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Actress Courtney O'Donnell stars as Lexie in "Lexie Cannes."

 
". . . an uniquely written and photographed film that almost taunts the audience
with a dizzying array of imagery, emotions, dialogue . . ."  
 
-The Independent Critic
 
". . . Lexie Cannes looks amazing . . . very real and very compelling. . . ."
 
-Rogue Cinema

"This is a very daring and ambitious project, and many of the more unusual and experimental aspects of this movie were done successfully."

-Microfilmmaker Magazine

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LATEST FILM REVIEW/CRITIQUE/AWARDS>>>>
 
 

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A well-known indie film reviewer included "Lexie Cannes" in his Top 10 Indie Films for 2009!

2009: My Year In Review - By Brian Morton, ROGUE CINEMA

#8 - Lexie Cannes: When you tell someone that the movie is about a deaf transgendered person who's hunting the kidnapper of a missing girl, you might get some strange looks, but Lexie Cannes manages to take a strange premise and make it utterly watchable! Not dwelling in the 'oddness' of its characters, writer/director Tom Bertling instead treats these people are real, and so we're drawn into this compelling little tale of women helping other abused women! Take a walk in the night with Lexie by visiting the Lexie Cannes web site.

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Our feature film "Lexie Cannes" won a HONORABLE MENTION in the BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE category and received a NOMINATION in the BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE SPECIAL EFFECTS (DIGITAL) category during the 2009 Los Angeles Reel Film Festival.
 
During this festival, hundreds, perhaps thousands of new independent film submissions are evaluated and a select few are forwarded to a team of film industry professional who screen then select the nominees and eventual winners. The final decisions were announced on Decemeber 16, 2009.
 

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"Lexie Cannes, this film’s title character, is a deaf, transvestite [transgendered] prostitute living in Portland, Oregon. She tries to sustain a relationship with her girlfriend Rhonda, develop her skills as a photographer, and try to keep herself and the people she cares about safe.
 
This is certainly a very unique movie. It is essentially a silent film, because its main character communicates with everyone she meets through sign language or writing on paper. . . ."
 
"One of the greatest benefits of this format is that, not only does it reach out to the deaf community, but it provides a great opportunity for actors to act in a very different manner. In this case, that paid off very well, as the acting was very expressive. . . ."

". . .  this film has many different visual aspects. In this case, however, that tactic seemed to work quite well. . . . The images ranged from Ghost Hunters-style grainy night vision shots of Portland to artistic scenes and dreamlike images to traditionally shot interior scenes. 

"I particularly liked the creepy effect of the grainy, surreptitious, “stalker” footage that popped up randomly throughout the film. . . ."

"The score comprised many alternating beautiful and eerie pieces of music strung together throughout the film. It does make a nice soundtrack that seems to match with the overall theme, . . ." 

This is a very daring and ambitious project, and many of the more unusual and experimental aspects of this movie were done successfully.

Rating: 8 out of 10.

                           - Monika DeLeeuw-Taylor, Microfilmmaker Magazine
 
 
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>>>RECENT NEWS . . .

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Two "Lexie Cannes" shorts were shown at the Transgender Film Festival aka TRANNY FEST 2009, in San Francisco, Nov. 6 & 7th. 2009.

The first short: "Lexie Cannes: Transition Resistion" screened Friday Nov. 6th and was part of their R is For Revolution Program. The actors in that short were Courtney O'Donnell, Don Bellaires, TJ Ingles, Patty O'Linger and Jeffery Kauffman.

The second short: "Lexie Cannes: Transitional Love" screened Saturday Nov. 7th and was part of their G is For Glitter Program. This is an +18 event. The actors in that short were Courtney O'Donnell and Jeska Duckworth.

Venue: Mama Calizo's Voice Factory (1519 Mission Street @ 11th Street, SF)
Info: http://www.freshmeatproductions.org/calendar.html

Tranny Fest, the nation's first transgender film festival, is back for its
12th year - offering up short underground films and live performances by
local transgender and genderqueer artists November 5-7 at Mama Calizo's
Voice Factory.

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From the magazine MEDIA INC, issue 2009/4 [Condensed and edited for space reasons.]

By Katie Sauro, Associate Editor, MEDIA INC

Flanked by a small cast and a crew of locals, Tom Bertling began working on his low budget feature film titled "Lexie Cannes" in 2004. Now, nearly five years later, he and his team are finally ready to unveil their completed project to the world.

Click to read entire article.

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The feature film "Lexie Cannes" is completed! It's being submitted to some major top-tier film festivals around the world. Some of them aren't open for submissions yet while others have yet to make their decisions. These major festivals are very difficult to get into so a great deal of patience is needed.
 
Tell everyone you know about the film and this website and link to it.
 
Meanwhile, watch the LEXIE CANNES trailer and cast promo short on YouTube.

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Contact information:
Tom Bertling, Producer/Director
LexieCannes.com Productions LLC
PO Box 1029
Wilsonville, OR 97070 USA
 
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