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What others are saying about the feature film "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. . . ."
--Brian Morton, Rogue Cinema
". . . very daring and ambitious . . ."
--Monika DeLeeuw-Taylor, Microfilmmaker
Magazine
'Top 10 Reviewed Films of 2009'
--Brian Morton, Rogue Cinema
". . . a powerful and moving experience."
--Paul Prichard, Pulpmovies Reviews
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LATEST FILM REVIEW/CRITIQUE/AWARDS>>>>
"Lexie Cannes" is a winner of SkyFest Film Festival's "Certificate of Excellence" for feature
films. Only the top 8 submissions in the feature films category were chosen as winners this year.
The SkyFest Film
Festival competition, based near Asheville, North Carolina, is a popular festival for indie filmmakers and emerging scriptwriters.
This year's festival, its 3rd edition, attracted the largest number of submissions to date.
This is yet another award
for our indie feature film "Lexie Cannes". Lets give another round of applause to everybody involved with the film -- from
the actors and crew to our supporters and fans, Thank you!
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Pulpmovies Reviews
By Paul Prichard: "It is to the credit of writer/director, Tom Bertling that he has managed to develop a
character that faces such a specific set of circumstances in a manner that feels almost familiar to a general audience. Lexie
Cannes is a complex, fascinating and very well rounded character and she is superbly brought to life by Courtney O’Donnell
who, in the title role, does a great job of capturing the complexity of the character."
Read the entire review here: www.pulpmovies.com/reviews/lexie-cannes
Or read the entire review on this website's film review page.
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"LEXIE CANNES" has won a prestigious Award of Merit from THE ACCOLADE COMPETITION. The award was given for
director Tom Bertling's exciting feature film "Lexie Cannes" which featured exceptional post production overall. The film's
editing, digital special effects, composition, colorization, music soundtrack and other computer generated content was singled
out for this award.
Information about the Accolade and a list of recent winners can be found at
www.theaccolade.net.
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It's Just Movies 
An Exclusive Interview with Director Tom Bertling
ItsJustMovies.com
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by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM –
Oregon director Tom Bertling is a perfectionist when it comes to filmmaking. His
70-minute film “Lexie Cannes” — about a deaf transgendered person who is being stalked — spent years
in post-production before it was finished.
He not only focused on the editing, but also storytelling. His character,
Lexie Cannes, is deaf and so the movie has no natural sound. As Bertling explains, “Deaf people, by nature, are visual
people. Film, of course, is a visual medium. This is why, by and large, I focused on the visual aspect of story telling.”
Read the rest of the interview here: http://itsjustmovies.com/6900
Or read the entire interview on our News Media/PR page.
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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 . . .
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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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.
View the LEXIE CANNES Trailer!
View the LEXIE CANNES Cast Promo Short!
View the LEXIE CANNES Blooper and Gag Reel!
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