Love, Sadie
(s16mm / rt 12:07)
- A nuanced & impressionistic look at isolation and adolescence.   

Principal Cast:
Sadie: Savannah Welch
and
Father: Brent Smiga
Maria: Marlo Nespeca
Brian: Chris Osborn
George: Joel Henderson

Production Credits:
Writer/Director: Naiti Gámez
Producer: Miguel Alvarez
Line Producer: Norma Saldivar
Unit Production Manager: Andrés Alvarez
Director of Photography: Iskra Valtcheva
Production Designer: Linde Brewer
Original Score Composed by: The Fathead Twins
Assistant Director: Jenn Garrison
Sound Recorder/Designer: Taylor Seyer
Costume Designer: Dana Teitelbaum

Awards:   
* Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund Grant (Austin Film Society)
* Student Academy Award Semi-Finalist
* Best Women’s Short Film Award, Cleveland International Film Festival
* Winner: 2nd Place Narrative, NextFrame International Student Film and Video Festival 

Screenings:   
Festival de Cannes Short Film Market (2010)
·  Speak Out Against Domestic Violence Short Film Contest Program
·  May 15th @ 11:30 am , Marché du Film Screening Room, Palais des Festivals et de Congrés - Palais F

SXSW (Premiere) Austin, TX
·  March 17th @ 4:30 pm , Alamo Lamar 1
·  March 18th @ 7:30 pm , Alamo Lamar 2
·  March 20 @ 11:00 am , Alamo Lamar 2

Cleveland International Film Festival
·  March 24th @ 4:20 pm, SHRT24

AFI Dallas International Film Festival
·  March 28th @ 7:15 pm, Landmark's Magnolia 4
·  March 29th @ 4:00 pm, Landmark's Magnolia 3

Reel Women International Film Festival (Los Angeles)
·  March 28 @ 5:45 pm, Laemmles Music Hall 3

Atlanta Film Festival
· April 18th @ 5:15 pm, Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
(screening before the feature It Was Great, But I Was Ready to Come Home, by Kris Swanberg)