DANCES WITH FILMS: LA KIDZ "The Tea Party" World Premiere Screening

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We are very excited to announce that sixteen-year-old filmmaker Arianna Goarley’s short film The Tea Party is an official selection of the 26th Annual DANCES WITH FILMS: LA – KIDZ BY KIDS, and is making its WORLD PREMIERE screening at the TLC Chinese Theatre in Hollywood this month on Sunday June 25th at 11:30 AM Pacific Time. We would like to extend this special invitation for you, as a member of the press, to join us at the screening and on the red carpet. We look forward to seeing you and are very grateful for any press coverage you can provide. With Grace Productions is a teen owned production company focusing on female-driven stories highlighting themes of mental health, acceptance and community.
This innovative and inspiring short film was written and directed by 16-year-old Canadian filmmaker Arianna Goarley of With Grace Productions (who wrote this screenplay at age 15). A reimagining of the tea party scene from Alice In Wonderland, this fresh take on the popular fable is told from the perspective of a young Alice who suffers from ADHD. Arianna was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety and ADHD three years ago. Since then she has been working hard to advocate for mental health and neurodiversity, which led to the writing of this very special film. She hopes the film will heighten mental health awareness, with an emphasis on ADHD and anxiety disorders. Arianna and the film’s cast have been featured on CTV News Barrie in Ontario.

Arianna explains, “Alice becomes anxious when her friends arrive early to her tea party. As her anxiety peaks, it triggers the characteristics of her ADHD to take on the form of characters from the classic fairy tale. Will Alice be able to find the coping skills to make her tea party a success?” The cast features Azari Ollivierre, Anna Goldsmith, Andrea Matei, Lyrik Alkema and Geoeigh Wehby, with Noah Hollinshead as the film’s Director of Photography, Olivia Ferguson as Crew, and Marissa Brown as HMUA. The Tea Party is currently being submitted to national and international film festivals.

Film Teaser: https://youtu.be/snLs_x9sDFk

Arianna is based in Ontario and is represented by Alicia Faucher of Element Artist Management in Toronto, 416-538-6888 /info@element-artist.com