I Am Mackenzie

Caught among toxic masculinity, a sequin dress and a teenage crush, a teen skater, growing up in rural Texas, will have sex for the first time in the back of their dad’s truck.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Artemis Anastasiadou

Script: Brittany Worhtington

Cinematography: Sarah Hennigan

Editing: Spiros Kokkas

Sound: Isaac Burns, Kostas Fylaktidis

Music: Jesus A. Gerdel

Actors: Alan Nguyen, Shonagh Smith

Producers: Artemis Anastasiadou, Lauren Izard, Spiros Kokkas

Sets: Arri Caviness

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: USA

Production Year: 2019

Duration: 20´

Contact: Artemis Anastasiadou, anastasiadouartemis@gmail.com

Awards/Distinctions: Tonia Marketaki Award for Best Female Director – Drama Short FF 2019, SXSW Grand Jury Award-Texas Short – SXSW FF 2019

Artemis Anastasiadou

She is a director and screenwriter from Thessaloniki. She studied theater at the department of Fine Arts at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Film Directing at the University of Austin, Texas. Her latest film I am Mackenzie won the Texas Best Short Film Award at SXSW 2019, and the Tonia Marketaki Award at the Drama International Short Film Festival.