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Sometimes you actions can be a horrible mismatch to the mood in the room. This film short is the dramatization of a true story; an elementary school “parenting exercise” gone wrong. Batemand wrote, directed, and produced. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2017 and was chosen by seven more festivals, including the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. It was one of the winners of the 2019 Amazon Prime Video Direct Festival Stars Program and was chosen by both Short of the Week and Vimeo’s Staff Picks. (Website)
Periodically, people cross emotional lines from which they cannot return. Sometimes they traverse on their own, and sometimes they are pushed. This film short reveals one such “push” between a pregnant woman and a young boy. Bateman’s script is an adaptation of the Holiday Reinhorn short story, “Fuck You.” Bateman also produces, directs, and stars with Nolan Gross. (Website)
FACE is a book and a forth-coming film by author and filmmaker Justine Bateman. 47 short stories about women's faces getting older and why that makes people angry.
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Based on Bateman’s experience with Fame and her resulting wisdom on the subject, this non-fiction book examines the strange phenomenon of Fame and society’s obsession with it. Published by Akashic Books, 2018.
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