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Wifey.tv is collaborating with Film Fatales LA and Cinefamily to start a new screening series focused on women directors and their short films called Wifey Presents.

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The first of these screenings will happen this Sunday at Cinefamily and will feature six shorts directed by Shaz Bennett, Brooke Sebold, Sarah Shapiro, Maggie Kiley, Sian Heder, and Jennifer Phang.

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Here is our interview with Sarah Shapiro, whose short, Sequin Raze, will be featured at the first Wifey Presents.  Shapiro also co-created UnREAL, a TV show based on Sequin Raze that recently premiered on Lifetime and stars Constance Zimmer.

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What was moment you realized you wanted to be a filmmaker?

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The first time I shot a roll of B&W super 8 in Portland, Oregon in the late 90's I was done.  Head over heels in love. Total goner.

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When did you first feel like a director?

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I had done a lot of experimental shorts, music videos and commercials but probably not really hardcore (like an actor's director) until my short Sequin Raze. Asking professional actors with way more experience than I had to lie on the ground and "feel their pain" -- and "find hopelessness" -- that started to feel pretty legit.  Also designing a shot list with my incredible DP Ava Berkofsky was a very real director experience. Visualizing my entire shoot, making big big decisions, setting the look and feel. Collaborating at a high level.

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How has being a part of the Film Fatale's community helped you?

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It would be really easy to want to give up. It's important to know that the struggles we face as women directors are real and that we aren't making it up and it's not because our particular personalities are 'difficult' or we aren't talented. Being able to talk about those things in a very safe space is vital to hanging on.

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What are your favorite movies?

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Antonia's Line

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I Am Love

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Birdman

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What is your favorite bad movie/guilty pleasure?

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It's not a movie but Nashville.

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 Check out last weeks profile Sian Heder!

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 Buy tickets to Wifey Presents!

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