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“Transproofed” west coast premiere at Frameline

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May 222009

Deep Stealth Productions’ 2009 short “Transproofed” will have its West Coast premiere June 25 at the Frameline festival in San Francisco. From the film guide:

Friends race to hide hints that Ava (Calpernia Addams) is transsexual before an unaware date arrives at her over-the-top apartment in the comedy Transproofed.

Link:

http://www.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=1661&FID=45

Transproofed

USA, 2009, 14 Minute Running Time

West Coast Premiere

Genre/Subjects: Comedy, Coming Out, Drama, Gender, Male-to-Female, Transgender

Program: Shorts

Language: English

DIRECTOR: Andrea James

Friends Ava and Joyce race to hide hints that Ava is transsexual before her unaware date arrives at her over-the-top apartment.

Shorts program link:

http://www.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=1841&fid=45

Full program PDF:

http://www.frameline.org/_uploaded/pdf/festival/f33pulloutweb_784547.pdf

Casting Pearls screening in Finland

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Mar 222009

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Deep Stealth Productions was pleased to present “Casting Pearls” at the Vinokino Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in Finland. It played with the Swedish film “The Perfect Man” directed by Maria

New Logo ‘Transgender Stories’ site

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Mar 202009

Deep Stealth Productions is pleased to have a number of projects featured in “transgender Stories,” a new Logo web destination. Check out real stories about real transpeople – their lives, relationships, struggles and triumphs in this collection of films, documentaries, and series.

Already included are:

Music Artists

- Katastrophe

- The Cliks

- Joshua Klipp

Real Momentum Documentary Series

- Southern Comfort

- No Dumb Questions

- Beautiful Daughters

- 100% Woman

- Gender Rebel

- Gender Redesigner

- Girl Inside

Trans Short Films

- Waiting for Yvette

- Casting Pearls

- She Kills He

- Moustache

- Give or Take an Inch

- Real Momentum Shorts: Transgression

Transamerican Love Story

Trans Interviews

- Bad Questions with Calpernia Addams

Check back for more throughout the year!

Transgender Stories at Logo Online

http://www.logoonline.com/video/franchise.jhtml?ctid=2173

“Casting Pearls” MySpace page updated

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Oct 192007

The “Casting Pearls” MySpace page has been updated with previously unpublished production stills and behind-the-scenes photos. The short film starring Calpernia Addams and directed by Andrea James is scheduled to premiere on Logo as part of ‘The Click List: Best in Short Film’ on Wednesday October 24 at 10pm Eastern. Check your local listings.

External links:

* Casting Pearls MySpace page

* Production stills and behind-the-scenes photos

“Casting Pearls” to air on Logo’s Click List 10/24 @ 10pm

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Oct 182007

“Casting Pearls” has been scheduled to air on the Logo series ‘The Click List: Best in Short Film’ on Wednesday October 24 at 10pm. Check your local listings.

Now in its 4th season, ‘The Click List: Best in Short Film’ showcases emerging LGBT filmmakers. “Casting Pearls” stars Calpernia Addams and was directed by Andrea James. The 7-minute short follows a transsexual actress as she endures a hectic series of auditions, showcasing some of the difficulties trans women face in Hollywood.

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“Laundromat” trailer released

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Oct 142007

adelante films has just released the trailer for the new short film “Laundromat.” Set in a neighbourhood laundromat, this dramedy follows a young gay couple who, after a chance encounter with an older man, realize that the little things mean nothing and everything when it comes to love. Written + directed by: Edward Gunawan Photographed by: David Maurice Gil. This is the second short in a series produced by adelante films. Andrea James and Calpernia Addams of Deep Stealth Productions play Angie and Maya in the film.

Related links:

* Laundromat trailer

* Laundromat trailer on MySpace TV

Bay Area Reporter: “Casting Pearls” at Frameline Best of the Fest, 9/22

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Sep 202007

Roberto Friedman at Bay Area Reporter mentioned “Casting Pearls” as among the highlights of this Saturday’s 12-hour film festival in San Francisco. Directed by Andrea James and starring Calpernia Addams, the film will run with other notable shorts from the festival.

Out There (Roberto Friedman, Bay Area Reporter)

Coming up this Saturday, Sept. 22, Frameline will present Best of the Fest 2007, a one-day film event featuring audience favorites and award-winning films from the 31st SF International LGBT Film Festival. The films will screen for over 12 hours at the Roxie Film Center, 3117 16th St., SF.

Best of the Fest 2007 highlights include the sensuous Glue, this year’s Best First Feature; and Spider Lilies, a fest fave and winner of the Berlin Film Festival Teddy Award for Best Queer Feature. Also on tap, two award-winning documentaries: the Audience Award for Best Documentary, Semper Fi: One Marine’s Journey, about a gay Marine stationed in Iraq; and Red Without Blue, the Michael J. Berg Documentary Award-winner, the story of identical twins Alex and Mark as they struggle to reconcile their painful adolescence and Alex’s decision to transition to a woman.

Short films will include Audience Award-winner Pariah; Casting Pearls, starring Calpernia Addams ; the comedy Members Only; Australia’s Prada Handbag; and Cowboy Forever. Tickets are $12 for Frameline members, $15 for the public; and passes to the entire day are $50 for Frameliners, $65 for public. Info, go to frameline.org.

* Frameline Best of the Fest 2007

* “Casting Pearls” website

“Casting Pearls” screening set for Sacramento Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Fest 10/13

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Sep 152007

The Sacramento International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival has announced “Casting Pearls” will screen on a double bill with the 2002 French drama “Un Autre Femme” (“Another Woman”):

Saturday, October 13, 2007 @ 2:00 PM

The Crest Theater

1013 K Street

Sacramento, CA

- Casting Pearls

Director Andrea James, 2006, USA, 7min

Calpernia Addams stars as a transsexual actress who endures a series of Hollywood auditions, each humorously spotlighting a different prejudice or misconception that transwomen encounter.

- Another Woman (Un Autre Femme)

Director Jerome Foulon, 2002, France

French with English Subtitles, 106min

Transsexual woman Lea returns to France and the family she left behind after disappearing for years during her transition.

For more information:

* SIGLFF 2007 program

* http://www.siglff.org/tickets.html

Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Fest to screen “Casting Pearls” 9/29

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Sep 142007

Deep Stealth Productions’ short film “Casting Pearls” will be playing with the groundbreaking documentary “Red Without Blue” at the Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival:

Saturday, September 29 @ 3:00pm

Southwest Film Center

University of New Mexico Student Union Building

1 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM 87131

505.277.5608

Red Without Blue

Identical twins Mark and Alex Farley began life as close as two brothers born minutes apart can be, happily visiting Disneyland, celebrating birthdays, and being each other

“Casting Pearls” screening at Fresno Reel Pride

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Sep 132007

Deep Stealth Productions is pleased to announce that “Casting Pearls” has been selected for the 2007 Fresno Reel Pride Festival. It will be screening with the French feature Un Autre Femme.

Friday, September 21 at 7:00pm

The Starline

831 E. Fern Avenue, Fresno, CA 93728

(next to Livingstone’s Restaurant)

The Starline is located one block north of the Tower Theatre. The box office at the Starline will open 20 minutes before each screening.

Casting Pearls

Director: Andrea James

2006, USA, 7 Minutes

Calpernia Addams stars as a transsexual actress learning the ins and outs (mostly outs) of auditioning for female parts in Hollywood.

Un Autre Femme

Director: Jerome Foulon

2002, France, 106 minutes. In French with English subtitles

French actress Nathalie Mann is captivating in this award-winning performance as a post-op transsexual woman trying to connect, albeit reluctantly at first, with the family she produced years ago as a miserable man.

Fresno Reel Pride, through the universal appeal of movies, works to produce a major cultural event for the entire Central Valley community designed to enhance community acceptance and understanding while adding to the diversity of a culturally rich city.

For more information:

* Casting Pearls/Un Autre Femme screening

* Ticketing information: Fresno Reel Pride

* “Casting Pearls” website