DETAILS
Short Film - USA 2022 - 38 minutes
Color | English | 16:9 | 5.1
SYNOPSIS
A sweeping drama, FAULT LINE takes us on an odyssey of loss in the far west Texas town of Marfa.
CAST
Isabel Himmelvo
Christin Sawyer Davis
Alma Delfina
Barbara Chisholm
Luca Himmelvo
PJ Sosko
Oliver Nguyen
CREW
Director and Producer: Lauren Himmelvo
Executive Producer: Jane Himmelvo
Screenplay: Lauren Himmelvo and Craig Walker
Animation Director: Shi Shi Yamazaki
First Assistant Director: George Sledge
Casting Director: Vicky Boone
Cinematographer: Steve McCord
Editor: James Crouch
TRAILER … or WATCH the entire film on Demand
"A roadmap of grief"
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"Intentional and poetic storytelling"
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“Flawless!”
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FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Cannes Indie Shorts Awards Cannes, 2022
Official Selection
Tokyo International Short Film Festival, 2022
Best Female Director
Hollywood On The Tiber Film Awards, 2022
Best Actress
Berlin International Art Film Festival, 2022
Best Youth Actress
Mannheim Arts and Film Festival, 2022
Best Short Director
Stockholm Short Film Festival, 2022
Best Female Directing
World Film Carnival Singapore, 2022
Outstanding Achievement Award, Women’s Film
Outstanding Achievement Award, Best Actress
FEEDBACK Female Film Festival, 2022
Best Long Form Short Film
Best Performances
Toronto International Women Film Festival, 2022
Best Female Director
Indie Short Fest : Los Angeles, 2022
Best Indie Short
Best Women Short
Paris Art and Movie Awards (PAMA), 2022
Best Feature Film
Odyssey Film Festival, 2022
First Place
Los Angeles Asian Film Festival, 2022
Official Selection
Venezia Shorts, 2022
Official Selection
Madrid Arthouse Film Festival, 2022
Best International Short
Bozeman International Film Festival, 2022
Official Selection
The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image, 2022
Official Selection
Big Apple Film Festival, 2022
Best Episodic
Indie Short Fest: Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, 2022/23
Annual Award Winner: Best Female Director
Austin Revolution Film Festival , 2023
Official Selection
Paris In Love Film Festival, 2023
Official Selection
Garden State Film Festival, 2023
Official Selection
Houston International Film Festival: Worldfest Houston, 2023
WorldFest Remi Award
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
Lauren Himmelvo is an American screenwriter and director. Himmelvo wrote and directed the award-winning shorts Fault Line (2023) and the Tragedy of Samantha Biggle and the Twins (1998). Himmelvo’s films have screened all over the world, including the prestigious British Film Institute, São Paulo International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, and WorldFest Houston International Film Festival where she won a prestigious “Remi Award” in 2023. She has produced and directed numerous films for the non-profit world, including California: State of the Arts (2001) hosted by Peter Coyote. Her early works were released on video through Wolfe Video, the largest exclusive distributor of LGBT films, and aired on television in Germany, France, Canada, Italy, and Israel.
In the late 1990s, Himmelvo apprenticed with film editor Tom Bullock at San Francisco’s Fire/Water Films. She was assistant editor on Joan Chen’s debut feature Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl. She holds a Master of Science degree in film from Boston University with a focus on directing. Out of film school, Himmelvo wrote and directed Treading Water (2001), a feature which screened at over fifty gay and lesbian film festivals in fourteen countries and won her the “Emerging Talent Award” at Outfest: Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Over the years, Himmelvo has studied extensively with Judith Weston at her workshops for Actors and Directors in Los Angeles.
Himmelvo has attended the South By Southwest Film Conference and the Sundance Institute Producers Conference. She has chaired the Golden Gate Awards selection at the San Francisco International Film Festival and participated on the film selection committee. She worked with New York’s LIVE OUT LOUD, a non-profit speaker series dedicated to empowering gay youth.