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Mission:


*Promote and Produce Lady Filmmakers Festival winning scripts and qualifying scripts by providing distribution.

* Connect talented filmmakers with industry professionals to help increase their potential for hiring at various production companies, studios, and agencies.


*Films must have either a woman as Director or Cinematographer to qualify 
Plus films must have two or more women 
in leadership roles.

* Extra Consideration given to films with additional diversity and/or cultural significance on and off camera.

* West Coast Festival Screening

* Strive to Create additional distribution opportunities

* Strong Social Media Campaign


 

TO APPLY FOR THE SCRIPT 2 SCREEN PROGRAM GO HERE.


Produced By

Patricia DiSalvo Viayra

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Founder, Executive Producer

Patricia DiSalvo Viayra is the Chairwoman, President, and Executive Director of Lady Filmmakers Foundation & Lady Filmmakers Film Festival in Beverly Hills, California. She is excited to be the Executive Producer and Producer of the Script 2 Screen Program, and currently in pre-production of a feature film to be set in South Carolina. She will not only direct the feature, but willstar in it as well.

Mike Viayra

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Founder, Executive Producer

Mike Viayra is the Secretary & CFO of Lady Filmmakers Foundation. He is an Executive Producer of the Script 2 Screen Program, and enjoys collaborating with his favorite Lady Filmmaker, Patricia. A graduate of UCLA School of Law, he has practiced at a major international law firm for several years, and now is the legal manager of a leading billion dollar corporation.

Sheila Rabizadeh

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Producer

Sheila Rabizadeh graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with a B.A. in psychology and a business administration specialization. She went on to UCLA School of Law where she received a Juris Doctorate degree.   A former associate at LOEB & LOEB LLP, a top international entertainment law firm, Sheila transitioned to producing her first feature film last year, "Freedom" starring Cuba Gooding Jr., which was recently released on over 100 screens throughout Australia and will be releasing in the U.S. this June.    Sheila serves as Vice President of Production One, Inc. an Australian-based production company specializing in the development and production of values based content for Australian and international distribution.  She is a very hands-on producer, involved in virtually every aspect of filmmaking, from pre-production through post-production and distribution.



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