Rosella Tursi is the editor of the feature documentary Willie, an official selection at Hot Docs 2019 and a runner up for the Rogers Audience Award.
 
Originally from Montreal and now based in New York City, her recent credits include the documentary series Dirty Money (Netflix), Dark Net (Showtime), The Last Defense (ABC limited series executive produced by Viola Davis), Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (SundanceTV limited series executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio) and The Vice Guide to Film ( Viceland) as well as the documentary JFK: The Smoking Gun for which she earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Editing in a Documentary Program or Series.
 
Rosella's narrative credits include the award-winning Canadian series Mohawk Girls, the upcoming short, Junk, and several other short films. Her work has screened at the Montreal World Film Festival, Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Hot Docs and Tribeca Film Festival.
 
In 2011, Rosella was invited to lead a documentary film editing course at the Stories From Our Landworkshop for emerging Inuit filmmakers, held in Nunavut, in Canada’s arctic. She is currently making a short film with her wife, writer Christine Champagne, entitled George in My Backpack, which will begin shooting in the summer of 2019.

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Official selection at Hot Docs 2019 - Editor Rosella Tursi

Becki Hayes is a Texas-born SAG-AFTRA actress known for both deaf and hearing roles. Born with a hereditary, progressive hearing loss, Becki's hearing rapidly declined, rendering her profoundly deaf by age 12.

Becki made her network TV debut in ABC's "Gideons Crossing" opposite Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin, portraying a deaf teen at odds with her parents over cochlear implants. Life imitated art for Becki, as shortly after the show aired, she underwent bilateral cochlear implant surgery.

She considers her former deafness a gift to her craft. "When one sense is absent, the other senses are heightened immensely. I had to become such an intense listener by necessity. In conversation, I was hyper focused on facial cues and body language to kind of fill in the gaps when words were unclear and provide context clues in order to react appropriately. My superpower is "hearing" beyond the spoken. It's authentic acting gold. I'm very lucky!"

Becki is currently developing a dramedy (2020) based on her own adventures as a formerly deaf wife and mother adjusting to life changes after cochlear implants.

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Defeating The Odds! Actress Becki Hayes, making it happen!

Michael Ferrell is the writer, director, and star of the feature films LAURA GETS A CAT and TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE, both independently produced by the team of Devin Sanchez, Chris Prine, and himself.
His short films/web series include: STOOP SALE, HARD TIMES, HOT WATER, and BEFORE THE STORM.

He has written numerous plays, mostly produced off-off-Broadway, including JERSEY SHORE HOUSE, THE BLUE MARTINI, SPRING AND JAKE, LIFE IS SHORT, and HOW BABIES ARE MADE.

His play for high school actors, DELAYED EXPOSITION is available through Eldridge Publishing here.

Michael studied acting at The Barrow Group in New York City, improv comedy at i.O. in Chicago, and he has a BFA in Acting from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

He also loves soccer and wine.

You can watch Laura Gets A Cat here: https://www.amazon.com/Laura-Gets-Cat-Dana-Brooke/dp/B07DP8GR1H

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Michael Ferrell
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LAURA GETS A CAT, Writer and Director Michael Ferrell!

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Attorney Michael R. Blaha is a Hollywood entertainment law lawyer with more than 30 years of experience assisting members of the entertainment community with a wide variety of legal needs, including entertainment transactions and entertainment litigation.

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