BEST SHORT FILM AND BEST DIRECTOR.
We had a SCREENING on May 18th, 2024 in Jersey City, NJ thanks to the
MMM (Music, Movies and Mic drop) FESTIVAL.
We're an OFFICIAL SELECTION via HOLLYWOOD BEST INDIE FILM Awards. HBIFA is an IMDB qualifying awards festival.
We're an OFFICIAL SELECTION via INDIE SHORTS FEST. That means we were nominated in 3 categories: BEST WOMEN'S SHORT, BEST ACTING DUO AND BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP (which we won!). Indie Shorts is an IMDB qualifying awards festival.
We're FINALISTS and AWARD WINNERS thanks to NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS™ (quarterly screenings for winners). We won BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM and BEST ACTRESS and were BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ORIGINAL STORY FINALISTS.
Thank you Switzerland Film Fest & Screenplay Competition for the BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT award (we tied with another film) . As I love all things from this country including Swiss cheese and Toblerone I couldn't be more pleased. ;)
From Best Shorts Competition in Cali (IMDB qualifying awards festival):
AWARDS OF MERIT: Actress: Leading (Jeanna Schweppe as Betty Ray Robinson), Script / Writer (Raven Petretti-Stamper)
AWARDS OF RECOGNITION: Mark Riccadonna for Direction, Film Short, Actress: Supporting (Snezhana Chernyavskaya as Doubt)
We are an OFFICIAL SELECTION of New York Lift Off Film Festival.
Thank you Indo Dubai International Film Festival for awarding My Friend Doubt with a BEST SHORT FILM award. We are honored. Screening news to follow.
Thank you Barcelona Independent Film Festival for awarding My Friend Doubt Best International Short, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Story. Screening news to follow.
Thank you NEW JERSEY FILM AWARDS for the BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT and BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS nods as well as nominations for Best Director and Best Actress.
We are a BEST SHORT FILM MONTHLY PICK from ROME PRISMA FILM AWARDS. Rome Prsima is an IMDB qualifying awards festival.
Jeanna is originally from St. Louis, Mo. Her professional career started in the Broadway show 42nd Street as Peggy Saywer. In the Broadway revival of Grease she played Sandy, Rizzo and Cha Cha. She was also part of Trevor Nunn's production of Starlight Express National Tour in which she performed the roles of Dinah and Ashley. Regional: A
Jeanna is originally from St. Louis, Mo. Her professional career started in the Broadway show 42nd Street as Peggy Saywer. In the Broadway revival of Grease she played Sandy, Rizzo and Cha Cha. She was also part of Trevor Nunn's production of Starlight Express National Tour in which she performed the roles of Dinah and Ashley. Regional: Animal Crackers ( Arena Stage/Goodspeed Opera House), George M (St. Louis MUNY, with Joel Grey) and the John Houseman's theatre production Comfortable Shoes. Film and Television: In and Out with Tom Selleck, The Guru with Marisa Tomei, A Chorus Line, and Megan on Another World, The Break In ( "Best Short" nomination Beaufort International Film Festival) and The Woods ( official selections at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, New York Shorts International and Queen Palm Festival). Recently, Jeanna was seen in Through Open Doors at the New York Shorts International Film Festival.
Snezhana Chernyavskaya is a New York based actress driven by her love for stage performance and storytelling on film. Her background in Russian theater and meisner technique allows her to showcase her talent to a wide audience. Snezhana has acted in a variety of plays ranging from "The Seagull" to "Hellcab". She has most recently worked o
Snezhana Chernyavskaya is a New York based actress driven by her love for stage performance and storytelling on film. Her background in Russian theater and meisner technique allows her to showcase her talent to a wide audience. Snezhana has acted in a variety of plays ranging from "The Seagull" to "Hellcab". She has most recently worked on a short film adaptation of "Antigone". Snezhana is thrilled to be a part of extraordinary cast and crew working on "My friend, Doubt".
Mark Riccadonna, a proud graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, has worked non-stop as an actor, voice-over artist, writer, comedian, producer, and director. In addition, Mark is a professional comedian who specializes in reading audiences and making them feel comfortable. He has toured globally, playing theatres, clubs, and w
Mark Riccadonna, a proud graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, has worked non-stop as an actor, voice-over artist, writer, comedian, producer, and director. In addition, Mark is a professional comedian who specializes in reading audiences and making them feel comfortable. He has toured globally, playing theatres, clubs, and with the USO and Armed Forces Entertainment (which landed him his Travel Column "Dad Trippin" in Today's Man Magazine and was a contributing writer on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update). In addition, Mark has performed on such diverse shows as "Monsters of Rock Cruise" and "Disney Cruise Lines" Fox's “Laughs,” “Red Eye,” “Live at Gotham” and most recently released a “Dry Bar Comedy Special.”
Over ten years of touring, Mark found time to thrive as an on-air host for talk radio, performed in an Off-Broadway hit, "Happy in the Poor House," and worked on several films as an actor, director, or producer (Days of Power, Through Open Doors, Double Eagle and Un$uited). In addition, Mark worked as a voice-over actor and directed the play "The Boom" for the NYC Dream Up Festival. Directed a pilot he co-wrote called "Radio Gods," which premiered at "The New York Comedy Festival.". Mark and was in The Montreal Just For Laughs "Stand Up and Pitch" with a series they created called Citiots and just finished the follow-up as writers on a new series called "Checked Out".
Raven Petretti-Stamper's full-length plays include 2020: A Fantasy and It’s Still You. Her one-act plays have been produced across the country and internationally. Her short plays have been published in Smith & Krauss’ Best Women’s Monologues of 2021 anthology, Laughter is the Best Medicine: Forty-Five 5 Minute Plays in the Time of Corona
Raven Petretti-Stamper's full-length plays include 2020: A Fantasy and It’s Still You. Her one-act plays have been produced across the country and internationally. Her short plays have been published in Smith & Krauss’ Best Women’s Monologues of 2021 anthology, Laughter is the Best Medicine: Forty-Five 5 Minute Plays in the Time of Coronavirus and the Tiny Plays from the Quarantine collection. Her movie, Through Open Doors, was screened in NY, NJ and KY and won multiple awards for best film, best original story as well as acting nods for the cast and jury awards for best director. Her TV Pilot screenplay, Never Let Go, has received awards from various competitions and My Friend, Doubt is the second short film that she’s penned. An avid student, she has studied at the School of Early Departures (NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and American Academy of Dramatic Arts as an Acting Major) and obtained her MFA from the School of Life where she is now studying for her doctorate. She was selected for the Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive in 2021, Yale Writers' Workshop in 2022, Generation Women retreat in 2023 and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.
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