09
November
2016
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16:00
Europe/Amsterdam

LEXUS SHORT FILM ‘GAME’ TO PREMIERE AT THE NAPA VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL

The Napa Valley Film Festival hosts the latest release in the Lexus Short Films series with the premiere screening tomorrow (10 November) of Game, an exciting new work directed by award-winning film-maker Jeannie Donohoe.

The plot of Game follows a student bidding for a place on a high school’s championship-winning basketball team. On court the player demonstrates all the right skills to earn selection, but has a secret which takes the storyline to another level. The cast includes Canadian actor and three-time NBA champion Rick Fox

Donohoe attended Columbia University’s graduate film programme and has written and directed several short films, including Lambing Season, which won festival awards in Aspen and the Hamptons in 2013/14. She is currently developing her first full-length feature, Flock.

Game is one of four films being part of the third season of Lexus Short Films, a project designed to support up-and-coming film-makers. The Napa Valley Film Festival will also be screening the other three features in the series, Friday Night, MESSiAH and A Nation Holds its Breath.

David Nordstrom, global branding department general manager of Lexus International, said, “Not only will attendees have the opportunity to experience Jeannie’s creativity and imagination with Game. They will have the opportunity to view the other projects created as part of Lexus Short Films Season 3 – all filled with creativity and imagination for a global audience.”

ABOUT LEXUS SHORT FILMS

In 2013, Lexus Short Films was launched with the goal of supporting and nurturing a new generation of emerging filmmakers. These aspiring directors and writers have received a unique opportunity supported by Lexus to collaborate with acclaimed film studio The Weinstein Company to produce and showcase their work on an international stage. For more information, visit www.lexusshortfilms.com and follow #LexusShortFilms