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DEADLINE - July 26, 2021

Almost a Year is an Official Selection for Outfest 2021.

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Tribeca Film Festival - June 19, 2021

Almost a Year starring Eve Lindley, Emilio Vitolo and Mitzi Akaha premieres at Tribeca 2021.

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Sentient Art Film - Summer 2021

So Pretty now available for digital rent via Sentient Art Film.

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BFMAF - October, 2020

Jessica Rovinelli’s latest short film “Marriage Story” screens as part of Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival until October 11, 2020.

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DEADLINE - October 8, 2020

Film Independent Unveils participants for inaugural Docuseries Intensive, including forthcoming 100 Year Films series America.

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FILM INDEPENDENT - October 6, 2020

Film Independent + CNN Original Series Docuseries Intensive announces inaugural fellows, including Jessica Rovinelli and Bill Kirstein.

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HYPERALLERGIC - September 21, 2020

The Chicken included on List of “What Not to Miss” at 2020 edition of New York Film Festival .

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DEADLINE - September 17, 2020

The Chicken featured on Deadline’s Preview of Hamptons International Film Festival

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HYPERALLERGENIC - September 12, 2020

New York Stories That Play With Connection and Form

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DIRECTOR'S NOTES - August 11, 2020

The Chicken included on Director’s Notes list of Best Short Films from Locarno 2020.

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VARIETY - August 10, 2020

The Chicken included on Variety Magazine’s list of 10 Shorts not to miss at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.

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NYFF - August, 2020

The Chicken is an Official Selection of the 58th New York Film Festival

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METROSOURCE - August 25, 2020

So Pretty included in New York’s LGBTQ Film Festival Virtual lineup

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THE MICHIGAN DAILY - July 15, 2020

The Shimmering Streets. So Pretty creates a space apart from the world

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FILMMAKER MAGAZINE - March 17, 2020

Jessica Dunn Rovinelli’s So Pretty featured on roundup of six independent filmmakers making genre defining work.

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MUBI NOTEBOOK - Feb 24, 2020

"So Pretty" and Creating the New Aesthetics of a Trans Film

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FILMMAKER MAGAZINE - 2019

25 New Faces of Independent Cinema

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SCREENSLATE - December 5, 2019

A a delectable, patient atmosphere pervades in So Pretty

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BILLBOARD - August 20, 2019

“Some songs we may never play live again”. The National: I Am Easy To Find captures a moment in time

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STEREOGUM - August 19, 2019

The National Concert Film out this Friday via Amazon Prime

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NME - August 19, 2019

'The National: I Am Easy To Find, Live From New York’s Beacon Theatre' will premiere on Friday

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AUSTIN CHRONICLE - July 22, 2019

Making queer space for beauty and simplicity

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BUREAU OF CREATIVE WORKS - June 26, 2019

A Friend at the End of the World: The Key to Common Structure

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INDIEWIRE - June 14, 2019

'So Pretty played BAMcinemaFest this week, firmly launching Rovinelli into a new league of queer filmmakers.”

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ROGER EBERT - June 13, 2019

“So Pretty is the kind of American independent film that deserves the spotlight treatment.”

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FILMMAKER MAGAZINE - June 12, 2019

“A Movie Where Nobody Wears Clothes and It’s PG-Rated”: Jessie Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli on So Pretty

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INDIEWIRE - June 11, 2019

So Pretty invents the queer gaze in front of our eyes.

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ARTFORUM - June 11, 2019

So Pretty is a visually sumptuous, must-see film.

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SENSES OF CINEMA - March 2019

A document of its moment in time, place and political conjuncture, So Pretty is of inestimable value

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CINEMA EUROPA - February 15, 2019

So Pretty is a generational portrait of the transgender youth of today

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FILMMAKER MAGAZINE - May 24, 2018

From Audience to Utopia: Considering the Spectator

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THE DAILY MESSENGER - April 27, 2018

Homage to a 100 year old

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ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL - April 15, 2018

“Filaments of connection floating in projector light.” Oma is an Official Selection of 42nd Atlanta Film Festival.

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THE VILLAGE VOICE - December 14, 2017

Living Up to Its Title, “Empathy” Offers a Compassionate Study of a Sex Worker

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