Open Your Eyes (short film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Open Your Eyes
Directed by Susan Cohen
Produced by David Newsom
Amy Sommer
Alisa Wiegers
Written by Susan Cohen
Starring Traci Dinwiddie
Suzy Nakamura
Eric Lange
Teresa Huang
Music by Wolfram de Marco
Leslie Stevens (of Leslie and the Badgers)
Cinematography Stephanie Martin
Editing by Steven Ansell
Distributed by American Film Institute
Running time 15 min
Language English

Open Your Eyes is a 2008 short film written and directed by Susan Cohen [1].

Contents

[edit] Tagline

It’s not what you lose. It’s what you find.

[edit] Synopsis

Life threw Julia (Traci Dinwiddie) a curve ball she never expected – breast cancer. While attending a bridal shower, Julia finds herself locked in a bathroom with a stranger, Kat (Suzy Nakamura) - the frank-talking, pot-smoking sister of the bride-to-be (Teresa Huang) – where she learns life is not about what you lose, but what you find.

[edit] Awards

On May 12, 2008 Open Your Eyes was awarded the American Film Institute Jean Picker Firstenberg Award for Excellence.

[edit] External Links

  1. IMDb profile for Susan Cohen

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Open Your Eyes Official Website.