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Snake Tales

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Francesca Talenti, Writer, Producer, Director, Picture Editor, and Title Sequence and Special Effects Animator

A feature-length film completed in November 1998, Snake Tales is an adaptation of the Arabian Nights to Texas folklife. Shot entirely in Texas, with local cast and crew.

AWARDS:
Christopher Wetzel Memorial award for Best Independent Film Comedy: $2,500.
Two-week run at the Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, June 2001.
Best Screenplay at the Brussels International Independent Film Festival, Belgium November 1999.
Lumiere Award at the New Orleans Film Festival, October 1999.
Best picture (second place) at the Zoie Film Festival, Atlanta GA, May 1999.
Best Music at the Zoie Film Festival, Atlanta GA, May 1999.
Gold Award at the Houston International Film Festival, April 1999.
Audience Award (first place) at ValleyFest, Knoxville, TN, March 1999.
Audience Award (third place) for a "sneak preview" at the Austin Heart of Film Festival, October 1998.
International Film Financing Conference, San Francisco: Selected to participate, January 1998 (one of 60 producers selected out of 600 world-wide).

FESTIVALS:
Mumbai (Bombay) International Independent Film Festival, Mumbai, India, November 2000.
Maine International Independent Film Festival, July 2000.
Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden, February 2000.
Kansas City Filmmakers. Jubilee, January 2000.
Brussels International Independent Film Festival, Belgium, November 1999.
Ohio Independent Film Festival, November 1999.
St. Louis International Film Festival, November 1999.
New Orleans International Film Festival, October 1999.
Rhode Island International Film Festival, August 1999.
Canadian International Annual Film and Video Festival, July, 1999.
Grahamstown Arts Festival, South Africa, June 1999.
Zoie Film Festival, Atlanta, GA. May 1999.
Johns Hopkins Film Festival, Baltimore, MD. April 1999.
Cucalorus Film Fest, Wilmington, N.C. April 1999.
WorldFest Houston, April 1999.
Valley Fest, Knoxville, TN., March 1999.
US Comedy Arts Festival, Aspen, CO. Premiere, March 1999.
Austin Film Festival, October 1998.

DISTRIBUTION:
Cable rights purchased by Warner Bros. Cable, November 2000.